Process for making integrated terminating resistor
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorDavid G. Morant
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Abstract
A process for making an integrated terminating resistor on a two-conductor data bus includes making a series of individual resistor elements and assembling the resistor elements in a stack of parallel, spaced array of elements. The elements are soldered together between end portions of the two conductors of the data bus at both ends thereof by inserting the conductors into two diametrically opposed, axially aligned notches in all of the resistor elements and heating solder in the notches to reflow the solder to bond the conductor in the notches. A parallel electrical and mechanicalconnection is thereby established, connecting the elements together electrically and mechanically in a closely spaced array. The array is sealed in a shock absorbing and abrasion resistant enclosure.
Claims5
A process for making an integrated terminating resistor on a two-conductor data bus, comprising:
- making a series of individual resistor elements;
- assembling said resistor elements in a stack of parallel, spaced array of elements;
- soldering said elements together between end portions of said two conductors of said data bus at both ends thereof to establish a parallel electrical connection and to connect the elements together mechanically in a closely spaced array;
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- sealing said array in a shock absorbing and abrasion resistant enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.