Passive and Active Analog Direct Filter Design
Passive and Active Analog Direct Filter Design
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Analog Electronics Spring 2011
Passive and Active Analog Direct Filter Design
Step-by-step direct design of Butterworth filters for passive lowpass, highpass, and
bandpass responses, and simulated element lowpass and highpass responses.
Design Steps
Specification
lowpass
0
|T|
K
0
p
K
p
K
s
highpass
0
K
0
p
K
p
K
s
|T|
bandpass
0
|T|
K
0
1
K
p
K
s
2
K
s
4
Frequency
Transformation
s
s
p
s
p
s
4 3
2 1
0
2
1 2 3 4
Lowpass
Prototype
Specification
|T|
K
0
K
p
K
s
0
s
p
=1
M
M
K
K
s
p
10 1
10 1
01
01
.
.
Butterworth
Order
n
M
s
ln
ln
Round up to an integer.
Minimum
Inductance
Doubly
Terminated
Lossless
Ladder
1
L
2
C
3
C
1
v
i
1
n C
1
L
2
C
3
L
4
C
5
Element values 2 1.414 1.414
for a 3 1.000 2.000 1.000
Butterworth 4 0.7654 1.848 1.848 0.7654
response 5 0.618 1.618 2.000 1.618 0.618
n L
1
C
2
L
3
C
4
L
5
Minimum
Capacitance
Doubly
Terminated
Lossless
Ladder
1
L
1
C
2
v
i
1
L
3
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0
or q
0
01
12
1
10 1
p
K
n
p
0
01
12
10 1
s
s
K
n
s
.
0 0 0
p s
q
0
2 1
Prototype
(lowpass)
elements
Highpass
elements
Bandpass
elements
Element
Transformation
L
p
L
p
1
L
p
q
1
L
p
q
C
p
1
C
p
C
p
q
1
C
p
q
R
1/R
Bruton
Transformation
L L
(active only)
C C
Half-power or
Centre Freq.
0 0
0
0
0 1 2
Scaling k
f
0
, choose k
m
for proper element values.
Gain Fixed for passive filters, provide gain or attenuation to meet the
K
0
specification for active filters.
Simulated Element Circuits
Inductor
L
GIC
1 1 1
1
L
FDNR
1
GIC
1 1 D
1
D