Technical Areas

AUTOMOTIVE

Hybrid/Electric Power
Hot Plugging
Switching & Connectors
Environmental Effects

ELECTRONIC CONNECTORS

High Frequency
High-Speed Data
Telecommunications
Lubricants
Corrosion Inhibitors

POWER CONNECTORS

Crimp Connections
Plating/Lubricants
Bolted Connections
Glowing Contacts
Degradation Effects

Contact Materials

Air and Vacuum
High Frequency Relays
Ultra Miniature Relays
Carbon Fiber
Degradation Mechanisms
Reed Relays
Material Development
Switching Performance
Electroplating
Lead Free

DEGRADATION MECHANISMS

Switching Performance
Environmental Effects
Welding
Reliability
Breakdown
Fretting
Diagnostics

ARC INTERRUPTION

DC/AC Switching
Vacuum Interrupters
Circuit Breakers
Hybrid Switching
Micro-Arcing
High-Speed Film/Video
Super-Conducting Limiters

MODELING

Fundamentals
Dielectric Breakdown
Arc Simulation
Dynamic Welding

NEW TECHNOLOGY

MEMS
Micro Switches
RF Connectors
Arc Fault Safety
Nanotechnology
Superconductors
High DC Voltage Switching