Performance Estimation of Low Power and Area-Efficient Parallel Pipelined FFT

We present a novel parallel and pipelined fast Fourier transform (FFT) architecture for high-speed and low-power applications, a critical component in wireless communications and digital signal processors. The new FFT model implements a data-inverted Vedic multiplier in the FFT architecture, which r...

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Main Authors: Surya P, Arunachalaperumal C, Dhilipkumar S
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Published: Sciendo 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2025-0016
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description We present a novel parallel and pipelined fast Fourier transform (FFT) architecture for high-speed and low-power applications, a critical component in wireless communications and digital signal processors. The new FFT model implements a data-inverted Vedic multiplier in the FFT architecture, which reduces data switching activity in the input patterns to minimize dynamic power consumption and computational delay. The proposed architecture incorporates a low-power bit inversion (BI) multiplier scheme for a minimum number of complex multiplications with a high-speed partial product generation technique in FFT computation. This research focuses on the investigation and implementation of a modified butterfly unit as the best choice compared to other low-power and high-speed multipliers, such as Booth and Wallace multipliers for FFT processors. The BI multiplier design was synthesized in a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and the results show that the area efficiency could be improved by about 30 % and the power consumption and delay could be reduced by 56 %. The proposed FFT processor utilizes only 8 % of the available look-up tables (LUTs) with a 1:3 ratio in resource utilization and a 56 % reduction in delays compared to previous research. This makes this architecture best suited for high-speed wireless communications and 5G applications. This BI-Vedic multiplier is used in convolutions, FFT, and digital signal processing (DSP) filters where fast multiplication is critical. Throughput in applications with real-time signals is improved. It is also used in image and video processing and is critical for algorithms that manipulate pixels, scale, and compress data when many multiplications need to be performed quickly. IoT and embedded systems are beneficial for low-power systems as BI reduces power consumption and switching activity.
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spelling doaj-art-e2cce4e2f9544eae910a1118c33071f52025-08-20T03:33:03ZengSciendoMeasurement Science Review1335-88712025-06-0125313414010.2478/msr-2025-0016Performance Estimation of Low Power and Area-Efficient Parallel Pipelined FFTSurya P0Arunachalaperumal C1Dhilipkumar S2Research Scholar, Anna University, Chennai, 600025, Tamil Nadu, IndiaProfessor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, 626117, Tamil Nadu, IndiaAssistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET), Chennai, 600034, Tamil Nadu, IndiaWe present a novel parallel and pipelined fast Fourier transform (FFT) architecture for high-speed and low-power applications, a critical component in wireless communications and digital signal processors. The new FFT model implements a data-inverted Vedic multiplier in the FFT architecture, which reduces data switching activity in the input patterns to minimize dynamic power consumption and computational delay. The proposed architecture incorporates a low-power bit inversion (BI) multiplier scheme for a minimum number of complex multiplications with a high-speed partial product generation technique in FFT computation. This research focuses on the investigation and implementation of a modified butterfly unit as the best choice compared to other low-power and high-speed multipliers, such as Booth and Wallace multipliers for FFT processors. The BI multiplier design was synthesized in a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and the results show that the area efficiency could be improved by about 30 % and the power consumption and delay could be reduced by 56 %. The proposed FFT processor utilizes only 8 % of the available look-up tables (LUTs) with a 1:3 ratio in resource utilization and a 56 % reduction in delays compared to previous research. This makes this architecture best suited for high-speed wireless communications and 5G applications. This BI-Vedic multiplier is used in convolutions, FFT, and digital signal processing (DSP) filters where fast multiplication is critical. Throughput in applications with real-time signals is improved. It is also used in image and video processing and is critical for algorithms that manipulate pixels, scale, and compress data when many multiplications need to be performed quickly. IoT and embedded systems are beneficial for low-power systems as BI reduces power consumption and switching activity.https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2025-0016low power fast fourier transformvedic multiplierbit inversion techniquelook-up tablefield programmable gate array5g application
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Performance Estimation of Low Power and Area-Efficient Parallel Pipelined FFT
Measurement Science Review
low power fast fourier transform
vedic multiplier
bit inversion technique
look-up table
field programmable gate array
5g application
title Performance Estimation of Low Power and Area-Efficient Parallel Pipelined FFT
title_full Performance Estimation of Low Power and Area-Efficient Parallel Pipelined FFT
title_fullStr Performance Estimation of Low Power and Area-Efficient Parallel Pipelined FFT
title_full_unstemmed Performance Estimation of Low Power and Area-Efficient Parallel Pipelined FFT
title_short Performance Estimation of Low Power and Area-Efficient Parallel Pipelined FFT
title_sort performance estimation of low power and area efficient parallel pipelined fft
topic low power fast fourier transform
vedic multiplier
bit inversion technique
look-up table
field programmable gate array
5g application
url https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2025-0016
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