In physics and electrical engineering, a cutoff frequency, corner frequency, or break frequency is a boundary in a system's frequency response at which energy flowing through the system begins to be reduced (attenuated or reflected) rather than passing through.
Typically in electronic systems such as filters and communication channels, cutoff frequency applies to an edge in a lowpass, highpass, bandpass, or band-stop characteristic – a frequency characterizing a boundary between a passband and a stopband. It is sometimes taken to be the point in the filter response where a transition band and passband meet, for example, as defined by a half-power point (a frequency for which the output of the circuit is approximately −3.01 dB of the nominal passband value). Alternatively, a stopband corner frequency may be specified as a point where a transition band and a stopband meet: a frequency for which the attenuation is larger than the required stopband attenuation, which for example may be 30 dB or 100 dB.
In the case of a waveguide or an antenna, the cutoff frequencies correspond to the lower and upper cutoff wavelengths.
and electrical engineering, a cutofffrequency, corner frequency, or break frequency is a boundary in a system's frequency response at which energy flowing...
domain, but remains relevant for long on-chip interconnects. Cutofffrequency and frequency response Emphasis, preemphasis, deemphasis Exponential decay...
In optics, spatial cutofffrequency is a precise way to quantify the smallest object resolvable by an optical system. Due to diffraction at the image plane...
telecommunications, the center frequency of a filter or channel is a measure of a central frequency between the upper and lower cutofffrequencies. It is usually defined...
filter—equal to the number of reactive elements in a passive filter. Its cutofffrequency (the half-power point of approximately −3 dB or a voltage gain of 1/√2 ≈...
waves to two dimensions. The frequency of the transmitted wave also dictates the size of a waveguide: each waveguide has a cutoff wavelength determined by...
Alpha cutofffrequency, or f α {\displaystyle f_{\alpha }} is the frequency at which the common base DC current gain α {\displaystyle \alpha } drops to...
stopband as the frequency increases. This behavior is shown in the diagram on the right. The common practice of defining the cutofffrequency at −3 dB is...
able to approximate differentiation at lower frequencies by limiting the gain above its cutofffrequency. An active differentiator includes an amplifier...
have a cutofffrequency or a flat passband. A nth-order high-pass filter approximately applies the nth time derivative of signals whose frequency band is...
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opposite, passing high frequencies above the cutofffrequency, and progressively attenuating frequencies below the cutofffrequency. A high-pass filter can...
cutofffrequency) is the TEM mode, which has a cutofffrequency of zero; it propagates all the way down to DC. The mode with the next lowest cutoff is...
reached cutofffrequencies of 100 GHz, and are now the most widely used active microwave devices. Another family of transistors with a higher frequency limit...
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their frequency response is more uneven because of resonance peaks, and horns have a cutofffrequency below which their response drops off. (The cutoff frequency...
bandpass-filtered signal at a sample rate below its Nyquist rate (twice the upper cutofffrequency), but is still able to reconstruct the signal. When one undersamples...
ideal filter that removes all frequency components above a given cutofffrequency, without attenuating lower frequencies, and has linear phase response...
subcarrier above the cutofffrequency of the PLL loop filter. PLL frequency synthesizers can also be modulated at low frequency and down to DC by using...
noise, which has a flat spectrum at lower frequencies, and only becomes “red” above the chosen cutofffrequency. Brownian noise can also be computer-generated...
t_{r}=t_{2}-t_{1}.} fL is the lower cutofffrequency (-3 dB point) of the analysed system, measured in hertz. fH is higher cutofffrequency (-3 dB point) of the analysed...