Electric resistor designed for use as an electric conducting element in an electric circuit, and relative manufacturing process

Abstract

A resistor is formed from a structure including at least one network of electrically conductive wires, and a matrix for supporting the aforementioned structure, the matrix formed from a flexible, electrically insulating material inside which the aforementioned structure is sunk, with a number of surface portions of the wires in the aforementioned networks being separated by small gaps, the resistor being formed by a manufacturing process substantially including the steps of forming a system including a structure having at least one network of electrically conductive wires, and arranging a liquid material between the wires of the aforementioned networks in the aforementioned structure, the aforementioned liquid material being designed to assume a state in which it is both solid and flexible; and in subsequently solidifying the aforementioned material in such a manner as to form a solid, flexible matrix for supporting the aforementioned structure.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.