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derating

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derating [dē′rād·iŋ]
(electronics)
The reduction of the rating of a device to improve reliability or to permit operation at high ambient temperatures.

derating
The reduction in the normal rating of equipment to account for abnormal environmental conditions to which the equipment may be subject.


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ISI and Derating With data rates greater than 1 GigaTransactions/second, bit periods are less than one nanosecond, which means there's a high likelihood on most PCBs that one bit will not have arrived at the receiver before the next bit is sent on its way--an effect called "intersymbol interference" (ISI).
The convection-cooled converters are housed in a chassis mount-vented enclosure and are rated for 0-50[degrees]C operation with derating above 40[degrees]C.
 
 
 
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