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 +====== Active RC universal filter ======
 +===== Goals =====
 +  * Understand the operation of an active RC (i.e. opamp-RC) filter
  
 +===== Lecture =====
 +  * [[http://​www.ee.iitm.ac.in/​~nagendra/​EC330/​201401/​lectures/​activeRCfilter/​activeRCfilter.html|Brief introductory lecture about this experiment]]
 +
 +===== References =====
 +  * Analog Circuits Course lectures on [[http://​www.ee.iitm.ac.in/​~nagendra/​videolectures/​doku.php?​|VLSI group videolectures]]
 +    * [[http://​www.ee.iitm.ac.in/​~nagendra/​shanthi_lectures/​EC201/​14NovEC201/​14NovEC201.html|Synthesis of a second order active-RC filter with bandpass and low-pass outputs.]]
 +    * [[http://​www.ee.iitm.ac.in/​~nagendra/​shanthi_lectures/​EC201/​15NovEC201/​15NovEC201.html|Synthesis of a biquad with arbitrary numerator, the effect of finite input and output impedance of opamps in feedback amplifiers.]]
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 +===== Preliminaries(to be done before the lab) =====
 +The circuit below can have inputs V<​sub>​i1,​R</​sub>,​ V<​sub>​i1,​C</​sub>,​ V<​sub>​i2,​R</​sub>,​ V<​sub>​i2,​C</​sub>,​ V<​sub>​i3,​R</​sub>​ and output V<​sub>​1</​sub>,​ V<​sub>​2</​sub>,​ V<​sub>​3</​sub>​. ​
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 +Determine the following:
 +  * Transfer functions for all input-output combinations. ​
 +  * The components on which the resonance frequency and the quality factor depend on.
 +  * The components on which the zeroes depend on.
 +  * Component values for a bandpass filter (with V<​sub>​1</​sub>​ as output) with a resonance frequency of 10kHz and a quality factor of 10. Determine where you will apply the input.
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 +===== Experiment =====
 +  * Use LF347 quad opamp for this experiment
 +  * Build a bandpass filter (with V<​sub>​1</​sub>​ as output) for a resonance frequency of 10kHz and a quality factor of 10. Where will you apply the input? (Omit all unnecessary components from the circuit) Verify its operation.
 +  * While keeping the circuit the same, can you take the output from a different point to realize a lowpass filter? Verify it. 
 +  * What are the minimum modifications required to get a notch filter output at V<​sub>​1</​sub>?​ Verify it.
 +  * Make the minimum modifications required to obtain a maximally flat lowpass response and verify it. A maximally flat all pole lowpass response has only the highest power of ω in the denominator of |H(jω)|<​sup>​2</​sup>​.
 +  * Modify the above circuit to get a highpass filter output at V<​sub>​1</​sub>?​ Verify it.
 +  * Restore the circuit to the bandpass filter in the first part. Replace the opamp LF347 with LM324 which has an identical pin configuration(hopefully you don't have a mess of wires running over the chip!) What do you see? Why?
 +
 +
 +===== Applications =====
 +  * Active RC filters are the most popular topologies of RC filters. For example, they are used as intermediate frequency filters in radio receivers(=radios,​ mobile phones, GPS, ...). At very high frequencies,​ active RC filters cannot be realized because of difficulties in realizing stable feedback loops with high gains, and g<​sub>​m</​sub>​-C filters are used instead.