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- From: pecampbe@mtu.edu (Paul Campbell)
- Subject: Re: Very sharp RF notch filter sought
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.003919.1445@mtu.edu>
- Organization: Michigan Technological University
- References: <1992Dec14.064445.9591@ips.oz.au>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:39:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec14.064445.9591@ips.oz.au> bruce@ips.oz.au (Bruce Paterson) writes:
- >I need a VERY sharp notch filter (or actually 3, if sharp enough) to reject
- >FM broadcast stations from an antenna signal. The requirements are tough:
- >a. VERY sharp - I need to measure spectra of broadband noiselike signals and
- >the present LC filters make a far too visible hole.
- >b. No other holes (or even ripples) in the pass band - 57 to 180MHz.
- >c. Low loss.
- >
- >LC type circuits are not sharp enough. Using a crystal is out as it is too
- >lossy and has many other smaller holes. A carefully made cavity may be the
- >answer, but while I can find many ways to use a cavity to reject one
- >frequency and pass another (standard diplexers), I can't see how to use one
- >to only reject a frequency, while passing all others. Any help?
-
- Try searching for these:
- Monolithic crystal filters..several crystal pairs on a single
- substrate to increase both the steepness and get rid of the worst ripples
- SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) filters..similar to crystal filters,
- but one of the variants may be what you need.
-
- Or, try a different method. Mix the signal you are measuring down to say 10.7
- MHz where sharper filters are available. Not only that, but you can
- specifically exclude any frequency you want by not mixing it down. You could
- mix directly to baseband, too, for that matter.
-
- The only requirement is to build yourself a good PLL frequency synthesizer
- circuit to generate the wide range of freqeuncies that you'll need.
-