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In-place operation method and apparatus for minimizing the memory of radix-r FFTs using maximum throughput butterflies

US6718356B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2000
Grant dateApr 6, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F17/142
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates generally to radix-r FFTs (Fast Fourier Transforms), and more particularly to a method and an apparatus for assigning data samples to memory when computing a radix-r FFT. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a plurality of memory banks for storing the data samples, a memory bank counter indicating the memory banks, a data sample counter for counting an increment of the data samples, a region difference counter for counting a region difference change of a butterfly stage, a computer program having the current values of the data sample counter and the region difference counter as input values for determining whether the fractional part of the current data sample value divided by the current region difference value equals zero, and a multiplexer for multiplexing the current data sample to an assigned memory bank if the fractional part is not equal zero.

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