Surface mount radiofrequency component

A surface mount component comprising:

• a monolithic substrate;
• an input terminal, an output terminal, and a DC bias terminal, each formed over the monolithic substrate;
• a conductive trace formed over a surface of the monolithic substrate included in a signal path between the input terminal and the output terminal;
• and
• a thin-film resistor connected in a DC bias path between the DC bias terminal and the signal path;
• wherein the DC bias path has, at one or more locations along the DC bias path between the DC bias terminal and the signal path, a width in an XY plane that is parallel with the surface of the monolithic substrate, the width being less than about 100 microns, and
• wherein the thin-film resistor is directly electrically connected with each of the DC bias terminal and the output terminal.

A method of forming a surface mount component, the method comprising:

• patterning a conductive trace over a surface of a monolithic substrate included in a signal path;
• depositing a thin-film resistor;
• and
• forming the input terminal, the output terminal, and the DC bias terminal over the monolithic substrate;
• wherein the conductive trace is included in the signal path between the input terminal and the output terminal;
• and
• wherein the thin-film resistor is connected in a DC bias path between a DC bias terminal and the signal path,
• wherein the DC bias path, at one or more locations along the DC bias path between the DC bias terminal and the signal path, has a cross-sectional area in a plane that is perpendicular to the surface of the monolithic substrate, and the cross-sectional area of the DC bias path is less than about 1,000 square microns, and
• wherein the thin-film resistor is directly electrically connected with each of the DC bias terminal and the output terminal.