Performance comparison of analog and digital circuits

It is the purpose of this paper to compare analog and digital semiconductor circuits. Using simple models, performance of these circuits will be evaluated as far as signal-to-noise ratio, power dissipation, bandwidth, and system capacity are concerned.

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