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What does a ceramic filter provide that a simple tuned circuit cannot?

  • A.Gain at the intermediate frequency
  • B.Automatic gain control for the following stage
  • C.Tuning across the whole broadcast band
  • D.Steep skirts at a fixed frequency

Answer: D

Its high Q gives a flat passband with steep skirts, which is what adjacent-channel rejection requires and which a single tuned circuit cannot approach. It provides no gain; indeed it has insertion loss. Gain control is a separate loop. And it works at one fixed frequency only, which is precisely why it suits the intermediate stages of a superheterodyne rather than the tunable front end. Fixed-frequency components are always cheaper to make sharp.

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