WORLD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Course Name: Electronics II
Experiment # 12: DESIGN OF LOW PASS AND HIGH PASS ACTIVE FILTER
USING ORCAD PSPICE

OBJECTIVES

(i) To understand the concept of electronic circuit simulation using a software like
OrCAD-Pspice
(ii) To design active low pass filter circuits for various orders.
(iii) To apply the simulation conditions for active low pass filter circuits for AC sweep
analysis.
(iv) To analyze the simulation results for active low pass filter circuits.
(v) To evaluate the performances of active Butterworth and Chebyshev low pass filter
circuits from the simulation results
(vi) To prepare report from the simulation results of the design of active Butterworth and
Chebyshev low pass filter circuits

INTRODUCTION

Methods of circuit analysis vary widely depending on the complexity of the problem.
Whereas some circuits require nothing more complicated than the writing of a single
equation for their solution, others may require several equations to be solved simultaneously.
When the response of a circuit is to be performed over a wide range of frequencies, the work
is often both tedious and time consuming. In many cases the problem to be solved requires
that the students have an understanding of which basic laws and principles are involved in the
solution. In some cases, if the topology of a network is known, along with complete
descriptions of the circuit elements, computer programs can be used to perform the analysis.
Such programs have been under development for several decades. Dr.Spice and OrCAD-
PSpice are among the powerful programs that are capable of solving many types of electrical
networks under a variety of conditions.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
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Figure 1
PROCEDURE

Start OrCAD-Pspice A/D

Click start Programs OrCAD demo Capture CIS demo

Step 1: Open a new project named project 1 for the circuit in Figure 1.
Step 2: Instruct OrCAD to perform AC Sweep analysis with a frequency sweep variable that
is to be varied from 500Hz to 500 KHz at 1000 points.
Step 3: Run simulation.
Step 4: Click trace click Vout.
Step 5: A result of low pass filter is displayed.
Step 6: Observe the output waveform at pin 6 of the op-amp.

REPORT

1. Design a 1st, 3rd and 5th order Butterworth low pass filter where the cut-off frequency
is 20 kHz.
2. Design a 1st, 3rd and 5th order 2dB roll-off Chebyshev low pass filter where cut-off
frequency is 20 kHz.
3. Write your own conclusions and comment your results.