Notch Bank 

General description

The notch bank removes up to eight discrete disturbing sinusoid frequencies. There are two main types of operation of the notch bank: automatic and manual. In the automatic mode the notch bank detects the sinusoid frequencies automatically and allocates a notch filter to remove the sinusoid. In the manual mode the user can give the center frequencies of the notch filters.

 

 

Parameters

Number of filters

This is the maximum number of notch filters. If the notch bank is in the automatic mode and maximum number of filters is not needed, then all filters are not activated.

 

Manual

This is the switch to select the manual or automatic mode.

 

Filter type

There are three types of filters (light, normal and heavy). A longer filter needs correspondingly more computing power.

 

 

Filter type

Length

Stopband width

Stopband attenuation

Light

200 taps

150 Hz

30 dB

Normal

400 taps

80 Hz

30 dB

Heavy

800 taps

70 Hz

35 dB

 

Adaptation speed

This parameter tells how often the situation is analyzed. The number of notch filters and their center frequencies are decided based on the analysis. This parameter is not active in the manual mode.

 

Filter1-Filter8

These are the stopband center frequencies to be set by the user in the manual mode.