ABSTRACT

Thetwofundamentallimitstothequantityofinformationthatcanbetransmittedinagiventimeareas follows[1,11,12]:

a)Limittothenumberofdifferentlevelswhichmaybedistinguished;noiseisresponsibleforthis limit.

b)Finitetimewhichisneededforthequantitytochangefromoneleveltoanother;mechanical inertiaorcapacitiveandinductivecircuitelementsareresponsibleforthislimit,whichis expressedbybandwidthandrisetime.