DELAY DISTORTION

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Communications Systems — Delay distortion

Information on Delay Distortion

Delay distortion is distortion of a signal that arises when the propagation delay for the transmission medium is not constant over the frequency range of the signal. All frequencies do not therefore arrive together, resulting in delay distortion.

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