SLAAEH6 September   2024 TAA5212 , TAA5412-Q1 , TAC5111 , TAC5111-Q1 , TAC5112 , TAC5211 , TAC5212 , TAC5212-Q1 , TAC5311-Q1 , TAC5312-Q1 , TAC5411-Q1 , TAC5412-Q1 , TAD5112 , TAD5112-Q1 , TAD5212 , TAD5212-Q1

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Infinite Impulse Response Filters
    1. 2.1 Digital Biquad Filter
  6. 3TAC5x1x and TAC5x1x-Q1 Digital Biquad Filters
    1. 3.1 Filter Design using PurePath™ Console
      1. 3.1.1 Example of Programming Biquad Filters Using PurePath™ Console
    2. 3.2 Generating Coefficients N0, N1, N2, D1, D2 using a Digital Filter Design Package
    3. 3.3 Avoiding Overflow Conditions
    4. 3.4 Biquad Filter Allocation on Recording Channel
    5. 3.5 Biquad Filter Allocation on Playback Channel
    6. 3.6 Biquad Filter Programming Example on the TAC5x1x
  7. 4Typical Audio Applications of Biquad Filters
    1. 4.1 Parametric Equalizers
    2. 4.2 Crossover Networks
    3. 4.3 Voice Boost
    4. 4.4 Bass Boost
    5. 4.5 Removing 50Hz–60Hz Hum With Notch Filters
  8. 5Summary
  9. 6References

Crossover Networks

Crossover networks separate or join together several specific frequency bands. Crossover networks are typically used in speaker systems to separate the low-, mid-, and high-range frequencies to respective drive woofers, midrange, or tweeter drivers. These filters protect the drivers from wasteful, noise inducing, or harmful frequencies that the driver is not designed to handle. For example, there is no need to send high frequency to a woofer. The woofer is not able to reproduce high frequencies and just adds distortion. A tweeter can be damaged by strong low frequencies, thus the recommendation is to filter these before sending the signal to these drivers. Linkwitz Riley implementations are tailored to produce an overall gain of 0dB at the crossover frequency when the low-pass and high-pass filters combine together so the overall musical tone is not changed during reproduction.