® DESIGN A 60Hz NOTCH FILTER WITH THE UAF42 by Johnnie Molina, (602) 746-7592 DESIGN A 60HZ NOTCH FILTER WITH THE UAF42 The UAF42 is a monolithic, time-continuous, 2nd-order active filter building block for complex and simple filter designs. It uses the classical state-variable analog architecture with a summing amplifier plus two integrators. This topology offers low sensitivity of filter design parameters fO (natural frequency) and Q to external component variations along with simultaneous high-pass, low-pass and band-pass outputs. An auxiliary high performance operational amplifier is also provided which can be used for buffering, gain, real pole circuits, or for summing the high-pass and low-pass outputs to create a band reject (notch) filter (see Figure 1). where, ALP = gain from input to low-pass out at f = 0Hz. AHP = gain from input to high-pass out of f >> fO. Typically, ALP/AHP • RZ2/RZ1 is equal to one. This simplifies fNOTCH to be, fNOTCH = fO fO is given by, fO = where, RF = RF1 = RF2 and C = C1 = C2 A notch filter is easily realized with the UAF42 and six external resistors. Figure 2 shows the UAF42 configured into a 60Hz notch filter. The auxiliary operational amplifier is used to sum both the high-pass and low-pass outputs. At f = fNOTCH, both of these outputs times their respective gain at the summing circuit are equal in magnitude but 180° out of phase. Hence, the output goes to zero. Figure 3 shows the response plot for the circuit shown in Figure 2 where fO = 60Hz and Q = 6. Note that the notch frequency can be modified by simply changing the RF resistors and/or adding external capacitors. NPO ceramic, mica or a good film capacitor with low dissipation factor characteristics is recommended. The –3dB bandwidth, as shown in Figure 3, can be set by the following calculations. BW–3dB = fNOTCH/Q where, BW–3dB = fH – fL The notch frequency for the notch filter is set by the following calculations: f NOTCH = The filter Q can be determined by setting RQ to a value given by, 25kΩ RQ = Q –1 ( A LP / A HP • R Z2 / R Z1 ) • f O High-pass Out 13 Band-pass Out 8 1 R F • C • 2π 7 Low-pass Out 1 14 5 6 R1 50kΩ R2 50kΩ In1 12 In3 3 In2 2 R3 50kΩ C2 1000pF C2 1000pF R4 50kΩ UAF42 11 4 FIGURE 1. UAF42 Universal Active Filter with High-pass, Band-pass and Low-pass Outputs. © 1994 Burr-Brown Corporation AB-071 1 Printed in U.S.A. January, 1994 RZ2 2kΩ RF1 2.65MΩ High-pass Out 13 RZ1 2kΩ RF2 2.65MΩ Band-pass Out 7 8 RZ3 12.1kΩ Low-pass Out 1 14 5 R1 50kΩ R2 50kΩ C1 C2 1000pF 1000pF 6 R3 50kΩ VIN VOUT R4 50kΩ 2 3 UAF42 RQ 4.99kΩ 9 V– 10 11 4 V+ FIGURE 2. UAF42 Configured as a 60Hz Notch Filter. The pass-band gain of the notch filter is influenced by the filter Q and should be adjusted for unity by setting the summing circuit feedback and input resistor ratios such that, 20 –3dB Bandwidth –0 R Z3 R Z3 = R Z1 R Z2 –3dB Gain (dB) Q= Note that both filter parameters fO and Q can be independently set with the proper selection of external components RF1, RF2 and RQ. –20 –40 fNOTCH fL A UAF42 filter design program, FILTER42, along with application bulletin AB-035 is available at no cost which greatly simplifies the design process. A spreadsheet-style “what if” approach can be used to design a variety of filter approximations (Butterworth, Inverse Chebyschev, etc). Response plots, component values and circuit topology information is all provided. fH –60 40 50 60 70 80 Frequency (Hz) FIGURE 3. 60Hz Notch Filter Response. The information provided herein is believed to be reliable; however, BURR-BROWN assumes no responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. BURR-BROWN assumes no responsibility for the use of this information, and all use of such information shall be entirely at the user’s own risk. Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. No patent rights or licenses to any of the circuits described herein are implied or granted to any third party. BURR-BROWN does not authorize or warrant any BURR-BROWN product for use in life support devices and/or systems. 2