A High-Frequency Field-Programmable Analog Array (FPAA) Part 2: Applications

  • Authors:
  • Edmund Pierzchala;Marek A. Perkowski

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751 edmundp@ee.pdx.edu;Department of Electrical Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751 mperkows@ee.pdx.edu

  • Venue:
  • Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing - Special issue on field programmable analog arrays
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

This paper presents a variety of applications of an FPAA based on a regular pattern of signal-processing cells and primarily local signal interconnections. Despite the limitations introduced by local interconnections, the presented architecture accommodates a wide variety of linear and nonlinear circuits found in many signal processing systems. Thus it effectively proves that it is possible to improve the performance of an FPAA by means of constraining the interconnection pattern, without significantly limiting the class of circuits it can implement.