DC-01 · Chapter 3 · Filters, Sampling & Data Converters
Square wave into RC filters
A 1 kHz square wave goes into an RC high-pass filter, and separately into an RC low-pass. Sketch the outputs when fc is near 1 kHz. What do you see across R vs across C?
| Level | ● screening |
| Track | General board |
| Really testing | Time-domain and frequency-domain intuition together. |
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