Filters Flashcards
is a special type of a circuit, which is used for filtering out some of the input signals on the basis of their frequencies.
frequency filter/frequency selective circuit
The band of frequencies of the input signal that pass through the filter without any attenuation is called_____.
Passband
The band of frequencies of the input signal that are blocked or attenuated in the filter is called _______.
Stopband
The passband & stopband are distinguished from each other by the_______ or ______.
cutoff frequencyorcorner frequency
The output signal’s voltage at the cutoff frequency is 70.7% of the input signal’s voltage. It is also known as _________ because ____ represents half power. And it is the frequency where the power of the output signal becomes half the power of the input signal.
-3db frequency
Two cutoff frequencies
- Lower cutoff frequency
- Upper cutoff frequency
The lower frequency at which the gain of the filter is _____ or _____. It is denoted by f1. Bandpass filter allows frequency after this point, whereas the band stop filter blocks it.
half or -3db
Upper Cutoff Frequency
The upper frequency at which the output power is reduced by _____. of the input power. It is denoted by f2. Bandpass filter does not allow frequency after this point, whereas the band stop filter allows it.
½
The frequency that lies at the center of the passband or stopband in a bandpass filter or band reject filter respectively is called ___________. It lies in-between the two cut-off frequency i.e. lower & Upper cut-off frequency. In fact, it is the arithmetic mean of both cut-off frequencies.
center frequency
Center frequency formula
f0= (f1+ f2) / 2
The range of frequencies that are passed (in case of bandpass filter) without any attenuation or the frequencies that are attenuated (in case of band reject filter) is called the _______ of the filter
bandwidth
Bandwith formula
Β = f2– f1
It is the rate of change of gain/ output power, the drop rate of gain of the filter is called the ________. it is expressed as a gain loss per decade (ten times increase in frequency) or per octave (two-time increase in frequency).
roll-off rate
Two types of filters (based on construction)
- Passive filters
- Active filters
It does not need any external source of energy. Therefore there is no voltage gain in these filters. The output voltage is always less than its input voltage.
It can easily filter a high-frequency signal but it cannot process any low frequencies.
PASSIVE FILTERS
As the name suggests, passive filters are made up of passive components, such as ______, ______, and _____.
resistors, capacitors & inductors
can filter very low-frequency signals but it cannot process very high-frequency signal.
active filters
In addition to theresistor&capacitor, Active filter uses anactive componentsuch as an ______, _______, etc.
operational amplifier,transistors
Types of filters (based on frequency)
- Low Pass Filter
- High Pass Filter
- Band Pass Filter
- Band Reject Filter
allow low-frequency signals without any attenuation (decrease in power) but it rejects any high-frequency signals.
Low pass filter
allows the high-frequency signals to pass without any attenuation in its amplitude & blocks (rejects) any low-frequency signal
high pass filter
allows a specific band of frequencies & blocks any other frequencies lower or higher than its passband frequencies.
Band pass filter
Band pass filter has two cutoff frequencies:
lower and upper cutoff frequency
Bandpass blocks low frequencies & high frequencies, while allows the frequencies in between known as the ________.
passband frequencies
This type of filter attenuates the signal whose frequencies lies in a fixed band of frequencies.
It works completely opposite to the bandpass filter. It allows low-frequency signal & high-frequency signals. But it does not allow a fixed band of frequencies in between.
BAND REJECT FILTER
band reject filter is also known as
Band Stop filterorNotch Filter
Application of filters
- The tuner in radio
- Treble & bass of the speaker
- Anti-aliasing
- Notch filter
- Power supply smoothing
- Noise Suppression
The bandpass filter in the tuner of the radio allows a fixed frequency to the output speaker.
The tuner in radio:
it is a low pass filter that filters out the high-frequency components from a signal before sampling. It prevents the aliasing component form being sampled.
Anti-Aliasing:
The bass has lower frequencies & treble has higher frequencies. They are separated using high pass & low pass filter and are separately routed to corresponding bass speaker & treble speaker for clear music.
Treble & bass of the speaker: