Sin/cos generator implementation

• US 5,113,361 A
• Filed: 08/02/1990
• Issued: 05/12/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intersil Corporation (Renesas Electronics Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Faas, Denis W., Damerow, David H., Young, William R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Malzahn, David H.
• Application Number:
  US07/561,821
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 364/729, 364/721
• US Class Current: 708/276
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/0356 by using two or more smaller tables, e.g. addressed by parts of the argument
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2101/04 Trigonometric functions

Abstract

A sin/cos generator which stores values for sin X and cos X, multiplies the sin X and cos X by the value sin Y to produce partial products -sin Y sin X and sin Y cos X and adds the partial products sin Y cos X to sin X to produce sin (X+Y) and adds the partial products -sin Y sin X to cos X to produce cos (X+Y). The values of sin X and cos X are stored for a single quadrant without sign designation and quadrant control is provided to complement the appropriate values of sin X and cos X before adding and multiplying. The complementing forms the one'"'"'s complement and adds a 1 in the least significant bit to form the two'"'"'s complement.

Claims

1. A function generator for generating generally sinusoidal shaped signals in accordance with the equations:

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">sin (X+Y)=sin X+sin Y cos X

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">cos (X+Y)=cos X-sin Y sin X

comprising;

first sin storage means for storing values of sin X;

cos storage means for storing values of cos X;

second sin storage means for storing values of sin Y multiplying means for receiving sin X and sin Y from said first and second sin storage means and cos X from said cos storage means and for producing products -sin Y sin X and sin Y cos X; and

adder means for adding said products sin Y cos X to sin x and adding said products -sin Y sin X to cos X to produce sin (X+Y) and cos (X+Y).

2. A function generator according to claim 1 wherein said sin X and cos X each have N bits and said multiplying means uses the M most significant bits of sin X and cos X, wherein M is less than N.

3. A function generator according to claim 2 wherein M is substantially less than N.

4. A function generator according to claim 2 wherein the output of the adder means has N+P bits and said adder means includes rounding means for adding a one to form said sin (X+Y) or cos (X+Y) for rounding errors.

5. A function generator according to claim 4 wherein said first and second sin storage means and cos strange means store sin X and cos X respectively as N-1 bits without a sign bit.

6. A function generator according to claim 1 wherein said multiplying means includes complementing means between said first sin and cos storage means and said adder means for forming a complement of said sin X and cos X.

7. A function generator according to claim 6 wherein said first sin and cos storage means stores a single quadrant of sin X and cos X respectively;

and

including quadrant means for receiving a quadrant signal, and for controlling said multiplying means and said complementing means as a function of said quadrant signal.

8. A function generator according to claim 7 wherein said first sin and cos storage means stores said sin X and cos X, respectively, without a sign bit;

and said quadrant means provides a sign bit to said adder means at the most significant bit as a function of said quadrant signal.

9. A function generator according to claim 8 wherein said complementing means forms a one'"'"'s complement and said adder means includes means for adding said sign bit of one to the least significant bit of a one'"'"'s complement of sin X and cos X.

10. A function generator according to claim 1 wherein said first sin and cos storage means store a single quadrant of sin X and cos X, respectively, without a sign bit;

and

including quadrant means for receiving a quadrant signal, controlling said multiplying means as a function of said quadrant signal, and providing a sign bit to said adder means at a most significant bit as a function of said quadrant signal.

11. A function generator according to claim 10 wherein said multiplying means includes complementing means for forming a one'"'"'s complement of sin X and cos X under control of said quadrant means and wherein said sign bit is also added to a least significant bit in said adder means to form a two'"'"'s complement.

12. A function generator according to claim 1 wherein said multiplying means includes:

first multiplexer means having inputs connected to said first sin and cos storage means and an output connected to said adder means;

second multiplexer means having inputs connected to said first sin and cos storage means and an output connected to said multiplying means; and

control means for controlling said first and second multiplexer means.

13. A function generator according to claim 12 including a complementing means between said first and second multiplexer means and said multiplying and adder means for forming a complement of said sin X and cos X.

14. A function generator according to claim 13 wherein said first sin and cos storage means store a single quadrant of said sin X and cos X respectively;

and

said control means includes quadrant means for receiving a quadrant signal and controlling said first and second multiplexer means and said complementing means as a function of said quadrant signal.

15. A function generator according to claim 1, wherein said multiplying means includes:

recoding means for recoding sin Y into MUX control signals; and

a multiplexer means for receiving sin X and cos X and producing a plurality of partial products as shifted and unshifted values of sin X and cos X and zero in response to said MUX control signals.

17. A function generator according to claim 15 wherein said recoding means is said second sin storage means for storing said MUX control signals as a function of recoded sin Y addressed by Y.

18. A function generator according to claim 15 wherein said adder means includes a Wallace tree producing sums and carries and a final adder for adding said sums and carries to produce sin (X+Y) and cos (X+Y).

19. A function generator according to claim 15 wherein:

said multiplexer means includes a first and second multiplexer means;

said adder means includes first and second adder means receiving inputs from said first and second multiplexer means respectively and providing sin (X+Y) and cos (X+Y) output respectively; and

said recoding means providing common MUX control signals to said to said first and second multiplexer means.

20. A function generator according to claim 1

wherein said multiplying means includes a first and second multiplying means;

wherein said adder means includes first and second adder means for receiving inputs from said first and second multiplying means respectively and providing sin (X+Y) and cos (X+Y) outputs respectively;

wherein said multiplying means includes first multiplexer means having inputs connected to said first sin and cos storage means and an output connected to an input of said second multiplying means and a input of said first adder means;

wherein said multiplying means includes said second multiplexer means inputs connected to said first sin and cos storage means and an output connected to an input of said first multiplying means and an input of said second adder means; and

wherein said multiplying means includes control means for controlling said first and second multiplexer means.

21. A function generator according to claim 20 wherein said multiplying means includes a complementing means between said first and second multiplexer means and said first and second multiplying means and first and second adder means for forming a complement of said sin X and cos X.

22. A function generator according to claim 21 wherein said first sin and cos storage means store a single quadrant said sin X and cos X respectively;

and

said control means includes quadrant means for receiving a quadrant signal and controlling said first and second multiplexer means and said complementing means as a function of said quadrant signal.

23. A function generator according to claim 21 wherein said complementing means includes:

a first and second complementing means connected to the output of said first and second multiplexer means and being controlled by said control means; and

third complementing means connected between said first complementing means and one of said second multiplying means and first adding means for always complementing.

24. A function generator according to claim 23 wherein said first, second and third complementing means forms a one'"'"'s complement and said first and second adder means include means for adding one to the least significant bit of a complemented sin X or cos X.

25. A function generator according to claim 1 wherein:

said second sin storage means stores sin Y as recoded sin Y as MUX control signals; and

said multiplying means includes a multiplexer means for receiving sin X and cos X and producing a plurality of partial products as shifted and unshifted values of sin X and cos X and zero in response to said MUX control signals.

26. A function generator according to claim 1 wherein said second sin storage means stores values of sin Y as Y.

27. A function generator according to claim 1 wherein said first sin and cos storage means include:

a common sin storage means for storing a single quadrant of sin X values; and

input complementing means for complementing X to address sin X values in said common sin storage means for cos X.

28. A function generator according to claim 1 wherein said first sin and cos storage means include:

a common storage means for storing a single quadrant of sin X and cos X values as a single word for each X.

16. A function generator according to 15 wherein said recoding means recodes sin Y into MUX control signals zero, non shift, shift one, and complement for bit pairs.