Reconfigurable Signal Processing and DSP Hardware Generator for 5G Transmitters

Agnimesh Ghosh; Andrei Spelman; Tze Hin Cheung; Dhanashree Boopathy; Vishnu Unnikrishnan; Vesa Lampu; Guixian Xu; Lauri Anttila; Kari Stadius; Marko Kosunen; Jussi Ryynänen

doi:10.1109/NorCAS57515.2022.9934696

Reconfigurable Signal Processing and DSP Hardware Generator for 5G Transmitters

Agnimesh Ghosh, Andrei Spelman, Tze Hin Cheung, Dhanashree Boopathy, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Vesa Lampu, Guixian Xu, Lauri Anttila, Kari Stadius, Marko Kosunen, Jussi Ryynänen

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Abstract

To impose the reconfigurability and reusability of digital circuits for millimeterwave transmitter architectures, high-speed digital signal processing architectures are explored. The digital front-end of these next-generation transmitters can be implemented up to the maximum operating frequency to meet the requirements of the 5G NR FR2 frequency bands. This paper presents an efficient implementation of a reconfigurable digital signal processor (DSP) that contains programmable multistage multirate filters, operable up to 4 GHz, and a flexible generator for polar, outphasing, and multilevel outphasing modulation. The system achieves an excellent ACLR of 42 dB and EVM degradation of 1.61% with a 7-bit phase signal at a sampling frequency of 4 GHz for outphasing modulation. Digital synthesis of the circuit in a 22 nm FDSOI process results in a core area of 0.12 mm2and an estimated power consumption of 142 mW for a 200 MHz bandwidth 5G NR baseband signal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference, NORCAS 2022 - Proceedings
Editors	Jari Nurmi, Dag T. Wisland, Snorre Aunet, Kristian Kjelgaard
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350345506
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NorCAS57515.2022.9934696
Publication status	Published - 2022
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference - Oslo, Norway Duration: 25 Oct 2022 → 26 Oct 2022

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Name	2022 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference, NORCAS 2022 - Proceedings

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Conference	IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference
Abbreviated title	NorCAS 2022
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Oslo
Period	25/10/22 → 26/10/22

Keywords

5G
Digital Front-end
Digital signal processing
Reconfigurable Hardware
System on Chip

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Hardware and Architecture
Signal Processing
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ghosh, A., Spelman, A., Cheung, T. H., Boopathy, D., Unnikrishnan, V., Lampu, V., Xu, G., Anttila, L., Stadius, K., Kosunen, M., & Ryynänen, J. (2022). Reconfigurable Signal Processing and DSP Hardware Generator for 5G Transmitters. In J. Nurmi, D. T. Wisland, S. Aunet, & K. Kjelgaard (Eds.), 2022 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference, NORCAS 2022 - Proceedings (2022 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference, NORCAS 2022 - Proceedings). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/NorCAS57515.2022.9934696

Ghosh, Agnimesh ; Spelman, Andrei ; Cheung, Tze Hin et al. / Reconfigurable Signal Processing and DSP Hardware Generator for 5G Transmitters. 2022 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference, NORCAS 2022 - Proceedings. editor / Jari Nurmi ; Dag T. Wisland ; Snorre Aunet ; Kristian Kjelgaard. IEEE, 2022. (2022 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference, NORCAS 2022 - Proceedings).

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Reconfigurable Signal Processing and DSP Hardware Generator for 5G Transmitters. / Ghosh, Agnimesh; Spelman, Andrei; Cheung, Tze Hin et al.
2022 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference, NORCAS 2022 - Proceedings. ed. / Jari Nurmi; Dag T. Wisland; Snorre Aunet; Kristian Kjelgaard. IEEE, 2022. (2022 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference, NORCAS 2022 - Proceedings).

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Reconfigurable Signal Processing and DSP Hardware Generator for 5G Transmitters

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