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Vishay Sfernice Positioning Technology – For More Than
20 Years, the Preferred Choice of Airbus and its Partners
Technology and Performance
Vishay Sfernice potentiometers are built with a conductive plastic paste laid upon a polymer
film track. This flexible resistive element is then mounted inside a cylindrical housing and
joined to a high-quality wiper assembly constructed from precious metal alloy.
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Very accurate linearity: ± 0.1 % or better
Long operational life: from 20 to 50 million cycles
Robust operating temperature range: - 55 °C to + 125 °C
Essentially infinite resolution and excellent repeatability
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Available Custom Features
• Redundant functions with up to 6 resistive elements
• Specific mechanical requirements: spring return system, locking position, gears on shaft
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• Output by flying leads or/and connectors
• Integrated switches
More than 30 Vishay Sfernice precision potentiometers are used in the Airbus A320 aircraft. In the Airbus A380, the
number is closer to 40.
Major Airbus Applications
• TCU: Throttle Command Unit
The fuel command lever instructing on-board computers to increase or decrease the power delivered to the
aircraft’s engines
• SSTDU: Side Stick Transmitter Damper Unit
The cockpit steering mechanism, implemented as joysticks controlled by the pilot and copilot
• SBCTU: Speed Brake Control Transmitter Unit
A flap used to deploy an air brake that assists the normal braking system to decelerate the plane on landing
• BPTU: Brake Pedal Transmitter Unit
When the brake pedal is actuated, a Vishay Sfernice potentiometer measures and reports its position
• NWSCU: Nose Wheel Steering Control Unit
The front wheel positioning instruction given by the pilot or co-pilot (2 levers per plane) during taxiing or
parking operations
• Temperature Selector
Implemented with at least one Vishay Sfernice potentiometer per Airbus, provides temperature control for cockpit,
cabin, and cargo areas
• Cabin Pressure
LFES (Landing Field Elevation Selector) actuated during take-off and landing operations
Vishay Sfernice potentiometers are used in many civil and military aerospace programs.
Additional Applications
• Flight recorders
• Servo command positioning
• Measuring fluid levels, as in oil tanks
• Tail control surfaces
• Helicopter flight controls and winch operator automatic hover trim functions
• Servo missile fin actuation systems
• Servo torpedo rudder positioning
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1. TCU: Throttle Command Unit
2. SSTDU: Side Stick Transmitter Damper Unit
3. SBCTU: Speed Brake Control Transmitter Unit
4. BPTU: Brake Pedal Transmitter Unit
5. NWSCU: Nose Wheel Steering Control Unit
6. Temperature Selector
7. Cabin Pressure
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