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Perhaps the easiest way to define an active circuit is to say what it is not. Its opposite, a passive circuit, contains no element which, however arranged, can have a power transfer function greater than unity. An active circuit on the other hand contains elements which have the possibility of power amplification though in some configurations such amplification or gain may not occur.
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Martin, A.G., Stephenson, F.W. (1973). Active Devices and Circuit Models. In: Linear Microelectronic Systems. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86175-0_3
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