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Record 1 2012-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Measuring Equipment
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

A detector that delivers an output voltage that is some fraction of the peak value of the regularly repeated pulses applied to it.

OBS

The fraction increases toward unity as the pulse repetition rate increases.

OBS

quasi-peak detector: term standardized by IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesures (Électricité)
  • Électrotechnique
OBS

détecteur de quasi-crête : terme normalisé par la CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale]

Spanish

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