{"title":"A real time high definition architecture for the Variable-Length Reference Frame Decoder","authors":"D. Silveira, M. Porto, L. Agostini","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519062","url":null,"abstract":"Video coding systems, especially for high definition videos, require a large external memory bandwidth to encode a single video frame. Many modules of the current video encoders must access the external memory to read or write a huge amount of data. This process requires a large memory bandwidth, and also implies in large power consumption, since memory accesses are one of the main power demanding element in current digital systems. In this sense, this paper presents a real time high definition hardware architecture for the variable length reference frame decoder. This is the decoder used by the Reference Frame Context Adaptive Variable-Length Coder (RFCAVLC). The RFCAVLD (Decoder) was described in VHDL and synthesized to an Altera Stratix 4 FPGA. The proposed design is able to reach real-time encoding for WQSXGA (3200 × 2048 pixels) videos at 34 fps. The synthesis results achieved by the designed architecture indicate that this solution can be easily coupled to a complete video encoder system, with negligible hardware overhead and without compromising throughput.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117191617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Sánchez-López, J. Mendoza-Lopez, C. Muñiz-Montero, L. A. Sánchez-Gaspariano, J. Muñoz-Pacheco
{"title":"Accuracy vs simulation speed trade-off enhancements in the generation of chaotic attractors","authors":"C. Sánchez-López, J. Mendoza-Lopez, C. Muñiz-Montero, L. A. Sánchez-Gaspariano, J. Muñoz-Pacheco","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6518988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6518988","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the trade-off between accuracy and simulation speed in the generation of muti-scroll chaotic attractors at 1-D is analyzed and improved. In a first step, a macromodel based on bipolar transistors and passive elements is used to model the behavior of Opamps, and later on they are used to approach the behavior of all nonlinear system. Hspice simulations are executed to generate chaotic attractors in the phase plane and time-series. CPU-time used during the solution of the chaotic system is computed. In a second stage, a simple and accurate nonlinear model, which includes the most influential performance parameters for Opamps, is coded in C++ and it is used to generate a nonlinear system of equations, which models the behavior of all chaotic system. CPU-time is also computed. Because chaotic waveforms generated have a random behavior, statistical tests are used to measure the similitude/accuracy between two random variables during a long time. Our results indicate that chaotic waveforms can swiftly be generated by using the simple but accurate model for Opamps without the accuracy worsens, independently of the initial conditions of the chaotic system.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125056572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camilo Sánchez-Ferreira, J. Y. Mori, C. Llanos, E. Fortaleza
{"title":"Development of a stereo vision measurement architecture for an underwater robot","authors":"Camilo Sánchez-Ferreira, J. Y. Mori, C. Llanos, E. Fortaleza","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519001","url":null,"abstract":"Underwater robotics tasks are considered very critical, mainly because of the hazardous environment. The embedded systems for this kind of robots should be robust and fault-tolerant. This paper describes the development of a system for embedded stereo vision in real-time, using a hardware/software co-design approach. The system is capable to detect an object and measure the distance between the object and the cameras. The platform uses two CMOS cameras, a development board with a low-cost FPGA, and a display for visualizing images. Each camera provides a pixel-clock, which are used to synchronize the processing architectures inside the FPGA. For each camera a hardware architecture has been implemented for detecting objects, using a background subtraction algorithm. Whenever an object is detected, its center of mass is calculated in both images, using another hardware architecture to do that. The coordinates of the object center in each image are sent to a soft-processor, which computes the disparity and determines the distance from the object to the cameras. A calibration procedure gives to the soft-processor the capability of computing both disparities and distances. The synthesis tool used (Altera Quartus II) estimates that the system consumes 115.25mW and achieves a throughput of 26.56 frames per second (800×480 pixels). These synthesis and the operation results have shown that the implemented system is useful to real-time distance measurements achieving a good precision and an adequate throughput, being suitable for real-time critical operation.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128287341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Toledo, P. Petrashin, W. Lancioni, F. Dualibe, Luis Rafael Canali
{"title":"A low voltage CMOS voltage reference based on partial compensation of MOSFET threshold voltage and mobility using current subtraction","authors":"L. Toledo, P. Petrashin, W. Lancioni, F. Dualibe, Luis Rafael Canali","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519024","url":null,"abstract":"A novel scheme for a CMOS low-voltage reference is proposed. It uses current subtraction between the currents generated by two instances of the same current generator circuit, each one configured with different magnitude and temperature coefficients. Temperature stability is achieved owing to the partial compensation of the MOSFET threshold voltage and mobility temperature effects. For a nominal reference voltage of 436.5 mV, SPICE simulation reveals a ±38.2 ppm/°C temperature coefficient within the range of -20 °C to 100°C.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128240148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Aguirre, V. Camargo, H. Klimach, A. Susin, C. Prior
{"title":"Behavioral modeling of continuous-time ΣΔ modulators in matlab/simulink","authors":"P. Aguirre, V. Camargo, H. Klimach, A. Susin, C. Prior","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6518992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6518992","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a behavioral model of Continuous-Time (CT) Sigma-Delta Modulators (ΣΔMs) is presented. The non-idealities of the ΣΔM such as operational amplifiers finite parameters (DC gain, slew-rate, voltage saturation and unity gain frequency), excess loop delay, clock jitter and quantizer offset are modeled in Matlab/Simulink environment providing accurate time-based simulations. For demonstration purposes, a 3rd order single bit CT ΣΔM topology with Non-Return to Zero (NRZ) and another one with Switched-Capacitor Resistor (SCR) DAC feedback are simulated and have their performance degradation due to non-idealities analyzed. The effects of the non-idealities are clearly seen when compared to the ideal modulator. Also, key design specifications for the functional building blocks could be derived from simulations with the proposed models.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129735240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vladimir Afonso, Henrique Maich, L. Agostini, Denis Franco
{"title":"Low cost and high throughput FME interpolation for the HEVC emerging video coding standard","authors":"Vladimir Afonso, Henrique Maich, L. Agostini, Denis Franco","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519017","url":null,"abstract":"The new demands for high resolution digital video applications are pushing the development of new techniques in the video coding area. This paper presents the hardware design of the sub-pixel interpolator for the Fractional Motion Estimation algorithm defined by the HEVC emerging standard. Based on evaluations using the HEVC reference software, a strategy was defined to be used in the architectural design. The designed architecture was described in VHDL and synthesized for Altera FPGAs. The hardware designed presents interesting results in terms of performance, being able to process QFHD videos (3840×2160 pixels) in real time.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129784313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A system clock precision frequency to code converter for low power supply dependence ROIC","authors":"R. Aragonés, J. Oliver, C. Ferrer","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6518994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6518994","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the frequency-to-code converter for a low power consumption ReadOut Integrated Circuit (ROIC). It allows conditioning and acquiring capacitive sensors signals that complements the front-end of the acquisition platform with very high resolution. The design consists of a temperature compensated voltage reference circuit (bandgap) coupled to a low power relaxation oscillator that adjusts the input signal of the Capacitive-toFrequency converter (CtoF). The bandgap, ensures the correct power supply dependence compensation of the CtoF. This sensing acquisition board, conforms the front-end of the frequency to digital processing architecture developed for this ROIC. For this circuitry, a novel frequency to code converter with very high precision conversion and low relative quantification error has been designed. Moreover, a Microblaze embedded processor has been used in this architecture in order to linearize the CtoF response and to control the whole acquisition process. Finally the output of the processing board is transmitted to an external monitoring unit via an internal UART.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125384057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Sondon, P. Mandolesi, F. Masson, P. Julián, F. Palumbo
{"title":"A dual core low power microcontroller with openMSP430 architecture for high reliability lockstep applications using a 180 nm high voltage technology node","authors":"S. Sondon, P. Mandolesi, F. Masson, P. Julián, F. Palumbo","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519085","url":null,"abstract":"System and physical design of a dual core low power microcontroller based on an openMSP430 architecture is reported in this work. The system includes an on-chip program and data memory and a timer and a GPIO as peripherals. A top-down design flow has been followed using a digital standard cell library. The design has been manufactured on a commercial 180 nanometer high voltage technology node. The results of the followed design steps and simulation performance are given.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123416173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new delay distribution model to take long-term degradation into account","authors":"S. Tsukiyama, M. Fukui, T. Kambe","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519047","url":null,"abstract":"The long-term degradation due to aging such as NBTI (Negative Bias Temperature Instability) is a hot issue in the current circuit design using nanometer process technologies, since it causes a delay fault in the field. In order to resolve the problem, we must estimate delay variation caused by long-term degradation in design stage, but over estimation must be avoided so as to make timing design easier. If we can treat such a variation statistically, and if we treat it together with delay variations due to process variability, then we can reduce over margin in timing design. Moreover, such a statistical static timing analyzer treating process variability and long-term degradation together help us to select an appropriate set of paths for which field testing are conducted to detect delay faults. In this paper, we propose a new delay model taking long-term degradation into account for statistical static timing analysis, and propose an algorithm for finding the statistical maximum, which is one of key operations in statistical static timing analysis. We also show a few experimental results demonstrating the effect of the algorithm.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126357725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thiago P. R. Goes, R. N. Lima, L. Martinez, F. Sousa
{"title":"A design technique for distributed dual-band bandpass filters","authors":"Thiago P. R. Goes, R. N. Lima, L. Martinez, F. Sousa","doi":"10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2013.6519080","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a design technique for distributed dualband passband filter is presented. This technique consists in designing two lumped bandpass filters, which are combined into a single one by means of multi-resonant circuits and, then, it is transformed into an equivalent distributed filter. A distributed dual-band Butterworth passband filter, centered at 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz, is given as example in order to validate the theoretical study. The simulation results corroborate the potential of the proposed technique.","PeriodicalId":190693,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE 4th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126499115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}