What is a filter?
A filter is a device that passes electric signals at certain frequencies or
frequency ranges while preventing the passage of others. — Webster.
Filter circuits are used in a wide variety of applications. In the field of telecommunication,
band-pass filters are used in the audio frequency range (0 kHz to 20 kHz) for modems
and speech processing. High-frequency band-pass filters (several hundred MHz) are
used for channel selection in telephone central offices. Data acquisition systems usually
require anti-aliasing low-pass filters as well as low-pass noise filters in their preceding sig
nal conditioning stages. System power supplies often use band-rejection filters to sup
press the 60-Hz line frequency and high frequency transients.