Sheet resistors use sheets that are punched in a wave pattern or provided with slots to increase the current distance and create a defined resistance value. With elements of the same size, different punching or slotting can create a large number of different resistance values that form a system and can be freely combined. Given their grid-type appearance and the steel alloys that are frequently used as resistor material for economic reasons, such resistors are also called steel grid resistors.

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