{{Short description|Band of frequencies between specified limits}} thumb|upright=1.75|Frequency response of an example bandpass filter. The frequencies between a stopband and a passband define the transition band.
A '''stopband''' is a band of frequencies, between specified limits, through which a circuit, such as a filter or telephone circuit, does not allow signals to pass, or the attenuation is above the required stopband attenuation level.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/dir-035/_5133.htm |title=Stopband, version of FS-1037C was last generated on Fri Aug 23 00:22:38 MDT 1996}}</ref> Depending on application, the required attenuation within the stopband may typically be a value between 20 and 120 dB higher than the nominal passband attenuation, which often is 0 dB.
The lower and upper ''limiting frequencies'', also denoted lower and upper stopband corner frequencies, are the frequencies where the stopband and the transition bands meet in a filter specification. The stopband of a low-pass filter is the frequencies from the stopband corner frequency (which is slightly higher than the passband 3 dB cut-off frequency) up to the infinite frequency. The stopband of a high-pass filter consists of the frequencies from 0 hertz to a stopband corner frequency (slightly lower than the passband cut-off frequency).
A band-stop filter has one stopband, specified by two non-zero and non-infinite corner frequencies. The difference between the limits in the band-stop filter is the stopband bandwidth, which usually is expressed in hertz.
A bandpass filter typically has two stopbands. The shape factor of a bandpass filter is the relationship between the 3 dB bandwidth, and the difference between the stopband limits.
== See also == * Passband * Band-stop filter * Band gap in solid state physics * Band rejection
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