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SUROSCILLATION [1 record]

Record 1 2012-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Waveguides
  • Radio Waves
DEF

At the output of an electronic circuit, the generation of a damped oscillation following any sudden change in input signal.

OBS

ringing: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Guides d'ondes
  • Ondes radioélectriques
DEF

Oscillation amortie, généralement non souhaitée, sur un signal.

OBS

Elle est souvent due à une variation rapide du signal d'entrée.

OBS

suroscillation : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

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