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Computer Science Engineering - Engineering - Electronic Devices and Circuits - Feedback Amplifiers - Notes

The document discusses feedback amplifiers and different types of negative feedback. It describes feedback as a process where part of the output signal is fed back to the input. Negative feedback occurs when the feedback signal is out of phase with the input signal. There are four main types of negative feedback classified by the sampling and mixing networks: voltage series, current series, current shunt, and voltage shunt. The document outlines advantages of negative feedback which include stabilized gain and resistance properties, as well as common applications in electronics.

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Computer Science Engineering - Engineering - Electronic Devices and Circuits - Feedback Amplifiers - Notes

The document discusses feedback amplifiers and different types of negative feedback. It describes feedback as a process where part of the output signal is fed back to the input. Negative feedback occurs when the feedback signal is out of phase with the input signal. There are four main types of negative feedback classified by the sampling and mixing networks: voltage series, current series, current shunt, and voltage shunt. The document outlines advantages of negative feedback which include stabilized gain and resistance properties, as well as common applications in electronics.

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FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS
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FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS
• Feedback amplifier,
• Negative feedback ,
• Voltage series,
• Voltage shunt
• Current series
• Current shunt feedback
Feedback
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• In the feedback process a part of output is sampled and fed


back to the input.
• The fed back signal can be in phase with or out of phase with
the original input signal.

Definition of feedback:

• Feedback is defined as the process in which a part of output


signal (voltage or current) is returned back to the input.
• The amplifier that operates on the principle of feedback is
known as feedback amplifier.
Types of feedback
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1. Positive feedback
2. Negative feedback.

If the original input signal and the feedback signal


are in phase, the feedback is called as positive
feedback.
However if these two signals are out of phase then
the feedback is called as negative feedback.
Amplifier Without Feedback
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• The most important thing to understand from Fig. is that the


output and input terminals of this amplifier are not connected
to each other in any way.
• Therefore the amplifier of Fig. is an amplifier without any
feedback,

Gain without feedback.


Amplifier With Feedback
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• Refer to Fig. Here the same amplifier with a gain A is being used
along with a mixer network, sampling network and a feedback
network.
• The voltage gain of the feedback amplifier is given by,

Gain with feedback


Amplifier with a Negative Feedback
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The block diagram of an amplifier with a Negative Feedback Fig.


Vf = β Vo
Where Vf = Feedback signal (output of the feedback network)
Vf
Vo
Feedback factor β =
Types of Negative Feedback:
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 Depending on the type of sampling and mixing networks, the feedback amplifiers
are classified into four categories:

Voltage series feedback

Current series feedback


Current shunt feedback

Voltage shunt feedback


Voltage Series Feedback
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Therefore,
voltage series feedback = voltage sampling + series mixing
The voltage series feedback is present in the voltage amplifiers.

A transistor amplifier which uses the voltage series feedback is the


common collector or emitter follower amplifier:
1. A common collector (or emitter follower) amplifier using BJT.
2. A common drain (or source follower) amplifier using FET.
Current Series Feedback
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Therefore
Current sampling + Series mixing.

• Current series feedback is present in the transconductance amplifiers.


Current Shunt Feedback:
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• This is a combination of current sampling and shunt mixing. The


block diagram of a feedback amplifier with current shunt
feedback is shown in Fig.
Current sampling + Shunt mixing

• Current shunt feedback is present in the current amplifiers.


Voltage Shunt Feedback
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• The block diagram of an amplifier with voltage shunt feedback


amplifier is shown in Fig.

Voltage Shunt Feedback = Voltage Sampling + Shunt Mixing.


• The voltage shunt feedback is present in the transresistance
amplifier.
Advantages & Disadvantages
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Advantages
• Negative feedback stabilizes the gain of the amplifier.
• Input resistance increases for certain feedback configurations.
• Output resistance decreases for certain feedback configurations.
• Operating point is stabilized.

Disadvantages
• Reduction in gain.
• Reduction in input resistance in case of voltage shunt and current shunt type amplifiers.
• Increase in output resistance in case of current shunt and current series feedback
amplifiers.
Applications of negative feedback
• In a1most all the electronic amplifiers.
• In the regulated power supplies.
• In wideband amplifiers (amplifiers having a large bandwidth)

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