Research Article

Low Power Decoding of LDPC Codes

Table 1

ATBF decoder area breakdown.

After synthesis stage (mm2) After clock tree stage (mm2) After routing stage (mm2)

Combinational area 0.237 0.270 0.402
Noncombinational area 0.109 0.109
Core area 0.63
Chip area 0.729
Average interconnect length 4 mm