RF Blockset™

Bandpass RF Filter

Standard bandpass RF filters in baseband-equivalent complex form

Library

Mathematical

Description

The Bandpass RF Filter block lets you design standard analog bandpass filters, implemented in baseband-equivalent complex form. The following table describes the available design methods.

Design Method	Description
`Butterworth`	The magnitude response of a Butterworth filter is maximally flat in the passband and monotonic overall.
`Chebyshev I`	The magnitude response of a Chebyshev I filter is equiripple in the passband and monotonic in the stopband.
`Chebyshev II`	The magnitude response of a Chebyshev II filter is monotonic in the passband and equiripple in the stopband.
`Elliptic`	The magnitude response of an elliptic filter is equiripple in both the passband and the stopband.
`Bessel`	The delay of a Bessel filter is maximally flat in the passband.

The block input must be a discrete-time complex signal.

Note This block assumes a nominal impedance of 1 ohm.

Select the design of the filter from the Design method list in the dialog box. For each design method, the block enables you to specify the filter design parameters shown in the following table.

Design Method	Filter Design Parameters
`Butterworth`	Order, lower passband edge frequency, upper passband edge frequency
`Chebyshev I`	Order, lower passband edge frequency, upper passband edge frequency, passband ripple
`Chebyshev II`	Order, lower stopband edge frequency, upper stopband edge frequency, stopband attenuation
`Elliptic`	Order, lower passband edge frequency, upper passband edge frequency, passband ripple, stopband attenuation
`Bessel`	Order, lower passband edge frequency, upper passband edge frequency

The Bandpass RF Filter block designs the filters using the Signal Processing Toolbox™ filter design functions buttap, cheb1ap, cheb2ap, ellipap, and besselap.

Note Some RF blocks require the sample time to perform baseband modeling calculations. To ensure the accuracy of these calculations, the Input Port block, as well as the mathematical RF blocks, compare the input sample time to the sample time you provide in the mask. If they do not match, or if the input sample time is missing because the blocks are not connected, an error message appears.

Dialog Box

The parameters displayed in the dialog box vary for different design methods. Only some of these parameters are visible in the dialog box at any one time.

You can change tunable parameters while the model is running.

Design method: Filter design method. The design method can be Butterworth, Chebyshev I, Chebyshev II, Elliptic, or Bessel. Tunable.
Filter order: Order of the lowpass analog prototype filter that forms the basis for the bandpass filter design. The order of the final filter is twice this value.
Lower passband edge frequency (Hz): Lower passband edge frequency for Butterworth, Chebyshev I, elliptic, and Bessel designs. Tunable.
Upper passband edge frequency (Hz): Upper passband edge frequency for Butterworth, Chebyshev I, elliptic, and Bessel designs. Tunable.
Lower stopband edge frequency (Hz): Lower stopband edge frequency for Chebyshev II designs. Tunable.
Upper stopband edge frequency (Hz): Upper stopband edge frequency for Chebyshev II designs. Tunable.
Passband ripple in dB: Passband ripple for Chebyshev I and elliptic designs. Tunable.
Stopband attenuation in dB: Stopband attenuation for Chebyshev II and elliptic designs. Tunable.
Finite impulse response filter length: Desired length of the baseband-equivalent impulse response for the filter.
Center frequency (Hz): Center of the modeling frequencies.
Sample time (s): Time interval between consecutive samples of the input signal.

Bandpass RF Filter

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Description

Dialog Box

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