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A coarse-grained array based baseband processor for 100Mbps+ software defined radio

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The Software-Defined Radio (SDR) concept aims to enabling cost-effective multi-mode baseband solutions for wireless terminals. However, the growing complexity of new communication standards applying, e.g., multi-antenna transmission techniques, together with the reduced energy budget, is challenging SDR architectures. Coarse-Grained Array (CGA) processors are strong candidates to undertake both high performance and low power.

The design of a candidate hybrid CGA-SIMD processor for an SDR baseband platform is presented. The processor, designed in TSMC 90G process according to a dual-VT standard-cells flow, achieves a clock frequency of 400MHz in worst case conditions and consumes maximally 310mW active and 25mW leakage power (typical conditions) when delivering up to 25,6GOPS (16-bit). The mapping of a 20MHz 2x2 MIMO-OFDM transmit and receive baseband functionality is detailed as an application case study, achieving 100Mbps+ throughput with an average consumption of 220mW.

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