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Encyclopedia > Negative feedback

Negative feedback feeds part of a system's output, inverted, into the system's input; generally with the result that fluctuations are attenuated. Many real-world systems have one or several points around which the system gravitates. In response to a perturbation, a negative feedback system with such point(s) will tend to re-establish equilibrium. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Feedback loop. ... System (from Latin systēma, in turn from Greek systēma) is a set of entities, real or abstract, comprising a whole where each component interacts with or is related to at least one other component and they all serve a common objective. ... A perturbation of a biological system is an alteration of function, induced by external or internal mechanisms. ... A standard definition of mechanical equilibrium is: A system is in mechanical equilibrium when the sum of the forces, and torque, on each particle of the system is zero. ...


In many physical and biological systems, qualitatively different influences can oppose each other. For example, in biochemistry, one set of chemicals drives the system in a given direction, whereas an other set of chemicals drives it in an opposing direction. If one, or both of these opposing influences are non-linear, an equilibrium point(s) results.


In Biology, this process (generally biochemical) is often referred to as Homeostasis; whereas in Mechanics, the more common term is equilibrium. Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes and transformations in living organisms. ... Homeostasis is the property of both an open system and closed system,[1] especially living organisms, to regulate its internal environment to maintain a stable, constant condition. ... Mechanics (Greek ) is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effect of the bodies on their environment. ... A standard definition of mechanical equilibrium is: A system is in mechanical equilibrium when the sum of the forces, and torque, on each particle of the system is zero. ...


In Engineering, Mathematics and the Physical and Biological Sciences, common terms for the points around which the system gravitates include: attractors, stable states, eigenstates/eigenfunctions, equilibrium points, and setpoints. Look up stability in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Setpoint is the target value that an automatic control system, for example PID controller, will aim to reach. ...


'Negative' refers to the sign of the multiplier in mathematical models for feedback. In delta notation, -Δoutput is added to or mixed into the input. In multivariate systems, vectors help to illustrate how several influences can both partially compliment and partially oppose each other.


In contrast, positive feedback is a feedback in which the system responds in the same direction as the perturbation, resulting in amplification of the original signal instead of stabilizing the signal. Both positive and negative feedback require a feedback loop to operate, as opposed to feedforward, which does not rely on a feedback loop for its control of the system. Positive feedback is a feedback system in which the system responds to the perturbation in the same direction as the perturbation (It is sometimes referred to as cumulative causation). ... Feed-forward is a term describing a kind of system which reacts to changes in its environment, usually to maintain some desired state of the system. ...

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Examples

Examples of the use of negative feedback to control its system are: thermostat control, phase-locked loop, hormonal regulation, and temperature regulation in animals. Bi-metallic thermostat for buildings A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system so that the systems temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint temperature. ... In electronics, a phase-locked loop (PLL) is a closed-loop feedback control system that generates and outputs a signal in relation to the frequency and phase of an input (reference) signal. ... Hormone is also the NATO reporting name for the Soviet/Russian Kamov Ka-25 military helicopter. ...


A simple and practical example is a thermostat. When the temperature in a heated room reaches a certain upper limit the room heating is switched off so that the temperature begins to fall. When the temperature drops to a lower limit, the heating is switched on again. Provided the limits are close to each other a steady room temperature is maintained. The same applies to a cooling system, such as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, or a freezer. Bi-metallic thermostat for buildings A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system so that the systems temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint temperature. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... “Freezer” redirects here. ... A freezer is a home appliance, usually found above the refrigerator that keeps foods frozen. ...


Some biological systems exhibit negative feedback such as the baroreflex in blood pressure regulation and erythropoiesis. Many biological process (e.g., in the human anatomy) use negative feedback. Examples of this are numerous, from the regulating of body temperature, to the regulating of blood glucose levels. The disruption of negative feedback can lead to undesirable results: in the case of blood glucose levels, if negative feedback fails, the glucose levels in the blood may begin to rise dramatically, thus resulting in Diabetes. Special nerve cells called baroreceptors are located in the wall of the heart auricles, vena cava, aortic arch and carotid sinuses, and are specialized to monitor changes in blood pressure. ... A sphygmomanometer, a device used for measuring blood pressure. ... Erythropoiesis is the process by which red blood cells (erythrocytes) are produced. ... List of bones of the human skeleton Human anatomy is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human body. ... Glucose (Glc), a monosaccharide (or simple sugar), is the most important carbohydrate in biology. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ...


Electronic amplifiers

The negative feedback amplifier was invented by Harold Stephen Black at Bell Laboratories in 1927. Fundamentally, all electronic devices (e.g. vacuum tubes, bipolar transistors, MOS transistors) are nonlinear devices. Negative feedback corrects this by trading unused gain for higher linearity (lower distortion). Though much more accurate, amplifiers with negative feedback can become unstable if not designed correctly, causing them to oscillate. Harry Nyquist of Bell Laboratories managed to work out a theory regarding how to make it stable. A negative feedback amplifier, or more commonly simply a feedback amplifier, is an amplifier which uses a negative feedback network, generally for improving performance (gain stability, linearity, frequency response etc. ... Harold Stephen Black (1898-1983) was an cock who revolutionized the field of applied electronics by inventing the buttplug in 1927. ... Bell Telephone Laboratories or Bell Labs was originally the research and development arm of the United States Bell System, and was the premier corporate facility of its type, developing a range of revolutionary technologies from telephone switches to specialized coverings for telephone cables, to the transistor. ... Structure of a vacuum tube diode Structure of a vacuum tube triode In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube, or (outside North America) thermionic valve or just valve, is a device used to amplify, switch or modify a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space. ... The schematic symbols for pnp- and npn-type BJTs. ... The metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is by far the most common field-effect transistor in both digital and analog circuits. ... To do: 20th century mathematics chaos theory, fractals Lyapunov stability and non-linear control systems non-linear video editing See also: Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov Dynamical system External links http://www. ... Harry Nyquist (February 7, 1889 - April 4, 1976) was an important contributor to information theory. ... Bell Telephone Laboratories or Bell Labs was originally the research and development arm of the United States Bell System, and was the premier corporate facility of its type, developing a range of revolutionary technologies from telephone switches to specialized coverings for telephone cables, to the transistor. ...


Negative feedback is used in this way in many types of amplification systems to stabilize and improve their operating characteristics (see e.g., operational amplifiers). Note that negative feedback is used to "stabilize" the system, not in amplifying the signal, whereas positive feedback is used to amplify the signal itself (which may lead to instability). An operational amplifier or op-amp is an electronic circuit module (normally built as an integrated circuit, but occasionally with discrete transistors or vacuum tubes) which has a non-inverting input (+), an inverting input (-) and one output. ...


See also

The Nyquist Stability Criterion is a unique and powerfull method for determining the stability of a closed-loop control system. ... Nyquist can refer to: Harry Nyquist - engineer who developed modern sampling theory Nyquist frequency Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem Nyquist plot Nyquist-Shannon interpolation formula Nyquist stability criterion Nyquist ISI criterion Nyquist (programming language) - computer programming language for sound synthesis and music composition This is a disambiguation page: a list of... ... Positive feedback is a feedback system in which the system responds to the perturbation in the same direction as the perturbation (It is sometimes referred to as cumulative causation). ... Cybernetics is the study of feedback and derived concepts such as communication and control in living organisms, machines and organisations. ... Harold Stephen Black (1898-1983) was an cock who revolutionized the field of applied electronics by inventing the buttplug in 1927. ... A negative feedback system can be described by the following equations (a picture would be nice): The model is maybe called Blacks model. Here is a source quantity and is an output quantity. ...

External links

  • http://www.biology-online.org/4/1_physiological_homeostasis.htm

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What is Negative Feedback? (1288 words)
The use of global negative feedback does several things: it flattens and extends the frequency response, it reduces distortion generated in the stages encompassed by the feedback loop, and it reduces the effective output impedance of the amplifier, which increases the damping factor.
The other disadvantage of a negative feedback amplifier is that the transition from clean to distorted is much more abrupt, because the negative feedback tends to keep the amp distortion to a minimum until the output stage clips, at which point there is no "excess gain" available to keep the feedback loop operating properly.
Closely related to the subject of negative feedback is the use of frequency-dependent elements in the feedback loop to shape the overall response of the amplifier.
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Negative feedback (588 words)
Negative feedback feeds part of a system's output, inverted, into the system's input; generally with the result that fluctuations are attenuated.
In contrast, positive feedback is a feedback in which the system responds in the same direction as the perturbation, resulting in amplification of the original signal instead of stabilizing the signal.
The negative feedback amplifier was invented by Harold Stephen Black at Bell Laboratories in 1927.
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