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3 Analog Electronics 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.1.1 The Contrast between Analog and Digital Electronics We have already explored how transistors and diodes are used as switching devices to process information which is represented in digital form. Digital electronics uses transistors as electrically controlled switches: transistors are either saturated or cut off. The active region is used only in transition from one state to the other. By contrast, analog electronics depends on the active region of transistors and other types of amplifiers. The Greek roots of “analog” mean “in due ratio”, signifyin