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Connectors

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Component Reliability

Part of the book series: Macmillan Engineering Evaluations ((MECS))

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Abstract

Three design parameters are of major importance when segregating connectors into their various types:

  1. i

    The electrical circuit to be connected (considerations of frequency, impedance, current, voltage).

  2. ii

    Junction with incoming leads (screw, solder, crimp, wire-wrap, spring clamp).

  3. iii

    Geometry of mating poles (flat blade, butt contact, cylindrical, hermaphrodite).

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  1. Belling and Lee Limited, UK

    R T Lovelock CEng FIEE

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  1. R T Lovelock CEng FIEE
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William F Waller AMITPP AssIRefEng

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Lovelock, R.T. (1971). Connectors. In: Waller, W.F. (eds) Component Reliability. Macmillan Engineering Evaluations. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01185-8_11

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