Towards the control of contact bounce

IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part A

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 353-359

  Davies, Terry S ^a   Nouri, H ^a   Britton, Fred W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact bounce; Contact erosion; Contactor

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARMATURE COIL; CONTACT BOUNCE; CONTACT EROSION; TIMING COIL ENERGIZATION PERIODS;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0030244491     PISSN: 10709886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/95.536837     Document Type: Article

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