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RF Passive Filters

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• LC Filter Book Reviews
• LC Filter Books
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• Passive Bandpass Filter Design
• Passive Bandpass Filter Design - Bessel
• Passive Bandpass Filter Design - Butterworth
• Passive Bandpass Filter Design - Chebyshev
• Passive Filter Book Reviews
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• Passive Filter Circuit Diagrams
• Passive Filter Circuits
• Passive Filter Design Software
• Passive Filter Tutorial
• Passive Filters
• Passive High-Pass Filter Design
• Passive Low-Pass Filter Design
• Passive Low-Pass Filter Design - Bessel
• Passive Low-Pass Filter Design - Butterworth
• Passive Low-Pass Filter Design - Chebyshev
• Passive Notch Filter Design
• Passive-Filter Online Design Tools
• RF Passive Filter Design
• RF Passive Filters

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Passive Filter Books & Book Reviews

Filter Design - By Steve Winder. (ISBN 0750628146)

Passive and Active Filters : Theory and Implementations - By Wai-Kai Chen. (ISBN 047182352)

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Passive-Filter Online Design Tools

Interactive LC Filter Design - By Tony Fisher. Designs several types of LC filters, including low-pass, bandpass, high-pass, and band-stop, in Butterworth and Chebychev forms. Includes frequency and phase plots.

Online Microwave Filter Analysis - By Guided Wave Technology (GWT). Waveguide bandpass filter design using mode-matching technique -- very accurate. Coupling matrix synthesis and response plotting of bandpass filters with transmission zeroes. Supports Iris, Pure Metal, and Finline implementations (as of Winter 2003).

Interactive Filter Design - Read this article on lowpass Butterworth filter design and change the values of the example to your own design specs. The example changes to show your design. By the time you finish reading the article, you've also designed your filter - complete with a rudimentary simulation.

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Passive Filter Circuit Diagrams

Interactive LC Filter Design - By Tony Fisher. Designs several types of LC filters, including low-pass, bandpass, high-pass, and band-stop, in Butterworth and Chebychev forms. Includes frequency and phase plots.

Filters in Radio Communications (PDF) - Good introduction to passive filters, covering several different types. Gives circuit diagrams, but no part values and no formulas.

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RF Passive Filter Design

FDI Online Design Guide - Frequency Device's guide to passive, active, and digital filter design techniques.

Interactive LC Filter Design - Online program for designing several types of Butterworth and Chebychev filters. A fun way to interactively explore design techniques..

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Passive Bandpass Filter Design

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Passive Bandpass Filter Design - Bessel

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Passive Bandpass Filter Design - Butterworth

LC Band-Pass Filters - A tutorial and design example.

LC Narrow-Band Filters - A tutorial and design example of a multi-pole filter.

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Passive Low-Pass Filter Design

Interactive Filter Design - Read this article on lowpass Butterworth filter design and change the values of the example to your own design specs. The example changes to show your design. By the time you finish reading the article, you've also designed your filter - complete with a rudimentary simulation.

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Passive Low-Pass Filter Design - Butterworth

LC Low-Pass Filters - A tutorial and design example.

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Passive Low-Pass Filter Design - Chebyshev

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Passive High-Pass Filter Design

LC High-Pass Filters: Butterworth - A tutorial and design example.

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Passive Notch Filter Design

Harmonic Trap Filters - A low-pass filter with a notch at one frequency.

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RF Passive Filter Design - Miscellaneous

Harmonic Trap Filters - A low-pass filter with a notch at one frequency.

IF Filters - Principles in choosing filter parameters.

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Passive Filter Design Software

Artech - EMPLAN: Electromagnetic Analysis of Printed Structures in Planarly Layered Media - Highly accurate electromagnetic (EM) simulator. Allows simulation of microstrip and stripline circuits, as well as most printed circuits common to microwave engineering, including filters, patch antennas, and matching networks. Requires Windows NT/2000 or higher. (Sold only through online book/software retailers.)

ALK Engineering - PCFILT - Both LC and microstrip filter design. Free demo version available.
Applied Wave Research - Microwave Office - Lumped (LC) and electromagnetic design and analysis suite.
Eagleware - Match - Matching network design.
Eagleware - S/Filter - LC and transmission line filters.
FNC - Elcad - General purpose schematic-designer and parts-calculator. Design antennas, LC matching networks, tuned circuits, air and toroidal-core coils, and active filters. Do transmission line calculations, antenna scaling, and all basic electronics calculations.
Greg's Download Page - Categorized directory of RF and other EE software downloads.
Nuhertz - Active Filter Solutions - Supports active, passive, transmission line, and digital filter design. Freeware version available.
Schematica - OpFil - DOS-based active and passive design software.
WB6BLD - Elsie - Student/demo version of a highly interactive and easy-to-use lumped-element filter design program.

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Passive Filter Tutorials

Filters in Radio Communications (PDF)

FDI Online Design Guide - Frequency Device's comprehensive tutorial for passive, active, and digital filters.

A Filter Primer - Maxim's general filter tutorial demonstrating Laplace pole-zero analysis, covering Butterworth, Bessel, Chebychev, Elliptic, and state-variable implementations. Doesn't cover passive filters specifically.

LC Low-Pass Filters - Butterworth only.

LC Band-Pass Filters - Butterworth only.

LC High-Pass Filters - Butterworth only.

LC Narrow-Band Filters - Multi-pole Butterworth.

Filter Transfer Functions - Summary of properties for Bessel, Butterworth, and Chebychev filters.

Filter Circuits - Tutorial on RC and RLC filters, and Bode plots.

Interactive Filter Design - Read this article on lowpass Butterworth filter design and change the values of the example to your own design specs. The example changes to show your design. By the time you finish reading the article, you've also designed your filter - complete with a rudimentary simulation.

Interactive LC Filter Design - Online program for designing several types of Butterworth and Chebychev filters. A fun way to interactively explore the frequency response of different filters.

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