For the PDF version of this article, click here. Industry trends continue to push power supply technologies to provide higher power density supplies and components with ever-smaller footprints and ...

Switch contacts are made from a variety of metals, but gold and silver are the most common. Each has advantages and disadvantages. The big plus for gold is that it doesn't corrode or tarnish. However, ...

TE Connectivity (TE) announces Raychem SolderTacts contacts that utilize a one-piece contact design with integrated soldering technology to deliver fast, reliable terminations for circular connectors.

Asperities: Mass-produced switch contacts have an rms roughness ranging from 0.5 to 1 10 6 in. These "smooth" surfaces, in reality, comprise microscopic peaks and valleys. As a result, two mating ...

Any engineer with even a little practical experience knows that interconnection cables and connectors are a necessary and important element in the reliability picture. They are an all-passive, totally ...

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