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ring oscillator

ring oscillator noun: a device composed of an odd number of NOT gates whose output oscillates between two voltage levels, representing true and false. The NOT gates, or inverters, are attached in a chain; the output of the last inverter is fed back into the first.

Noun

ring oscillator (plural ring oscillators)

  1. A device composed of an odd number of NOT gates whose output oscillates between two voltage levels, representing true and false. The NOT gates, or inverters, are attached in a chain; the output of the last inverter is fed back into the first.

Forms of ring oscillator

pluralring oscillators

Questions about ring oscillator

What does ring oscillator mean?
Ring oscillator means a device composed of an odd number of NOT gates whose output oscillates between two voltage levels, representing true and false. The NOT gates, or inverters, are attached in a chain; the output of the last inverter is fed back into the first.
What part of speech is ring oscillator?
Ring oscillator is a noun.
What is the plural of ring oscillator?
The plural of ring oscillator is ring oscillators.

Words near ring oscillator in the dictionary

  1. ring of the fisherman
  2. ring of truth
  3. ring off
  4. ring off the hook
  5. ring one's bell
  6. ring oscillator
  7. ring oscillators
  8. ring ousel
  9. ring ousels
  10. ring out
  11. ring outs

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