3 Semester Credit Hours

Course Description

This course aims to convey a knowledge of advanced concepts in VLSI signal processing. Emphasis is on the architectural exploration, design and optimization of signal processing systems for communications. The focus of the course will be in the exciting and exploding field of systems for wireless communications. The basic principles will be applied to architectural exploration and implementation of complete wireless systems including all aspects of the design problems such as analog digital tradeoffs, synchronization, modulation, equalization and error correction.

Prerequisities

Introductory courses in communications and digital signal processing which include some/all of the following: Discrete time signals and systems, Fourier and Z transforms, DFT, FFT.  Digital signal processing topics: sampling theory, flow graphs, quantization effects, linear prediction, digital filter design. Communication course(s) that teach basic understanding of communications systems.

Course Topics

Topics covered will include the principles of datapath design; Arithmetic for signal processing; design of signal processing building blocks and design styles; algorithmic and architectural transformations; architectural tradeoffs; specification and simulation of system.

Textbooks

Optional: VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems: Design and Implementation, L. Parhi, Wiley, 1999, ISBN: 0-471-24186-5; Digital Communication Receivers, H. Meyr, et al., Wiley, 1998, ISBN: 0-471-50275-8; Contemporary Communication Using MATLAB, John G. Proakis and Masoud Saelh, Brooks/Cole, ISBN: 0-534-40617-3.

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