Ever designed a filter, antenna, or amplifier and wondered: “How wide is my band, really?”

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For waveguide or cavity filters, fractional bandwidth also influences Q-factor and insertion loss. Low FBW = higher Q, narrower tuning range.

🔹 FBW (%) = (f₂ – f₁) / f_center × 100 where f_center = (f₁ + f₂) / 2

Absolute bandwidth (f₂ – f₁) tells you the raw span in Hz. But —the ratio of that span to the center frequency—tells you how “wide” the system truly is relative to where it operates.

– next time you spec a bandpass filter or design a log-periodic antenna, let the calculator do the heavy lifting.