NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY Faculty of Engineering ECCE Department

EEN 322

Digital Integrated Circuits

Section A

Instructor: Dr. Mustapha Hamad

Report # 1 4 Order Equal Component Low Pass RC Active Filter

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Submitted on: 07/10/2013 Submitted by: Tony Takchy

I- Introduction:
A PSpice simulation was done to verify the results of a 4th order Low pass RC circuit. The 3dB frequency was given, so were the gains of each stage. From these the values of all capacitors and resistors were calculated. After the simulation, the 3dB frequency, the overall DC gain and the roll off were verified. A plot was implemented to view the filter response.

II- Design:
The 3dB frequency is given by f3dB = 1/(2RC) >> f3dB =1000 Hz We select C=0.1 F >> R=15.9k The gain of stage 1 is given by: AV1= 1.15= 1+(Rf1/Ri1) Selecting Rf1=10 k >> Ri1=66 k The gain of stage 2 is given by AV2= 2.235= 1+(Rf2/Ri2) Selecting Rf2=10 k >> Ri2=8 k The theoretical overall gain is: AV= AV1* AV2 >> Av=2.575 V/V Note that the theoretical roll off is -80dB/decade.

III- Circuit:
The circuit was connected as shown below:
C2 C4

0 .1 u VC C V in R1 16k 1Vac 0Vdc V3 R2 16k C1 0 .1 u 2 uA 741 VEE 4 3 U1 + 7 5 6 1 R3 16k R4 16k C3 0 .1 u 2 uA741 VEE R f1 10k R i2 8k 4 3 U2 + VCC

0 .1 u

OS2

V+

OUT OS1 V-

OS2

V+

5 6 1 Vout

OUT OS1 V-

R i1 66k

R f2 10k

VCC V1 +12 -1 2

VEE V2

Figure 1: 4th Order Low Pass RC Active Filter

IV- Simulation Results:

Figure 2: Simulation Plot Using the Probe Cursor we find: The overall DC gain: AV=2.588 V/V The 3dB frequency is: f3dB=1000.808 Hz The Roll of is: -79.191 dB/decade

V- Comparison:

Theoretical AV (V/V) f3dB (Hz) Slope (dB/decade) 2.57 1000 -80

Simulation 2.588 1000.808 -79.191

Table 1: Comparison between theoretical and simulation results

VI- Conclusion:
The percent errors are small so the simulation and the design went successful.

VII- Appendix:
% Error = Theoretical value Experimental value * 100 Theoretical Value