Baseband Processor for IEEE 802.11a Standard with Embedded BIST

Milos Krstic, Koushik Maharatna, Alfonso Troya, Eckhard Grass, and Ulrich Jagdhold

Abstract: In this paper results of an IEEE 802.11a compliant low-power baseband processor implementation are presented. The detailed structure of the baseband processor and its constituent blocks is given. A design for testability strategy based on Built-In Self-Test (BIST) is proposed. Finally, implementational results and power estimation are reported.

Keywords: IEEE 802.11a, Baseband processor, Low power, BIST.