Presentation 2008-10-17
A Study on the Life Characteristics of Iridium Contacts for Ultra-miniature Reed Switches
Yuki HASHIMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Tatsuo KOBAYASHI,
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Abstract(in English) With application expansion such as test system and communications equipment, various improvements of reed switches are required recently. One of them is miniaturization. The authors have to make the reed size in a glass tube smaller to miniaturize reed switches. However, this has conversely led to the decrease in contact force and thus increased difficulty in maintaining contact capabilities. In this paper, the authors examined iridium as a contact material in which the performance is expected to be higher than that of the rhodium contact that has been used. As a result, in not only a resistive load circuit and a capacitive load circuit but also an inductive load circuit, the authors confirmed that iridium performed better than rhodium and was useful for ultra-miniature reed switch contacts.
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Keyword(in English) Iridium / Resistive Load / Capacitive Load / Inductive Load / Erosion
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Conference Date 2008/10/10(1days)
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Title (in English) A Study on the Life Characteristics of Iridium Contacts for Ultra-miniature Reed Switches
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Keyword(1) Iridium
Keyword(2) Resistive Load
Keyword(3) Capacitive Load
Keyword(4) Inductive Load
Keyword(5) Erosion
1st Author's Name Yuki HASHIMOTO
1st Author's Affiliation Oki Sensor Device Corporation()
2nd Author's Name Kazuya YOKOYAMA
2nd Author's Affiliation Oki Sensor Device Corporation
3rd Author's Name Tatsuo KOBAYASHI
3rd Author's Affiliation Oki Sensor Device Corporation
Date 2008-10-17
Paper # EMD2008-63
Volume (vol) vol.108
Number (no) 246
Page pp.pp.-
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