Multiplier and shift device using signed digit representation

Abstract

The present invention proposes a multiplier device performing multiplication of different powers of two serially in time (not in parallel) in order to further reduce the area needed for a hardware realization. By virtue thereof, it is enabled to use only one adder in connection with the multiplication which contributes to a reduced hardware amount and reduced required area for the hardware. A shifter means based on binary weighted shifting is used for shifting in connection with the multiplication, thereby reducing the required hardware amount (number of multiplexers and hardwired shifting elements) and thus reducing the area for hardware implementation still further. The present invention can be used in applications using digital multiplication, such as in digital signal processing DSP, digital filters and/or finite impulse response filters FIR filters as well as programmable and/or adaptive digital filters. As the multiplier is represented in CSD coding, the number of necessary shifting operations can be reduced and the number of necessary additions can be reduced, thus contributing to a reduced area needed for a hardware realization of a shifting means and a multiplier device on a silicon chip.

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