propagation delay

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propagation
noun[U]
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/ˌprɒp.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌprɑː.pəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act of producing a new plant from a ...
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delay
noun[C or U]
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/dɪˈleɪ/us
/dɪˈleɪ/
the situation in which you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have ...
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To be more specific, light does not manifest noticeablepropagationdelay, and its wave nature appears only when it interacts with structures of microscopic size.
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Because there are no loops, there is no possibility of a "reverberating memory," and thus, after a suitablepropagationdelay, each input pattern yields a unique output pattern.
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The modifications to the frequency response of the reflections caused by wall materials and air absorption can be taken into account by adding digital filters after thepropagationdelay.
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Typicalpropagationdelaytime is between 5 ns and 6 ns.
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This can cause apropagationdelaythat affects network performance.
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This corresponding maximum time is thepropagationdelay.
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The latter is the largest contributor to the increase ofpropagationdelay.
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This capacitance will slow the output transition of the previous gate and hence increase itspropagationdelay.
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Increased current density in the mousebite can aggravate electromigration problems; a large degree of voiding is needed to create a temperature-sensitivepropagationdelay.
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A drawback is that the two-waypropagationdelaymust be measured and used to calculate a delay correction.
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The maximum possible clock rate is determined by the logic path with the longestpropagationdelay, called the "critical path".
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Typicalpropagationdelaytime is between 3 ns and 4 ns.
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It is possible to vary the length of these blocks based on thepropagationdelayof the circuits to optimize computation time.
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Thepropagationdelayof a ring counter will be a constant regardless of the number of bits in the code.
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The simulations verify whether the netlist implements the desired function and predict other pertinent parameters, such as power consumption or signalpropagationdelay.
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This compensates for thepropagationdelayresulting from the light speed velocity of radio waves.
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This is a source of inefficiency, and is particularly bad when thepropagationdelayis much longer than the transmission delay.
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Under this assumption, half the round-trip delay is thepropagationdelayto be compensated.
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