Some Characteristics of a Stable Negative Resistance

By employing positive feedback in a two-stage amplifier it is possible to obtain an input impedance which is equal to the impedance in the feedback circuit multiplied by a negative constant. For a resistance-capacitance feedback circuit the input impedance becomes a negative resistance in series with a negative capacitance. With the proper choice of circuit constants, the negative impedance can be made to approximate closely a pure negative resistance over any given frequency range. In the apparatus described, high stability is secured by the use of inverse feedback in addition to the positive-feedback loop.