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Digital downconverter/despreader for direct sequence spread spectrum communications system

  • US 5,640,416 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 06/17/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for digitally downconverting and despreading an analog direct sequence spread spectrum signal, comprising:

  • a free-running, non-steered, clock generator which outputs an A/D sample clock;

    the A/D sample clock having a rate which is an integral multiple of a chip rate of the spread spectrum signal;

    an A/D converter which receives the spread spectrum signal and the A/D sample clock and outputs a digitized signal from the spread spectrum signal;

    a local pseudo-noise sequence signal generator which outputs a local pseudo-noise sequence signal; and

    a complex downconverter/polyphase filter which receives the digitized signal and the A/D sample clock and a sample timing phase control signal, simultaneously filters and downconverts the digitized signal to baseband, corrects timing phase misalignment between the digitized signal and the locally generated pseudo-noise sequence signal, and outputs a complex corrected baseband signal.

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