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  • Stochino Feed Forward Amplifier – Wireless World 1994

    This article decribes a feed forward amplifier concept from Giovanni Stochino.  The design, while novel, is very complicated and delivers about 30 dB in distortion reduction. Stochino Feed Forward.pdf  For an altogether simpler alternative that acheives about 20 dB distortion reduction, take a look at AFEC (‘augmented feedback error correction’) elswhere on this site.

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  • The Quad 405 Current Dumping Amplifier from 1975

      The famous Quad 405 ‘Current Dumping’ amplifier was launched in the mid 1970’s, and featured feed forward error correction that effectively removed the class B cross over distortion that plagues this type of output circuit structure. The design featured no adjustments in production, but the circuit components around the output (L2, R36, R38) had…

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