Resistor and method of manufacture

A method of manufacturing a plurality of resistors comprising:

• forming one or more layers of insulative material on a resistive material;
• removing portions of the one or more layers of insulative material from the resistive material in a pattern based on a predetermined dimension and a predetermined resistance value;
• forming a first set of one or more conductive layers on the portions of the resistive material exposed by the insulative coating to form a plurality of conductive pads on the resistive material between the patterned insulative coating;
• probing sets of conductive pads to measure a preliminary resistance value between the sets of conductive pads;
• for one or more sets of conductive pads, removing a calculated amount of additional insulative material adjacent the respective conductive pads based upon the preliminary resistance value between the corresponding set of conductive pads and a final resistance value;
• cutting the first set of one or more conductive layers and resistive material at substantially the middle of each conductive pad to form pieces each including a first region of resistive material having insulative material formed thereon, second and third regions of resistive material at opposing ends of each piece having the first set of one or more conductive layers formed thereon, and wherein one or more pieces include fourth and fifth regions of exposed resistive material between the first region of resistive material having insulative material formed thereon and the second and third regions of resistive material at opposing ends of each piece having the first set of one or more conductive layers formed thereon;
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• forming a second set of one or more conductive layers on the first set of one or more conductive layers at opposing ends of each piece, and the fourth and fifth regions of exposed resistive material of one or more pieces.