在电子放大器中，相位裕度（PM）是放大器的输出信号（相对于其输入）的相位与180°之间的差（单位为度），对频率的函数。通常开环相位延迟（相对于输入）随频率变化，逐步增加到超过180°，此频率下输出信号（相对于输入）反相。PM为正值，但会随着频率下降，在截止频率（PM = 0）反相，于是在高频率PM为负值（PM < 0）。在存在负反馈时，环路增益超过1情况下PM频率为零或负值可以保证系统不稳定。因此PM为正是能保证该电路正常工作（不振荡）的“安全裕度”。这不仅适用于放大器电路，同样适用于不同负载条件（如无功负载）下的有源滤波器。在最简单的形式中，涉及有非抗性反馈的理想负反馈电压放大器，在放大器的开环电压增益等于所需闭环直流电压增益时测定相位裕度。

In electronic amplifiers, the phase margin (PM) is the difference between the phase and 180°, for an amplifier's output signal (relative to its input), at a certain frequency.

Typically the open-loop phase lag (relative to input) varies with frequency, progressively increasing to exceed 180°, at which frequency the output signal becomes inverted, or antiphase in relation to the input. The PM will be positive but decreasing at frequencies less than the frequency at which inversion sets in (at which PM = 0), and PM is negative (PM < 0) at higher frequencies. In the presence of negative feedback, a zero or negative PM at a frequency where the loop gain exceeds unity (1) guarantees instability. Thus positive PM is a "safety margin" that ensures proper (non-oscillatory) operation of the circuit. This applies to amplifier circuits as well as more generally, to active filters, under various load conditions (e.g. reactive loads). In its simplest form, involving ideal negative feedback voltage amplifiers with non-reactive feedback, the phase margin is measured at the frequency where the open-loop voltage gain of the amplifier equals the desired closed-loop DC voltage gain.