A 0.24 mW, 14.4 kbps, r=1/2, K=9 Viterbi decoder

An r=1/2, K=9 Viterbi decoder IC for CDMA transceivers consumes 0.24 mW at a power supply voltage of 1.65 V, a data rate of 14.4 kbps, and a clock speed of 0.9216 MHz. Its core consists of approximately 65 k transistors, occupying 1.9/spl times/3.4 mm/sup 2/ in a 0.8-/spl mu/m triple-layer-metal n-well CMOS technology.