Title : 
A limit cycle suppressing arithmetic format for digital filters
         
        
            Author : 
Bauer, Peter H. ; Ralev, Kamen R.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper it is be shown that any digital filter with a stable transfer function can be implemented free of limit cycles, if block floating point arithmetic is used in conjunction with the so-called exponent saturation and flush-to-zero option. A certain system dependent minimum block mantissa length is required. Limit cycle suppression is achievable regardless of the structure and the quantization format. This format is simple to implement even on fixed point processors and offers high dynamic range
         
        
            Keywords : 
digital filters; floating point arithmetic; limit cycles; block floating point arithmetic; digital filters; exponent saturation; flush-to-zero option; high dynamic range; limit cycle suppressing arithmetic format; limit cycle suppression; stable transfer function; system dependent minimum block mantissa length; Digital arithmetic; Digital filters; Digital systems; Dynamic range; Finite wordlength effects; Fixed-point arithmetic; Floating-point arithmetic; Limit-cycles; Quantization; Transfer functions;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on