  The problem of quantizing a circularly-symmetric complex Gaussian random
variable is considered. For this purpose, we design two non-uniform quantizers,
a high-rate-, and a Lloyd-Max-, quantizer that are both based on the (golden
angle) spiral-phyllotaxis packing principle. We find that the proposed schemes
have lower mean-square error distortion compared to (non)-uniform
polar/rectangular-quantizers, and near-identical to the best performing trained
vector quantizers. The proposed quantizer scheme offers a structured design, a
simple natural index ordering, and allow for any number of centroids.
