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Mike Rivers
 
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In article writes:

Fair enough, but I think the term 'phase SHIFT' does imply, and even
requires, delay.


It certainly implies delay.

That definition would allow for use of the term 'phase invert' though,
wouldn't it? I was always taught that was erroneous.


No. There are a couple of terms for known amounts of phase shift from
a reference point. "inveraion" is 180 degrees, "quadrature" is 90
degrees. You can do either (or any other amount of phase shift) with a
fixed amount of delay, but only for one frequency.

Poliarity inversion of a repetitive waveform looks like 180 degrees of
phase shift regardless of the frequency, but it really isn't.


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