2.3 IMPLEMENTING A “NOTCH” FILTER WITH THE MF6

A “notch” filter with 60 dB of attenuation can be obtained by

using one of the Op-Amps, available in the MF6, and three

external resistors. The circuit and amplitude response are

shown in

Figures 15, 16.

The frequency where the “notch” will occur is equal to the

frequency at which the output signal of the MF6 will have the

same magnitude but be 180 degrees out of phase with its in-

put signal. For a sixth order Butterworth filter 180˚ phase

shift occurs where f = f

frequency is 0.12 dB which must be compensated for by

making R

Since R

above and below the notch frequency. At frequencies below

has a gain of one and is non-inverting. Summing this with the

input signal through the Op-Amp yields an overall gain of two

greatly attenuated thus only the input signal will appear at

the output of the Op-Amp. With R

all gain is 0.986 or −0.12 dB at frequencies above the notch.

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FIGURE 12. Cascading Two MF6s

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FIGURE 13. One MF6-50 vs. Two MF6-50s Cascaded

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FIGURE 14. Phase Response of

Two Cascaded MF6-50s

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