Abstract
In this note we discuss the reverse gain of feedback amplifiers; a parameter often neglected in the feedback analysis presented in most textbooks on electronics. The discussion presented here shows how this reverse gain can have a significant impact on the feedback circuit input and output impedances, even when such a gain is negligible and the circuit is considered as ‘unilateral’.
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