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VCS2516

Vishay Foil Resistors

Document Number: 63023

Revision 26-Jan-05

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SALES

MODEL

CHIP SIZE

RESISTANCE VALUE

TOLERANCE

TERMINATION

PACKAGING

VCS

2516

RESISTANCE

LETTER

MULTIPLIER

A ± 0.05%

S - Lead (Pb)-free

T = Tape and

RANGE

DESIGNATOR

FACTOR

B ± 0.1%

B - Tin/Lead

Reel

C ± 0.25%

G - Gold Plated

W = Waffle

0.01Ω to 1.0Ω

R

x 1.0

D ± 0.5%

PacK

F ± 1.0%

G ± 2.0%

J ± 5.0%

VALUE (

TCR (ppm/

> 0R500 to 1R0

± 10

> 0R100 to 0R500

± 15

> 0R050 to 0R100

± 20

> 0R030 to 0R050

± 35

> 0R020 to 0R030

± 50

0R01 to 0R020

± 80

TABLE 1 - TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE – 55°C TO + 125°C, + 25°C REF.

TABLE 4 - ORDERING INFORMATION

TABLE 3 - CHARACTERISTICS

MODEL

RESISTANCE

RESISTANCE

POWER RATING

MAXIMUM

NUMBER

RANGE

TOLERANCE

@ + 85

CURRENT

VCS2516

0.1Ω to 1.0Ω

± 1.0%

1 watt

5 Ampere

0.01Ω to < 0.1Ω

Standard

on ceramic

substrate

± 0.5% and ± 0.1%

(0.5 W on FR4

available

PC Board)

TEST

MIL-PRF-55342

MAXIMUM

Thermal Shock 5x (-65˚C to + 150˚C)

± 0.10%

± 0.02%

Low Temperature Operation

± 0.10%

± 0.02%

Short Time Overload

± 0.10%

± 0.02%

High Temperature Exposure

± 0.10%

± 0.02%

Resistance to Bonding Exposure

± 0.2%

± 0.05%

Moisture Resistance

± 0.2%

± 0.03%

Life 2000 @ 70˚C: Rated Power On Ceramic PCB

± 0.5%

± 0.05%

TABLE 2 - PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

*Error at low values as shown + 0.001 for measurement.

Note: Tighter Tolerances are available. Please contact Application Engineering.