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Experiment # 7
Active Filters
Active Filter Design Specifications I
- Vcc = + 12 V dc
- Vee = - 12 V dc
- No. of Poles = 4
- Type: Low-pass
- fo = 400 kHz
- Vin = 8 V p-p
- Zin greater than 22 kW
- Load = 4.7 kOhms
- |Av|
greater than or equal to 1.
Objectives I
- Show all design calculations
- Build and test a Butterworth filter and prove that you met all the
specified parameters.
- Provide a frequency response plot of the filter output
- Repeat the above steps for Chebyshev filter (1 dB)
Design Circuit of 4th Order Butterworth Low Pass
Filter

Figure 13
Design Circuit of 4th Order Chebyshev Low Pass Filter
( 1 dB )

Figure 14
Active Filter Design Specifications II
- Vcc = + 12 V dc
- Vee = - 12 V dc
- No. of Poles = 4
- Type: High-pass
- fo = 600 kHz
- Vin = 8 V p-p
- Zin greater than 22 kW
- Load = 4.7 kOhms
- |Av| greater than
or equal to 1.
Objectives I
- Show all design calculations
- Build and test a Butterworth filter and prove that you met all the
specified parameters.
- Provide a frequency response plot of the filter output
- Repeat the above steps for a Chebyshev filter (0.1 dB)
Design Circuit of 3rd
Order Butterworth High Pass Filter

Figure 15
Design Circuit of 3rd
Order Chebyshev High Pass Filter ( 0.1 dB )

Figure 16
Last Modified: 4/16/98 by korman@seas.gwu.edu.