Question

Which of the following is not true for the duty cycle of a waveform?

(a) Duty cycles can be used to describe the percent time of an active signal in an electrical device

(b) Duty cycle can be used to determine the percentage of the time a signal is active

(c) 60% duty cycle means that the waveform is active for 40% of the total time

(d) 50% duty cycle means that the waveform is non-active for 50% of the total time

This question was posed to me in homework.

The origin of the question is Limiting and Clamping Circuits and Some Special Types of diodes topic in chapter Diodes of Electronic Devices & Circuits

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) 60% duty cycle means that the waveform is active for 40% of the total time

The explanation is: 60% duty time means that a signal is active for 60% of the total time.