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Two-pole notch filter

US6842086B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 1999
Grant dateJan 11, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H2210/015
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tunable top-pole passive notch circuit for attenuating select frequencies of a multi-frequency CATV signal. The circuit includes an input for receiving a multi-frequency CATV signal, and an output for transmitting a portion of the multi-frequency CATV signal, A filter network for attenuating a band of frequencies from the multi-frequency signal is distributed been the input and the output. The filter network includes three parallel branches A, B, and C, each being arranged in series connection between the input and the output. Branch A includes an inductor. Branch B includes an adjustable parallel tank circuit Branch C includes a second adjustable electrical resonator. The filter has frequency response characteristics that are more stable than prior art two-pole notch filters, and similar to the response characteristics of more complex three pole or four pole notch filters. The two-pole tunable notch filter circuit provides a passband response to 1 GHz.

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