Roll-off rate calculator

1. How do you calculate roll-off?
2. What is roll-off frequency?
3. What is the roll-off rate of single order filter?

How do you calculate roll-off?

The roll-off rate of the n^th-order filter is 20 × n dB/decade or 6 × n dB/octave, where “n” is the order of the filter (Figure 3). A “sharp” multistage filter may have a roll-off of 20 dB/decade, while a less-sharp single-stage one will have just a 3-dB/decade value.

What is roll-off frequency?

The roll-off frequency is defined as the frequency under which some percentage (cutoff) of the total energy of the spectrum is contained. The roll-off frequency can be used to distinguish between harmonic (below roll-off) and noisy sounds (above roll-off).

What is the roll-off rate of single order filter?

All first-order filters have a 20 dB/decade roll-off. The same roll-off can also be specified as 6 dB/octave. An octave is a term borrowed from music and represents a doubling of frequency.