Spread spectrum detector
First Claim
1. A detector for use in a communication receiver in which a received coded signal is to be detected utilizing a locally generated similarly coded signal, comprising:
- a first channel and a second channel;
means for applying said received coded signal to said first channel and to said second channel;
first correlation means included in said first channel for correlating said received coded signal with a generated coded signal received from said second channel to provide a detected received coded signal;
means responsive to said detected received coded signal for providing a lock indication signal when the degree of synchronization between said generated coded signal and said received coded signal is within a desired range;
local means included in said second channel for generating a coded signal and a dithered coded signal in response to a control signal;
second correlation means adapted to receive said received coded signal and said generated dithered coded signal, said second correlation means providing a signal indicative of the degree of synchronization between said received coded signal and said generated dithered coded signal; and
means responsive to said provided signal from said second correlation means for generating said control signal and for providing said control signal to said local means so as to drive said dithered coded signal into synchronization with said received coded signal.
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Abstract
The detector of the present invention includes a first and a second signal channel each of which is adapted to receive a spread spectrum signal, or any other similar type multi-modulated carrier signal. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the first signal channel is provided with a correlator for partially demodulating the received signal, as to one modulation signal component, with a demodulation signal derived from the second signal channel. The first signal channel is also provided with an additional correlator for demodulating the partially demodulated signal as to another modulation component. The second signal channel is comprised of a means for generating a dithered demodulation signal which signal is driven into synchronization with a corresponding modulation signal component in the received signal so as to enable the accurate generation of the demodulation signal utilized by the first signal channel.
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17 Claims
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1. A detector for use in a communication receiver in which a received coded signal is to be detected utilizing a locally generated similarly coded signal, comprising:
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a first channel and a second channel; means for applying said received coded signal to said first channel and to said second channel; first correlation means included in said first channel for correlating said received coded signal with a generated coded signal received from said second channel to provide a detected received coded signal; means responsive to said detected received coded signal for providing a lock indication signal when the degree of synchronization between said generated coded signal and said received coded signal is within a desired range; local means included in said second channel for generating a coded signal and a dithered coded signal in response to a control signal; second correlation means adapted to receive said received coded signal and said generated dithered coded signal, said second correlation means providing a signal indicative of the degree of synchronization between said received coded signal and said generated dithered coded signal; and means responsive to said provided signal from said second correlation means for generating said control signal and for providing said control signal to said local means so as to drive said dithered coded signal into synchronization with said received coded signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a receiver for a spread spectrum coded signal which signal is comprised of a carrier signal that has been phase modulated by a data signal and by a pseudo-random sequence signal, a detector comprising:
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a first and a second signal channel; means for receiving and applying said received spread spectrum coded signal to said first channel and to said second channel; first correlation means included in said first channel for correlating the pseudo-random sequence component of said received signal with a pseudo-random signal received from said second signal channel so as to provide a partially detected received signal; carrier demodulation means responsive to said partially detected received signal for demodulating the carrier signal component from said partially detected signal so as to provide a detected received signal; local means included in said second channel for generating a pseudo-random signal and a dithered pseudo-random coded signal the phasing of which is a function of a control signal; second correlation means adapted to receive said spread spectrum coded signal and said generated dithered pseudo-random coded signal for providing an error signal indicative of the degree of synchronization between said signals; and means operatively connected to said second correlation means for providing said control signal to said local means as a function of said error signal so as to drive the phasing of said generated dithered pseudo-random coded signal to a minimum. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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