New Industry Products

Foil-on-Ceramic Current-Sense Chip Resistors Offer Low Values / Small Sizes

February 14, 2018 by Paul Shepard

The CSRF series from Stackpole is a foil-on-ceramic carrier technology which offers very low resistance values and low TCR in small chip sizes. With 0.25W rated 0402 size chips in values down to 3 milliohm and 0.5W rated 0603 size chips in values down to 2.5 milliohm, the CSRF is designed for cutting edge electronics.

The consumer electronics industry is pushing more function and content into smaller portable devices and the CSRF is a key addition to the power and battery monitoring and control of the these portable electronic gadgets.

In addition the CSRF offers TCR as low as 50 ppm for some sizes and values and tolerances as low as 1% for excellent precision and accurate sensing.

Applications are expected to include:

  • Power management for a wide variety of consumer electronics
  • Battery management for portable electronics
  • Voltage regulators
  • Robotics
  • Motor Controls
  • Flash memory and storage
  • Small panel solar power conversion

Pricing for CSRF varies with size, resistance value, and tolerance. Contact Stackpole or one of our franchised distributor partners for specific pricing.