Analog Implementation of a Mean Field Detector for Multiple Antenna Systems

Author

Garrido, Josep Soler ; Piechocki, Robert J.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ.

fYear

2007

fDate

27-30 May 2007

Firstpage

3880

Lastpage

3883

Abstract

In this paper we present an analog implementation of the mean-field algorithm for inference in undirected graphical models (UGM). One of its numerous applications is signal detection in wireless receivers which can benefit from low power analog circuitry. An example detector for a double Alamouti space-time block code (STBC) has been designed and laid out in a 0.25mum SiGe BiCMOS process.

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; block codes; detector circuits; graph theory; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; radio receivers; signal detection; space-time codes; 0.28 micron; BiCMOS process; SiGe; analog implementation; double Alamouti space-time block code; low power analog circuitry; mean field detector; multiple antenna systems; signal detection; undirected graphical models; wireless receivers; Block codes; Decoding; Detectors; Germanium silicon alloys; Graphical models; Inference algorithms; Integrated circuit interconnections; Signal detection; Signal processing algorithms; Silicon germanium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2007. ISCAS 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0920-9

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0921-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2007.377886

Filename

4253529