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Chapter 15

This document summarizes different types of active filters and their characteristics: - It describes four basic filter responses: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-stop and defines their key parameters like passband, critical frequency, bandwidth, and quality factor. - Active filters use op-amps and can provide better responses than passive filters by optimizing the roll-off rate and other attributes. Filters can have Butterworth, Chebyshev or Bessel response characteristics. - The damping factor determines the filter response and depends on feedback resistor values. Tables provide damping factor values for Butterworth filters up to four poles. - Common active filter circuits are described like single-pole low

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Chapter 15

This document summarizes different types of active filters and their characteristics: - It describes four basic filter responses: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-stop and defines their key parameters like passband, critical frequency, bandwidth, and quality factor. - Active filters use op-amps and can provide better responses than passive filters by optimizing the roll-off rate and other attributes. Filters can have Butterworth, Chebyshev or Bessel response characteristics. - The damping factor determines the filter response and depends on feedback resistor values. Tables provide damping factor values for Butterworth filters up to four poles. - Common active filter circuits are described like single-pole low

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Chapter 15: Active Filters

15.1: Basic filter Responses


„ A filter is a circuit that passes certain frequencies and
rejects or attenuates all others.
„ The passband is the range of frequencies allowed to pass
through the filter.
„ The critical frequency, fc, defines the end (or ends) of the
passband and is normally specified at the point where the
response drops -3dB (70.7%) from the passband response.
„ Basic filter responses are:

Gain Gain Gain Gain

f f f f

Low-pass High-pass Band-pass Band-stop

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15.1: Basic filter Responses
Low-Pass Filter Response
„ The low-pass filter allows frequencies below the critical frequency to
pass (from dc to fc) and rejects other. The simplest low-pass filter is a
passive RC circuit with the output taken across C.
„ Æ The bandwidth of an ideal low-pass filter is
The critical frequency of a low-pass
RC filter occurs when XC = R where

Ideal response (shaded area): ideal low-pass filter; no response for frequencies above fc
Actual response (curved line): the gain drops rapidly after fc with a rate decided by
number of poles (number of RC circuits contained in the filter)

15.1: Basic filter Responses


Low-Pass Filter Response
„ The -20dB roll-off rate is not a particularly good filter characteristic (far
from ideal filter) because too much of the unwanted frequencies (beyond the
passband) are allowed through the filter
„ In order to produce a more effective filter that has a steeper transition
region, it is necessary to add additional poles (RC circuits) combined with
op-amps that have frequency-selective feedback circuits Æ filters can be
designed with roll-off rates of -40dB, -60dB or more dB/decade as shown

„ Filters that include one or


more op-amps in the design are
called active filters. These
filters can optimize the roll-off
rate or other attribute (such as
phase response) with a particular
filter design.

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15.1: Basic filter Responses
High-Pass Filter Response
„ The high-pass filter passes all frequencies above a critical frequency and
rejects all others. The simplest high-pass filter is a passive RC circuit with
the output taken across R.

„ Responses that are steeper than -20dB in the


transition region are also possible with active
high-pass filters; the particular response
depends on the type of filter and the number of
poles.

15.1: Basic filter Responses


Band-Pass Filter Response
„ A band-pass filter passes all frequencies between two critical frequencies.
The bandwidth is defined as the difference between the two critical
frequencies. The band-pass filter can be obtained by joining the high-pass
filter with low-pass filter or by RLC circuit (not described in this chapter)
„ The bandwidth is
„ The center frequency f0 about
which the bandpass is centered
can be calculated from
„ The quality factor (Q) of a
band-pass filter is the ratio of the
center frequency to the bandwidth.
The lower the Q the better the band selection SEE EXAMPLE 15-1
„ If Q > 10 Æ narrow band-pass filter If Q < 10 Æ wide bandpass filter
„ The quality factor (Q) can also be expressed in
terms of the damping factor (DF) of the filter as

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15.1: Basic filter Responses
Band-Stop Filter Response
„ A band-stop filter rejects frequencies between two critical frequencies; the
bandwidth is measured between the critical frequencies. The band-pass filter
can be obtained by joining the low-pass filter with high-pass filter or by RLC
circuit (not described in this chapter)

„ The bandwidth is

„ The center frequency f0 is

„ quality factor (Q)

15.2: Filter Response Characteristics


„ Active filters: include one or more op-amps in the design. These filters
can provide much better responses than the passive filters illustrated befor.
Active filter designs optimize various parameters such as amplitude
response, roll-off rate, or phase response.
„ Each type of filter response (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, or band-
stop) can be tailored by circuit component values to have either a
Butterworth, Chebyshev, or Bessel characteristic .
Av Chebyshev: rapid roll-off characteristic

Butterworth: flat amplitude response

Bessel: linear phase response

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15.2: Filter Response Characteristics
The Damping Factor
„ The damping factor primarily determines if the filter will have a
Butterworth, Chebyshev, or Bessel response.
„ The damping factor in the shown general diagram of active filter is
determined by the feedback resistors R1 and R2 and is defined by:

„ Every filter type (Butterworth, Chebyshev, or


Bessel response) has it’s own damping factor table
derived using a advanced mathematics (not covered)
„ The value of the damping factor required to produce a
desired response characteristic depends on the order
(number of poles) of the filter.
„ A pole is simply a circuit with one resistor and one
capacitor. The more poles a filter has, the faster its roll-off
rate is.

15.2: Filter Response Characteristics


The Damping Factor
„ Because of its maximally flat response, the Butterworth characteristic is the
most widely used Æ we will limit our coverage to the Butterworth response
„ Parameters for Butterworth filters up to four poles are given in the
following table. (See text for larger order filters).
Roll-off 1st stage 2nd stage
Order dB/decade Poles DF R1 /R2 Poles DF R1 /R2
Table for
Butterworth 1 −20 1 Optional
filter values 2 −40 2 1.414 0.586
3 −60 2 1.00 1.00 1 1.00 1.00
4 −80 2 1.848 0.152 2 0.765 1.235

For example, To achieve a second-order Butterworth response Æ damping


factor must be 1.414. Æ

Æ The gain which is 1 more than


the resistor ratio

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15.2: Filter Response Characteristics
Critical Frequency and Roll-Off Rate
„ the order number is the number of poles (RC circuits) that must be included
in the circuit of the active filter
„ The number of poles determines the roll-off rate of the filter. A
Butterworth response produces -20 dB/decade/pole Æ a first-order (one-
pole) filter has a roll-off of -20 dB/decade; a second-order (two-pole)
filter has a roll-off rate of -40 dB/decade; a third-order (three-pole) filter
has a roll-off -60 dB/decade and so on.
„ Generally, to obtain a filter with three poles or more, one-pole or
two-pole filters are cascaded in stages as shown.

One pole or two


poles RC circuit

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3

15.3: Active Low-Pass Filters


„ Filters that use op-amps as the active element provide several
advantages over passive filters (R, L, and C elements only). The op-amp
provides gain, so the signal is not attenuated as it passes through the filter.
A Single-Pole Low-Pass Filter
„ active filter with a single low-pass RC frequency-selective circuit
that provides a roll-off of -20 dB/decade

„ The critical frequency

„ The closed-loop voltage gain

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15.3: Active Low-Pass Filters
The Sallen-Key Low-Pass Filter (Double-Pole Low-Pass Filter)
„ The Sallen-Key is one of the most common configurations for a
second-order (two-pole) filter.
„ It is an active filter with a two low-pass RC circuits that provides a roll-off
of -40 dB/decade
„ The critical frequency

If we choose RA = RB = R and CA = CB = C.

Æ critical frequency simplifies to

„ The closed-loop voltage gain

15.3: Active Low-Pass Filters


Cascaded Low-Pass Filters
„ Third-order or higher Third order configuration; 3-poles
low-pass response (-60 (2-poles stage1 + 1-pole stage 2)
dB/decade or lower) can be
done by cascading a single
pole and/or two-pole low-
pass filter

Fourth order configuration; 3-poles


(2-poles stage1 + 1-pole stage 2)

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15.3: Active Low-Pass Filters: Example
„ Determine the critical frequency of the Sallen-Key low-pass filter in
Figure, and set the value of R1 for an approximate Butterworth response.

15.3: Active Low-Pass Filters: Example


For the four-pole filter in Figure before in cascaded filters determine the
capacitance values required to produce a critical frequency of 2680 Hz if all the
resistors in the RC low-pass circuits are 1.8 kΩ. Also select values for the
feedback resistors to get a Butterworth response

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15.4: Active High-Pass Filters
A Single-Pole Filter
„ A high-pass active filter with a roll-off -20 dB/decade is shown in
Figure. Notice that the input circuit is a single high-pass RC circuit. The
negative feedback circuit is the same as for the low-pass filters previously
discussed. The high-pass response curve is shown in Figure 15–13(b).

Ideal high pass filter Non-ideal high pass filter

15.4: Active High-Pass Filters


The Sallen-Key High-Pass Filter (Double-Pole High-Pass Filter)
„ It is an active filter with a two
high-pass RC circuits that provides a
roll-off of -40 dB/decade

Cascading High-Pass Filters

Sixth-order high-pass filter; -120 dB/decade

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15.5: Active Band-Pass Filters
„ As mentioned, band-pass filters pass all frequencies bounded by a
lower-frequency limit and an upper-frequency limit and reject all others
lying outside this specified band
Cascaded High-Pass and Low-Pass Filters
„ implementing a band-
pass filter can be done by
cascading arrangement
of a high-pass filter and a
low-pass filter, as shown
in Figure

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