There is provided a method for manufacturing rectangular plate type
chip resistors which provides easy and convenient control of resistance, and easy and low cost manufacture of rectangular plate type
chip resistors having a reliable
electrode structure, as well as a rectangular plate type
chip resistor obtained by this method and having excellent properties particularly at
low resistance. The method includes the steps of (A) providing a resistive
alloy plate strip 10 of predetermined width and thickness, (B) forming an insulating protective film (11a, 11b) of a predetermined width longitudinally along the middle of upper and lower faces of the
alloy plate strip, (C) forming an
electrode layer 12 composed of integrated surface, back, and end electrodes (12a, 12c, 12b, respectively), along both sides of the protective film by
electroplating, and (D)
cutting the
alloy plate strip coated with the protective films and the
electrode layers in step (C) transversely in predetermined lengths, wherein resistance is controlled to be within a predetermined range by adjusting the thickness of the alloy plate strip in step (A), the width of the protective film formed in step (B), and the
cutting length in step (D).