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buttap
Create a normalized Butterworth analog lowpass prototype filter in zero-pole-gain form.

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    - bessel3ap
      Create a normalized Bessel analog lowpass prototype filter in zero-pole-gain form.
    - besselap
      Create a normalized Bessel analog lowpass prototype filter in zero-pole-gain form.
    - besself
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      Create a normalized Butterworth analog lowpass prototype filter in zero-pole-gain form.
    - butter
      Create a Butterworth filter.
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      Design a Butterworth filter.
    - cheb1ap
      Create a normalized Chebyshev I analog lowpass prototype filter in zero-pole-gain form.
    - cheb2ap
      Create a normalized Chebyshev II analog lowpass prototype filter in zero-pole-gain form.
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      Design a Chebyshev I filter.
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      Create an Elliptic filter.
    - ellipap
      Create a normalized Elliptic analog lowpass prototype filter in zero-pole-gain form.
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buttap

Create a normalized Butterworth analog lowpass prototype filter in zero-pole-gain form.

Syntax

[z,p,k] = buttap(n)

Inputs

n: The filter order.; Type: integer; Dimension: scalar

Outputs

z: The zeros of the filter.; Type: vector
p: The poles of the filter.; Type: vector
k: The gain factor.; Type: scalar

Examples

Create a fourth order Butterworth analog prototype filter.

[z,p,k] = buttap(4)

z = [Matrix] 0 x 1
p = [Matrix] 4 x 1
-0.38268 + 0.92388i
-0.92388 + 0.38268i
-0.92388 - 0.38268i
-0.38268 - 0.92388i
k = 1

Comments

The Butterworth prototype has -3dB attenuation at a 1 radian/sec cutoff frequency. Analog Butterworth filters have no zeros.