Article | REF: R1079 V1

Measuring electronic components - Part 2: Measurement of passive components

Authors: Patrick POULICHET, Gilles AMENDOLA, Christophe DELABIE, Yves BLANCHARD

Publication date: December 10, 2008

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5. Measuring mechanical quantities

Passive electromechanical components (potentiometers, switches, connectors) have mechanical characteristics that need to be measured (torque, coupling or extraction force, dimensions, weight, etc.).

The methods used to measure these quantities are simple, and largely rely on torque transducers that either supply the measured quantity (torque or force) directly, or transmit it in coded form to a computer system.

In the following section, we describe MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical System) and relay measurements.

5.1 MEMS measurement

The mechanical components most recently used in electronics are MEMS. These components are manufactured using silicon micromachining technologies similar to those used in microelectronics....

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