Low Pass/High Pass Filter Calculator

A passive filter (also known as a lumped element filter) is used to attenuate a signal above or below a determined frequency. This passive filter calculator has you pick your composition (RC – Resistance/Capacitive, RL – Resistance/Inductance) and enter your values to calculate the cutoff/-3dB frequency. Depending on the configuration of the components you can construct a low pass or high pass filter. The low-pass filter will pass a signal with minimal distortion up to the cutoff frequency, at which point it will block the input signal. The high-pass filter will block the frequencies below the cutoff frequency and pass the ones above.