Active filters have reached the point of maturity where they are attractive components for audio signal processing systems. The availability of the integrated circuit operational amplifier has proved to be very successful in this regard. However, to fully optimize the use of the active filter it is necessary to understand the effects of the nonideal operational amplifier. This paper reviews the established active filter design methods and then characterizes the operational amplifier in order to show the influence of its parameters on the design of active filters. Design methods are developed which minimize the effects of the frequency dependent operational amplifier on the active filter realization.

Author: Allen, Phillip E.
Affiliation: Department of Electrical Fngineering and Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
AES Convention: 49 (September 1974) Paper Number: 973
Publication Date: September 1, 1974

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