Phase Recovery Loop (IP Core)

This core implements a phase recovery loop for QPSK demodulation based on a Costas loop phase detector. Its more important features and implementation example results are shown below.

Phase Recovery Loop core features:

  • Valid for QPSK modulations
  • Internal PI loop control

Implementation example

The Phase Recovery Loop core was implemented in a Xilinx Virtex-6 device (speed grade -3) and an Altera Stratix-IV (speed grade -4).

The following table shows the implementation results for the Virtex-6 device:

Results
Number of slices
164
Number of RAMB36E1
1
Number of DSP48E1s
12
Max. Clock Frequency
195.3 MHz

The following table shows the implementation results for the Stratix-IV device:

Results
Total LABs
82
DSP block 18-bit elements
23
Max. Clock Frequency
248.5 MHz