Questions tagged [filter]
A filter selectively processes input signals in frequency- or time-domain.
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Is there a standard definition of LPF stop band starting point in terms of dB attenuation
Below illustrates a LP filter bands:
I can say that the transition band starts at -3dB.
But the transition band ends at some point and there the stop band starts.
In this example it is -70dB they ...
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Pulse distortion low pass filter and group delay
What is really meant by pulse distortion? I have come across several paragraphs which mentions the cause of the pulse distortion is group delay. But doesn't a LP filter still distort a pulse even ...
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Regards Band Pass Filter with AmpOp
I've tried to solve this contest question regards the band pass filter (find the frequency at low-pass and high-pass filters) the picture below:
My attempt:
I consider that the first stage is 2 low-...
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Why won't my IIR filter work?
I have a cascaded IIR filter that has a sampling frequency of 1kHz and consist of a highpass filter with a cutoff frequency of 0.8Hz and a lowpass filter with a cutoff frequency of 5Hz.
I have ...
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Understanding the exact meaning of dB/decade in a Bode plot
To make the question clear I will ask this with an example.
Let's say we have a LP filter with a -3dB attenuation at cutoff frequency of 1kHz.
And lets say we are given the steepness of the filter as ...
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Realizing a prototype filter in ADS or any other simulator
I'm trying to design a stub-filter, and I'm stuck on realizing the filter design using Richard's transformations and Kuroda identities.
I'm building a 5th order Chebyshev LP-filter for 2.6 GHz pass-...
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How can implement a low pass filter with this PWM signal? (Deadstop Fan won't start error)
I want to low pass the signal to the fans in this circuit.
PWM frequency is 35khz and I calculated that I would need C = 10 µF and R = 10 Ω
But no matter how I place my capacitor and resistor, ...
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Cascaded RC Bandpass filter loading problem?
So I calculated the Highpass stage output impedance to be 22kohm and the input impedance of the Lowpass stage is 430kohm when f=5khz, still in the output I am getting half of my supply voltage despite ...
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How to generate this kind of filter?
I've been trying to understand this exercise proposed by my teacher.
He asked us to find a combination of 2 ideal filters to generate a filter within the conditions of the image below. (That means, ...
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There is no math for adding the functions of two parallel filters. Or is it?
I want to add two "parallel" functions. Each of them describes the frequency response of that individual filter.
Put in other words, I want to see what the frequency response looks like when the two ...
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RC bandpass filter using two port network parameters?
So my assignment is about exploring two port networks and the use of the 4 parameters, now one of the tasks is to design a bandpass filter with cascaded high pass and low pass filters, now I am really ...
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Minimizing reflection coefficient of a low-pass filter
I'm trying to figure out (with not a lot of success) as to what I need to consider when I want to minimize reflection coefficient below a certain point. I'm trying to design a low-pass shunt stub ...
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Why Deliyannis bandpass filter with high Q does not have the expected transfer function bode plot
What i need is to design a delyiannis band-pass filter with Q enhancement technique.
The theoretical analysis of this technique is referred here in pages 107-112.
For those who don't know how to ...
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Noise reduction and signal affect in IIR filter
I have found two equations which describe affect on signal and noise when using IIR filter:
For signal:
For noise:
Can someone explain how to get these equations?
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Confused with voltage doubler circuit
This is how the book explains the process:
Let me consider the first 90° of the input, the capacitor charges up to the peak voltage less the diode drop of D1, D1 is forward biased and D2 is reverse ...
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Purpose of high pass filter for AC Mains?
I wanted to ask what the purpose of the high pass filter does in the below circuit. Is it necessary?
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phase shift in LRC circuit
I need to use a L-R-C tank in my design and I'm having trouble with the calculations. And I think it is because of the phase shift I didn't take into account.
Here you can see there is a differential ...
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Can't achieve the goals in designing and simulating Resonator circuit
Goals
I need to design resonant parallel circuit and simulate it with LTSpice so that it match with the design requirements correctly.
Requirements
Source Impedance \$R_s = 100\ \Omega\$
Load ...
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Circuit inverts at high frequency and is unity at low frequency
Does anyone recognize this op amp setup?
I've figured that at low frequencies C1 is as short circuit, putting the +ve and -ve inputs to \$V_{in}\$ and at high frequencies it will be as open circuit ...
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designing Low-Pass Transmission Line Stub Filter
I'm trying to design a Low-Pass transmission line stub filter, and I have a few question regarding it.
I'm rather new to RF-circuit design, so please bear with me.
If my desired specs include the ...
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Vdc in ripple factor
V_p(rect) is the rectified unfiltered peak voltage
V_r(pp) is the peak-to-peak voltage after filtering by a capacitor
Here is a picture:
V_r(pp) is given by the expression:
Which I have no problem ...
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32.768kHz crystal making audible noise
I am doing a project to record and log the voltages of an 8 cell lithium battery. The project is based on an STM32 microcontroller, and logging is done on an SD card. I have made the first version of ...
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Amplifier and Low Pass filter not responding after few minutes of correct output?
I am trying to design an amplifier and low pass filter circuit for a piezo sensor.
My frequency of interest is .3 Hz to 5 Hz, for first stage I have used charge amplifier and the subsequent 3 stages ...
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High pass filter for electret mic to mobile phone
I’m currently working on making a lavalier microphone for use with my phone and gopro camera. I know these types of microphones are readily available and can be purchased fairly cheap, but where would ...
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Differential Equation of RC Low Pass Filter
I'm trying to analyse the following circuit to find the differential equation describing the relationship between \$V_{in}(t)\$ and \$V(t)\$:
Where \$C_1 = 2uF\$, \$C_2= 1uF\$ and \$R_1=R_2=1k\Omega\$...
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How to detect a partial discharge in a noisy signal?
I am working on a competition where we are required to detect partial discharges in given signals. Each signal represents a measurement of some power-line voltage.
I know that partial discharges ...
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Stuck with matching input signal to an active filter
I’m stuck at a point when trying to use this filter or a similar one from the same family.
To illustrate the matter I have drawn the below two diagrams. Below F represents the filter.
My aim was to ...
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RLC Low-Pass Filter with MATLAB
I'm trying to refresh my knowledge on RLC filters, and I'm using MATLAB to model it. Given an RLC circuit with the elements in series, taking the output at the capacitor should result in a 2nd-order ...
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Parallel RLC bandpass filter Bandwidth incorrect
I have been trying to create a bandpass filter with the cut-off frequency at \$\mathrm{200Hz}\$ and \$\mathrm{4800Hz}\$ I have managed to get the centre frequency to \$\mathrm{2500Hz}\$. The bandwidth ...
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Passive band-pass filter conceptual analysis
I'm trying to chain a high-pass filter and a low-pass passive filter together to form a band pass filter to illustrate how you can combine filters together, but I'm having issues trying to understand ...
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Moving summing block before integrator
I wanted to move the summing operation (+10) that I perform before the integrator block as shown below: (MODEL-1)
I check in this wikibook page - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Control_Systems/...
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Signed and unsigned numbers in verilog
I understand the concept of fixed point and multiplying signed with unsigned by sign extension the unsigned number with 1 bit of '0' so it will be signed always positive number, But my question
If I ...
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Teaching about LC filters
I'm preparing to teach some people regarding filters, and I'm confused regarding the use of the LC-filter circuit, specifically the circuit below:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created ...
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Hobby Project - Signal Frequency detector
Context: I have taken on a little side hobby project to learn by making a circuit which should be able to only go high when it sense an acoustic signal with a frequency around 40kHz. To do this I will ...
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Multiplying signed to unsigned binary numbers in verilog
How can I multiply a signed number to unsigned number in verilog for example:
a = 6'b111111 ; //which is means -1 as it is signed
b = 6'b111111 ; //which is means 63 as it is unsigned
I want the ...
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Questions about a design for an SMPS post regulator filter circuit?
For minimizing SMPS ripple and especially noise, I’m trying to make a small interface which is a post regulator cascaded after an LC filter. I have come across some papers related to this topic and ...
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Calculating low-pass filter prototype specifications
So I'm just wondering what I need to figure out before I can actually calculate anything here, (only considering the a-part now)? I understand that 2.5 GHz should be 3dB and 3.75 GHz should have 25 dB ...
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Low Pass filter
I am making a Sallen-Key topology second order low pass filter with 10Hx cutoff frequency:
I am using the LM248 op amp. The resistor and capacitor values are specified in the drawing. However, when I ...
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What does an internal or external loop filter do for this clock IC?
For the CDCE62005 clock generator IC, what does the internal or external loop filter accomplish?
Thanks in advance for any input.
Page 44 of datasheet, and pages 1-2 and 6 or the eval board user ...
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How to obtain the steady state response of the sampled periodic signal data?
Below the green plot Vin is 5Hz sine voltage signal from a function generator output sampled at 12kHz sampling rate:
The blue plot Vout is the processed/filtered data by using the following code in ...
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Emitter follower and input impedance
I'm designing an active bandpass filter (using only BJTs, voltage sources, resistors and capacitors) with the following properties:
Corner frequencies \$8 ~ \text{kHz}\$ and \$800 ~ \text{kHz}\$ (...
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Noise floor raising at high RF input power after filtering
I have a USRP b205mini with AD9364 transceiver. When it receives a very high RX input of about -5 dBm at different frequencies, not in the original RX range, the noise level raises slightly. The RX is ...
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Difference between Antenna and Filter
In RF front-ends the diagram shows an antenna followed by a band-pass filter.
I am also working on a project involving a micro-strip patch antenna followed by a dual-band band-pass microwave filter.
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Twin notch filter working
Can someone please explain to me in depth as to how this twin notch circuit is working. Also is what is the formula for finding the notch frequency because some sites give the answer as (1/2×pi×RC) ...
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PWM signal to sine wave
I generated a PWM from Arduino and everything is fine, all was left was to filter the signal to obtain the sine wave, but to my surprise, I didn't have to... which I find wierd.
I use soundcard ...
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RC Lowpass Filter between Amplifier and ADC input
I have sensors (pyranometers that consist of thermopiles and measure sun irradiation) that ouput a low voltage signal so I need to amplify them using an instrumentation amplifier.
I have chosen the ...
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What happens if we give two tones to an sigma-delta ADC?
I have been working with Sigma delta ADC, where I generally use a single tone input and then check its spectrum at the output for the SNR, which is similar to as shown below: (just an example)
I am ...
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Bandstop FIR Filter in Matlab
I have a problem here and I'd like some opinions. So, I need to design a Bandstop FIR filter and find its impulse response & frequency response in Matlab.
I was thinking that, for the impulse ...
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Sallen-Key - how opamp input bias current changes cutoff frequency?
As in the title: what exactly is the impact of input bias current in Sallen-Key topology, for example the one below:
I read that it can matter significantly, however I did not find anything more on ...
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How to find the transfer function of this first order active filter?
Going through Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Cricuits, in Chapter 3, problem 3.4 I am asked:
The circuit of Fig. P3.4 is a noninverting differentiator.
(a) Derive ...
