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 ...
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 ...
If used correctly, a reed relay is a superbly reliable device. The switch contacts are hermetically sealed, so they don’t suffer from oxidization or contamination in the same way as an open ...