Gassian Process Regression Analysis of Passive Intermodulation Level and Dcr for Spring Contacts
Abstract
In modern consumer electronic devices, for the purpose of having easier access for assembly and repair in a compact designed product, metallic connection components such as springs are universally used for metallic connections between modules or chassis. However, the non-ideal metallic connections tend to have a certain level of non-linearity. Therefore, significant attention has been aroused recently because the passive-intermodulation (PIM) can degrade the radio-frequency (RF) antennas' receiving quality especially when the unsatisfying spring connections are placed near the RF antenna. Typically, advanced and expensive instruments and components are required to estimate the non-linearity levels of the springs. However, those instruments are usually not available for the manufacturing factories for massive tests. This paper is focused on investigating the feasibility of estimating the nonlinearity level of spring contacts using DC resistance (DCR), which has easier access to be tested with much lower cost. Study showed that the DCR, when under certain conditions, can serve as the alternative figure of merit for PIM prediction. Then, the Gaussian process regression (GPR) analysis based on measured data can provide a statistical estimation to the generated PIM from the DCR values.
Recommended Citation
S. Xia and J. Li and Y. Xu and Z. Sun and Z. Xu and Y. Wang and Y. He and N. McDonnell and H. Zhou and K. Wu and J. Fan and C. Hwang, "Gassian Process Regression Analysis of Passive Intermodulation Level and Dcr for Spring Contacts," Proceedings of the 2021 Joint IEEE International Symposium on EMC/SI/PI, and EMC Europe (2021, Raleigh, NC), pp. 935 - 939, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Aug 2021.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/EMC/SI/PI/EMCEurope52599.2021.9559359
Meeting Name
2021 IEEE International Joint Electromagnetic Compatibility Signal and Power Integrity and EMC Europe Symposium, EMC/SI/PI/EMC Europe 2021 (2021: Jul. 26-Aug. 13, Raleigh, NC)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory
Keywords and Phrases
DC Resistance; Desense; Gaussian Process Regression; Passive Intermodulation; Radio-Frequency Interference; Spring Component
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-166544888-8
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
13 Aug 2021
Comments
This material is based upon work supported by Google LLC and the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. IIP1916535.