# What is Passband Ripple?How is this expressed in dB scale?

If my passband ripple is given as 0.2 dB $$\implies 20\log_{10}(1-\delta_1)=0.2 \\\implies 1-\delta_1=10^{\frac{0.2}{20}} \\\implies \delta_1=1-10^{\frac{0.2}{20}}=0.023$$

But most of the material I have seen says $$\delta_1=10^{\frac{0.2}{20}}-1=-0.023$$

Is there a significance to this?How is pass band ripple related in dB scale?

• In the passband, what is the maximum gain in dB? In the passband, what is the minimum gain in dB? Subtract the second from the first and that is the passband ripple expressed in dB. Sep 4 at 2:12

Passband ripple $$\delta_1$$ is typically specified as the 0 to peak difference in the passband gain in the magnitude response of a filter. For a filter with unity gain (1), the ripple will oscillate between $$1-\delta_1$$ and $$1+\delta_1$$. Ripple causes some frequencies in the passband to be amplified and others to be attenuated. In your example, some frequencies will be amplified by a factor of 1.023, and others will be attenuated by a factor of 0.977. This picture helps describe passband ripple.