Users Manual for the Program LCP2 (Version 2.40)

LCP2 (Linear Circuit Program) is developed as an analysis and optimization tool to be used in the design of passive, active and digital filters with arbitrary structures. By the aid of an optimization loop the program may be used to solve nonlinear design equations for active filter structures or to compensate designs for the application of nonideal circuit components such as transmission lines with losses and nonideal operational amplifiers.

The information needed by the program is some target responses such as the poles and zeros or tabulated responses of e.g. the magnitude and the group-delay. Output is a set of corrected component values according to a minimum of some error-function. The error function may be chosen to be of the least square, the least "2p", the minimax and the L1-norm type.

Sensitivity information is available from the program together with the worst-case sensitivity index and the standard deviation (Shoeffler) sensitivity index.