Physics A-Level
Pulse width
What Pulse width means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Pulse width
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Reference: AQA
The time the output stays high in one cycle; the remainder is the low time.
Topics that use Pulse width
- Astables (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Period
- Time constant
- Clock pulses
- Clock rate
- Duty cycle
- Frequency control
- Oscillation
- Proportional reasoning
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