Surface Mount Resistors at Cryogenic Temperatures: Performance Below 1 GHz

The paper presents the electrical parameter measurements of commercially available surface mount device (SMD) resistors at cryogenic temperatures. Four types of resistors were investigated: Vishay FC0402, SMM0102, as well as Yageo RC0402 and Erkon-nn PI-160-0.05-1. The following parameters were measured: the nominal DC resistance, the frequency response of the resistance in the range from 20 Hz to 10kHz, and the scattering matrix in the frequency range from 10 MHz to 1 GHz. Measurements were conducted at three temperatures: 300 K, 77 K, and 4 K. The deviations of the nominal DC resistance values were obtained 1%, 0.6%, 35%, and 5.6% for FC0402, SMMO102, RC0402 and P1-160-0.05-1 resistors, respectively. These results align with the scattering matrix measurements for these resistors. Overall, the FC0402, P1-160-0.05-1, and SMM0102 series resistors are suitable for use in cryogenic electronic devices. However, using RC0402 resistors in cryogenic applications requires consideration of significant changes in their characteristics.