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Precautions for Use (Particulars common to all kinds of product types)
  The types and the specifications in this catalog are typical ones. Before use, please make sure of specifications and precautions in use with the contents of specifications for supply or ask our sales offices for the specifications.
   
 
Precautions for Use
Particulars common to all kinds of product types Particulars common to chip components
Particulars common to leaded components Glossary
   


Particulars common to all kinds of product types

 

Applications

  When components are used for special applications requiring high reliability (life maintenance equipment, atomic energy, airplanes, artificial satellites, etc.), contact us beforehand. Also make sure to evaluate and verify the components in a state that they are mounted on actual equipment.

  Soldering
  Soldering shall be performed within the specified temperature, time and number of times for each component. If the components are heated to high temperature for a long time, the colors and characteristics may change, and disconnection, etc. may occur.
  After soldering, keep the component from stress until it is cooled down.
  After soldering, be sure not to give any mechanical stress on the terminal section by warping of the printed board, etc.
  When repairing chip resistors by a soldering iron, pay attention to the following points.
, Work under the prescribed temperature of the iron-tip by the individual product type.
, Preheat component and P.W.B. as much as possible.
, Work so that the tip of the soldering iron does not touch direct the body of a component or terminal electrodes.
, If you put the component up with tweezers, be sure not to add damage to the protection coats or electrodes.
, After the repair of film resistors, washing of flux should be done after they get well cooled. The remnants of ionic substances may degrade resistances to humidity/corrosion.

  Instructions in case of mounting with lead - free solder
  There is a possibility of solder temperature rising higher than usual in the soldering process than eutectic solder depending on a solder composition. Please use it after checking beforehand that there is no problem under actual conditions.
  In case that the parts are inserted to the double-sided P.W.B. with through hole, check in advance with the actual P.W.B. before inserting because lift-off phenomenon may cause degradation of the strength of soldering connection when using lead free solder.
  Please use them after checking the influence of flux remnants contained in the solder to components. Confirm the influence in advance of the flux contained in the lead-free solder by the examination of reliability.

  Insertion and mounting
  The coating is covered to ensure the performance of components. Do not give any damage or excessive impacts on the products with pliers or pincette, or improper adjustment of an automatic mounter. They may cause characteristic changes, disconnection, crack, etc.
  Do not use the components dropped at the time of mounting or ones removed from the printed boards.
  Make sure to avoid heat radiation generated by other heated components.
  In case boards are sealed by molding or coated after mounting components, consult with us beforehand.
  Take care not to have electrostatics applied to the components when assembling.
  Check and adjust in advance "height positioning in vertical direction", "pressure of chucking" and "abrasion of positioning nails" when you use them and adjust the position in parallel direction after adsorbing chip components by an automatic mounter. Insufficient adjustment of the automatic mounter may cause large stress to the components, break cracks, bad mounting position, etc.
  If the nozzle of the automatic mounter is too low, it causes the force which makes the parts hit to P.W.B., the hit marks on the protection coat of the parts surface to bring about change in resistance and deterioration
of the performance, and the break and cracks of the components. Mount the components by slowing down the nozzle speed or by correcting the warp of P.W.B. right before mounting.
  Resistance values of resistors/sensors in film types change by excessive voltage of static electricity. Take care that static electricity (ESD), which occur in the assembly process (automatic mounters/inspection monitors/human bodies, etc.), or at transportation of the components, are not applied to the components.
  Ionic impurities such as perspiration and salt should not be put onto the outer coat or terminals of the parts. It may cause degradation of resistances to humidity/corrosion.

  Resistance to pulse
  In case of the circuits where excessive overload (single pulse, repeated pulse) like pulse or surge etc. are applied to, there are fears of the degradation of performance (disconnection, resistance change, etc.), decline of reliability if voltage/current/power over than ratings are applied. Confirm sufficiently with the actual circuit considering the dispersion of constant of other components. Consult with us in advance if you need the data of anti-pulse characteristics.

  Storage
  Store the components at the less dusty places avoiding high temperature/humidity, condensation, direct sunray, heat, sea breeze, corrosive gas(SO2, H2S, chlorine, acid, alkali, NH3 etc.), oil mist from lubricating oil. Use desiccant as occasion demands.
  Please inquire of us about the storage term of components.

  Storage of products with Pb-free terminations.
  Pay much more attention to storage condition (temperature, humidity) for products with Pb-free terminations than those with Sn/Pb terminations.
If they are stored in bad condition, terminations and solderability may be deteriorated in shorter time than it happens to products with Sn/Pb terminations.
The storage condition and period vary depending on product type. Please contact us for further details.

  Washing
  Consider not to remain ionic substances contained in solder flux, after washing of soldering. Ionic impurities may deteriorate resistances to humidity and corrosion of the components especially for film resistors. Especially when non-washing-soldering, water washing or water-soluble detergent is used, it is essential to confirm reliability of the components before use. Particularly in lead-free soldering, much of ionic substances may be contained. Use RMA soldering or flux, or wash them well enough. Thorough washing shall be done in case that ionic substances like perspiration , salt, etc. are attached. Ionic substances may not be removed totally in case of insufficient care of washing fluid. Consult with us in advance when you use detergents other than alcohol or wash by acid/alkali.
  A resonance phenomenon may destruct the components by an ultrasonic cleaning. Also confirm sufficiently on the actual board as the surface electrodes may be damaged by a strong water pressure cleaning.

  Sulfuration
  The resistance values of the components that use silver electrodes, may increase when the conductors are changed into insulators by a sulfuration phenomenon. One of the causes is the sulfur contained as impurities in sulfide gas (H2S, SO3,etc.) or in sulfide compound that are attached to the components by being included in oil mist. Take measures to sulfuration in case of using under those environments.

  How to use for improving reliability
  The smaller the impressed power against rated power is, the smaller the power stress becomes, which leads to the decline of the trouble rate of resistors. The trouble rate can be smaller, if machines are so designed that the ambient temperature of the resistors may be close to the normal temperature.
In case of using for the purpose requiring high reliability, consider thoroughly fail-safe designing. Keep the system security by preparing protecting or diffuse circuits, etc. not to become unsafe in the single trouble of this component.

  General
  For basic particulars for cautions, refer to EIAJ "RCR-1001 Safety application guide for electronic parts", the technical report is issued by Electronic Information Technical Industry Association.

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Particulars common to chip components

  Warping of printed boards, which is caused by heat, gives stress directly to components when boards are cooled down. Be careful of the following particulars:
  The arrangement of electrodes of chip components should go along with the fiber direction (vertical direction) of printed boards.
  The component made of ceramic as its base may cause cracks on the solder at the connecting section(solder fillet) due to the difference in heat expansion coefficient from the mounting P.W.B. if heat stress like heat shock etc. are continuously given. The occurrence of crack is affected depending on size of the pad for mounting, solder amount, heat radiation volume of mounting P.W.B., etc., so pay special attention when designing especially for the big types(5.02.5mm or larger).
   
  The components or electrodes may be destructed by much stress when the components are placed near the dividing groove of the P.W.B. Please refer to the following figure and mount them to the positions and directions of small stress.
  In case of placing the components near the surrounding of P.W.B. or connectors, be sure not to give any stress to the components at assembling equipment or at insertion/extraction of connectors.
  When using a back-up pin to mount the components, those on the opposite side of P.W.B. may be damaged unless they are placed properly. In case of poulticing adhere by using a dispenser, take care not to touch the printed board when setting up the bottom dead center of the dispenser.
  The difference in sizes of right and left pads causes the difference in amounts of right and left solder, then stress moves to one side at the time of cooling solder to make the chip stand up or get stress. In order to prevent such abnormalities, the sizes of the pads must be corrected to be equal on both sides by using solder resist, etc.
  When the components are placed near bigger parts compared with itself, stress is pulled to the bigger components side at the time of solder stiffening, so take the positioning and directions into consideration.

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Particulars common to leaded components

  To avoid mechanical force to components, pay attention to following the particulars:
  Be careful not to create resonance by vibration.
  The bodies of the leaded components should be free from twisting or bending.
  The bodies of the large components should be firmly fixed.
  When the lead wires need to be bent, try to make larger radius of curve in order to avoid excessive force at the foot of the terminals. Excessive force, if applied, may damage the components by desorption of the caps fitted on the ceramic cores.
  When cutting or clinching the lead wires on the mounter, be careful not to apply excessive forces to them.

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Glossary

  Rated Power
 
The maximum value of power which can be continuously loaded to a resistor at a rated ambient temperature. Please confirm beforehand that there is such a case in a network resistor that rated power per package as well as per element is specified.

  Rated Voltage
 
The maximum value of D.C. voltage or A.C. voltageicommercial frequency effective valuejcapable of being applied continuously to a resistor at the rated ambient temperature.
Rated voltage shall be calculated from the following formula.
   
However, it shall not exceed the maximum working voltage.

  Critical Resistance Value
 
The maximum nominal resistance value at which the rated power can be loaded without exceeding the maximum working voltage.
The rated voltage is equal to the maximum working voltage in the critical resistance value.

  Maximum Working Voltage
 
The maximum value of D.C. voltage or A.C. voltage (commercial frequency effective value) capable of being applied continuously to a resistor or a resistor element. However, the maximum value of the applicable voltage is the rated voltage at the critical resistance value or lower.

  Maximum Overload Voltage
 
The maximum value of voltage capable of being applied to a resistor for five seconds in the overload test(. JIS C 5201-1 4.13). Typically the applied voltage in the short time overload test shall be 2.5 times larger than the rated voltage. However, it shall not exceed the maximum overload voltage.

  Dielectric Withstanding Voltage
 
A.C. voltage (commercial frequency effective value) that can be applied to a designated spot between the electrode and the outer coating for a minute in the dielectric withstanding voltage test. (JIS C 5201-1 4.7)
   

  Rated Ambient Temperature
  The maximum ambient temperature at which a resistor is capable of being used continuously with the prescribed rated load (power).
The rated ambient temperature refers to the temperature around the resistor inside the equipment, not to the air-temperature outside the equipment.

  Derating Curve
 
The curve that expresses the relation between the ambient temperature and the maximum value of continuously loadable power at its temperature, which is generally expressed in percentage.

  Temperature Coefficient of Resistance(T.C.R.)
 
The rate of change in resistance value per 1 in the prescribed temperature within the range of resistor operating temperature shall be expressed in the following formula:
   
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