Title :
Distortion improvement of lossless feedback amplifiers using augmentation
Author_Institution :
ATG Design Services, Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A method for improving the distortion characteristics of a class of lossless feedback amplifiers is described, consisting of amplifying and inverting the error voltage at the emitter of the common-base transistor and applying the amplified error voltage to the transistor base. Descriptions are included for active and passive realizations
Keywords :
electric distortion; feedback amplifiers; linear network analysis; linear network synthesis; active augmentation; active realization; amplified error voltage; common-base transistor; distortion characteristics; distortion improvement; error voltage inversion; lossless feedback amplifiers; passive augmentation; passive realization; Circuit faults; Error correction; Feedback amplifiers; Negative feedback; Noise figure; Nonlinear distortion; Output feedback; Performance gain; Power amplifiers; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1999. 42nd Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Las Cruces, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5491-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1999.867792
