SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING DISCRETE FREQUENCY TRANSFORM FOR RECEIVERS USING SINGLE-BIT ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS

A system and method for performing discrete frequency transform including a pair of single-bit analog to digital converters (ADCs), a phase converter, a memory, a discrete frequency transform converter and summation circuitry. The ADCs convert an analog input signal into N pairs of binary in-phase and quadrature component samples each being one of four values at a corresponding one of four phases. The phase converter determines a phase value for each pair of component samples. The memory stores a set of discrete frequency transform coefficient values based on N. The discrete frequency transform converter uses a phase value and a pair of discrete frequency transform coefficient values retrieved from the memory for a selected frequency bin to determine a discrete frequency component for each pair of phase component samples. The summation circuitry sums the corresponding N frequency domain components for determining a frequency domain value for the selected frequency bin.