IIRFilters.ButterAnalog Method

procedure ButterAnalog(Order: Integer; z: TVec; p: TVec; out k: Double);

Design an analog Butterworth lowpass prototype filter of order Order, cutoff fixed at 1 rad/s. Returns zero-pole-gain in z (zeros), p (poles), k (gain): H(s)=k/(prod_(i=1)^n(s-p_i)), p_k=exp(j(pi/2+(pi(2k-1))/2n)), k=1... n. All n poles lie on the left half of the unit circle (so the prototype is stable, Re(p_k)<0) and all zeros are at infinity (z is returned empty), giving a maximally-flat magnitude that is 3 dB down at omega=1. Domain: Order is a positive integer, 1 <= Order <= MaxIirOrder (=50). z and p must share the same precision; a precision mismatch raises an exception. No NaN is produced for valid input.

#NameTypeDescription
1OrderInteger
2zTVecsource TVec
3pTVecsource TVec
4kDouble

Result: stored in self (calling object)

Remarks:

Design analog butterworth lowpass prototype filter of order Order. Place the resulting transfer function in zero-pole form in Z (zeros), P (poles) and K (gain). The cutoff frequency of the prototype filter is preset to 1 rad/sec.

The filter has all zeros in infinity. The transfer function is defined as ([1], p. 277):

k0 H(s) = ------------------------- (s - s[1])...(s - s[n]) The poles of the filter are located at s[k] := Expj(Pi*(0.5+(2*k-1)/(2*n))); n = order of filter k = 1,...,n k0 = gain

The magnitude response is down 3dB at the cutoff frequency.

References:

[1] Theory and application of digital signal processing, Lawrence R. Rabiner and Bernard Gold. Prentice-Hall, 1975.

Examples
uses MtxExpr, Math387, MtxVec, SignalUtils, MtxVecTee, MtxVecEdit, IirFilters,
LinearSystems;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var z,p, num,den, FreqFr,Response: Vector;
Order: integer;
k,Wc,BW: double;
begin
    Order := 5; //design a fifth order filter.
    ButterAnalog(Order,z,p,k);  //design analog protype
    Wc := 3;
    LowpassToLowpass(z,p,k,WC);  //frequency transformation in s-domain
    ZeroPoleToTransferFun(num,den,z,p,k);
    FreqFr.Length := 1000;         //Define the frequency grid (logarithmic)
    LogRamp(FreqFr,-1,1); //between 0.1 (=10^(-1)) and 10 (=10^1) rad/sec
    FrequencyResponseS(num,den,FreqFr,Response); //Laplace
    DrawIt(Response); //Y axis linear, X axis logarithmic;
end;
See Also: IIRFilters.ButterFilter, LinearSystems.LowpassToHighpass, LinearSystems.Bilinear