I am designing an active RC filter. I am wondering if anyone can tell me the relationship between filter corner frequency and OPAMP's gain bandwidth.
In addition, what is the OPAMP DC gain needed if the filter is 0dB butterworth LPF?
That is, how should I define the opamp spec. when designing an active RC filter?
The desired filter corner frequency must fall within the unity gain bandwidth of your opamp.
So that u can meet the cutoff frequency when u design the 0dB(unity gain) LPF in close-loop.
Open-loop gain of the opamp should be as high as possible (~60dB).
What really matters is the gain-bandwidth-product of the opamp you are using -- they should be usually 10x larger than your desired filter corner frequency to minimize Opamp's finite GBW effect on your active filter.
What really matters is the gain-bandwidth-product of the opamp you are using -- they should be usually 10x larger than your desired filter corner frequency to minimize Opamp's finite GBW effect on your active filter.
Please refer to th"OPamp for everyone" published by TI.
The suggested DC gain at corner frequency is around 40dB gain.
The gian will affect your accuracy of corner frequecy and filter gain.