Gain compression

This article is about reduction in an amplifier's gain caused by circuit imperfections. For a process that intentionally reduces the dynamic range of audio signals, see Dynamic range compression. For processes that reduce the size of digital audio files, see Audio compression (data).

Gain compression is a reduction in differential or slope gain caused by nonlinearity of the transfer function of an amplifying device[1] for large-signal inputs.

  1. ^ Root, David E.; Xu, Jianjun; Pedro, José Carlos; Nunes, Luís Cótimos, eds. (2018), "Linear and Nonlinear Circuits", Nonlinear Circuit Simulation and Modeling: Fundamentals for Microwave Design, The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–46, doi:10.1017/9781316492963.002, ISBN 978-1-107-14059-2, retrieved 11 March 2022