Question

The sampling rate of an ADC is 8.1 kHz. What will be an appropriate cut-off frequency (break frequency) for the anti-aliasing filter in front of the ADC

Answer 1

Answer:

4000 Hz

Explanation:

An anti-alias filter is usually added in front of the ADC to limit a certain range of input frequencies in order to avoid aliasing. This filter is usually a low pass filter that passes low frequencies but attenuates the high frequencies.

The Nyquist sampling criteria states that the sampling rate should be at least twice the maximum frequency component of the desired signal.

Sampling rate = 2(max input frequency)

From the relation we can find out the cut-off frequency for the anti-aliasing filter.

max input frequency = sampling rate/2

max input frequency = 8100/2 = 4050 Hz

Therefore, 4000 Hz would be an appropriate cut-off frequency for the anti-aliasing filter.