Each section can be configured into a 32 channel complex correlator. It also contains a phase generator configured into a 32 channel complex correlator. The phase generator circuit is also associated with each of the 8 sections. Internal muxing circuits will allow flexibility in interconnecting the correlator sections. At the end of an integration period the data in the accumulators is parallel-loaded into 1024 output registers.
New integration can begin immediately.
The chip supports data multiplexing and all control signals are passed through the chip, to simplify cascading. Narrow Band Auto Correlator for the JPL Microwave LIMB Sounder was delivered in November 1991. The inputs are 2-bit data words. Data can be output at a 10 MHz data rate. The processor contains 1024 independent correlators and consumes 2 watts while operating at 100 MHz.