"Chapter 1 - The Op Amp's Place in the World" - HTL Wien 10

Low-Pass Filter Design
16-16
In order to obtain real values under the square root, C 2 must satisfy the following condition:
4b1 C2 C1 2 a1 Example 16–2. Second-Order Unity-Gain Tschebyscheff Low-Pass Filter
The task is to design a second-order unity-gain Tschebyscheff low-pass filter with a corner
frequency of f C = 3 kHz and a 3-dB passband ripple.
From Table 16–9 (the Tschebyscheff coefficients for 3-dB ripple), obtain the coefficients
a 1 and b 1 for a second-order filter with a 1 = 1.0650 and b 1 = 1.9305.
Specifying C 1 as 22 nF yields in a C 2 of:
4b1 C2 C1 2 a1 22·109nF ·
4 ·1.9305
150 nF
1.0652 Inserting a 1 and b 1 into the resistor equation for R 1,2 results in:
1.065·150·10
R1
9 1.065·150·109 2 4·1.9305·22·109 ·150·109 1.26 k
and
4·3·10 3 ·22·10 9 ·150·10 9
1.065·150·10
R2
9 1.065·150·109 2 4·1.9305·22·109 ·150·109 1.30 k
4·3·10 3 ·22·10 9 ·150·10 9
with the final circuit shown in Figure 16–17.
V IN
1.26k 1.30k
22n
150n
Figure 16–17. Second-Order Unity-Gain Tschebyscheff Low-Pass with 3-dB Ripple
A special case of the general Sallen-Key topology is the application of equal resistor values
and equal capacitor values: R 1 = R 2 = R and C 1 = C 2 = C.
V OUT