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Technical Overview of Silver as a Candidate Contact Material
for Automotive Connectors
Philip W. Lees
Technical Materials, Inc.
Lincoln, RI 02865
Abstract: There is increasing pressure to reduce the insertion
effort required to engage automotive connectors. If the proposed maximum
force is adopted, high-density tin-plated connectors will have to
be redesigned. An alternative solution would be to change the contact
finish. Gold over nickel would easily pass the insertion effort test
but at an unacceptable cost penalty. Due to the incompatibility of
gold and tin, the contact finish on both the terminal and blade would
have to be gold. Silver and tin interfaces do not exhibit the rapid
degradation in contact resistance that has been documented for gold
tin interfaces. Therefore, silver appears to be a viable candidate
to replace tin and achieve the reduction in insertion effort. This
paper will present an overview of silver as a connector contact material.
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