Amplifier apparatus

Abstract

An amplifier apparatus including a first dividing circuit disposed at the input side of an amplifier, for dividing an input signal into a primary signal to be amplified by the amplifier and an auxiliary signal for distortion detection, a distortion compensating signal generating circuit for generating a distortion compensating signal, based on the auxiliary signal and the output of the amplifier, to compensate a distortion component contained in the output of the primary amplifier and inputting the generated signal into the amplifier, and a primary signal combining circuit for combining the primary signal obtained by the first dividing circuit 1 with the distortion compensating signal. The result is that even using an auxiliary amplifier whose gain is small or without using such auxiliary amplifier in a feedback system, the distortion component contained in the output of the amplifier can be effectively compensated.

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