AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

EECE 290
Review Problems – Active Filters Design

Problem 1
Find the transfer function of the filter below.
a. Find the corner frequency.
b. Deduce its type

Answer:

Problem 2
Find the transfer function of the filter below.
a. Find the corner frequency.
b. Deduce its type

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Problem 3
The circuit parameters for a series RLC bandstop filter are R =2 k, L = 0.1 H, C
=40 pF. Calculate:
a. The center frequency
b. The half-power frequencies
c. The quality factor
d. Find the transfer function for each of the active filter.

Answer:

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Problem 4
A general first-order filter is shown below.

a. Show that the transfer function is

b.
c. What condition must be satisfied for the circuit to operate as a high-pass
filter?
d. What condition must be satisfied for the circuit to operate as a lowpass
filter?

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Problem 5
A second-order active filter known as a Butterworth filter is shown below.
a. Find the transfer function Vo /Vi .
b. Show that it is a low-pass filter.

Solution

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Problem 6
Sketch the Bode Diagram of the H(s). Verify you diagram using matlab

𝑠(𝑠 + 20)
𝐻(𝑠) =
(𝑠 + 1)(𝑠 2 + 60𝑠 + 400)

Answer

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Problem 7
Sketch the Bode Diagram of the H(s). Verify you diagram using matlab

Answer

Problem 8
The circuit shown below has the impedance Z(s).Find:
a. the values of R, L, C, and G
b. the element values that will raise the resonant frequency by a factor of 103
by frequency scaling

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