Which outcome occurs when a power amplifier nears saturation?

💡 Explanation

When a power amplifier enters saturation, the signal is clipped, resulting in increased harmonic distortion generation because the *non-linear amplification* causes the introduction of new frequency components. Therefore distortion increases, rather than SNR improving under these conditions of saturation, due to distortion energy overpowering linear gains.

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