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    Poster
    Presenter(s)
    Pedro T. L. Pereira Headshot
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    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
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    Author(s)
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Display Name
    Guilherme Paim
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    UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
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    Catholic University of Pelotas
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    Sérgio Almeida
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    Catholic University of Pelotas
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    Sergio Bampi
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    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
    Abstract

    The Kalman gain (KG) equation is the key block of the Kalman filter (KF) processing. It comprises many multipliers and adders in its VLSI implementation, which is attractive for a low-power design exploring efficient arithmetic units. This work explores approximate arithmetic units to reduce power dissipation and area in the VLSI design of the KG block, maintaining an appropriate precision level for the filter application. We employ the leading one bit-based approximate (LoBA) multiplier combined with a lower-part-or (LOA) approximate adder in the main parts of the KG architecture. Our results highlight an approximate KG architecture with a decrease in power dissipation of 20.66% (1.26 times), compared with the exact one, achieving 84.85% success in identifying systems.

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    • Exploring Approximate Arithmetic Units for a Power-Efficient Kalman Gain VLSI Design (application/pdf)