All-analog decoder for a binary (18,9,5) tail-biting trellis code

Felix Lustenberger, Markus Helfenstein, George S. Moschytz, Hans Andrea Loeliger, Felix Tarköy

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Abstract

An all-analog high-speed decoding technique is described which is suitable for magnetic recording (MR) and other computationally demanding applications. A decoder for a binary (18,9,5) tail-biting trellis code, which is much simpler than the codes used for MR, has been chosen to demonstrate this technique. It achieves a decoding rate of 100 Mbit/s at a single 5V power supply. The power consumption is 50mW. Higher speed can essentially be traded for higher power consumption. A comparison shows that a digital implementation is outperformed by more than two orders of magnitude in terms of speed and/or power consumption.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1471171
Pages (from-to)362-365
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Solid-State Circuits Conference
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
Event25th European Solid-State Circuits Conference, ESSCIRC 1999 - Duisburg, Germany
Duration: 21 Sep 199923 Sep 1999

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