Engineers use feedback loops — typically negative feedback is more useful, but positive feedback is needed for oscillators.

Typical circuits textbooks tell us that there are four basic feedback topologies. The impression is given (if not stated) that a given feedback circuit will conform to one of these four topologies.

The hysteretic power supply is simpler than the voltage- or current-mode closed-loop-control dc-dc switchers, although its simplicity may be a bit deceiving due to component variations and potential ...

Memories may be maintained in the brain through a mechanism familiar to any engineer — negative and positive feedback loops, according to researchers Sukbin Lim and Mark Goldman at the UC Davis Center ...

Negative feedback is a universal control mechanism that lets a system's output throttle its input. If an engine revs up, negative feedback tapers its power source. But if the engine slows down, it ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just "background noise." Led by researchers ...

Signals released by immune cells during a bout of inflammatory bowel disease interfere with intestinal cells' ability to regenerate. Yet people with inflammatory bowel diseases have a higher risk of ...