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HIGH PASS
HIGH PASS
FILTER
FILTER
 A High Pass Filter is the exact
opposite to the low pass filter: to offer
easy passage of a high-frequency
signal and difficult passage to a low-
frequency signal.
 Where as the low pass filter only allowed
signals to pass below its cut-off frequency
point, ƒc, the high pass filter circuit as its
name implies, only passes signals above
the selected cut-off point, ƒc eliminating
any low frequency signals from the
waveform.
 Frequency Response of a 1st
Order High Pass Filter

The Bode Plot or Frequency

Response Curve above for a high
pass filter is the exact opposite to
that of a low pass filter.
Signal is attenuated or damped at low frequencies
with the output increasing to +20dB/Decade
(6dB/Octave) until the frequency reaches the
cutoff point (fc) where R=Xc.

It has a response curve that extends down from

infinity to the cutoff frequency, where the output
voltage amplitude is = 70.7% of the input signal
value or -3dB (20 log (Vout/Vin)) of the input
value.
 The desired band of high frequencies
(up to ∞), is called the pass band, and
the band of lower frequency is called the
stop band. The frequency which this two
meet is called the cutoff frequency.
 The cut-off frequency point for a first order high pass filter
can be found using the same equation as that of the low pass
filter, but the equation for the phase shift is modified slightly to
account for the positive phase angle as shown below.

1
𝑓𝑐=
2 𝜋 𝑅𝐶
1
𝑃h𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑆h𝑖𝑓𝑡 Φ=arctan
2 𝜋 𝑅𝐶
 The circuit gain, Av which is given as Vout/Vin
(magnitude) and is calculated as:
 High Pass Filter Example No1

Calculate the cut-off or “breakpoint” frequency ( ƒc ) for a simple

passive high pass filter consisting of an 82pF capacitor connected in
series with a 240kΩ resistor.
 Second-order High Pass
Filter High Pass Filter

As with low pass filters, high pass

filter stages can be cascaded together
to form a second order (two-pole) filter
as shown.
 This circuit uses two first-
order filters connected or
cascaded together to form a
second order or two-pole
high pass network.

 The resulting second-order

high pass filter circuit will
have a slope of 40dB/decade
(12dB/octave)
 As with the low pass filter, the cut-off frequency, fc
is determined by the both the resistor and capacitors
as follows.

1
𝑓𝑐= Hz
2 𝜋 √ 𝑅 1 𝐶1 𝑅2 𝐶 2
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