Propagation delay

Propagation delay is the time duration taken for a signal to reach its destination. It can relate to networking, electronics or physics.

Networking

In computer networks, propagation delay is the amount of time it takes for the head of the signal to travel from the sender to the receiver. It can be computed as the ratio between the link length and the propagation speed over the specific medium.

Propagation delay is equal to d / s where d is the distance and s is the

The difference in propagation delays of logic elements is the major contributor to glitches in asynchronous circuits as a result of race conditions.

The

Propagation delay increases with

Wires have an approximate propagation delay of 1 ns for every 6 inches (15 cm) of length.^[4] Logic gates can have propagation delays ranging from more than 10 ns down to the picosecond range, depending on the technology being used.^[4]

Physics

In

• Contamination delay
• Delay calculation
• Latency (engineering)
• Time of flight
• Transmission delay

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