Low-Pass and High-Pass Filters

WeiLin
DepartmentofBiomedicalEngineering
StonyBrookUniversity

Instructors Portion
Summary
Thisexperimentrequiresthestudentstobuildalowpassfilterandahigh
passfilterusingoperationalamplifier.Thetwofilterswillbeconnectedin
seriesandformbandpassfilter.Thestudentswillestimatethefrequency
responseofthefilterbasedonthevaluesoftheresistorsandcapacitors
usedanduseELVISworkstationtomeasuretherealfrequencyresponse
ofthefilter.

Uses
Thislectureappliestoallcoursesofvirtualinstrumentation.

Equipment List

Computers

LabVIEW7Express

NIELVISbenchtopworkstation

LabVIEW Users Manual. April 2003

LabVIEW Introduction Course - Six Hours.

LabVIEW Introduction Course - Three Hours

LectureSlidesofDataAnalysisUsingLabVIEW

VIsfromtheprojectDataAcquisitionUsingNIDAQmx

References

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Students Portion
Introduction
The students will build the lowpass and highpass filters based on the
provided schematics diagram. They will use the rules of ideal operational
amplifier to estimate the frequency response, i.e. identify the cutoff
frequencies of the filter. They are also required to develop a protocol to
measure the frequency response of the filter using the signal generator in
ELVIS workstation and the data acquisition VI developed in the previous
projecttitledDataAcquisitionUsingNIDAQmxVIs.

Objectives

Lowpassandhighpassfilters
DataacquisitionusingLabVIEW

Theory
The low-pass and high-pass filters are designed based on the rules of the
operational amplifier. When the feedback resistor is paralleled by a
capacitor, the amplifier becomes a low-pass filter. When the input resistor to
the negative terminal of the operational amplifier is in series with a
capacitor, the amplifier becomes a high-pass filter. The cutoff frequency of
the filter is defined as the frequency at which the gain of the filter is 3dB
less than the gain in pass-band. The students are required to derive the
equations that determine the cutoff frequency.

Lab Procedure
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KeepELVISworkstationpoweroff.
Identifythepinassignmentoftheoperationalamplifier(LF353).
Getfamiliarwiththelayoutofbreadboard.
PlacetwoLF353onthebreadboard.
Placetheresistorsandcapacitorsonthebreadboardandconnectthe
pinsoftheoperationalamplifiersusingthesecomponentsifpossible.
6. Createlinesofpowersupplies(+15V,15V)andground.
7. Connectthe+15Vtopin8ofLF353(Vcc)and15Vtopin4ofLF353
(Vee).
8. Connectthegroundofthecircuit.
9. Verifythatalltheconnectionsarecorrect.
10. ConnectoneinputterminaltoFUNCOUTterminalonELVIS.
11. TurnontheELVISworkstation.
12. LaunchLabVIEWandELVIS.

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13. Measurethefrequencyspectrumoftheamplifierbymeasuringthe
gainatmultiplefrequencypoints.

Lab Report
Thelabreportshouldcontainthefollowing:
1. Theexperimenttitle
2. Theexperimentobjective
3. Theexperimentprocedureandtheory,whichincludeyourprotocolto
measurethegainoftheamplifierandtheequationsfrocutoff
frequencies.
4. Experimentresults,whichincludetheplotforfrequencyspectrum
(gainvs.frequency).
5. Discussion
6. Youmayaddyourlabdesignintothisproject.
Pleasesubmitthereportthroughemail.

Appendix
Filterschematics

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