White Paper: Putting FPGAs to Work in Software Radio Systems

By	Rodger Hosking Pentek, Inc.

FPGAs have become an increasingly important resource for software radio systems. Programmable logic technology now offers significant advantages for implementing software radio functions such as Digital Downconverters (DDCs). Over the past few years, the functions associated with DDCs have seen a shift from being delivered in ASICs to operating as Intellectual Property (IP) in FPGAs.

For many applications, this implementation shift brings advantages that include design flexibility, higher precision processing, higher channel density, lower power, and lower cost per channel. With the advent of each new, higher-performance FPGA family, these benefits continue to increase.

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