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Q.Draw the frequency response of an amplifier with and without negative feedback.

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The response is a gain-vs-frequency graph; with negative feedback the curve is lower (less gain) but wider (more bandwidth).

The frequency response of an amplifier is a plot of its voltage gain against frequency (on a log frequency scale). It has a flat mid-band region bounded by two 3 dB (0.707 of maximum) frequencies — the lower cut-off f1f_1 and the upper cut-off f2f_2 — and the bandwidth is BW=f2−f1BW = f_2 - f_1.

When the same amplifier is drawn with negative feedback, two changes appear:

  • The peak gain falls from AmaxA_{max} to Af,maxA_{f,max}, because Af=A/(1+Aβ)A_f = A/(1+A\beta).
  • The band widens: the lower cut-off moves down to f1′=f1/(1+Aβ)f_1' = f_1/(1+A\beta) and the upper cut-off moves up to f2′=f2(1+Aβ)f_2' = f_2(1+A\beta), so the new bandwidth is BWf=BW(1+Aβ)BW_f = BW(1+A\beta). …

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