DocumentCode
349213
Title
A very high-speed BiCMOS current comparator for use in Viterbi decoders
Author
Demosthenous, Andreas ; Taylor, John
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
5-8 Sep 1999
Firstpage
1065
Abstract
A low power, asynchronous BiCMOS current comparator for use in Viterbi and other maximum likelihood sequence detection (MLSD) applications is discussed. The circuit operates in excess of 150 MHz, has a wide dynamic range and requires only 2.8 V supply rails. Post-layout simulation results are presented
Keywords
BiCMOS integrated circuits; Viterbi decoding; circuit simulation; current comparators; high-speed integrated circuits; low-power electronics; maximum likelihood detection; 2.8 V; Viterbi decoders; asynchronous BiCMOS current comparator; dynamic range; high-speed ICs; maximum likelihood sequence detection; post-layout simulation results; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Delay; Diodes; Dynamic range; Fuzzy logic; Maximum likelihood decoding; Maximum likelihood detection; Rails; Viterbi algorithm; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1999. Proceedings of ICECS '99. The 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Pafos
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5682-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICECS.1999.813417
Filename
813417
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