Effect of Mg doping on increase in the life with low contact resistance of Ag-Pd alloy switching contacts in silicone vapor environments

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 234-239

  Tamai, Terutaka ^a   Sato, Akihiro ^a   Ito, Syuro ^a  

^a HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNESIA; SILICA; SILICONES; SILVER ALLOYS;

CONTACT FAILURE; LOW CONTACT RESISTANCE; MICRO RELAY; SILICONE CONTAMINATION; SILICONE VAPOR;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0033690244     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6144.846759     Document Type: Article

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