PRP is best described as the time between consecutive pulses.

PRP is best described as the time between consecutive pulses.

• A. Pulse repetition period
• B. Pulse duration
• C. Duty factor
• D. Pulse repetition frequency

Answer: (A)

PRP is the time interval from the start of one pulse to the start of the next. It defines how long goes by between emissions and is the reciprocal of the pulse repetition frequency. The pulse duration is the actual length of a single pulse, not the gap between pulses. The duty factor describes how much of that interval the system is actively transmitting, equal to pulse duration divided by PRP. For example, if the PRP is 1 millisecond and the pulse lasts 0.5 microseconds, the PRF would be 1,000 pulses per second and the duty factor would be 0.0005. This shows why PRP specifically means the time between consecutive pulses.

PRP is the time interval from the start of one pulse to the start of the next. It defines how long goes by between emissions and is the reciprocal of the pulse repetition frequency. The pulse duration is the actual length of a single pulse, not the gap between pulses. The duty factor describes how much of that interval the system is actively transmitting, equal to pulse duration divided by PRP. For example, if the PRP is 1 millisecond and the pulse lasts 0.5 microseconds, the PRF would be 1,000 pulses per second and the duty factor would be 0.0005. This shows why PRP specifically means the time between consecutive pulses.