Title :
VLSI circuit for programmable sorting
Author :
Ancona, Fabio ; Rovetta, Stefano ; Zunino, Rodolfo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biophys. & Electron. Eng., Genoa Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A circuit for sorting analog quantities is described, which yields analog representations of sorted values and digital codings of the related ranks. The length of the sorted list can be digitally programmed at run time to support partial sorting. The modular structure facilitates layout design. Suitable coupling current-mode and voltage-mode signals minimizes the number of transistors.
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit CAD; integrated circuit layout; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; sorting; vector quantisation; VLSI circuit; analog quantities; analog representations; coupling current-mode signals; coupling voltage-mode signals; digital codings; layout design; modular structure; partial sorting; programmable sorting; Clocks; Counting circuits; Coupling circuits; Design methodology; Flip-flops; Hardware; Sorting; Switches; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1997. Proceedings of the 40th Midwest Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3694-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1997.662260
