Failure precursors for polymer resettable fuses

IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 374-380

  Cheng, Shunfeng ^a   Tom, Kwok ^b   Pecht, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Failure modes, mechanisms, and effects analysis (FMMEA); failure precursors; polymer positive temperature coefficient (PPTC); prognostics and health management (PHM); resettable fuse; trip

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; CIRCUIT PROTECTION; FAILURE PRECURSORS; MEDICAL DEVICES; OVER CURRENT; PROGNOSTICS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENTS; RESETTABLE FUSE; TRIP;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION; POLYMERS; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956999063     PISSN: 15304388     EISSN: 15304388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDMR.2010.2053371     Document Type: Article

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