Module - 4 FILTERS-Introduction
Module - 4 FILTERS-Introduction
FILTERS- Introduction
INTRODUCTION
• A filter as a circuit that allows only certain frequencies to pass
through.
They remove undesirable frequency components from a
complex input signal.
•Some of the uses of this operation includes
Suppression of power-line hum
Reduction of very low or high frequency interference and
noise
Specialized spectral shaping
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• Filter implementations may be classified into two very broad,
1. Digital filters:
2. Analog filters:
• Digital filters: (z- plane)
Works entirely in the digital domain, using numeric data as
the input signal.
• Analog filters: (s-plane)
Utilizes standard linear circuit techniques for their
construction.
Analog Filters
• Analog filter implementations can be broken into two
subcategories: passive and active.
• Passive filters:
Utilize only resistors, inductors, and capacitors.
For low frequency applications (DC ~ 100kHz) inductors
size becomes very large and impossible to fabricate on
IC’s.
At =0 At =
Example-2
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• Active filters:
– Utilizes active devices like discrete transistors or
op-amps.
magnitude Phase
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• Gain function: G(w)
Filter gain is the ratio, at a given frequency, of the signal amplitude
at the output of the filter over the signal amplitude at the input of
the filter
(1)
STOPBAND
RIPPLE
ASSBAND
IPPLE
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• Passband: Is the range of frequencies that are allowed to
pass through the filter with minimum attenuation.
• Ideally attenuation in passband is 0 dB, but practically
passband deviation has upper bound,
Amax (dB).
• Stopband: Is the range of frequencies that are completely
blocked by the filter.
• Ideally there will be zero transmission in stopband
frequencies.
• Practically there will be some transmission in stopband and
are attenuated by at least Amin (dB) relative to the passband
signals
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• Following the passband is a region called the transition region
that leads into a region called the stopband.
• p passband edge frequency at which gain falls by 3 dB
• S stopband edge frequency
• Transition band extends from p to S .
• Selectivity factor: p measures the sharpness of the low
s
pass filter.
• Finally four important specifications of low pass filter
1. The passband edge p
2. The maximum allowed variation in passband transmission Amax
3. The stopband edge S
4. The minimum required stopband attenuation Amin
Ripples
• Ripples are the fluctuations (measured in dB) in the pass
band, or stop band, of a filter's frequency magnitude response
curve.
• Amax is also referred as passband ripple and all ripple peaks are
equal.
• Stopband also has equal ripples and achieves minimum
attenuation Amin
• The above discussed low pass filter is said to be equiripple in
both passband and stopband.
Summary
• Ideal Low pass filter
1. Lower Amax
2. Higher Amin
3. Selectivity factor p 1
s
Transmission specifications for a bandpass
filter
Filter Transfer Function
• It is the ratio of two polynomials,
TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS
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• Transfer function T(s)
POLE-ZERO PATTERN
Pole-zero pattern for the low-pass filter (N =
5)
• Transfer function T(s), this is called all-pole filter of order ‘5’
POLE-ZERO PATTERN
Example of pole zero pattern