Questions tagged [filter]
A filter selectively processes input signals in frequency- or time-domain.
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amplifier characteristics
Hello I have a problem I need to transfer data from these graphs to cartesian system and unfortunately I don't know how to read polar graphs.
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VNA measurement of a domestic 3 wire AC cable used as a parallel transmission line
I am currently working on power line communication techniques for low and medium bandwidth applications. I was curious to calculate Z0 on a 3 wire, 1.5mm2 power cable. The theoretical impedance of a ...
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AWR, filters saw parameters [closed]
I need files with saw parameters filters (Taiyo Yuden F6KA2G535L4AM-Z) in s2p format for awr. I havent found them on publisher site, where can i find them?
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Low value capacitors on PCB
Why do we avoid using capacitors of low values like capacitors of 1pF during electronics circuit design?
What is the problem that they can pose at the level of PCB routing?
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Q-factor and Frequency Ranges for EQ
I'm doing a bit of research into some audio graphic equalizers and the following questions have come to mind.
Typically, what is the Q-factor for a standard audio graphic EQ/band? For example, if one ...
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How to get the DC gain of an active high pass filter?
Edit: I think maybe I am confusing terms (it has been a few years since my last electronics class). I am trying to get the expression for the gain of this active filter amplifier circuit in terms of ...
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RLC band stop vs. RC low pass filter for switching noise in DC-DC converter
I'm working with a DC-DC switching IC that has a fixed switching frequency of 10kHz. I'd like to filter out that switching noise. The load is just an instrumentation amplifier, so the peak current ...
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Will this photodiode circuit filter this frequency?
I have the following circuit with a photodiode and an LM358P where I intend to blink an LED at around 20kHz. I want to work on it. I have made a calculation through 1/(2piRC), and got something around ...
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Unexpected ADC behaviour - can anyone help diagnose?
I'm attempting to read an air temp. sensor made by Amphenol (Datasheet).
The sensor outputs is pulse density modulated (PDM) and is filtered to DC using a simple LPF as suggested by the manufactorer. ...
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I think I found an error in an electronics book. Are my equations correct here?
I'm reading Practical Electronics for Inventors, 4th edition, to freshen up my long forgotten knowledge of electronics. I love the book so far, but I just came across an equation there which seems ...
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Capacitive voltage divider frequency response and cut-off frequency
I'm working on designing a guitar pedal based on the topology of an old tube amplifier I own.
Between the amplification stages I found an inter-stage filter that I cannot understand in the frequency ...
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Impossible filter design on bad amplifier
I just recently created this audio amplifier. I built it with real components and it works great. I built it without the "EQ" parts though, since I had not created them yet, so I don't know ...
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Finding the cut-off frequency of a filter
For a general filter, what is the way to find the cut-off frequency? In this link Okawa Electronic Design shows a formula for the cut-off frequency of a Sallen-key filter that looks like:
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Breakpoints, poles and zeros of a band reject filter
I'm reading a manual about op. amps. (op amps for everyone) which, at a certain point, speaks about poles and zeros. I'm trying to understand the following example:
Given the following band reject ...
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Numerical output of RC Circuit
I am trying to numerically generate the output voltage of an RC Filter to that of Plot 1 using the following formula.
Using the following code:
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How to use same low pass filter for square and sine wave
I'm trying to desing simple DDS waveform generator using DDS IC, but I'm a bit lost about designing output filter for it. My requirements are 1 Hz - 25 MHz sine, square and triangle/ramp wave. Using ...
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LTspice filter giving same output voltage from every input voltage and frequency?
I'm investigating different active filters using LTspice. I've done 3 different circuits of slightly different designs. With each circuit, I use LTspice transient analysis to check the output voltages ...
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How to select a common mode choke inductance value for power supply EMC filter design?
I would like to know how to select a common mode choke inductance value for EMC filter design for DC -DC power supply
The Specifications are :
Cutoff frequency : 20 Khz
Power suppply Maximum Current : ...
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Acoustic noise from EMI filter
I am using this proportional valve driving circuit:
The valve is 24V, 2W, driven with a 2kHz PWM. I hear an acoustic noise coming from the EMI-Filters L49, L77. I know that the noise is coming from ...
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Are distributed element filters really distributed?
When looking at distributed filters etched into PCB, I have a hard time understanding why they called distributed. Most of them can be broken into sections and have basically a 1 to 1 correspondence ...
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Circuit operation
I have the below input protection and filter circuit. I want to understand how it works.
Can someone tell me the purpose of R0101 and D0102 and D0104?
As far as my understanding level, when the ...
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Damping output filter of buck converter?
Does anybody know if we need to damp the output filter of a buck converter?
I came across this paper Passive Power Filters written by R. Künzi. In this paper he suggested an approach to damp the LC ...
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How does this T-network op amp function as a boost filter?
Supposedly this circuit is supposed to be a bass frequency booster.
I've been using this article as a reference, although the circuit they analyze is a different layout than mine.
I apologize if my ...
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Single balanced mixer, multi-tone analysis
I realized the circuit shown below on ADS.
Schematic of the mixer can be shown below.
As can be clearly seen from the figure below, to perform a multi-tone analysis RF signal is feeded with two ...
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DC accurate low pass filter [closed]
I need to make an dc accurate low pass filter. Actually, I need to measure the dc/average value of a waveform. Suggest me some good and practical 0hz low pass filters. That is, the filter that can ...
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Why does adding a gain to a Sallen-key second order HPF change the amplitude response?
As the title suggests, I have done all the necessary calculations to implement a gain into my second order stage of my 6th order high pass filter but for some odd reason, it would change the amplitude ...
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How do I calculate the transfer function of this basic terminated RC filter?
I'm reading through an electronics book to teach myself, and I'm in the section about filters. I've been following along so far, but now I'm confused about how the author came to a conclusion in his ...
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Why is the output of a high-pass filter not 0 when the input is 0?
I'm trying to design a 5th order Butterworth high-pass filter built on the Sallen-key topology with a cut-off frequency at 100Hz. For some reason, the output has a DC offset of around 5mV when the ...
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Which is better for full bridge rectifier circuit? MLCC or Electrolytic? [duplicate]
If I place 100uF multilayer ceramic capacitors at the output of a full-bridge rectifier will there be any problem? Or I need to place electrolytic capacitors? What difference do they make (except size)...
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ADC input filter design for DC input signal
My plan is to use an ADS1115 ADC to read a low impedance 0-5V output signal from a level transducer. The ADC data sheet gives guidance for ADC input filtering. This data sheet, and even other input ...
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Pinball keeps blowing transistor
I've a pinball machine that keeps blowing the transistor for the flipper coil. The flipper coil has a diode across the lugs. This tested good but I replaced it with a new one anyway. Still blows ...
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Explanation of this filter [closed]
I have designed this circuit and someone suggested R and C to enhance the functionality of the circuit.
The circuit is basically a current controlled device. Depending on the voltage set by the ...
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Generate smooth sine wave from ZYNQ Analog to Digital Converter(ADC)
I have system built on ZYNQ SoC. The ADC of the ZYNQ Soc is fed with 10KHz sine wave and I am getting below wave as the output of ADC. This signal is further processed by further modules. As this ...
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What is the stability of a digital signal processed by a filter with z-transform?
I have a question from the book FE Electrical and Computer Review Manual by Michael R. Lindeburg page# DE X-1 with its answer as follows:
I tried to solve it as follows:
I don't understand why is it ...
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ADS1115 ADC input filter - active or passive?
I want to implement an ADC as part of my bachelor's thesis.
The datasheet of the ADS1115 show that there is no filtering done by the ADC chip before the multiplexer. As I read here, it is good ...
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Inductor - capacitor filter, load disconnected
I'm designing a power supply filter based on inductor - capacitor topology, as shown below.
However, when the load is suddenly disconnected, a high current starts flowing through the capacitor, as ...
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Fourier coefficient and resolution in simulators
I post below two fourier graphs of the same signal, simulated for two different transient durations:
The time domain function is a sine with 60Hz frequency.
Transient duration 40ms gives the ...
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Is this an Inductor, mystery component 600R/2A?
I was checking a schematic for work, and I saw this component that I don't recognize, marked 600R/2A.
Since they are marked L and are used in combination with capacitors, I think they are inductors ...
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Transformation from Normalized Low-Pass Filter to Denormalized High-Pass Filter
I would like to ask a question about the a method (method number 2) to go from a normalized LPF to a HPF:
Note: normalized refers to frequency normalization for the mentioned filters.
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Active highpass filter for microphone, how to choose cutoff frequency?
I am currently taking a class on filter design, and I am learning by doing.
I want to make a small project by building a microphone circuit.
I found online a tutorial by Great Scott. He made a circuit ...
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Trouble understanding an amplifier and filter circuit
First time poster and a beginner at electronics, please tell me if any formatting is wrong.
I implemented this amplifier and filter circuit and connected it with a function generator as input to see ...
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Finding the cut-off frequency of a filter circuit at -3db from transfer function
I am having issue with finding the cutoff frequency from this filter circuit transfer function as i am stuck at the step shown in the picture attached. I am not sure if i have done the steps correctly ...
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Need pointer on designing low pass filter circuit
I am trying to design a low pass circuit for my project which can cutoff frequency of around 300 kHz. Input and output impedance is 50 ohm.
The values of R4, C3 which are part of the filter can be ...
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Initial Transient Response of Boost Converter
I have been reading about switched-mode DC-DC converters and I'm having some trouble fully understanding the behaviour.
Take the following circuit for example (no feedback loop):
I understand there ...
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Multisim (2008) - How do I provide a reset stimulus using a controlled one shot pulse, in order to properly initialize my design under simulation?
Apologies for the captured image quality but I have a circuit from a communications textbook Fundamentals of Electronic Communication Systems 3rd Edition, by Louis E. Frenzel Jr.
The image below ...
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Filter w/ seemingly higher output voltage than input?
I'm working on a simple LC filter as part of an AM radio project. I was intending to use a ferrite antenna (modeled roughly by the voltage source in series w/ inductor which is then connected to a ...
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Minimizing signal delay when debouncing
I have a mechanical switch that I'd like to use as a signal source for a digital input of a microcontroller. The switch is normally closed, and I'd like to detect the switch being opened as quickly as ...
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Why do 2 different online active filter calculators give way different GBW requirements for the same frequency range?
I am confused about 2 different online active filter calculators giving different GBW requirements for the same frequency range. One calculator is giving GBW requirements in the kHz range while the ...
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I need help with hairpin filter design. Can anyone help me with the design steps and equations? [closed]
I have the coupled line design. But don't know how to convert it to a hairpin structure.
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Filtering out a wide PWM
I was doing this project for a kid - an ultrasonic buzzer that alerts you when an object is within 1.7 meters in front of you. We are using an HC-SR04.
I set up a 555 in an astable multivibrator ...
