bandpass

noun

bandpass

noun

/ˈbænd.pæs/

Etymology From band + pass. First emerged in the context of early radio communication; attested in patents filed by Western Electric in 1919.

1

A filter that lets through only a specific range of electromagnetic frequencies.

  • The engineer designed an active bandpass to pick out the intermediate frequency from the noise.
  • Our circuit requires a stable bandpass to isolate the audio frequencies from high-frequency interference.
1 more example
  • In other words, the filter is a Bandpass, what signal passes through is a Passband.2013 March 20, endolith, “sampling - BandPass Signal Vs PassBand Signal”, in Signal Processing Stack Exchange:
Antonyms
bandstop
Related terms
highpass, lowpass, passband

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