GENERAL-APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING ANALOG VITERBI DECODERS

Authors
SHAKIBA MH JOHNS DA MARTIN KW
Citation
Mh. Shakiba et al., GENERAL-APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING ANALOG VITERBI DECODERS, Electronics Letters, 30(22), 1994, pp. 1823-1824
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
22
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1823 - 1824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:22<1823:GTIAVD>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Commercial realisations of analogue Viterbi decoders are available for magnetic read channels. However, these implementations are restricted to a particular coding scheme. The authors present a general approach to the implementation of analogue Viterbi decoders having arbitrary c oding schemes. The proposed method exploits the ability of simple anal ogue circuits to perform the required mathematical functions. Simulati on results are presented for a 0.8 mu m BiCMOS process