Intermittency events in bio-compatible electrical contacts

Electrical Contacts, Proceedings of the Annual Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 75-81

  McBride, J W ^a   Maul, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TaiCaan Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectors; In vivo bio contacts; Intermittency

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; SAMPLING;

CONTACT MATERIALS; FREQUENCY FRETTING; HIGH FREQUENCY SAMPLING; INTERMITTENCY;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 33747443185     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOLM.2005.1518226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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