Contact Geometry And It’s Bearing On Reliability For Electrical Connections

The innocuous and sometimes commoditized and casually perceived connector systems play a critical role in performance and reliability in any system-be it a pervasive cellular phone, laptops/desktops, HD LED TVs, POTS, Cellular Network Equipements, long-distance telecom/Data Networks Equipment, industrial electronics products, transportation electronics and very critical military electronics, naval electronics, avionics or space electronics. The application of electronics is most pervasive today in all fields of life, and a critical but often neglected or taken casually are Signal Transmission Systems.

Connector and cabling systems form the most fundamental signal transmission system, and even with the proliferation of wireless RF technologies over the past 20 years, it remains overbearing for signal transmission wirelessly.

Please recall your own experience of a simple kitchen gadget as a mixer cum grinder not working or stopping suddenly, and you had to push the plug harder onto your wall mount electrical socket to get it working again-this happens all the time, and I am sure sometime or the other you would have experienced it. Likewise, for a TV appliance, a desktop computer at your office/home, or a cell phone not charging, etc. The cause is a loose connection.

The choice and role of materials on connectivity…