Thin film chip resistors strengthen precision sensing with ultra-stable performance

June 4, 2026

The Susumu URG series thin film chip resistors combine tight tolerance, low drift, and strong environmental stability for instrumentation, medical electronics, and smart sensing platforms.

The URG series from Susumu is a family of precision thin film chip resistors for sensing circuits in which resistor drift can directly affect measurement accuracy, calibration stability, and long-term reliability. Designed for demanding signal-conditioning and reference functions, the URG series is suited to industrial instrumentation, laboratory-grade scales and balances, medical electronics, automotive and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) sensors, and smart sensing nodes. 

 

A key strength of the URG series is the combination of very tight electrical control and high environmental robustness. Susumu specifies absolute tolerance down to ±0.01% and a temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of ±2ppm/°C, while anti-sulfur performance and low noise characteristics help designers maintain signal integrity across the full operating temperature range of -75°C to 175°C. 

 

For intelligent sensing designs, this matters because analogue front ends, bridge circuits, current sensing stages, and precision gain networks all depend on resistor consistency over time, temperature, humidity, and soldering stress. The URG series maintains controlled drift under biased life, temperature shock, high-temperature exposure, humidity bias, and soldering heat conditions, supporting use in products that need predictable long-term behavior.

Features

  • Resistance tolerance: ±0.01% 
  • Low noise: -25dB to -35dB 
  • High-frequency performance up to 1GHz 
  • Anti-sulfur performance 
  • Available packages: 0603, 0805, 1206 

Applications

  • Precision industrial instrumentation 
  • Laboratory-grade scales and balances 
  • High-precision sensors 
  • Medical electronics 
  • Automotive and ADAS sensing 
  • Smart sensing nodes 
  • IoT platforms 

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