WSHM Series Power Metal Strip Resistors
Vishay's resistors offer space savings and a high 7 W voltage rating with low resistance down to 1 mΩ in a compact 2818 case size
Vishay's surface-mount Power Metal Strip® resistor is designed to save space in automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. The WSHM2818 combines a high 7 W power rating with extremely low resistance values down to 1 mΩ in a compact 2818 case size. The device features a solid metal nickel-chrome or manganese-copper alloy resistive element with low TCR (less than 20 PPM/ºC) while its advanced construction incorporates improved thermal management.
- Improved thermal management
- Ideal for all types of current sensing, voltage division, and pulse applications including switching and linear power supplies, instruments, and power amplifiers
- Proprietary processing technique produces extremely low resistance values
- All-welded construction
- Very low inductance: less than 5 nH
- Solid metal nickel-chrome or manganese-copper alloy resistive element with low TCR: less than 20 ppm/°C
- Excellent frequency response to 50 MHz
- Low thermal EMF: less than 3 μV/°C
- AEC-Q200 qualified
- Current sensing, voltage division, and pulse applications including switching and linear power supplies, instruments, and power amplifiers
- Automotive electronic controls such as engine, brushless DC motors, anti-lock brakes, climate, and battery management controls
- Industrial controls, including down-hole test/measurement equipment for oil/gas well drilling
- Inverter controls for HVAC systems
- DC/DC converters for servers, VRMs for laptops, and Li-Ion battery safety and management



