True/Complementer for a Half-Band Filter

The present invention relates to electronic devices, and, more particularly, to semiconductor circuits and methods useful for filtering digital data streams.

Digital Systems with Half-Band Filtering

Communications systems, such as broadcast radio, use frequency division multiplexing (FDM) to simulaneously transmit differing information signals from several sources in a single locale. Typically, each source modulates its carrier frequency with its information signal and keeps within its allocated frequency band. Extraction of a desired information signal from a received broadband of simultaneous broadcasts may be performed by mixing down (down conversion by the selected carrier frequency) followed by lowpass filtering and demodulation as schematically illustrated by system 100 in FIG. 1. Indeed, system 100 receives radio frequency signals (e.g., 100-200 MHz) at antenna 102, filters and mixes the signals down to intermediate frequencies (e.g., 1-10 MHz) with a wideband tuner 104, converts from analog to digital format with sampling analog-to-digital converter 106, extracts the selected frequency band (e.g., of width 5 KHz) with digital down converter 108 which performs the down conversion and filtering, and demodulates and reconstructs an analog information signal with demodulator/processor 110. For example, if wideband tuner 104 has a 10 MHz output bandwidth, then analog-to-digital converter 106 will sample at 20 MHz or more (at least the Nyquist rate), and digital down converter 108 will output a 5 KHz selected band at a sampling rate of 10 KHz. That is, digital down converter 108 may decrease the sampling rate due to the small bandwidth of its output without loss of information.

The problems of construction of system 100 include realizing digital down converter 108 operating at a high sampling frequency while maintaining a low ripple sharp cutoff filter which has programmable down conversion frequency and programmable bandwidth. Known realizations of a down conversion function include the combination of a numerically controlled oscillator/modulator (NCOM) such as the HSP45106 manufactured by Harris Corporation together with two decimating lowpass digital filters (one for the in-phase and one for the quadrature outputs of the NCOM) such as the HSP43220 also manufactured by Harris Corporation.

A lowpass decimating filter having a decimation rate R which may be factored as

may be realized as M cascaded independent lowpass decimation filters with the jth filter having decimation rate R.sub.j. This multistage approach may greatly reduce the number of computations required to perform the filtering. Indeed, the first stages in a multistage filter need not have narrow transition bands because the transition band of the last stage will essentially determine the overall transition band. Further, the early stages decimate the sampling rate so the latter stages operate at a much lower sampling frequency.

Multistage filters may be effectively designed with stages of half-band filters. A lowpass digital FIR filter with optimal (equiripple) design and with symmetry about .pi./2 is called a half-band filter. That is, a half-band filter has a transfer function Fourier transform as shown in FIG. 2a with passband and stopband of equal width. Half-band filters have about one half of their filter coefficients equal to zero, so the filter computations include only about one half as many multiplications as a usual FIR filter.

Half-band filters may appropriately be used only for decimation or interpolation of sampling rate by a factor of 2 and when aliasing to the final transition band is permitted. See FIG. 2b illustrating the aliasing of a decimation by 2 half-band filter. Thus multistage filters with powers of 2 decimation or interpolation profitably employ cascaded half-band filters.

Crochiere and Rabiner, Multirate Digital Signal Processing (Prentice-Hall 1983) provides general information regarding signal processing using sampling rate changes. Hogenauer, An Economical Class of Digital Filters for Deeimation and Interpolation, 29 IEEE Tr.Ac.Sp.Sig.Proc. 155 (1981) discloses decimation filters made of an integrator section followed by comb section operating a low sampling rate.

Features

The present invention provides a digital half-band filter with truncated multipliers and joint overflow and saturation compensating complementers. The truncated multipliers reduce the amount of hardware, and the complementers permit full dynamic range

The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are schematic for clarity:

FIG. 1 illustrates a first application of a first preferred embodiment;

FIGS. 2a-b show half-band filter characteristics;

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a first preferred embodiment half-band filter;

FIG. 4 illustrates four modes of operation of the present invention;

FIG. 5 illustrates an application of a preferred embodiment;

FIGS. 6(A)-(F) illustrate the sequence of the filtering operation in the downconversion and decimation by two mode;

FIGS. 7(A)-(G) illustrate the sequence of the filtering operation in the interpolate by two and upconversion mode;

FIG. 8 is a partial circuit diagram of an embodiment of the true/complementer of the present invention with saturation compensation.

FIG. 9 is a partial circuit diagram of the bit cells of the embodiment of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a partial circuit diagram of an embodiment of the true/complementer of the present invention with saturation and overflow compensation.

FIG. 11 is a partial circuit diagram of an embodiment of the bit cells of the embodiment of FIG. 10.

Architectural Overview

FIG. 3 is a functional block circuit diagram of a first preferred embodiment single chip digital half-band filter generally denoted by reference numeral 300, which includes the following blocks and items: 16-bit parallel port register 302 for input data samples Ain(15:0), 16-bit parallel port register 304 for input data samples Bin(15:0), multiplexer 306 for selecting between Ain and Bin input, 16-bit registers 312 and 314 for holding inputs, multipliers 322 and 324 for downconversion, local oscillator 326 for generating the sines and cosines for downconversion and upconversion, FIR filter odd arm 327 and even arm 328 for the lowpass half-band filtering, multipliers 332 and 334 for upconversion, adder 340 for combining signals in real output, rounders 342 and 344 for rounding to 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9, or 8 bits, output registers 346 and 348, clock control 350, and control registers 352 for selecting mode of operation, rounding level, positive or negative frequency conversion, internal versus external multiplezing, synchronization, and output format. Note that multipliers 322, 324, and 334 output 16-bit data, but that FIR filter odd arm 327 outputs 17-bit data to provide for rounding to 16 bits.

Operation Summary

Filter 300 is a 67-Tap, 20-bit, fixed coefficient filter that has four basic modes of operation illustrated in FIG. 4: (1) decimation by two filtering of a real input signal; (2) interpolation by two filtering of a real input signal; (3) quadrature downconversion of a real I.F. signal with decimation by two filtering of the resulting I and Q channels; and (4) interpolation by two filtering of a complex baseband signal and quadrature upconversion to produce a real output signal. The first two modes are useful for easing the requirements on the analog antialiasing filter used with a D/A converter or a A/D converter. The last two modes are provided for expanding the processing bandwidth of the Harris HSP 45116 numerically controlled oscillator/modulator (NCOM) and the Harris HSP43220 decimating digital filter (DDF). Indeed, FIG. 5 shows an application of filter 300 with the NCOM and two DDFs.

The third mode listed above converts a real non-baseband signal to a baseband complex signal. To preserve all of the information in the signal, the complex sample stream will only have to clock at half the input sample rate. This allows an A/D converter clock at twice the clock rate that the NCOM and DDF can run, i.e. a 25 MHz NCOM and DDF could be used with a 50 MHz A/D and process a signal bandwidth of almost 25 MHz. See FIG. 6.

The fourth mode permits using the NCOM or HSP45216 (NCO16) as a modulator. This mode converts the quadrature baseband output of the NCOM or NCO16 to twice the clock rate and shifts the center frequency to FCLK/4. (FCLK is the output clock rate.) This allows a 25 MHz NCOM or NCO16 to drive a 50 MHz D/A and get almost 25 Mhz of tuning range. See FIG. 7.

The filter response of half-band filter 300 has a shape factor, (Passband+Transition Band)/Passband of 1.24:1 with 90 dB alias free passband at 80% of Nyquist. There is less than 0.0005 dB of passband ripple. Due to characteristics of the half-band filter, half of the coefficients are zero (with the exception of the center tap). The center tap is effectively a delay and multiply of the input signal.

A programmable, symmetric rounding stage (rounders 342-344) with saturation logic is provided to select from 8 to 16 bits of output, depending on the user's application. Outputs are available as Two's Complement or Offset Binary. There is also a pin available to give the user a selection of shifting output to positive or negative frequencies (upper or lower side band).

Half-band filter 300 is a 67-Tap, 20-bit, fixed coefficient filter. The characteristics of a half-band filter are such that the coefficient set is symmetric with every even coefficient being zero, except for the center tap. The filter is divided into even and odd arms of the filter. Since the even coefficients are all zero with the exception of the center tap, the even filter arm is effectively a delay and multiply. In FIG. 3 the odd filter coefficients are in the top arm and the delay and multiply of the even center tap is in the lower arm of the filter. The four basic modes of operation are selected by the Mode 0-1 pins:

Decimation by Two Filter Mode

For the decimation by two filter mode with internal muxing (INT/EXT# pin=1), 16-bit real data is input on Ain(15:0). The incoming data samples are divided into odd and even samples. The input samples come in at the fastest clock rate (CLK) and are multiplexed into odd and even samples at this rate. The FIR section of the chip, and the output samples will run at the rate of CLK/2. The odd samples of data are multiplexed through the top arm of the filter, and the even samples are multiplexed through the lower arm of the filter. The two filter outputs are summed together to give one 16-bit output sample on Aout(15:0). The following illustration shows the proper decimation by two filter response using a standard, 67-tap filter with coefficients c.sub.1, c.sub.2, . . . C.sub.67 so the center tap corresponds to c.sub.34. For an input stream of 16-bit data words X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, . . . the filter forms the decimated-by-2 output stream Y.sub.1, Y.sub.3, Y.sub.5, . . . where

A half-band filter has c.sub.j =0 for all even j except the center tap c.sub.34. Thus the decimated-by-2 output stream is

Looking at the data that is left, only the odd data (X.sub.1, X.sub.3, X.sub.5, . . . ) goes to the odd coefficients and only the even data (X.sub.2, X.sub.4, X.sub.6, . . . ) goes to the even coefficient. This allows half-band filter 300 to be implemented by the odd samples proceeding through the odd arm 327 with odd coefficients and the even samples proceeding through the even arm which is just a multiplication by center tap coefficient c.sub.34 and a delay, and the two filter arms' outputs are added.

For the decimation by two filter mode with external muxing (INT/EXT# pin=0), odd and even data are input through both input ports Ain(15:0) and Bin(15:0) with each clock. Odd data comes in Ain(15:0) and even data comes in Bin(15:0). The input multiplexer is disabled, and the entire chip will run at the same clock rate from the inputs through the FIR section, and out through the output port Aout(15:0). The local oscillator 326 and multipliers 312 and 314 are not used.

Interpolation by Two Filter Mode

In this mode data always comes in Ain(15:0) and goes to odd and even arms of the filter as in the decimation by two filter mode. For the interpolation by two filter mode with internal muxing, (INT/EXT# pin=1), real data comes in through Ain(15:0) at CLK/2. The FIR section will also run at CLK/2, while output samples from each arm of the filter is muxed out through Aout(15:0) at the rate of CLK. In order to achieve interpolation by two, the data samples effectively have zeroes placed between them before being multiplied by filter coefficients. The following illustration shows the proper interpolation by two filter response using a standard, 67-tap filter with coefficients c.sub.1, c.sub.2, . . . c.sub.67 so the center tap corresponds to c.sub.34. For an input stream of 16-bit data words X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, . . . the interpolation O's lead to the stream X.sub.1, O, X.sub.2, O, X.sub.3, . . . into the filter to form the interpolated-by-2 output stream Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3, . . . where

Note that in each output response, only the odd filter coefficient terms have nonzero values, or the even filter coefficient terms have nonzero values, but never a mix of both. This allows half-band filter 300 to be implemented as alternating outputs from the odd arm and the even arm to Aout(15:0). Again, the even arm is effectively a delay and multiply by the center tap coefficient c.sub.34.

For the interpolation by two filter mode with external muxing (INT/EXT# pin=0), data comes in through the Ain(15:0) at the rate of CLK. The entire chip will run at CLK with two samples being output each cycle (one on Aout(15:0), the other on Bout(15:0)). It is important to note that the data on Bout(15:0) is the first piece of data per cycle and if internal muxing is used, this will be the first output sample on Aout(15:0).

Quadrature Downconversion with decimation by Two Filtering on resulting I and Q channels

This mode will convert a real, non-baseband signal to a baseband complex signal, and decimate the resulting I and Q channels by two. If internal muxing is selected, (INT/EXT# pin=1), real data is input on Ain(15:0). The incoming data samples are divided into odd and even samples. The input samples come in at the fastest clock rate (CLK) and are multiplexed into odd and even samples at this rate. Each of the odd and even samples pass through multipication by local oscillator (L.O.) 326 before going to the filter arms. The FIR section of the chip, and the output samples will run at the rate of CLK/2. The odd samples of data go through the odd arm 327 of the filter, and the even samples go through the even arm 328 of the filter. The top and lower arms of the filter generate the resulting I and Q channels.

The following illustration shows the proper quadrature downconversion and decimation by two filter response using a standard, 67-tap filter (decimation by two means to eliminate every other output sample): Input data samples X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, . . . are multiplied by cos(2.pi.nF.sub.S /4F.sub.S) to yield a stream of odd samples X.sub.1, O, -X.sub.3, O, X.sub.5, O, -X.sub.7, O, X.sub.9, . . . and are multiplied by sin(2.pi.nF.sub.S /4F.sub.S) to yield a stream of even samples O, X.sub.2, O, -X.sub.4, O, X.sub.6, O, -X.sub.8, O, . . . The filtered odd samples decimated by 2 and output as Aout(15:0) are

and the filtered even samples decimated by 2 and output as Bout(15:0) are

Looking at the data that is left, only the odd data goes to the odd coefficients and only the even data goes to the even coefficients. Also note that the local oscillator multipliers 322-324 can be reduced to (1, -1) multipliers since the even data never goes to the odd coefficients and vice versa for the odd data. This results in passing data on the positive one multiply, and taking the two's complement of the data when multiplying by negative one. This allows filter 300 to be implemented as true/complementer 322 providing alternating signs on the odd data which proceeds through the filter odd arm 327 and outputs as Aout(15:0), and true/complementer 324 providing alternating signs on the even data which proceeds through the filter even arm 328 (which is just delay and multiply by c.sub.34) and outputs as Bout(15:0).

For the decimation by two filter mode with external muxing (INT/EXT# pin=0), odd and even data are input through both input ports Ain(15:0) and Bin(15:0), respectively, with each clock. The input multiplexer is disabled, and the entire chip will run at the same clock rate from the inputs, through the L.O.'s and FIR section, and out through the output ports Aout(15:0) and Bout(15:0).

Down conversion and shifting towards positive infinity is accomplished by convolving the data spectrum with an impulse located at positive frequency F.sub.S /4. This impulse is derived from a vector rotating clockwise about the unit circle. Downconversion and shifting towards negative infinity is accomplished by convolving the data spectrum with an impulse located at negative frequency -F.sub.S /4. This impulse is the result of a vector rotating counter clockwise about the unit circle. The USB/LSB# pin is provided to allow the user to select the Upper Side Band (input=1) or the Lower Side Band (input=0) for this mode. See FIG. 6 for an example of downconversion and decimate by two filtering operation.

Interpolation by Two filtering of Complex Baseband Signal and Quadrature-Upconversion

This mode converts the quadrature baseband output of the HSP45116 (NCOM) or HSP45106 (NCO16) to twice the clock rate and shifts the center frequency to FCLK/4 (FCLK is the output clock rate). If internal muxing is selected, (INT/EXT# pin=1), complex data is input on Ain(15:0) and Bin(15:0) at the rate of CLK/2. The data samples effectively have zeroes placed between them before being multiplied by the filter coefficients. The output from the FIR section then pass through local oscillators which upconverts the signal to the frequency of FCLK/4. The FIR section of the chip and the local oscillators will run at CLK/2. Both of the local oscillators generate output samples which will be muxed out at Aout(15:0) at the rate of CLK. The following illustration shows the proper interpolation and upconversion using a standard, 67-tap filter with coefficients c.sub.1, c.sub.2, . . . c.sub.67 so the center tap corresponds to c.sub.34. For an input stream of 16-bit data words X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, . . . at Ain(15:0) the interpolation O's lead to the stream X.sub.1, O, X.sub.2, O, X.sub.3, . . . into the filter to form the interpolated-by-2 output stream Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3, . . . where

Then the upconversion multiplication by cos(2.pi.nF.sub.S /4F.sub.S) yields a stream of odd samples Y.sub.1, O, -Y.sub.3, O, Y.sub.5, O, -Y.sub.7, O, Y.sub.9, . . . And for an input stream of 16-bit data words U.sub.1, U.sub.2, U.sub.3, . . . at Bin(15:0) the interpolation O's lead to the stream U.sub.1, O, U.sub.2, O, U.sub.3, . . . entering the filter to form the interpolated-by-2 output stream V.sub.1, V.sub.2, V.sub.3, . . . where

The upconversion multiplication by sin(2.pi.nF.sub.S /4F.sub.S) then yields a stream of even samples O, V.sub.2, O, -V.sub.4, O, V.sub.6, O, -V.sub.8, O, . . . Note that in each output response, either the odd filter coefficient terms have nonzero values or the even filter coefficient terms have nonzero values, but never a mix of both. This allows Bin samples to be muxed on one cycle and Ain samples the next. The local oscillators are reduced to (1, -1) multipliers. Filter 300 is implemented by the odd samples proceeding through the odd arm and then given alternating signs by true/complementer 332 and then output as Aout, and the even samples given alternating signs by true/complementer 334 and also output as Aout interleaved with the odd samples.

For the interpolation by two with upconversion mode with external muxing (INT/EXT# pin=0), complex data, I and Q, are input through both input ports Ain(15:0) and Bin(15:0), respectively, with each clock. The input multiplexer is disabled, and the entire chip will run at the same clock rate from the inputs, through the L.O.'s and FIR section, and out through the output ports Aout(15:0) and Bout(15:0). It is important to note that the data on Bout(15:0) is the first piece of data per cycle and if internal muxing is used, this will be the first output sample on Aout(15:0).

In this mode the USB/LSB# pin will translate the data towards positive infinity for the upper Side Band (input=1) and towards negative infinity for the Lower Side Band (input=0).

See FIG. 7 for an example of the interpolation by two filtering and upconversion application.

Parameter Selection

The user selects the mode of operation and asserts the SYNC# pin. The filter 300 expects to see the first (odd) piece of data on the following clock. SYNC# can be pulsed low at the beginning or it can run off a divided clock. If running off of a divided clock, it is restricted to clock/4 for modes which use internal mux and either oscillator, and clock/2 for all other modes.

If the FMT pin is high, filter 300 will output data in Offset Binary Format. If FMT is low, the output data will be in Two's Complement Format.

Aout(15:0) and Bout(15:0) are three-state control output busses controlled by OEA# and the OEB# (active low). There are also three other input pins to control the outputs. RNDO-2 input pins provide rounding control and allow the user to select the number of output bits from eight to sixteen.

Top Level Circuits

As explained above, the local oscillators effectively multiply the data by 1 and -1. This means that true/complementers 322, 324, 332, and 334 either pass data or invert and add 1 (two's complement). A tree structure is used to maximize speed. An alternative eliminates the incrementers and inserts the carry into the Wallace trees. There are several ways this could be done but they add complexity and do not give a clear hardware savings.

With the sum of all coefficients being less than 1.0, and with 16 bits of data and 20 bits for coefficients, the maximum bit position required under steady state conditions is 2.sup.15 .times.2.sup.19 =2.sup.34. Therefore, the maximum width for Wallace trees is 2.sup.34, but in order to determine overflow during transient filter response, one more bit is kept, which brought the width of the Wallace trees to 2.sup.35. After truncation of bits 2.sup.8 and below, described in the following, 27 bits were kept in the Wallace trees and a full width final adder is used. In mode 1 (decimation mode), the upper and lower arms of the filter are added together. In this mode, the bit positions 2.sup.34 through 2.sup.18 (17 bits) are selected from the output of the adder. In all other modes where the two arms of the filter are not added, bit positions 2.sup.33 through 2.sup.17 (17 bits) will be selected from the output of the adder. The bit positions refer to the Wallace tree bit positions. 2.sup.35 was highest Wallace tree bit and 2.sup.9 was lowest that was kept. Therefore, there were 27 bits of accuracy. Due to combinations of sums and carries in Wallace trees, filter 300 has a 23 bit full adder following the last Wallace tree. No rounding occurs in the bottom data path through the even arm when 16 bit outputs are chosen as there are only 16 bits of data.

For Mode 1, since only Aout(15:0) is used, Bout(15:0) is being used as a test bus.

The filter 300 outputs can be in 2's complement or offset binary format as selected by FMT.

True/complementer

The true/complementers 322, 324, 332, and 334 all have saturation compensation; whereas, true/complementer 332 must also include accumulator overflow compensation. FIGS. 8-9 show true/complementers 322, 324, and 334 which take in 16-bit data and output true data or output the two's complement of the data subject to saturation. FIGS. 10-11 show true/complementer 332 which takes in 17-bit data from the adder in filter odd arm 327 and outputs true data or the two's complement subject to adder overflow and saturation detection. First consider simple saturation compensation as would be performed by 16-bit true/complementers 322, 324, and 334.

Saturation arises from the asymmetry of the two's complement representation of numbers. In particular, for 16-bit numbers the most significant bit (MSB) represents the sign and the remaining fifteen bits represent the magnitude of the number. The sign bit is 0 for positive and 1 for negative numbers. Negation of a number is by taking the complement of every bit (including the sign bit) and then adding 1 to the least significant bit (LSB). This makes addition simple but makes negative numbers odd-looking due to their complementary nature. In particular, zero is represented by 0000 0000 0000 0000, plus one by 0000 0000 0000 0001, and minus one by 1111 1111 1111 1111. Taking the complement and adding one clearly interchanges plus one and minus one and keeps zero invariant. However, this representation of numbers is asymmetric in that there is one more negative number than positive number due to zero being one of the numbers with a sign bit 0. Indeed, the largest positive number is 2.sup.15 -1 and is represented by 0111 1111 1111 1111, but the negative number with the largest magnitude is -2.sup.15 and is represented by 1000 0000 0000 0000. Now taking the two's complement of 2.sup.15 -1's representative yields 1000 0000 0000 0001 which represents -(2.sup.15 -1), as expected. But the two's complement of -2.sup.15 's representative 1000 0000 0000 0000 is again 1000 0000 0000 0000, analogous to the two's complement of 0000 0000 0000 0000 reproducing itself. To handle this case of an input equal to -2.sup.15, true/complementers 322, 324, and 334 have a detection circuit for 1000 0000 0000 0000 and force an output of the largest positive number 0111 1111 1111 1111 rather than taking the erroneous two's complement. Thus there will be an error of one bit, but this is the best that can be done while restrained to 16 bits. FIG. 8 shows the saturation detection circuit as the set of inverted input AND gates (plus inverter and NOR gate) along the top of FIG. 8 plus the following paired AND gates to line SATURATION which feeds the SAT input of each of the 16 bit cells CELL. FIG. 9 illustrates the bit cells with the data bit feeding input DATA. The local oscillator's alternating 1 and -1 feed input LO in each cell with a high signal driving the two's complementing. The remaining gates above the cells in FIG. 8 make up the look ahead carry for the 1 added to the LSB of the complement when forming the two's complement. This carry feeds the CARRY input of the corresponding cell. ENABLE low activates each cell to replace the current output stored in the D flip-flop with the input from the DATA, SAT, CARRY, and LO inputs when CLK clocks the flip-flop.

True/complementer 332 compensates for saturation and also for overflow from the adder of filter odd arm 327. True/complementer 332 outputs 17 bits because odd arm 327 outputs 17 bits and rounding will be done in rounder 342. In particular, the adder has extra bits above the 17 bits to be output, and these bits are used to monitor overflow. In decimation mode for half-band filter 300, the 17th(2.sup.34) and 18th(2.sup.35) bits are compared, and for the other three modes (interpolation mode, downconvert plus decimate mode, and interpolate plus upconvert mode) the 17th(2.sup.33), 18th(2.sup.34), and 19th(2.sup.35) bits are monitored. If an overflow occurs, then these bits will differ and an overflow flag will be set (active +1). With overflow the largest positive number or the negative number with largest magnitude will be output. The 2.sup.35 bit will be used as the proper sign bit. These signals combine with the complement (-1 multiply) signal (active +1) at input LO of each cell to determine the overflow data output as follows:

Even without overflow indicated true/complementer saturates to the largest positive number (0 1111 1111 1111 1111) when complementing the negative number with the largest magnitude (1 0000 0000 0000 0000). FIG. 10 shows true/complementer 332 with FIG. 11 showing the 17 cells CELL along with the SATURATION line, LO input, and arrays of gates as in FIG. 8 for true/complementers 322, 324, and 334. The cells in FIG. 11 show the extra inputs for OVERFLOW and ovfData which receive the overflow signal and the overflow bit, respectively. The OVERFLOW signal drives the multiplexer MX2 to either pass the input DATA bit or to supply the ovfData bit from the foregoing table.

The lower lefthand portion of FIG. 10 shows the compatibility of the OVERFLOW and the LO complementing. OVERFLOW gates the LO signals so that when OVERFLOW is active, the LO input to each cell is low which drives the NAND gate high and thus the ovfData bit passes through the exclusive NOR gate to the flip-flop. The lower lefthand portion of FIG. 10 also shows the ovfData bit generation by LO exclusively ORd with the input MSB to make the ovfData MSB and inverted to make the remainder of the ovfData bits.

True/complementer 332 provides saturation in the same manner as true/complementers 322, 324, and 334.

MODIFICATIONS AND VARIATIONS

The preferred embodiments may be varied in many ways while retaining the features of a filter multiplier using Wallace trees with all lower bits hardware truncated and joint saturation plus overflow compensation. For example, the filter need not be a half-band filter, but any digital filter with multipliers which yield products that are rounded off. The hardware contributing only to bits which are rounded off could be truncated.