the long quiescent periods of the system med.appl.

[romacool]

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the long quiescent periods of the system

Выражение встречается в следующем контексте:
Two factors that must be built into a mixed-signal process used in such applications are a low off-state leakage current, to minimize power loss during the long quiescent periods of the system, and a low-power, non-volatile memory that is both reliable and compact.

Заранее спасибо

[alk]

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