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The term "Discrete" uses to describe a signal with two modes. Wrong. Discrete means it can only take some values , not all values. I suspect by 'modes' you mean # of possible outputs. If we h...
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MissMulan
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2021-08-16T11:27:35Z (over 2 years ago)
- > The term "Discrete" uses to describe a signal with two modes.
- Wrong. Discrete means it can only take some values , not all values.
- I suspect by 'modes' you mean # of possible outputs. If we have a system which outputs only have 1 possible output then what would be the point of that system?
- Sure we can make a system which has 3 possible outputs , I think this kind of system already exists in [spintronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spintronics)
where not only do we measure the charge state but also the spin state.So we can have 3 different states[no charge state,charge state/spin up,charge state/spin down]- Hope this helps.
- > The term "Discrete" uses to describe a signal with two modes.
- Wrong. Discrete means it can only take some values , not all values.
- I suspect by 'modes' you mean # of possible outputs. If we have a system which outputs only have 1 possible output then what would be the point of that system?
- Sure we can make a system which has 3 possible outputs , I think this kind of system already exists in [spintronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spintronics)
- where not only do we measure the charge state but also the spin state. So we can have 3 different states[no charge state,charge state/spin up,charge state/spin down]
- Hope this helps.
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MissMulan
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2021-08-16T08:12:28Z (over 2 years ago)
> The term "Discrete" uses to describe a signal with two modes. Wrong. Discrete means it can only take some values , not all values. I suspect by 'modes' you mean # of possible outputs. If we have a system which outputs only have 1 possible output then what would be the point of that system? Sure we can make a system which has 3 possible outputs , I think this kind of system already exists in [spintronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spintronics) where not only do we measure the charge state but also the spin state.So we can have 3 different states[no charge state,charge state/spin up,charge state/spin down] Hope this helps.