{"title":"A mixed-signal array processor with early vision applications","authors":"D. A. Martin","doi":"10.1109/CICC.1997.606629","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A programmable analog arithmetic circuit which can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division at 7 bits of resolution is presented. This circuit is used as the ALU for a mixed-signal array processor designed for early vision applications. The analog arithmetic circuit enables the processor to operate with the low power and low area of a dedicated analog circuit while retaining the flexibility of a digital processor. The processor was tested with an edge detection algorithm and a sub-pixel resolution algorithm. A 1 cm square array of the mixed-signal processor cells in 0.8 /spl mu/m CMOS with a 5 V power supply would dissipate 1 W at 420 MIPS.","PeriodicalId":111737,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of CICC 97 - Custom Integrated Circuits Conference","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"42","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of CICC 97 - Custom Integrated Circuits Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CICC.1997.606629","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 42
Abstract
A programmable analog arithmetic circuit which can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division at 7 bits of resolution is presented. This circuit is used as the ALU for a mixed-signal array processor designed for early vision applications. The analog arithmetic circuit enables the processor to operate with the low power and low area of a dedicated analog circuit while retaining the flexibility of a digital processor. The processor was tested with an edge detection algorithm and a sub-pixel resolution algorithm. A 1 cm square array of the mixed-signal processor cells in 0.8 /spl mu/m CMOS with a 5 V power supply would dissipate 1 W at 420 MIPS.