VLSI architectures for iterative decoders in magnetic recordingchannels
Engling Yeo; Pakzad, P.; Nikolic, B.; Anantharam, V.
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 37, Issue 2, Mar 2001 Page(s):748 - 755
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/20.917611
Summary:VLST implementation complexities of soft-input soft-output (SISO)
decoders are discussed. These decoders are used in iterative algorithms
based on Turbo codes or Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes, and
promise significant bit error performance advantage over conventionally
used partial-response maximum likelihood (PRML) systems, at the expense
of increased complexity. This paper analyzes the requirements for
computational hardware and memory, and provides suggestions for
reduced-complexity decoding and reduced control logic. Serial
concatenation of interleaved codes, using an outer block code with a
partial response channel acting as an inner encoder, is of special
interest for magnetic storage applications
View citation and abstract |