Abstract

We present an area-efficient MAP-based turbo equalizer VLSI architecture by proposing a symbol-based soft-input soft-output (SISO) kernel which processes one multi-bit symbol in every clock cycle. The symbol-based SISO hardware can be shared by the equalizer and decoder, thereby reducing silicon area. Further, by introducing block-interleaved computation in the add-compare-select recursions, the critical path delay is reduced, thereby improving throughput. Experimental results with QPSK modulation and K ⊃ 5 encoder demonstrate that the proposed area-efficient architecture achieves area savings of 47% with 11% throughput gain in a 0.25 μm CMOS process. It is also shown that the throughput is improved by 79% via block-interleaved computation with an area savings of 25%.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2003 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems
Subtitle of host publicationDesign and Implementation, SIPS 2003
EditorsWonyong Sung, Myung Hoon Sunwoo
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages87-92
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)0780377958
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Event2003 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SIPS 2003 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: Aug 27 2003Aug 29 2003

Publication series

NameIEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SiPS: Design and Implementation
Volume2003-January
ISSN (Print)1520-6130

Other

Other2003 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SIPS 2003
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period8/27/038/29/03

Keywords

  • Clocks
  • Computer architecture
  • Decoding
  • Delay
  • Equalizers
  • Hardware
  • Kernel
  • Silicon
  • Throughput
  • Very large scale integration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Signal Processing
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Hardware and Architecture

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