Study on Intermittent Faults and Electrical Continuity

Wakil Syed Ahmad, Suresh Perinpanayagam, Ian Jennions, Samir Khan

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    Abstract

    Intermittent faults in electrical/electronic interconnections are recognised as one of the major sources of No Fault Found (NFF) events. These can be caused due to surface corrosion (e.g. oxidation of pins or fretting wear), bent pins, debris within the female connector, or incorrect installation during initial manufacture and assembly. Unless such issues are narrowed down to a specific root cause, any corrective actions or troubleshooting will be difficult to carry out, and hence its resolution may not make its way into future designs of the system. This leads to further susceptibility to NFF. Intermittent behaviour is often a clear sign of a partially damaged connector, or a connector undergoing a particular degradation mechanism, with the level of intermittency being further aggravated through process variation of harsh environments and parametric faults. In order to further our understanding of the relationship between degradation, operating conditions, intermittent behaviour within the subject, an experimental investigations have been carried out. This paper is a work in progress paper that illustrates a test regime that has been used to stimulate intermittence in electronic connectors whilst subjected to vibration, using both a traditional oscilloscope and bespoke intermittent fault detection equipment, in order to capture an intermittent signature. The results of these experiments provide an insight into the limitations of test equipment and requirements for future intermittent fault detection techniques.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)71-75
    JournalProcedia CIRP
    Volume22
    Early online date31 Oct 2014
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Bibliographical note

    This paper was given at the 3rd International Conference on Through-life Engineering Services
    © 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
    (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)

    Keywords

    • Intermittent Faults
    • No Fault Found
    • Testability
    • Fault Diagnosis
    • Test Equipment

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