巴特沃斯滤波器是电子滤波器的一种，它的特点是通频带内的频率响应曲线最大限度平坦，没有起伏，而在阻频带则逐渐下降为零。在振幅的对数对角频率的波特图上,从某一边界角频率开始,振幅随着角频率的增加而逐步减少,趋向负无穷大。
The Butterworth type filter was first described by the British engineer Stephen Butterworth.
A PI filter is a filter that has a series element and two parallel elements connected in the shape of the Greek letter PI.
Butterworth filter are characterized by a constant gain (flat response) across the midband of the circuit and a 20 dB per decade roll-off rate for each pole contained in the circuit.
Butterworth filters are termed maximally flat magnitude response filters, optimized for gain flatness in the pass band. The attenuation is -3db at cutoff frequency. Above the cutoff frequency the attenuation is -20 db.
The Butterworth is the only filter that maintains same shape for higher orders whereas other varieties of filters (Bessel, Chebyshev, elliptic) have different shapes at higher orders.
A Low pass filter is a filter that passes low-frequency signals but attenuates signals with frequencies higher than the cutoff frequency.
