Which term describes the time between the start of one pulse and the start of the next pulse?

Which term describes the time between the start of one pulse and the start of the next pulse?

• A. Pulse Duration
• B. Pulse Period
• C. Period
• D. Duration Period

Answer: (B)

The timing concept here is the interval between pulses. The time from the start of one pulse to the start of the next is the pulse period. This interval controls how often pulses are emitted and is the reciprocal of the pulse repetition frequency (PRF): PRP = 1 / PRF. Pulse duration, by contrast, is how long the transducer emits during a single pulse, not the gap between pulses. So the term that matches this start-to-start timing is pulse period.

The timing concept here is the interval between pulses. The time from the start of one pulse to the start of the next is the pulse period. This interval controls how often pulses are emitted and is the reciprocal of the pulse repetition frequency (PRF): PRP = 1 / PRF. Pulse duration, by contrast, is how long the transducer emits during a single pulse, not the gap between pulses. So the term that matches this start-to-start timing is pulse period.