Types of filter design:

1)Acording to the type of supply:

a)DC filter design:
b)AC filter design
2)According to stages:
a)Single stage filters
b)Multistage filters
3)According to elemnt:
a)Single element filter
b)Multi element filter

Single stage c-filter Multi element LC filter

Design of filters for rectifiers:
1)L filter
2)C filter
3)LC filter
4)Seriers parallel filter
Single phase full-wave diode bridge rectifier:
L-filter:
DESIGN ASPECTS Of L FILTER

The ripple voltage has to be dropped across the inductor:

vdc  vd  vr
di
vL  L
dt
i max  
L 
i min
di  
 0
vr dt
 Filter design for L filter

vo (t )  vo (avg )  
n  2,4,6
an cos(n )  bn sin( n )

2
an   f (t ) cos(n )d
 0

2
  vm sin  cos( n ) d
 0
4vm 1
 (n=2,4,6..)
 (n  1)(n  1)
=0 (n=1,3,5..)
bn  0

1
vo (avg ) 
  f (t )d
0

1
 0
 vm sin  d

2vm


2vm 4vm 1 1 1 
vo (t ) 


  3 cos(2 )  15 cos(2 )  35 cos(6 )  .....
v (t )
io (t )  o (Z= ( R) 2  ( nwL) 2 )
Z
I
R.F  ac
I dc
C-filter:
 C-filter design:
V  Vmax  Vmin
VmaxT

2 RC
1
Vdc  Vmax (1  )
4 f s RC
Vr ( pp )
Vac 
2 2
Vm

4 2 f s RC
Vac
RF 
Vdc
1

2(4 f s RC  1)

From the above equations we could find the exact value of C value
Design for LC-filter:
Design aspect for LC FILTER:

Z L  R  jWL
 Z2 
Voh    Vdh
Z
 1  Z 2

Z1  jWL1
Z 2  Z L / /(1/ jWC )
/ Z L /  / Zc
/ Z L /  10 15 / Z c /
Vac
RF 
Vdc

From the above equations we could find the LC values for the filter
Series –parallel filter:

From the below we could find L1,L2,C1,C2 values

At series resonance: At parallel resonance:

1
W1L1   Xs
W1C1
Z L  R  jWL
1
nW1 L1   X s ( n)
nW1C1
1
nW1C2   Y p (n )
nWL2
1
Z1  nW1 L1 
nW1C1
1
Z 2  nW1C2 
nWL2
Z 2 ( n)
Vo (n)  *Vin (n)
Z1 (n)  Z 2 (n)
Vo (n)
 1/ (1  xs (n  1/ n) y p (n  1/ n)
Vin(n)
AT1  1/ (1  X sY p (n  1/ n) 2 )