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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2019
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Peng Zhang, East Lansing, MI (US);
Sneha Banerjee, East Lansing, MI (US);
John Luginsland, East Lansing, MI (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of constructing an electrical contact including a contact element positioned between a first contact member and a second contact member. The method includes defining a transmission line model to represent operation of the electrical contact. The transmission line model indicates a contact resistance and a specific contact resistivity along a length of the contact element. The method includes determining a current flow profile of the contact element. The current flow profile is determined based on a current distribution using the transmission line model. The method includes determining one of: (i) a material, (ii) a thickness, and (iii) a geometry of the contact element based on the contact resistance and the current flow profile of the transmission line model. The method includes constructing the contact element positioned between the first contact member and the second contact member with the at least one of (i) the material, (ii) the thickness, and (iii) the geometry.