Definition of "feedthrough" [feedthrough]

• A conductor connecting two circuits on opposite sides of a printed circuit board. (noun)

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• "He then saw another feedthrough that could be eliminated, and again started over on his design."
• "The low feedthrough becomes irrelevant because the DAC's ring-time interval buries the small time and amplitude error, pointing the way toward practical 1-ppm DAC-settling-time measurements."
• "This approach allows you to minimize the feedthrough of the control pulse's rising edge without regard to falling-edge effects."