Inductorless bandpass filters

Abstract

The technique of designing inductorless filters by replacing the inductors in conventional LC filters with gyrators and capacitors is considered for the special case of the high-quality channel bandpass filters used in multiplex telephony. One particular gyrator circuit, which has been found to be very satisfactory, using two operational amplifiers and four resistors, is analyzed in some detail. The difficulties of simulating floating inductors are discussed, and ways of designing filters to avoid the necessity of such simulations are proposed. The dynamic range of a filter is defined and the factors controlling it are described. Detailed measured results of two specific channel filter designs are included.