This volume provides an introduction to the characteristics of analog filters and a review of the design process and the tasks that need to be undertaken to translate a set of filter specifications into a working prototype.

Passive Filters: General Characteristics of Filters. Approximation. Frequency Transformations. Sensitivity and Selectivity. Passive Immittances and Positive-Real Functions. Passive Cascade Synthesis. Synthesis of LCM and RC One-Port Networks. Two-Part Synthesis by Ladder Development. Design of Resistively Terminated Networks. Design of Broadband Matching Networks. Active Filters: Low-Gain Active Filters. Single-Amplifier Multiple-Feedback Filters. Multiple-Amplifier Biquads. The Current Generalized Immittance Converter Biquads. High-Order Filters. Continuous-Time Integrated Filters. Switched-Capacitor Filters. Digital Filters: FIR Filters. IIR Filters. Finite Wordlength Effects. VLSI Implementation of Digital Filters. Two-Dimensional FIR Filters. Two-Dimensional IIR Filters. One-Dimensional Multirate Filter Banks. Directional Filter Banks. Nonlinear Filtering Using Statistical Signal Models. Nonlinear Filtering for Image Denoising. Video Demosaicking Filters. Index.