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### M-derived filter

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m-derived filters or m-type filters are a type of electronic filter designed using the image method. They were invented by Otto Zobel in the early 1920s.[1] This filter type was originally intended for use with telephone multiplexing and was an improvement on the existing constant k type filter.[2] The main problem being addressed was the need to achieve a better match of the filter into the terminating impedances. In general, all filters designed by the image method fail to give an exact match, but the m-type filter is a big improvement with suitable choice of the parameter m. The m-type filter section has a further advantage in that there is a rapid transition from the cut-off frequency of the pass band to a pole of attenuation just inside the stop band. Despite these advantages, there is a drawback with m-type filters; at frequencies past the pole of attenuation, the response starts to rise again, and m-types have poor stop band rejection. For this reason, filters designed using m-type sections are often designed as composite filters with a mixture of k-type and m-type sections and different values of m at different points to get the optimum performance from both types.[3]

## Contents

• Background 1
• Derivation 2
• Operating frequency 2.1
• Image impedance 2.2
• Series sections 2.2.1
• Shunt sections 2.2.2
• Transmission parameters 2.3
• Prototype transformations 2.4
• References 5
• Bibliography 6

## Background

Zobel patented an impedance matching network in 1920[5] which, in essence, used the topology of what are now called m-type filters, but Zobel did not name them as such or analyse them by the image method. This pre-dated

• Mathaei, Young, Jones Microwave Filters, Impedance-Matching Networks, and Coupling Structures McGraw-Hill 1964 (1980 edition is ISBN 0-89006-099-1).
• For a simpler treatment of the analysis see,
• Ghosh, Smarajit, Network Theory: Analysis and Synthesis, Prentice Hall of India, pp. 564–569 2005 ISBN 81-203-2638-5.

## Bibliography

1. ^ Belevitch, V, "Summary of the history of circuit theory", Proceedings of the IRE, vol 50, Iss 5, pp.849, May 1962.
2. ^ Bray, J, Innovation and the Communications Revolution, p.62, Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2002 ISBN 0-85296-218-5.
3. ^ Zobel, pp. 16–19.
4. ^ Zobel, O J, Electrical wave filters, U.S. Patent 1,850,146, pp. 2–3, filed 25 Nov 1930, issued 22 Mar 1932.
5. ^ Zobel, O J, Terminating network for filters, U.S. Patent 1,557,229, filed 30 April 1920, issued 13 Oct 1925.
6. ^ Campbell, G A, "Physical Theory of the Electric Wave-Filter", Bell System Tech J, November 1922, vol 1, no 2, pp. 1–32.
7. ^ Zobel, O. J.,Theory and Design of Uniform and Composite Electric Wave Filters, Bell Systems Technical Journal, Vol. 2 (1923), pp. 1–46.
8. ^ Roberto Sorrentino, Electronic filter simulation & design, p. 57, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007 ISBN 0-07-149467-7.
9. ^ Matthaei, p. 64.
10. ^ Matthaei, p.66.
11. ^ a b c Matthaei, p. 65.
12. ^ Bode, Hendrik W., Wave Filter, U.S. Patent 2,002,216, p. 1 c. 1 ll.14–26, filed 7 June 1933, issued 21 May 1935.
13. ^ Alan Keith Walton, Network analysis and practice, pp. 197, 203, Cambridge University Press, 1987 ISBN 0-521-31903-X.
14. ^ a b c d Matthaei, p. 63.
15. ^ Matthaei, pp. 60–61 (LPF), 412 (HPF), 438-439 (BPF).
16. ^ Redifon Radio Diary, 1970, pp. 45–48, William Collins Sons & Co, 1969.
17. ^ Matthaei, pp. 72–74.

## References

Image filter sections

 N.B. Textbooks and design drawings usually show the unbalanced implementations, but in telecoms it is often required to convert the design to the balanced implementation when used with balanced lines.

It should be born in mind that the characteristics of the filter predicted by the image method are only accurate if the section is terminated with its image impedance. This is usually not true of the sections at either end which are usually terminated with a fixed resistance. The further the section is from the end of the filter, the more accurate the prediction will become since the effects of the terminating impedances are masked by the intervening sections. It is usual to provide half half-sections at the ends of the filter with m = 0.6 as this value gives the flattest Zi in the passband and hence the best match in to a resistive termination.[17]

Several L half-sections may be cascaded to form a composite filter. Like impedance must always face like in these combinations. There are therefore two circuits that can be formed with two identical L half-sections. Where ZiT faces ZiT, the section is called a Π section. Where ZiΠ faces ZiΠ the section formed is a T section. Further additions of half-sections to either of these forms a ladder network which may start and end with series or shunt elements.[16]

The plots shown of image impedance, attenuation and phase change are the plots of a low-pass prototype filter section. The prototype has a cut-off frequency of ωc = 1 rad/s and a nominal impedance R0 = 1 Ω. This is produced by a filter half-section where L = 1 henry and C = 1 farad. This prototype can be impedance scaled and frequency scaled to the desired values. The low-pass prototype can also be transformed into high-pass, band-pass or band-stop types by application of suitable frequency transformations.[15]

### Prototype transformations

\gamma = \alpha + i\beta = \frac{1}{2} \cosh^{-1} \left(1-\frac{2m^2}{\left(\frac{\omega_c}{\omega}\right)^2 - \left( \frac{\omega_c}{\omega_{\infin}}\right)^2} \right) +i0

For \omega_\infin<\omega<\infin the transmission parameters are

\gamma = \alpha + i\beta = \frac{1}{2} \cosh^{-1} \left(\frac{2m^2}{\left(\frac{\omega_c}{\omega}\right)^2 - \left( \frac{\omega_c}{\omega_{\infin}} \right)^2} - 1 \right) + i\frac{\pi}{2}

For \omega_c<\omega<\omega_\infin the transmission parameters are

\gamma = \alpha + i\beta = 0 + i\frac{1}{2} \cos^{-1} \left(1-\frac{2m^2} {\left(\frac{\omega_c}{\omega}\right)^2 - \left(\frac{\omega_c}{\omega_{\infin}} \right)^2} \right)

For 0<\omega<\omega_c\,\! the transmission is lossless:

For the particular example of the low-pass L section, the transmission parameters solve differently in three frequency bands.[14]

\gamma_n=n\gamma\,\!

and for n half-sections

\gamma=\sinh^{-1}\frac{mZ}{\sqrt{k^2+(1-m^2)Z^2}}

For an m-derived section in general the transmission parameters for a half-section are given by[14]

m-Derived low-pass filter transfer function for a single half-section

### Transmission parameters

As with the k-type section, the image impedance of the m-type low-pass section is purely real below the cut-off frequency and purely imaginary above it. From the chart it can be seen that in the passband the closest impedance match to a constant pure resistance termination occurs at approximately m = 0.6.[14]

Z_{iT m}=\frac{\sqrt{1-\omega^2}}{1-\left(\omega/\omega_\infin\right)^2}

and is the same as that of the constant k section

Z_{i\Pi}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\omega^2}}

The image impedances of the shunt section are given by[11]

#### Shunt sections

Z_{i\Pi m}=\frac{1-\left(\omega/\omega_\infin\right)^2}{\sqrt{1-\omega^2}}.

and is the same as that of the constant k section

Z_{iT}=\sqrt{1-\omega^2}

The image impedances of the series section are given by[14]

#### Series sections

The following expressions for image impedances are all referenced to the low-pass prototype section. They are scaled to the nominal impedance R0 = 1, and the frequencies in those expressions are all scaled to the cut-off frequency ωc = 1.

m-derived prototype shunt low-pass filter ZiTm image impedance for various values of m. Values below cut-off frequency only shown for clarity.

### Image impedance

From this it is clear that smaller values of m will produce \omega_\infin closer to the cut-off frequency \omega_c\,\! and hence will have a sharper cut-off. Despite this cut-off, it also brings the unwanted stop band response of the m-type closer to the cut-off frequency, making it more difficult for this to be filtered with subsequent sections. The value of m chosen is usually a compromise between these conflicting requirements. There is also a practical limit to how small m can be made due to the inherent resistance of the inductors. This has the effect of causing the pole of attenuation to be less deep (that is, it is no longer a genuinely infinite pole) and the slope of cut-off to be less steep. This effect becomes more marked as \omega_\infin is brought closer to \omega_c\,\!, and there ceases to be any improvement in response with an m of about 0.2 or less.[11][12][13]

\omega_\infin=\frac{\omega_c}{\sqrt{1-m^2}}.

The pole of attenuation occurs at;

\omega_c=\frac{1}{\sqrt{LC}}.

For the low-pass half section shown, the cut-off frequency of the m-type is the same as the k-type and is given by

### Operating frequency

A consequence of this design is that the m-derived half section will match a k-type section on one side only. Also, an m-type section of one value of m will not match another m-type section of another value of m except on the sides which offer the Zi of the k-type.[11]

The general arrangements of these circuits are shown in the diagrams to the right along with a specific example of a low pass section.

\frac{1-m^2}{m}Y.

To obtain the m-derived shunt half section, an admittance is added to 1/mZ to make the image impedance ZiΠ the same as the image impedance of the original half section. The additional admittance required can be shown to be[10]

\frac{1-m^2}{m}Z.

where k is the nominal impedance of the filter, or R0. The designer now multiplies Z and Y by an arbitrary constant m (0 < m < 1). There are two different kinds of m-derived section; series and shunt. To obtain the m-derived series half section, the designer determines the impedance that must be added to 1/mY to make the image impedance ZiT the same as the image impedance of the original constant k section. From the general formula for image impedance, the additional impedance required can be shown to be[9]

k^2=\frac{Z}{Y}

The building block of m-derived filters, as with all image impedance filters, is the "L" network, called a half-section and composed of a series impedance Z, and a shunt admittance Y. The m-derived filter is a derivative of the constant k filter. The starting point of the design is the values of Z and Y derived from the constant k prototype and are given by

m-derived shunt low-pass filter half section.
C= \frac{L}{R_0^2}
m-derived series general filter half section.

## Derivation

[8] methods.network synthesis Once popular, M-type filters and image parameter designed filters in general are now rarely designed, having been superseded by more advanced [7] Zobel published the image analysis theory of m-type filters in 1923.[6]

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