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11.1 Active Low - Pass Filters

Butterworth Transfer Function
Active filters: circuits, containing resistors,
capacitors and Op Amps. They are intended for
separating of signals having different
frequencies.

H(f ) =

H0

1+ ( f / f b )

2n

(11.1)

fb break (cut-off) frequency.

Requirements for filters:

1. Contain few components.
2. Have a transfer function that is insensitive to
component tolerances.
3. Place modest demands on the op amps gainbandwidth product, output impedance, slew rate,
and other specifications.
4. Be easily adjusted.
5. Require a small spread of component values.
6. Allow a wide of useful transfer functions to be
realized.
Figure 11.1 Transfer function magnitude versus
frequency for low-pass Butterworth filters.
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Sallen - Key Circuits

Figure 11.2 Equal-component Sallen-Key low-pass

active-filter section.

fb =

1
2 RC

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(11.2)

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Solution:
Example 11.1 Fourth - Order Low - Pass
Butterworth Filter Design
Design a fourth - order low - pass
Butterworth filter with a cut - off frequency
of 100 Hz. Use the LF411 op amp.

We choose C1=C2=C11=C12=0.1F and from (11.2)

R1 = R2 = R11 = R12 =

1
1
=
= 15.8k
2 f bC 2 100 0.1 10 6

From table 11.1 K=1.152; K1=2.235. We choose

R4=R14=10k and
R3 = (K 1)R4 = (1.152 1)10 103 = 1.52k

R13 = (K 1)R14 = (2.235 1)10 103 = 12.35k

Figure 11.3 Fourth-order Butterworth low-pass filter.

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11.2 Active High - Pass Filters

Transformation of low-pass transfer function to
high-pass transfer function: f fb2/f.

H hp ( f ) =

H0

1+ ( f b / f )

2n

(11.3)

Figure 11.8 Sallen-Key high-pass active-filter section.

Figure 11.7 Normalized high-pass Butterworth transfer

functions.
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Figure 11.9 Bode magnitude plot for the high-pass filter.

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11.3 Active Bandpass Filters

Delyiannis - Friend Bandpass Circuits
f0 =

1
2 C (R1 || R2 )R3

R3
2R1

(11.7)

1
R3C

(11.8)

H0 =

B=

(11.6)

1/ 2

f 0 1 R3

=
Q=
B 2 R1 || R2
R3 =

Q
f 0C

(11.10)

R3
2H 0

(11.11)

R3
4Q 2 2 H 0

(11.12)

R1 =

R2 =

(11.9)

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Figure 11.12 Second-order bandpass filter.

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R1 must be large to have high input impedance.

Example 11.3 Bandpass Filter Design
Design a bandpass filter with f0=1 kHz,
B=200 Hz, and H0=10.

From (11.14) R3 = 20R1 and R1 must have

moderate value to keep the value of R3 realistic.
The choice R1 = 10k gives
R3 = 20 R1 = 20 10 103 = 200k

Solution:

R3 200 103
R2 =
=
= 2.5k
80
80

Q = f 0 B = 1103 200 = 5
R3 =

Q
1.592 10
=
f 0C
C

(11.13)

R3
R
= 3
2 H 0 20

(11.14)

R3
R3
=
4Q 2 2 H 0 80

(11.15)

R1 =

R2 =

1.592 10 3 1.592 10 3
=
= 7.96nF
C=
200 103
R3

We select C = 8.2nF and then calculate again the

values of R1, R2 and R3.

Figure 11.13 Bandpass filter designed in Example 11.3.

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11.4 The Series Resonant Circuit

Resonant Frequency and Quality Factor
Resonant frequency
1
LC

0 =

f0 =

Figure 11.17 Series resonant circuit.

I=

Vi
j L + 1 / ( j C ) + R

(11.16)

Vo = RI

(11.17)

j RVi
Vo =
2 L + j R + 1 / C

Av ( j ) =

Vo
j R
=
Vi 2 L + j R + 1 / C

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(11.20)

(11.21)

2 LC

Quality factor

Q=

0 L

(11.22)

At the resonance
(11.18)
(11.19)

0 L =

1
0C

(11.23)

Another formula for the quality factor

1
Q=
0CR

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(11.24)

Voltage transfer ratio, expressed with Q-factor

and resonant frequency

Av ( j ) =

j ( / 0 )
2
Q 1 ( / 0 ) + j ( / 0 )

(11.25)

|Av| = 0 if = 0; |Av| 0 when . For

frequencies between 0 and |Av| > 0 and has a
maximum at = 0.
The circuit is a bandpass filter.

Figure 11.18 Voltage transfer function for the series resonant circuit.

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Circuit Bandwidth
B = fH fL =
f H f L = f 02

f0
Q

(11.28)
(11.29)

If B is relatively small, compared with f0, then

f L f0 B / 2

(11.30)

f H f0 + B / 2

(11.31)

Figure 11.19 Normalized impedance of the series resonant

circuit.

Figure 11.20 Bandwidth and half-power frequencies

for the series resonant circuit.
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Exercise 11.7
Find resonant frequency, Q, the bandwidth, and half - power frequencies of a series resonance
circuit having L=5 H, C=100 pF, and R=10 .
Solution:
f0 =

1
2 LC

= 7.12MHz

2 5 10 100 10
2f 0 L 2 7.12 106 5 10 6
=
= 22.4
Q=
R
10
f 0 7.12 106
=
= 318kHz
B=
Q
22.4
6

12

B
318 103
6
= 6.96MHz
f L f 0 = 7.12 10
2
2
318 103
B
6
= 7.28MHz
f H f 0 + = 7.12 10 +
2
2

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11.5 The Parallel Resonant Circuit

0 L =

1
0C

Q = 0 RC
Z ( j ) = R

Figure 11.25 Parallel resonant circuit.

Z ( j ) =

1
1 / R + 1 / ( jL ) + jC

f0 =

1
2 LC

(11.32)

(11.33)

(11.35)

j ( / 0 )
2
Q 1 ( / 0 ) + j ( / 0 )

B = fH fL =

(11.36)

f0
Q

f H f L = f 02
f L f0 B / 2

Q=

R
0 L

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(11.34)

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Figure 11.26 Normalized impedance of the parallel resonant circuit.

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11.8 Tuned Amplifiers

Tuned amplifiers have resonant circuits at their inputs or outputs or both
and they amplify in a narrow bandwidth.

Figure 11.43 Tuned amplifier.

Vo = g mVgs Z ( j )
Av =
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Vo
= g m Z ( j )
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Neutralization

Input Impedance

Figure 11.47 Parallel input resistance and reactance for the

tuned amplifier of Figure 11.44. Pay attention to the negative
real part at frequencies below the resonant frequency.

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Figure 11.48 Cneut is used to cancel the feedback through Cgd.

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11.9 LC Oscillators
The Hartley Oscillators

Figure 11.50 Hartley oscillator.

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Frequency of Oscillation and the Minimum

Transconductance Requirement

1
V1 j CV2 = 0
j C j
L1

(g m j C )V1 + j C j

(11.62)

1
1
+ V2 = 0
L2 R

(11.63)

(11.62) and (11.63) form a homogeneous set of

linear equations concerning V1 and V2. The
solution is nonzero if the system determinant is
zero:

1
j C j

Figure 11.50 Hartley oscillator.

V1
+ j C (V1 V2 ) = 0
j L1
V
V
g mV1 + j C (V2 V1 ) + 2 + 2 = 0
j L2 R

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( g m j C )
(11.60)
(11.61)

( jC )

1
1
j C j
+
L2 R

C C
1
+ 2
+
L1 L2 L1 L2

=0

(11.64)

+ Cg m = 0
j
R RL1

(11.66)

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C C
1
+ 2
+
L1 L2 L1 L2

+ Cg m = 0
j
R RL1

(11.66)
From zeroing of the real part of (11.66):

1
C (L1 + L2 )

(11.68)

From zeroing of the imaginary part of (11.66):

gm =

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L2
RL1

(11.71)

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11.10 Crystal - Controlled Oscillators

The Piezoelectric Effect
Piezoelectric effect: if we apply an electric field
to the plates, forces on the ions in the lattice
deform the material.
Piezoelectric effect is reciprocal: if deform the
crystal, a voltage appears between the plates.
When used as frequency-determining element,
quartz crystal vibrates freely at the desired
frequency. The mechanical vibrations result in an
ac current in the external circuit.

Figure 11.54 Crystal.

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The Equivalent Circuit of the Crystal

Table 11.2 Parameters of a typical 10-MHz Crystal.

Figure 11.56 Equivalent circuit for a crystal.

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Figure 11.57 Crystal reactance versus frequency.

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Crystal Oscillator Circuits

Figure 11.53a Colpitts oscillator.

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Figure 11.58 Pierce oscillator results from the Colpitts

oscillator (Figure 11.53) if the inductor is replaced by a crystal.
The dc blocking capacitor C3 shown in Figure 11.53 can be
omitted because the crystal is an open circuit for dc.

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