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3db bandwidth of a low pass filter

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Hi, I need to generate a low pass filter and find its 3db values. Do we have any matlab command to find 3db bandwidth? If so, can I plot it?

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Wayne King
Wayne King on 22 Sep 2011
Another way is to get the magnitude response using freqz()
[B,A] = butter(10,0.1);
[H,W] = freqz(B,A);
magresp = 20*log10(abs(H));
maxresp = max(magresp);
[I,~] = find(magresp < maxresp-3,3,'first');
fprintf('3-dB point is %2.3f*pi radians/sample\n', W(I(1))/pi)
Wayne
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Vivek Bhadouria
Vivek Bhadouria on 22 Sep 2011
freqz is a nice function to see the response of the filter.

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Wayne King
Wayne King on 22 Sep 2011
Hi, one way is to use an IIR design in MATLAB which uses the 3-dB point directly in the design of the filter. (FIR filters use 6-dB points).
For example:
d = fdesign.lowpass('N,F3dB',10,0.1);
Hd = design(d,'butter');
fvtool(Hd);
If you have the DSP System Toolbox installed, you are able to call the measure() method on Hd
measure(Hd)
Hope that helps,
Wayne

Satish reddy Kotamreddy
Satish reddy Kotamreddy on 6 Dec 2017
Hi i need matlab script for operational trans conductance amplifier lowapass with 3db frequency of 1mhz

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