Viterbi Decoder

Product Details

• Viterbi Synchronization Design Note (PDF)
• Block Decoding App Note (PDF)
• Ask Xilinx About this Core

Documentation

• Viterbi Decoder
• Release Notes (PDF)
• Core License Agreement (PDF)

Device Family Support

• Artix-7
• Kintex-7
• Virtex-7
• Virtex-6
• Virtex-5
• Virtex-4
• Spartan-6
• Spartan-3A
• Spartan-3A DSP
• Spartan-3E
• Spartan-3

Requirements

• ISE 13.4 or higher
• ISE IP Update 13.4 or higher

Viterbi Decoders are used in systems where data are transmitted and subject to errors before reception. Compatible with many common standards such as DVB, 3GPP2, IEEE802.16, HiperLAN, Intelsat IESS-308/309, the Viterbi Decoder LogiCORE™ IP, along with other forward error correction cores from Xilinx offers highly-flexible concatenated codecs. The Viterbi Decoder LogiCORE IP consists of two basic architectures: a fully parallel implementation which gives fast data throughput and a serial implementation which occupies a small area. The core also has a puncturing option, giving a large range of transmission rates and reducing the bandwidth requirement on the channel. Puncturing can also be carried out externally to the decoder and the erasure pins in the erasure bus ERASE can be asserted to indicate the presence of null-symbols.

Features in v8.0:

• Supports Virtex®-7, Kintex®-7, Virtex-6 and Spartan®-6 device families
• Supports AXI4-stream interface
• Delivers VHDL demonstration testbench with CORE Generator

Features in v7.0:

•   Supports Virtex-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-6, Virtex-5, Virtex-5, Virtex-4, Spartan-6, Spartan-3, and Spartan-3A device families

Key Features

• High-speed, compact Viterbi Decoder.
• Two architectural options (parallel or serial) allow user to optimize for throughput or resource utilization.
• Very low latency option.
• Parameterizable constraint length, convolution codes, traceback length and soft data width.
• Decoder rates from 1/2 to 1/7.
• Supports multi-channel applications.
• Compatible Encoder core available in Xilinx CORE Generator™ and Xilinx System Generator for DSP™.
• For use with Xilinx CORE Generator™ and Xilinx System Generator for DSP™