"ring oscillator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ring oscillators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ring oscillator (plural ring oscillators)
  1. A device composed of an odd number of NOT gates whose output oscillates between two voltage levels, representing true and false. The NOT gates, or inverters, are attached in a chain; the output of the last inverter is fed back into the first. Wikipedia link: ring oscillator
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