5th Order Butterworth Low Pass

Filter
 Fifth Order Butterworth LPF
Design a fifth order Butterworth low pass filter with a
gain () of 1 and a cutoff frequency 10000 Hz.

The normalized Butterworth low pass filter equation is:

V2 ( s ) 
 H (s) 
V1 ( s ) R1 R2C1C2 s 2  R1C1  R1C2  R2C2  R1C1 s  1

For a gain () of 1

V2 ( s ) 1
 H (s) 
V1 ( s ) R1 R2C1C2 s 2  R1C1  R1C2  R2C2  (1) * R1C1 s  1
 V2 ( s ) 1
 H (s) 
V1 ( s ) R1 R2C1C2 s 2  R1C2  R2C2 s  1

The normalized denominator for a fifth order Butterworth

low pass filter is:
1
H (s) 
( s  1)(s 2  0.618s  1)(s 2  1.618s  1)

First order filter Second order filter Second order filter

 Frequency Scaling

Replace s with s/c

 First order filter
Assume all resistors in the design
are 1 k
1 k

vout 1 / RC
 0.016 F

vin s  1 / RC
vout 1 / RC

vin s / 20000  1 / RC
 1 / RC   c  20000
1
1000  C  
20000
1
1000  C  
20000
1
C  1.59  10  0.016 F
8

1000  20000
 1 Defines one of the second
H (s)  2
( s  0.618s  1) order filters

1
H (s) 
 s2 s 
  0.618  1
 20000  20000
2


1
H (s) 
R1 R2C1C2 s 2  R1C2  R2C2 s  1
 1
H (s) 
R1 R2C1C2 s 2  R1C2  R2C2 s  1

1
H (s) 
1000 1000C1C2 s 2  1000C2  1000C2 s  1

1
H (s) 
10002 C1C2 s 2  1000C2  C2 s  1
 1
10002 C1C2 s 2  10002C2 s  1
1

s2 s
 0.618 1
20000 2
20000

0.618 0.618
10002C2   C2   0.0049 F
20000 40000000 

1
1000 C1C2 
2

20000 2
 1
C1 
0.0049 10 
6

1.0 10 20000 
6 2

1
C1   5 .17  10 8
 0.05 F
0.004920000 
2
 1 Defines the other second
H (s)  2
( s  1.618s  1) order filters

1
H (s) 
 s2 s 
  1.618  1
 20000  20000
2


1
H (s) 
R1 R2C1C2 s 2  R1C2  R2C2 s  1
 1
H (s) 
R1 R2C1C2 s 2  R1C2  R2C2 s  1

1
H (s) 
1000 1000C1C2 s 2  1000C2  1000C2 s  1

1
H (s) 
10002 C1C2 s 2  1000C2  C2 s  1
 1
10002 C1C2 s 2  10002C2 s  1
1

s2 s
 1.618 1
20000 2
20000

1.618 1.618
10002C2   C2   1.29 108  0.013F
20000 40000000

1
1000 C1C2 
2

20000 2
 1
C1 
0.013 10 1.0 10 20000 
6 6 2

1
C1   1.95  10 8
 0.0195 F
0.013  20000 
2