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In [[radio communication]], AFC is needed because, after the [[bandpass]] frequency of a receiver is tuned to the frequency of a [[transmitter]], the two frequencies may drift apart, interrupting the reception. This can be caused by a poorly controlled transmitter frequency, but the most common cause is drift of the center bandpass frequency of the receiver, due to thermal or mechanical drift in the values of the electronic components.

Assuming that a receiver is nearly tuned to the desired frequency, the AFC [[electrical network|circuit]] in the receiver develops an error [[voltage]] proportional to the degree to which the receiver is mistuned. This error voltage is then [[Feedback|fed back]] to the tuning circuit in such a way that the tuning error is reduced. In most [[frequency modulation]] (FM) detectors, an error voltage of this type is easily available. See [[Negative feedback]].

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