Custom Search
Please Support RF Cafe
~ Advertise on RF Cafe ~
~ Visit My Sponsors' Websites ~
~ Buy My Software & Products ~
About RF Cafe     ©1999-2012
RF Cafe Coffee CupRF Cafe Coffee Cup
•−•  ••−•    −•−•  •−  ••−•  •
RF Cafe Morse Code: >Hear It<
Product & Service Directory
Personally Selected
Engineering Forums
Join the Conversation
Thousands of pages indexed
by Google
Please Support My Advertisers

RF Cafe Software

Hobby & Fun

Airplanes and Rockets: My personal hobby website

Equine Kingdom: My daughter Sally's horse riding business website - lots of info

Doggy Dynasty: My son-in-law's dog training business

Telescope & Sky: My amateur astronomy website


Your Host

Click here to read about RF CafeKirt Blattenberger
... single-handedly
redefining what
an engineering
website should be.

View the YouTube RF Cafe Intro video Carpe Diem!
(Seize the Day!)

5CCG (5th MOB):
My USAF radar shop


Filter Equivalent Noise Bandwidth

Visit the Anatech Microwave websiteDYNE-TECHPlease click here to visit KR Electronics.OscilentClick to visit Reactel

A filter's equivalent noise bandwidth (EqNBW) is the bandwidth that an ideal filter (infinite rejection in the stopband) of the same bandwidth would have. EqNBW is calculated by integrating the total available noise power under the response curve from 0 Hz to infinity Hz. In practice, integration only needs to be carried out to about the point of thermal noise. The steeper the filter skirts (higher order), the narrower the range of integration needed to get an acceptable approximation. Integration needs to be done in linear terms of power (mW, W, etc.) rather than in dB.
The values in the following table are for normalized lowpass filter functions with infinite Q and exact conformance to design equations. If you need a better estimation than what is presented here, then a sophisticated system simulator is necessary.
 
Butterworth
(fco = 3 dB)
Chebyshev
(fco = ripple)
Bessel
(fco = 3 dB)
OrderEqNBW
11.5708
21.1107
31.0472
41.0262
51.0166
61.0115
71.0084
81.0065
91.0051
101.0041
Ripple0.01 dB0.1 dB0.25 dB0.5 dB1.0 dB
Order
23.66722.14441.74491.48891.2532
31.96421.44181.28251.16661.0411
41.50391.23261.14051.06560.9735
51.31141.14171.07801.02080.9433
61.21201.09371.04480.99700.9272
71.15371.06531.02510.98280.9175
81.11661.04711.01250.97360.91133
91.09141.03471.00380.96740.9071
101.07361.02580.99770.96290.9041
OrderEqNBW
11.57
21.56
31.08
41.04
51.04
61.04

Reference: Filter Design, by Steve Winder




RF Cafe's
Product
Directory
Personally Selected
A Disruptive Web Presence™
Read About RF Cafe

Webmaster: Kirt Blattenberger
KB3UON
(814) 833-1967
 Custom Search
RF Cafe's
Engineering
Forums
A Service to You