An amplifier that uses negative feedback is called a feedback amplifier. The document discusses the basic components and effects of feedback amplifiers. A feedback amplifier consists of a source, amplifier, sampling network, and mixer network. Negative feedback improves the stability, frequency response, and reduces harmonic distortion of an amplifier. It also allows the input and output resistances to be changed. Positive feedback is used in oscillators instead of amplifiers to cause instability and oscillations.