Multiple High Voltage Pulse Stressing of Polymer Thick Film Resistors

• Main Authors: Busi Rambabu, Y. Srinivasa Rao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
• Series: Active and Passive Electronic Components
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/319213

The purpose of this paper is to study high voltage interactions in polymer thick film resistors, namely, polyvinyl chloride- (PVC-) graphite thick film resistors, and their applications in universal trimming of these resistors. High voltages in the form of impulses for various pulse durations and with different amplitudes have been applied to polymer thick film resistors and we observed the variation of resistance of these resistors with high voltages. It has been found that the resistance of polymer thick film resistors decreases in the case of higher resistivity materials and the resistance of polymer thick film resistor increases in the case of lower resistivity materials when high voltage impulses are applied to them. It has been also found that multiple high voltage pulse (MHVP) stressing can be used to trim the polymer thick film resistors either upwards or downwards.