[sdiy] Giga-Ohm Resistors--Where?

[Theo]

Wow, these things DO exist??
Still see quite a bit of trouble using them for DIY though.
For example the resistance of the PCB material (+ flux residue) could very
well mess up the 3G value of the component.

Theo



----- Original Message -----
From: andy <mcphive at corrupt.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Giga-Ohm Resistors--Where?


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> This is an interesting article I found on gigaohm resistors...
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http://www.reed-electronics.com/ednmag/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA
84282&rid=0&rme=0&cfd=1
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> On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Glen wrote:
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> > I've been looking at some schematics recently that mention 1G and 3G
> > resistors. Does anyone know of a place to purchase such large value
resistors?
> >
> > 10M is the largest resistor that I've been able to find so far. I really
> > wouldn't like the idea of chaining 300 10M resistors in series, just to
get
> > a single 3G resistor.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Glen Berry
> >
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