WSH2818
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Vishay Dale
Product is End of Life May-2016 and Replaced by WSHM2818
Revision: 30-Mar-16
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Document Number: 30120
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Power Metal Strip
®
Resistors, High Power (5 W),
Low Value (down to 0.001 ), Surface Mount
Product Termination Notice: PCN-DR-028-2015-Rev-0
For documentation go to: www.vishay.com/quality/pcn-search/.
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Technical Note: WSHM / WSH Side by Side Comparison for a
Drop-In Replacement Part:
www.vishay.com/doc?30305.
FEATURES
• Improved thermal management incorporated
into design
• Ideal for all types of current sensing, voltage
division and pulse applications including
switching and linear power supplies,
instruments, power amplifier
• Proprietary processing technique produces
extremely low resistance values
• All welded construction
• Very low inductance (< 5 nH)
• Excellent frequency response to 50 MHz
• Solid metal nickel-chrome or manganese-copper alloy
resistive element with low TCR (< 20 ppm/°C)
• Low thermal EMF (< 3 μV/°C)
• AEC-Q200 qualified
(1)
• Compliant to RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC
Note
(1)
Flame retardance test may not be applicable to some resistor
technologies.
Note
(2)
The WSH2818 is rated at 5 W with maximum surface temperature of 200 °C.
STANDARD ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
GLOBAL MODEL SIZE
POWER RATING
P
70 °C
W
TOLERANCE
± %
RESISTANCE
VALUE RANGE
WEIGHT
(typical)
g/1000 pieces
WSH2818 2818 5
(2)
1.0 0.001 to 0.1 126
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETER UNIT RESISTOR CHARACTERISTICS
Temperature coefficient ppm/°C
± 200 for 1 m to 5.99 m
± 75 for 6 m to 100 m
Inductance nH < 5
Operating temperature range °C -65 to +170
Maximum continuous current A (P/R)
1/2
GLOBAL PART NUMBER INFORMATION
Global Part Numbering example: WSH2818R1000FEA
GLOBAL MODEL RESISTANCE VALUE TOLERANCE CODE PACKAGING CODE SPECIAL
WSH2818 L = m*
R = Decimal
4L000 = 0.004
R0100 = 0.01
* Use “L” for resistance
values < 0.01
F = ± 1.0 %
J = ± 5.0 %
EA = lead (Pb)-free, tape/reel
EK = lead (Pb)-free, bulk
(dash number)
(up to 2 digits)
from 1 to 99
as applicable
W S H 2 8 1 8 R 1 0 0 0 F E A