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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information

Hierarchical MFMO Circuit Modules for an Energy-Efficient SDR DBF

Jeich MAR, Chi-Cheng KUO, Shin-Ru WU, You-Rong LIN

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The hierarchical multi-function matrix operation (MFMO) circuit modules are designed using coordinate rotations digital computer (CORDIC) algorithm for realizing the intensive computation of matrix operations. The paper emphasizes that the designed hierarchical MFMO circuit modules can be used to develop a power-efficient software-defined radio (SDR) digital beamformer (DBF). The formulas of the processing time for the scalable MFMO circuit modules implemented in field programmable gate array (FPGA) are derived to allocate the proper logic resources for the hardware reconfiguration. The hierarchical MFMO circuit modules are scalable to the changing number of array branches employed for the SDR DBF to achieve the purpose of power saving. The efficient reuse of the common MFMO circuit modules in the SDR DBF can also lead to energy reduction. Finally, the power dissipation and reconfiguration function in the different modes of the SDR DBF are observed from the experiment results.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E95-D No.2 pp.413-425
Publication Date
2012/02/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1361
DOI
10.1587/transinf.E95.D.413
Type of Manuscript
Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Reconfigurable Systems)
Category
Application

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Keyword

FPGA,  MFMO,  SDR,  CR,  ESPRIT,  CORDIC