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Figure 37. First or<strong>de</strong>r RC low-pass filter<br />

As only one reactive element is present, this is a first or<strong>de</strong>r filter. The transfer function<br />

of this RC circuit in Laplace domain is given by:<br />

1<br />

H LPF ( s)<br />

=<br />

s<br />

1+<br />

2πf<br />

c<br />

where fc is the cut-off frequency<br />

,<br />

(II.2)<br />

1<br />

fc<br />

=<br />

2π<br />

RC<br />

(II.3)<br />

For an RL low-pass filter, the transfer function has the same form. The difference<br />

relies in the cut-off frequency <strong>de</strong>finition which <strong>de</strong>pends on L and R in this case. To obtain a<br />

frequency tunable filter, the cut-off frequency has to be ma<strong>de</strong> adaptable by modifying the<br />

value of the elements of the circuit.<br />

1<br />

It is worth noticing that, for a first or<strong>de</strong>r low-pass filter, the transfer function is at<br />

2<br />

fc. Hence, if the filter is centered so that fc = fwanted, then adjacent channels located at lower<br />

frequencies are less rejected than the <strong>de</strong>sired channel. This property is true for all low-pass<br />

filters. Figure 38 <strong>de</strong>picts a first or<strong>de</strong>r low-pass filter when tuning its cut-off frequency. Figure<br />

39 illustrates its adjacent channels and its harmonics rejections.<br />

fc increase<br />

Figure 38. Cut-off frequency tunability of a first or<strong>de</strong>r low-pass filter<br />

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