@article {Lippert:1958:1610-1928:337, title = "Criterion and new method of classification for symmetrical filters with losses", journal = "Acta Acustica united with Acustica", parent_itemid = "infobike://dav/aaua", publishercode ="dav", year = "1958", volume = "8", number = "5", publication date ="1958-01-01T00:00:00", pages = "337-341", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "1610-1928", url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/dav/aaua/1958/00000008/00000005/art00011", author = "Lippert, W.K.R.", abstract = "A phase criterion for the characteristic reflection and transmission factors of passive and symmetrical acoustical filters with losses is derived from general energy considerations. The criterion consists of a specific restriction for possible phase differences of those factors, if the sum of the magnitude values is greater than unity.The phase criterion is represented in a diagram and is shown to be useful for classifying symmetrical filters in a new way.", }