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A high power integrated circuit amplifier employs emitter ballasted NPN output transistors. One output transistor is driven by a PNP transistor to create a composite pair. Since the ballast resistor, in the composite pair, is effectively in the collector of a PNP equivalent transistor, the output stage creates substantial distortion. The output stage is driven by a conventional high gain capacitance compensated amplifier. By connecting an additional negative feedback capacitor between the emitter of the composite pair output transistor and the driver amplifier input, the distortion can be effectively compensated without resorting to power dissipative distortion reduction.
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