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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1987
Toru Baji, Kodaira, JP;
Tatsuji Matsuura, Kokubunji, JP;
Toshiro Tsukada, Hachioji, JP;
Shinya Ohba, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, the number of elements of a signal processing circuit or the like can be drastically reduced by conducting a time-multiplex processing. In a transversal filter having a coefficient of symmetry of 16 taps, for example, the prior art requires about 58,000 transistors. In case four signal processing cores (i.e., SPC) having a function of four taps are used, the number of transistors required can be reduced to about 34,000 by a duplexing process. In case two SPCs having a function of eight taps are used, the number can be reduced to about 19,000 by a quadplexing process. In case, moreover, one SPC having a function of sixteen taps is used, the number can be reduced to about 13,000 by an octaplexing process. Here, the reason why the number of elements is not halved even if the number of the SPCs is halved is that the number of elements to be used in control circuits, memories and so on increases.