A 6.16Gb/s 4.7pJ/bit/iteration LDPC decoder for IEEE 802.11ad standard in 40nm LP-CMOS

This paper presents an LDPC decoder employing a column-parallel architecture that enables low-power and high-speed operation suitable for the 802.11ad standard. As compared to the conventional row-parallel architecture, the proposed architecture reduces the required memory size by 60% and also minimizes the number of pipeline stages for high throughput operation. Fabricated in 40nm LP CMOS technology, the prototype achieves high energy efficiency of 4.7pJ/bit/iteration for 6.16Gb/s while supporting all the modulation and coding schemes (MCS0 to MCS12) required for the 802.11ad single-carrier (SC) modulation.