FILTER DESIGN A circuit designer frequently requires ®lters to extract the desired frequency spectrum from a wide variety of electrical signals. If a circuit passes all signals from dc through a frequency oc but stops the rest of the spectrum, then it is known as a low-pass ®lter. The frequency oc is called its cutoff frequency. Conversely, a high-pass ®lter stops all signals up to oc and passes those at higher frequencies. If a circuit passes only a ®nite frequency band that does not include ze