US Patent Issued to ROHM on Oct. 27 for "Chip resistor and mounting structure thereof" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,429, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Chip resistor and mounting structure thereof" was invented by Masaki Yoneda (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip resistor with a reduced thickness is provided. The chip resistor includes an insulating substrate, a resistor embedded in the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the resistor, and a second electrode electrically connected to the resistor. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the thickness direction of the substrate."

The patent was...