LNKWITZ LAB

Equalizer with complex poles and zeros

Enter your own values for the numbers in bold typeface
Values are in Hz, kOhm and nF
Measure f0, Q0 using < f0Q0.gif >1) Specify:
Choose target for fp, Qp
f0 =
Q0 =
Component layout
fp =
R2 ----- C2
R2 ----- C2
Qp =
R1 ----- R1
R3 ----- R3
C2 =
C1
C3
For realizability with the given
circuit k must be positive.
2a) Calculated values
k > 0 ??
0.22
R1
4.31
R2
1.90
R3
55.89
C1
2627.3
C3
202.7
C2
100.0
Adc [dB]
22.3

72
2.1
20
0.7
100.0

2b) Multiply calculated

values by M to change
impedance level
Select M =
2.32
R1
10.01
R2
4.41
R3
129.67
C1
1132.5
C3
87.4
C2
43.1

LINKWITZ LAB - 26 October 2000

3b) Calculated poles & zeros

f0
73
Q0
1.87
fp
21
Qp
0.65
fp1
32
fz1
32 = fp1 ??
Adc [dB]
21.6

4b) Calculated poles & zeros

f0
73
Q0
2.14
fp
21
Qp
0.73
fp1
28
fz1
29 = fp1 ??
Adc [dB]
21.6

Find the optimum standard value combination

that approximates the specified poles and zeros
3a) Select standard values
10.00 kOhm
R1 =
4.64 kOhm
R2 =
121.00 kOhm
R3 =
1000.0 nF
C1 =
82.0 nF
C3 =
47.0 nF
C2 =

4a) Select standard values

5.11 kOhm
R1 =
2.15 kOhm
R2 =
61.90 kOhm
R3 =
2200.0 nF
C1 =
180.0 nF
C3 =
82.0 nF
C2 =

Formulas used are those from < f0Q0fpQp.gif >.

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LNKWITZ LAB

The equalizer cancels the original complex poles with zeros

(f0, Q0) and adds a new pair of complex poles (fp, Qp) to
obtain a targeted 2nd order highpass filter response.
24.0

Original

18.0
Target
Equalizer

12.0

6.0

640

403

1,016

-6.0

254

160

101

63

40

25

0.0

16

Equalizer
dB
21.8
21.3
20.3
18.5
15.7
11.9
7.3
1.8
-4.3
-6.6
-4.5
-2.7
-1.7
-1.0
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0

10

fp, Qp
Target
dB
-12.3
-8.7
-5.5
-3.1
-1.5
-0.7
-0.3
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

Magnitude - dB

Frequency
Hz
10
13
16
20
25
32
40
50
63
80
101
127
160
202
254
320
403
508
640
806
1,016

f0, Q0
Original
dB
-34.1
-30.0
-25.9
-21.6
-17.3
-12.6
-7.6
-1.9
4.3
6.6
4.5
2.7
1.7
1.0
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0

Frequency response
Equalization

-12.0

-18.0

-24.0

Frequency - Hz

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