Research Article

Optimization and Implementation of Scaling-Free CORDIC-Based Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer for Body Care Area Network Systems

Table 1

The hardware costs in 16-bit DDFS with respect to the number of the replaced CORDIC stages ( : the number of the replaced CORDIC stages, 16-bit adder: 200 gates, 16-bit shift: 90 gates, and 1-bit ROM: 1 gate).

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CORDIC processor requirement:
 CORDIC processor-A 75432100
 CORDIC processor-B99999998

Hardware cost:
 16-bit Adders4638343026221816
 16-bit Shifters4638343026221816
 ROM size (bits)4 × 168 × 1614 × 1626 × 1650 × 16102 × 16194 × 16386 × 16

Total gate counts134041114810084911683408012832410816