EE 205 Dr. A.

Zidouri

Electric Circuits II

Frequency Selective Circuits (Filters)

Bandstop Filters
Lecture #39

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The material to be covered in this lecture is as follows:

o Introduction to Bandstop filters

o Center Frequency, Bandwidth and Quality factor
o Bandstop Series RLC Circuit Analysis
o Relationship between different parameters

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After finishing this lecture you should be able to:

¾ Understand the behavior of Bandstop filters

¾ Determine the different Bandstop filter parameters
¾ Relate each parameter in terms of other parameters
¾ Analyze Bandstop filters
¾ Design a simple Bandstop filter

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Introduction to Bandstop filters

Bandstop filters are those that pass voltages outside the band between the two cutoff frequencies
to the output while attenuating voltages at frequencies between the two cutoff frequencies.
Bandpass filters and Bandstop filters thus perform complementary functions in the frequency
domain.
Bandstop filters are also characterized by same parameters
ω ω
o Two cutoff frequencies C1 , C 2
o The center frequency ω0
o The bandwidth β
o The quality factor Q
Only two of these five parameters can be specified independently
These parameters are defined in the same way for both types of filters. So we examine Bandstop
filters in the same way as we did with the Bandpass filters.

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Bandstop Filter: Center Frequency, Bandwidth, and Quality Factor

The center frequency ω0 is defined as the frequency for which a circuit’s TF is purely real. It is
also referred to as the resonant frequency or corner frequency
The center frequency is the geometric center of the stopband, that is, ω0 = ωC1ωC 2 (39-1)

The magnitude of the TF is minimum at the center frequency ( )

H max = H jω0 (39-2)

The bandwidth β is the width of the stopband β = ωC 2 − ωC1 (39-3)

ω0
The quality factor Q is the ratio of the center frequency to the bandwidth Q = (39-4)
β

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Analysis of the Bandstop Series RLC Circuit

Consider the Bandstop Circuit of Fig. 39-1. Using the same arguments used for Low-pass and High-
pass filters, so as before changing the frequency of the source results in changes to the impedance of
the capacitor and the inductor.
¾ At ω = 0 the impedance of the capacitor is 1 = ∞ so the
jωC
capacitor behaves like an open circuit, and the impedance of the
inductor is jω L = 0 so the inductor behaves like a short circuit.
Thus Vo = Vi as depicted in Fig. 39-1b

ω =0 ω =∞

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¾ At ω =∞ the impedance of the capacitor is 1 = 0 so the capacitor behaves like a short circuit,
jωC
and the impedance of the inductor is jω L = ∞ so the inductor behaves like an open circuit. Thus
Vo = Vi also, as depicted in Fig. 39-1c
¾ Between these two passbands, both the inductor and capacitor have finite impedances of
opposite signs.
¾ As the frequency is increased from zero, jω L increases and 1 decreases. The phase shift
jωC
between the input and the output approaches -90o as ω L approaches 1 . As soon as ω L
ωC
exceeds 1 , the phase jumps to +90o and then approaches zero as ω continues to increase as
ωC
seen in Fig. 39-2b
¾ At some frequency in between the two passbands, the center frequency ω0 , the two impedances
cancel out causing the output voltage to be zero Vo = 0 . At ω0 the series combination of L and C
appears as a short circuit.
¾ The plot of the voltage magnitude ratio is shown in Fig. 39-2a. Note the ideal bandstop filter plot
is also overlaid on the plot of the RLC circuit.

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|H(jw)|

0.707

Actual

Ideal

0 C1 o C2

(a)
o/ Q}
θ(j
C1 o C2

+90o

-90o (b)

Fig. 39-2 The frequency response plot for the series RLC
bandstop filter circuit in Fig. 39-1

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Bandstop Series RLC Circuit Analysis Cont.

Let’s now examine the circuit quantitatively. Consider the s-domain equivalent circuit for the series RLC
shown in Fig. 39-3 below

1
sC
Vi(s) Vo(s)
sL

Fig. 39-3 s-domain equivalent

of the Circuit of Fig. 39-1a
Transfer function of the circuit:

sL +1 sC s2 +1 LC
H ( s) = =
R + sL +1 sC 2 R 1 (39-5)
s + s+
L LC
This equation gives magnitude and phase as before if we express it in polar form and substituting
s = jω we get:

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Bandstop Series RLC Circuit Analysis Cont.

1 −ω 2
H ( jω ) = LC
(39-6)
( )
2
⎛1
−ω ⎟ + ω R L
⎞
2 2
⎜
⎝ LC ⎠
⎛ R ⎞
ω
( )
⎜ L ⎟⎟
θ jω = − tan−1 ⎜ (39-7)
⎜⎜ 1 −ω ⎟ 2 ⎟
⎝ LC ⎠
This confirms the frequency response shape pictured in Fig. 39-2 from qualitative analysis.
We now calculate the five parameters that characterize this RLC bandstop filter:
1
Center Frequency: The TF in (39-5) will be purely real when j ω0L + =0 (39-8)
j ω0C
solving for ω0 we get:
1
ω0 = (39-9)
LC
Cutoff Frequencies ω and ωC 2 : Substituting (39-9) into (39-6) and solving in exactly the same way
C1
as for the bandpass filter we get:

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Bandstop Series RLC Circuit Analysis Cont.

R ⎛ R ⎞
2
⎛ ⎞
ωC 1 = − + ⎜ ⎟ + ⎜ 1 ⎟ (39-10)
2L ⎝ 2L ⎠ ⎝ LC ⎠
2
⎛ ⎞
ωC 2 = R + R ⎛
+⎜
⎜
⎜ 1 ⎟
⎞
⎟ (39-11)
2L 2L ⎝ LC ⎟⎟⎠
⎜
⎜
⎝
⎟
⎠
We can use these last two equations to confirm that ω0 is the geometric mean of the two cutoff
1
frequencies ω0 = ωC1ωC 2 = (39-12)
LC
We can compute also the bandwidth β = ωC 2 − ωC1 = R (39-13)
L
ω0 1
And the Quality factor Q = = LC
β ⎛R ⎞
= L
CR2
(39-14)
⎜ ⎟ L⎠
⎝
Again we can express the cutoff frequencies in terms of center frequency and bandwidth as:

ωC1 = − β + ⎜⎜ β ⎟⎟ + ω02
2

ωC 2 = β + ⎜⎜ β ⎟⎟ + ω02
⎛ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞
2

(39-15) (39-16)
2 ⎝ 2⎠ 2 ⎝ 2⎠

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Example 39-1
Using the series RLC circuit in Fig. 39-1a compute the component values that yield a bandreject filter
with β = 250Hz a center frequency ω = 750Hz , using 100nF capacitor. Compute values of R, L,
0
the cutoff frequencies ωC 1 and ωC 2 , and the Quality factor Q.

Solution: R
We begin by Quality factor Q, consider the s-domain circuit in Fig. 39-3:
1
Q = ω0 β = 3 Vi(s)
sC
Vo(s)
To compute L we convert ω0 to radians per second and sL

L = 12
ω0 C Fig. 39-3 s-domain equivalent
of the Circuit of Fig. 39-1a
= 1 = 450mH
2
⎡
⎢ 2π
⎣
(750)⎤⎥⎦ ⎛100 ×10−9 ⎞
⎜
⎝
⎟
⎠
To compute R R=βL
Or R = 2π ( 250) ⎛⎜ 450 ×10−3 ⎞⎟ = 707Ω
⎝ ⎠

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Cutoff frequencies: we can use the values of the ω0 and β to compute ω

C1
and ωC 2 :

ωC1 = − β + ⎜⎜ β ⎟⎟ + ω02 = 3992.0 rad s

2

ωC 2 = β + ⎜⎜ β ⎟⎟ + ω02 = 5562.8 rad s

⎛ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞
2

2 ⎝ 2⎠ 2 ⎝ 2⎠

Check
ωC 2 − ωC1 = 885.3 − 635.3 = 250Hz
ω = ωC 2 ×ωC1 = 885.3×635.3 = 750Hz
0

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Self Test 39:

If the bandstop filter in Fig. 39-1a, is to reject a 200Hz sinusoid while passing other frequencies,
calculate the values of L and C. Take R = 150Ω , and the bandwidth β = 100Hz .

Answer:
L = 0.2387 H , C = 2.66µ F

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