Optimal combined word-length allocation and architectural synthesis of digital signal processing circuits

In this brief, we address the combined application of word-length allocation and architectural synthesis of linear time-invariant digital signal processing systems. These two design tasks are traditionally performed sequentially, thus lessening the overall design complexity, but ignoring forward and backward dependencies that may lead to cost reductions. Mixed integer linear programming is used to formulate the combined problem and results are compared to the two-step traditional approach.