Obtaining expert advice [filter synthesis]

Unlike other filter-synthesis design tools, EXSHOF employs knowledge-based synthesis of a high-order active filter. The package is completely menu driven and extremely user friendly. At the various stages of filter design it asks questions of the user and provides guidelines to these questions; i.e., it gives expert help in making decisions. It assumes that the user has little knowledge of computers and filters. Users have the option of using any of the five approximation functions or directly inputting the transfer function. It can design four types of different high-order filter structures and nine different biquad circuits. The detailed diagram of the designed circuit is presented to the user in a modular form using graphics. The frequency response of the circuit has been simulated using PSpice and it has been found that the response exactly matches the input specifications