Feedback and Oscillator

Circuits
Positive feedback, Negative Feedback, RC Oscillator, LC Oscillator
FeedBack
• Feedback is when the output of the circuit is fed back to the input
• Types of Feedback
• Positive Feedback
• The feedback signal’s polarity is same with the input signal.
• It drives the circuit into oscillation
• Negative Feedback
• The feedback signal’s polarity is opposite to the input.
• Decreases the gain of the amplifier
Feedback Circuit Block Diagram
• Advantage of Negative Feedback
1. Higher input impedance.
2. Better stabilized voltage gain.
3. Improved frequency response.
4. Lower output impedance.
5. Reduced noise.
6. More linear operation.
Feedback Connection Types
• Voltage Series Feedback • Voltage Shunt Feedback

• Current Series Feedback • Current Shunt Feedback

Voltage Series Feedback
Current Series Feedback
Voltage Shunt Feedback
Current Shunt Feedback
Gain with Feedback
Voltage Series Feedback
• With Vf = 0 • Overall gain with feedback is

• If Vf is connected in series
Voltage Series Feedback Input Impedance
Voltage Series Feedback Output Impedance
Voltage Shunt Feedback
• Voltage Gain with feedback • Input impedance

• Output impedance is same with

voltage series feedback since it is
dependent on the type of
feedback and not in the type of
connection.
Current Series Feedback Output Impedance
Summary of Feedback Effect on Impedance
Example
• Determine the voltage gain, input, and output • Describe the effect of reducing the gain to the
impedance with feedback for voltage series input and output impedance of the amplifier
feedback having A=100, Ri =10 k, Ro= 20 k for circuit.
feedback of
(a) B = -0.1 and (b) B = -0.5.
Effects of Negative Feedback
• Reduction in frequency • Negative feedback has wider
distortion. bandwidth and has higher -3dB
• Reduction in Noise and Non gain.
Linear Distortion.
• Open loop gain drops off at
higher frequency due to active
device and internal capacitance.
• Gain may also drop at lower
frequency for capacitively couple
amplifier