PTF
Metal Film Resistors, High Precision, High Stability
Vishay Dale
LOAD LIFE SHIFT DUE TO POWER AND DERATING (AT 85 °C)
The power rating for the PTF parts is tied to the derating temperature, the heat rise of the parts, and the ΔR for the load life performance.
When the tables/graphs below are used together they show that when the parts are run at higher power ratings, the parts will run hotter,
which has the potential of causing the resistance of the parts to shift more over the life of the part.
LOAD LIFE SHIFT VS. POWER RATING
CONDITIONS OF TEST
MIL-PRF-55182 Paragraph 4.8.18
1000 h rated power at + 85 °C
MAXIMUM ΔR (TYPICAL TEST LOTS)
0.15 % 0.5 %
POWER RATING AT + 85 °C
LOAD LIFE
≤
0.04 %
≤
≤
≤
1.0 %
MODEL
PTF51
PTF56
PTF65
1/20 W
1/8 W
1/4 W
1/10 W
1/8 W
1/4 W
1/2 W
1/4 W
1/2 W
3/4 W
-
-
120
100
120
100
PTF51
PTF56
PTF65
80
80
60
60
40
20
0
40
20
0
- 55
- 25
0
25
50
75
85
100
125
150
175
200
0
0.125 0.25 0.375 0.5 0.625 0.75 0.875
1
1.125
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IN °C
APPLIED POWER IN W
DERATING
THERMAL RESISTANCE
Examꢀle: When a PTF56 part is run at 1/8 W in a 70 °C ambient environment, the resistor will generate enough heat that the surface
temperature of the part will reach about 17 °C over the ambient temperature, and over the life of the part this could cause the resistance
value to shift up to 0.04 %.
If the same resistor was instead run at 1/4 W in a 70 °C environment, the element will heat up to about 30 °C over ambient, and over the life
of the part the resistance value could shift roughly 0.5 %.
And if the resistor was run at its maximum power rating of 1/2 W in a 70 °C environment, it will heat up to about 61°C over ambient, and you
could see the resistance value shift roughly 1 % over the life of the part.
TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE
Temperature coefficient (TC) of resistance is normally stated as the maximum amount of resistance change from the original + 25 °C value
as the ambient temperature increases or decreases. This is most commonly expressed in parts per million per degree centigrade (ppm/°C).
The resistance curve over the operating temperature range is usually a non-linear curve within predictable maximum limits. PTF resistors
have a very unifom resistance temperature characteristic when measured over the operating range of - 20 °C to + 85 °C. The standard
temperature coefficients available are
X = 15 ppm/°C, Y = 10 ppm/°C and Z = 5 ppm/°C.
Some applications of the PTF require operation beyond the specifications of - 20 °C to + 85 °C. The change in temperature coefficient of
resistance is very small (less than 0.05 ppm/°C) over the expanded temperature range of - 55 °C to + 150 °C. Therefore, when operating
outside the range - 20 °C to + 85 °C, the designer can plan for a worst case addition of 0.05 ppm/°C for each degree centigrade beyond
either - 20 °C or + 85 °C as indicated in the graph. This applies to all three temperature coefficient codes.
4
3
2
1
- 20 °C TO + 85 °
C
BASE TC LIMIT
0
- 50 - 40 - 30 - 20
90 100 110 120 130 140 150
X, Y
or Z
EXPANDED
OPERATING RANGE
EXPANDED
OPERATING RANGE
- 85 °
°
C
C TO + 150
C
- 55 °C TO - 20 °
Examꢀle: Assume the operating characteristics demand a temperature range from - 55 °C to + 125 °C. This requires a 35 °C Δ below
- 20 °C and a 40 °C Δ above + 85 °C. The extreme Δ being 40 °C means that the worst case addition to the specified TC limit of
0.05 ppm/°C times 40 °C or 2 ppm/°C. Therefore, a Z which is characterized by a base TC limit of 5 ppm/°C over the temperature
range of - 20 °C to + 85 °C will exhibit a maximum temperature coefficient of 7 ppm/°C over the expanded portion of the temperature
range of - 55 °C to + 125 °C.
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Document Number: 31019
Revision: 18-Nov-10