Definitions

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  • noun The time between a change in a signal and the response to that change
  • noun The time, after an event, during which a system cannot respond to a second event

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Examples

  • September 3 for the liquidation of Midi TV by television production company Sprockets, which supplies etv with "deadtime" programme material.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Sprockets, which supplies e-Tv with "deadtime" programme material.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Billy Zane, William Sadler, and Thomas Haden Church takes us through what the Crypt Keeper affectionately calls a “deadtime story.”

    Top 10 Fun Movies for Halloween » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • It's past my deadtime, so while I have some tasty nightmares, you can listen to a few ...

    March 23rd, 2007 z0mbieastronaut 2007

  • I always carried a book in mine as there was always "hurry up and wait" deadtime.

    "My name is Steve and I am a bookaholic". 2005

  • Since tool machining can take four weeks, most of which is deadtime for us, giving the vendor early information cuts our actual deadtime to less than two weeks so we save two weeks in development.

    Managing New Product and Process Development Kim B. Clark 1993

  • Its inverter capabilities feature two dedicated timer units, each capable of automatic deadtime insertion, deadtime optimization and automatic synchronization with the analog-to-digital converter making it suitable for solar, motor control or other inverter applications.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • NXP Semiconductors today announced the GreenChip TEA1713 resonant half-bridge converter - the industry's first resonant controller with integrated Power Factor Correction (PFC), capacitive mode protection and adaptive deadtime control.

    Gadget Freak Files 2010

  • Its inverter capabilities feature two dedicated timer units, each capable of automatic deadtime insertion, deadtime optimization and automatic synchronization with the analog-to-digital converter making it suitable for solar, motor control or other inverter applications.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • It is strongly recommended to set the deadtime higher than 5 seconds.

    Linux-HA - Recent changes [en] 2009

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