Strange output when building an active filter

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richiechen

Joined Jan 1, 2012
93
Hi all

I was trying to build two active filters.
The attached diagrams are the schematic and the output.

The input is a sine wave.
Could anyone give me an intuitive idea of how do these strange diagrams come out?


Thank you very much.
 

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t06afre

Joined May 11, 2009
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I see a flaw in your schematics. Take a look at the wire that cross the connection between R1_2 and R1_3 This wire miss a dot. So it is not connected at the crossing point as it should be. If you have made a PCB. This can have a lot to say ;)
 

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richiechen

Joined Jan 1, 2012
93
Thanks t06afre! I will check the PCB

If an active filter is made. How could the response of the filter being unstable?
The input of the filter is 1kHz signal.
The output appears that the gain of the filter keeps changing.

I mean, the gain of the filter to a signal of a certain frequency should be constant, right?
Why the gain varies? When the input is 1kHz signal(stable frequency).
 

vk6zgo

Joined Jul 21, 2012
677
Have you looked at the output with no input signal?

From the screen capture you posted,it looks like one stage is oscillating at a very much lower frequency,& amplitude modulating the input signal.

If this is a real circuit & real Oscilloscope,try tracing the signal through from input to output to see where the problem is.
 
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