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Fixed Point Arithmetic Adition

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thunder

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Oct 24, 2009, 3:50:54 PM10/24/09
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Hi

I have a question regarding Fixed point Arithmetic addition.

For example, i have two fixed point numbers:

a = unsigned Q7.8 format (7-bit integer, 8 bit factional).
b = unsigned Q7.8 format ( " " ).

Now a + b = c, where c is an unsigned Q8.8 result.

Qs: How do I transform c into d, where d is a unsigned Q7.9 result ??

The way i have tried to approach it is as follows:

Integer part
----------------
The way i have thought about the integer part is to say that if bit
[15] of the result c is a '1', then bits[14:8] of d is b"111_1111",
otherwise d[14:8] = c[14:8].

Is is correct ??

Fractional Part
----------------------

The way i have thought about the fractional part is that for d, i want
one extra fractional bit to increase the fractional preciion.

The obvious way to me seems to be to add an extra bit at the LSB end:
ie d[8:0 = c[7:0] & 1'b0.

Is this correct?


QS; Can anyone recommend a good book on Fixed Point and Floating point
arithmetic ?

THanks in Advance


J

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