Rc Filter Low Pass. It can be just referred as low pass filter lpf. However the behavior totally differs from that of the high pass circuit.
This circuit is identical with that of high pass circuit except for the fact that the output is now taken across capacitor c instead of across resistor r. When the frequency of the input signal is low the impedance of the capacitor is high relative to the impedance of the resistor. An rc circuit acts as a low pass filter when constructed as shown in figure 1.
This single pole arrangement gives us a roll off slope of 20db decade attenuation of frequencies above the cut off point at ƒ 3db.
It can be just referred as low pass filter lpf. However sometimes in filter circuits this 20db decade 6db octave angle of the slope may not be enough to remove an unwanted signal then two stages of filtering can be used as shown. Rc low pass filter calculation. The response of the filter is displayed on graphs showing bode diagram nyquist diagram impulse response and step response.