Abstract
A new two-dimensional systolic array for computing the discrete Fourier transform (DFT), with length N decomposable into the product of two relatively prime factors, 4M 1 and M 2 , is presented. The architecture is constructed based on the row-column algorithm. It does not include any intermediate circuit for arranging data flow between the row-DFT and column-DFT modules. The system possesses the features of regularity and modularity, and is well suited to VLSI implementation. It has an efficiency of 100%, a throughput rate of one N-point transform per M 2 cycles, and an areatime 2 figure of AT 2 =O((M 1 +M 2 )M 2 N log 2 2 N), which is much smaller than the value of O(N 3 log 2 2 N) achieved by existing linear systolic array solutions.