Designing Notch filters

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cx1111

Joined Nov 4, 2013
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Hello all

I'm trying to obtain a narrow notch (stopband) filter to get rid of a very large source of interference. This frequency f0 is in the order of 0.5-5MHz, but I have not been able to find any manufactured notch filters at this frequency.

I have a few questions.

-Why not? Is this due to difficulty or just a lack of demand?
-If it is difficult, what are the main sources of trouble?
-Is there a way I should approach this? All I know about what I want is the gain, bandwidth, and that it needs to have BNC leads.

Thank you very much for any help.
 

ronv

Joined Nov 12, 2008
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Notch filters have a very narrow band of frequencies that they filter out. Hence the name notch. Your range is very large (4.5 Mhz.). What is the total bandwidth you need?
 

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cx1111

Joined Nov 4, 2013
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Notch filters have a very narrow band of frequencies that they filter out. Hence the name notch. Your range is very large (4.5 Mhz.). What is the total bandwidth you need?
Sorry I should've worded it better. I meant I need to filter out bands of about 50kHZ centered around 0.5MHz, 1MHz,.....5MHz.
 

MikeML

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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Your frequency range is not covered by OpAmp Active Filters so you will have to go LC.
A series L-C will can be used as a notch filter. It can have Qs of up to several hundred, and be tuneable over a 10:1 range.
What kind of Power Levels, and operating voltages are we talking about?
 

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cx1111

Joined Nov 4, 2013
9
Your frequency range is not covered by OpAmp Active Filters so you will have to go LC.
A series L-C will can be used as a notch filter. It can have Qs of up to several hundred, and be tuneable over a 10:1 range.
What kind of Power Levels, and operating voltages are we talking about?
Thanks for your help. I did a few calculations with the series LC. So at resonance, w=1/sqrt(LC) the impedance becomes 0.

The aim of my project is to measure signals in the 0.25-5MHz range, and there is a huge source of 'noise' I need to filter out at 0.5MHz. Do I put LC 'load' in parallel with the oscilloscope 'load', and the whole thing in series with another resistor or something, to create a voltage divider which doesn't read when w=resonance?

Also, how would I calculate the gain/DB?
 

MikeML

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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Is the measurement to be made using a high input impedance (1megΩ or 10megΩ) device like an oscilloscope? Or a 50Ω measurement system like a spectrum analyzer?
 

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cx1111

Joined Nov 4, 2013
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It is to be made using a 1 mega ohm scope, but we're using a 50 ohm terminator on the scope to avoid reflections from the 50 ohm BNC cable.
 

MikeML

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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Here is what you can expect with a 50Ω source impedance, a 50Ω termination, a 100uH inductor with a series resistance of 50mΩ as a function the tuning capacitor "tune".
 

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