What is Sheet Resistance?
March 22, 2023The resistance of a length of metal is given by:
Where ρ is the bulk resistivity of the material, L is the length, and A is the cross-sectional area as shown in the figure above. Sheet resistance Rs is given by:
If a material has a sheet resistance of 10 ohms/square and is cut into a square shape (L=W), then the measured resistance from one edge to opposite edge will be 10Ω regardless of the size of the square.
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