Title :
CORDIC vectoring with arbitrary target value
Author :
Lang, Tomás ; Antelo, Elisardo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
The computation of additional functions in the CORDIC module increases its flexibility. We consider the extension of the vectoring mode (angle calculation) so that the vector is rotated until one of the coordinates (for instance, y) attains a target value t (in contrast to the value 0, as in standard vectoring). The main problem in the algorithm is that the modulus of the vector is scaled in each CORDIC iteration so that a direct comparison of y[j] with t does not assure convergence. We present a scheme that overcomes this and in which the implementation consists of a standard CORDIC module plus a module to determine the direction of rotation. This improves over a previous proposal in which more complex iterations are introduced as part of the CORDIC algorithm
Keywords :
convergence of numerical methods; iterative methods; mathematics computing; rotation; vectors; CORDIC module; CORDIC vectoring mode; additional functions; angle calculation; arbitrary target value; convergence; flexibility; iteration; rotation direction; vector modulus scaling; vector rotation; Contracts; Convergence; Equations; Kinematics;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Arithmetic, 1997. Proceedings., 13th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Asilomar, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7846-1
DOI :
10.1109/ARITH.1997.614885