EE 359 Electronic Circuits

Feedback

Introduction
Feedback loop gain, stability

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HW and Quiz

• HW #7 due Oct. 15

8.18,8.45,8.63,8.70

• Midterm II Oct 29

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Introduction

• Physical systems incorporate some form of

feedback
• Theory of negative feedback developed by
Electrical Engineers.
• Feedback theory used in modeling of
systems.
• Negative or Positive Feedback

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Today

• Stability
• Loop Eqn

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Sampling & Mixing
Here, we look at feedback ckts

x0  Axi
x f  x0
x0 A
Af  
xs 1  A
voltage-sampling series-mixing
(series-shunt) topology

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current-sampling shunt-mixing
(shunt-series) topology

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current-sampling
series-mixing
(series-series)
topology

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voltage-sampling
shunt-mixing
(shunt-shunt)
topology.

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Series-shunt feedback amplifier:

• Ideal ckt

• Equivalent ckt.

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Measuring the output

resistance of the
voltage-sampling
series-mixing (series-
shunt) topology
feedback amplifier of
Rof  Vt/I.

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Derivation of the A circuit

and  circuit for the
series-shunt feedback
amplifier.
(a) Block diagram of a
practical series-shunt
feedback amplifier.
(b) The circuit in (a) with
the feedback network
represented by its h
parameters.
(c) The circuit in (b) after
neglecting h21.

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Summary of the rules for finding the A circuit
and  for the voltage-sampling series-mixing

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Example 8.1

• Amplifier shown,
find simplified
feedback models

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(a) ideal
structure;

(b) equivalent
circuit.

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Ideal structure for the shunt-shunt feedback amplifier.

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Shunt-shunt feedback amplifier.

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Finding the A
circuit and  for
the voltage-
sampling shunt-
mixing (shunt-
shunt) case.

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Shunt-series feedback amplifier.
Ideal structure

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Shunt-series feedback

Block diagram

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Finding the A circuit

and  for the
current-sampling
shunt-mixing
(shunt-series) case.

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Example 8.4 .

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Amplifier instability
A( j180 )
A f ( j180 ) 
1  A( j180 )  ( j180 ) A(jώ180) =999
A( j180 )  ( j180 )  0.999
β(jώ180) = -0.001

xi (t )  0.1sin(180t ) xo (t )  100 sin(180t )

x f (t )  0.1sin(180t )
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Bode plot for the loop gain A illustrating the

definitions of the gain and phase margins.

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Stability analysis
using Bode plot of |
A|.

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Frequency compensation
for  = 10-2.
• The response labeled A’ is
obtained by introducing an
additional pole at fD.
•The A” response is
obtained by moving the
original low-frequency pole
to f’D.

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