BANDPASS filter

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joeDiHare

Joined Aug 13, 2010
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I was asked to design a BANDPASS filter by this istruction (in Matlab):
"2-stage 4th order filter with Q=4 and 12dB/octave high-pass and low-pass rolloffs".
But I don't really understand what I am asked. Is this band pass made of a 4th order high pass followed by a 4th order low pass, and Q is the quality factor which defines the width of the band (how distant the two cut frequencies are) ??
And still, I would not know how to implement the 12dB rolloff in Matlab.
Thanks for your help.
 

Ghar

Joined Mar 8, 2010
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Sounds like 4th order refers to the entire filter, so that would be a 2nd order low pass cascaded with a 2nd order high pass.

A first order filter gives a 6dB/octave roll off while a 2nd order filter gives 12dB/octave roll off.
 
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