Nomenclature hardware utilization Schmitt trigger sensitiv Am main amplifier gain preamplifier gain angular velocity bandwidth Mbyte/s P. character pitch apacitance distance wheel radius EL illuminance R, shaft radius proportionality factor sensitivity h Planck's constant 6.625×10-34JsS speed-up rati optical loss band velocity flip-flop sensitivity s rotation angle (r) hazard rate© 2000 by CRC Press LLC Nomenclature Symbol Quantity Unit A area m2 Am main amplifier gain Ap preamplifier gain Av availability BW bandwidth Mbyte/s C capacitance F d distance m EL illuminance f proportionality factor h Planck’s constant 6.625 ¥ 10–34 J·s L latencyns l failure rate mf flip-flop sensitivity mp photodetector sensitivity Symbol Quantity Unit ms Schmitt trigger sensitivity n hardware utilization w angular velocity rad/s P parallelism Pc character pitch q drop charge R wheel radius R1 shaft radius S sensitivity fL S speed-up ratio tL optical loss Vb band velocity m/s x rotation angle rad z(t) hazard rate