Termination resistor in printed circuit board

A printed circuit board, comprising:

• an insulating layer;
• a conductive layer adjacent to the insulating layer, the conductive layer being formed of a first layer of relatively electrically conductive material and a second layer of relatively electrically resistive material that are electrically coupled in parallel, the first layer of relatively electrically conductive material being divided into a first isolated portion spaced away from a second portion and having an electrical connection point located therein;
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• a resistor portion of the second layer of relatively electrically resistive material electrically coupled in series between the first isolated portion and the second portion of the first layer of relatively electrically conductive material at a position that is spaced away from the electrical connection point by a minimum distance that ensures thermal and mechanical isolation between the electrical connection point and the resistor portion.

A printed circuit board, comprising:

• a first layer of material having a first electrical conductivity;
• a terminal resistor formed in a second layer of material electrically connected in parallel with the first layer of material and exhibiting a second electrical conductivity lower than the first electrical conductivity;
• an isolated portion of the first layer of material being mechanically and electrically separated from another portion of the first layer of material by an isolation barrier except at a resistor portion that electrically couples the isolated portion to the other portion of the first layer of material, the isolation barrier having a shape that provides an electrical isolation barrier on a straight line distance between a connection region of the isolated portion and the resistor;
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• an insulating layer adjacent to one of the first and second electrically conductive layers.