Approximation Polynomials
• Every physically realizable circuit has a transfer function
that is a rational polynomial in s
• We want to determine classes of rational polynomials that
approximate the “Ideal” low-pass filter response (high-pass
band-pass and band-stop filters can be derived from a low pass design)
• Four well known approximations are discussed here:
– Butterworth: Steven Butterworth,"On the Theory of Filter Amplifiers",
Wireless Engineer (also called Experimental Wireless and the Radio
Engineer), vol. 7, 1930, pp. 536-541
– Chebyshev: Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894) - Russia
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– Elliptic Function: Wilhelm Cauer (1900-1945) - Germany
U.S. patents 1,958,742 (1934), 1,989,545 (1935), 2,048,426 (1936)
– Bessel: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, 1784 - 1846