A Novel High-Throughput FFT Processor With a Block-Level Pipeline for 5G MIMO OFDM Systems

IF 2.8 2区工程技术 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE

IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI:10.1109/TVLSI.2025.3558947

Meiyu Liu;Zhijun Wang;Hanqing Luo;Shengnan Lin;Liping Liang

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Abstract

In fifth-generation (5G) communication systems, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) are two critical technologies. Fast Fourier transform (FFT), as the core processing steps of OFDM, directly affects the overall system performance. In this brief, we proposed a novel block-level pipelined architecture, which divides the FFT processor into three pipeline blocks: input, radix, and output. Each pipeline block can run in a different FFT simultaneously to achieve higher throughput. Specifically, to reduce the OFDM system-level latency of 5G applications, the FFT processor supports weighted overlap and add (WOLA) on the cyclic prefix and suffix of OFDM symbols. This architecture is implemented using TSMC 12-nm technology, with a processor die area of 0.89 mm² and a power consumption of 568 mW at 1 GHz. The FFT processor can achieve a system-level throughput up to 2.66 GS/s.

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5G MIMO OFDM系统中一种具有块级管道的新型高吞吐量FFT处理器

在第五代（5G）通信系统中，多输入多输出（MIMO）和正交频分复用（OFDM）是两项关键技术。快速傅里叶变换（FFT）作为OFDM的核心处理步骤，直接影响系统的整体性能。在本文中，我们提出了一种新的块级流水线架构，它将FFT处理器划分为三个流水线块：输入、基数和输出。每个管道块可以同时在不同的FFT中运行，以实现更高的吞吐量。具体来说，为了降低5G应用的OFDM系统级延迟，FFT处理器支持OFDM符号循环前缀和后缀的加权重叠和添加（WOLA）。该架构采用台积电12纳米技术实现，处理器芯片面积为0.89 mm2, 1ghz时功耗为568 mW。FFT处理器可以实现高达2.66 GS/s的系统级吞吐量。

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IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

187

审稿时长

3.6 months

期刊介绍： The IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems is published as a monthly journal under the co-sponsorship of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, the IEEE Computer Society, and the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. Design and realization of microelectronic systems using VLSI/ULSI technologies require close collaboration among scientists and engineers in the fields of systems architecture, logic and circuit design, chips and wafer fabrication, packaging, testing and systems applications. Generation of specifications, design and verification must be performed at all abstraction levels, including the system, register-transfer, logic, circuit, transistor and process levels. To address this critical area through a common forum, the IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems have been founded. The editorial board, consisting of international experts, invites original papers which emphasize and merit the novel systems integration aspects of microelectronic systems including interactions among systems design and partitioning, logic and memory design, digital and analog circuit design, layout synthesis, CAD tools, chips and wafer fabrication, testing and packaging, and systems level qualification. Thus, the coverage of these Transactions will focus on VLSI/ULSI microelectronic systems integration.