What is Negative feedback?

Returning part of the output to the input with opposite polarity. Gain drops, but it becomes stable, and distortion and bandwidth improve.

Field: Analog and electronic circuits

Negative feedback in the explanations

Questions that mention Negative feedback (4)

  1. What is the effect of applying negative feedback to an amplifier?
  2. In an ideal op-amp circuit with negative feedback, what is the property called by which the two input terminals have almost the same voltage?
  3. What is the main reason for using a current-feedback bias circuit with an emitter resistor in a transistor amplifier?
  4. What does a comparator do?

Related terms

Operational amplifier (op-amp) Phase margin Virtual short Current gain (hFE) Comparator 1/f noise (flicker noise) Bandgap voltage reference CMRR (common-mode rejection ratio) Cutoff frequency Differential amplifier

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