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Half time (electronics)

In signal processing, the half time is the time it takes for the amplitude of a pulse to drop from 100% to 50% of its peak value.

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$t_{half}\;=\;t_{2}\;-\;t_{1}\,\!$ source ↗

{\displaystyle t_{half}\;=\;t_{2}\;-\;t_{1}\,\!} — $t_{half}\;=\;t_{2}\;-\;t_{1}\,\!$ source ↗

In signal processing, the half time¹ is the time it takes for the amplitude of a pulse to drop from 100% to 50% of its peak value.

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"Signal conditioning for resolver" (PDF). st.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.