In an electrical filter circuit for use with a frequency translation system, a plurality of CTD lines, each of said lines having a plurality of charge storage cells, a pulse generator operating at a clock frequency f.sub.T for supplying inputs to said storage cells for moving charges therethrough, one of said CTD lines being connected in a closed loop to form a resonator, and means interconnecting said CTD lines to give each of said CTD lines a unidirectional transmission behavior, said clock frequency f.sub.T being selected so that the frequency to be filtered out by said filter circuit lies between f.sub.T /2 and 3f.sub.T /2, and the frequency to be filtered out is translated to a frequency lying below f.sub.T /2.