IFFT Stream - 2022.1 English

Vitis Model Composer User Guide (UG1483)

Document ID
UG1483
Release Date
2022-05-26
Version
2022.1 English


Library

AI Engine/DSP/Stream IO

Description

Stream-based IFFT implementation targeted for AI Engines. The IFFT block has two stream ports per subframe processor to maximize performance. The specified value for SSR parameter should be of the form 2^N, where N is a positive integer.

Parameters

Main
Input/Output Data Type:
  • Describes the type of individual data samples input/output of the stream IFFT. It can be cint16, cint32, cfloat types.
IFFT Size:
  • This is an unsigned integer which describes the point size of the transformation. This must be 2^N, where N is in the range 4 to 11 inclusive.
Input Frame Size (Number of Samples):
  • Specifies the number of samples for a particular frame. The value must be in the range 8 to 1024 and the default value is 64. The IFFT operation will not begin until this number of samples has been input.
Scale Output Down by 2^:
  • Describes the power of 2 shift down applied before output. The following table shows the range of valid values of this parameter for different data types.
    Table 1. Valid Parameters
    Data Type Scale output down by 2^
    cint16 [0, log2(IFFT Size) + 15]
    cint32 [0, log2(IFFT Size) + 31]
    cfloat 0
SSR:
  • This parameter is intended to improve performance and support IFFT sizes beyond the limitations of a single tile. For an SSR value of 'n' (which must be of the form 2^N, where N is a positive integer), the IFFT operation is performed in parallel and the actual IFFT size is divided by 'n'. For example, a 16384 point IFFT with SSR value of 8 creates 8 stream inputs and there will be 8 subframe IFFTs each of point size 2048. The specified IFFT size and SSR values should be such that (2 * IFFT size / SSR) is in the range of 16 and 4096.
Advanced
Target Output Throughput (MSPS):
  • Specifies the output sampling rate of the IFFT function in Mega Samples per Second (MSPS). The value must be in the range 1 to 1000 and the default value is 200.
Specify the Number of Cascade Stages:
  • When this option is not enabled, the tool will determine the IFFT configuration that best achieves the specified input sampling rate. When the option is enabled, the Number of cascade stages can be specified (which describes the number of AI Engine processors to split the operation over). This allows resources to be traded for higher performance, but the specified input sampling rate constraint may not be achieved. The value must be in the range of 1 to 9.