Low-Power Booth-Encoded Carry-Save Array Multiplier
- Technology Benefits
- The new UC technology provides the following benefits: Reduces power dissipation by 18% when the Booth-encoded input has a small magnitude; Does not dissipate extra power when the Booth-encoded input is a random signal; Does not require extra circuits or additional routing overhead; Does not require extra circuit delay.
- Technology Application
- This new UC invention is useful in digital integrated circuit (IC) design for digital signal processing applications.
- Detailed Technology Description
- Scientists at the University of California have developed a novel "reorganized" but regular partial-product addition scheme that demonstrates all of the advantages of the traditional carry-save array while reducing power dissipation.
- Supplementary Information
- Patent Number: US7225217B2
Application Number: US2002268602A
Inventor: Willson, Jr., Alan N. | Yu, Zhan | Wasserman, Larry S.
Priority Date: 9 Oct 2001
Priority Number: US7225217B2
Application Date: 9 Oct 2002
Publication Date: 29 May 2007
IPC Current: G06F000752 | G06F0007533
US Class: 708630
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: Low-power Booth-encoded array multiplier
Usefulness: Low-power Booth-encoded array multiplier
Summary: Used in digital signal processing applications.
Novelty: Array multiplier for digital signal processing application, has generator to produce partial products that are added in increasing sequence of transition probabilities with most significant digital product in adder array
- Industry
- Electronics
- Sub Category
- Computer System
- Application No.
- 7225217
- Others
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BACKGROUND
Multipliers for digital signal processing (DSP) applications widely use the well-known modified Booth-encoding algorithm due to its ability to reduce the number of partial products. As the interconnect power dissipation begins to dominate in deep sub-micron designs, the regular structure of the carry-save array makes it the preferred method for partial-product reduction.
Tech ID/UC Case
10245/2002-055-0
Related Cases
2002-055-0
- *Abstract
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None
- *IP Issue Date
- May 29, 2007
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Larry Wasserman
Department:
Name: Alan Willson, Jr.
Department:
Name: Zhan Yu
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- Country/Region
- USA
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