An EHW Architecture for the Design of Unconstrained Low-Power FIR Filters for Sensor Control Using Custom-Reconfigurable Technology

Author(s):  
E.F. Stefatos ◽  
T. Arslan ◽  
D. Keymeulen ◽  
I. Ferguson
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Author(s):  
Ahmed K. Jameil ◽  
Yasir Amer Abbas ◽  
Saad Al-Azawi

Background: The designed circuits are tested for faults detection in fabrication to determine which devices are defective. The design verification is performed to ensure that the circuit performs the required functions after manufacturing. Design verification is regarded as a test form in both sequential and combinational circuits. The analysis of sequential circuits test is more difficult than in the combinational circuit test. However, algorithms can be used to test any type of sequential circuit regardless of its composition. An important sequential circuit is the finite impulse response (FIR) filters that are widely used in digital signal processing applications. Objective: This paper presented a new design under test (DUT) algorithm for 4-and 8-tap FIR filters. Also, the FIR filter and the proposed DUT algorithm is implemented using field programmable gate arrays (FPGA). Method: The proposed test generation algorithm is implemented in VHDL using Xilinx ISE V14.5 design suite and verified by simulation. The test generation algorithm used FIR filtering redundant faults to obtain a set of target faults for DUT. The fault simulation is used in DUT to assess the benefit of test pattern in fault coverage. Results: The proposed technique provides average reductions of 20 % and 38.8 % in time delay with 57.39 % and 75 % reductions in power consumption and 28.89 % and 28.89 % slices reductions for 4- and 8-tap FIR filter, respectively compared to similar techniques. Conclusions: The results of implementation proved that a high speed and low power consumption design can be achieved. Further, the speed of the proposed architecture is faster than that of existing techniques.


Author(s):  
Ahmed K. Jameil ◽  
Yassir A. Ahmed ◽  
Saad Albawi

Background: Advance communication systems require new techniques for FIR filters with resource efficiency in terms of high performance and low power consumption. Lowcomplexity architectures are required by FIR filters for implementation in field programmable gate Arrays (FPGA). In addition, FIR filters in multistandard wireless communication systems must have low complexity and be reconfigurable. The coefficient multipliers of FIR filters are complicated. Objective: The implementation and application of high tap FIR filters by a partial product reduce this complexity. Thus, this article proposes a novel digital finite impulse response (FIR) filter architecture with FPGA. Method: The proposed technique FIR filter is based on a new architecture method and implemented using the Quartus II design suite manufactured by Altera. Also, the proposed architecture is coded in Verilog HDL and the code developed from the proposed architecture has been simulated using Modelsim. This efficient FIR filter architecture is based on the shift and add method. Efficient circuit techniques are used to further improve power and performance. In addition, the proposed architecture achieves better hardware requirements as multipliers are reduced. A 10-tap FIR filter is implemented on the proposed architecture. Results: The design’s example demonstrates a 25% reduction in resource usage compared to existing reconfigurable architectures with FPGA synthesis. In addition, the speed of the proposed architecture is 37% faster than the best performance of existing methods. Conclusion: The proposed architecture offers low power and improved speed with the lowcomplexity design that gives the best architecture FIR filter for both reconfigurable and fixed applications.


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