DocumentCode
3386745
Title
VLSI circuit for programmable sorting
Author
Ancona, Fabio ; Rovetta, Stefano ; Zunino, Rodolfo
Author_Institution
Dept. of Biophys. & Electron. Eng., Genoa Univ., Italy
Volume
2
fYear
1997
fDate
3-6 Aug. 1997
Firstpage
1061
Abstract
A circuit for sorting analog quantities is described, which yields analog representations of sorted values and digital codings of the related ranks. The length of the sorted list can be digitally programmed at run time to support partial sorting. The modular structure facilitates layout design. Suitable coupling current-mode and voltage-mode signals minimizes the number of transistors.
Keywords
VLSI; circuit CAD; integrated circuit layout; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; sorting; vector quantisation; VLSI circuit; analog quantities; analog representations; coupling current-mode signals; coupling voltage-mode signals; digital codings; layout design; modular structure; partial sorting; programmable sorting; Clocks; Counting circuits; Coupling circuits; Design methodology; Flip-flops; Hardware; Sorting; Switches; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Circuits and Systems, 1997. Proceedings of the 40th Midwest Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3694-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSCAS.1997.662260
Filename
662260
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