Multiply-and-accumulate unit in carry-save adder format and application in a feedback loop equalizer

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PATENT NO 9928035
APP PUB NO 20160342393A1
SERIAL NO

15157545

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A multiply and accumulation (MAC) unit for multiplying a provided first and a provided second multiplicand and for adding a provided summand to the resulting product is described. The MAC includes at least one multiplication block which is configured to multiply a first input signal and a second input signal, wherein the first input signal is given in a carry-save adder format and the second input signal is given in a binary format, wherein the multiplication result is provided in a carry-save format, and a carry-save adder which is configured to add to the result of the multiplication the provided summand.

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  • IBM CORPORATION

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Kossel, Marcel Reichenburg, CH 4 7

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