CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit

• US 6,064,688 A
• Filed: 08/04/1997
• Issued: 05/16/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yanagi, Shuzo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bayard, Emmanuel
• Application Number:
  US08/905,601
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: 375/206, 375/207, 375/208, 375/209, 375/340, 375/319, 375/149, 375/142, 375/150, 375/147, 375/136, 370/320, 370/335, 370/342, 370/441, 370/479, 370/324
• US Class Current: 375/149
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7075 with code phase acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/708 Parallel implementation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/709 Correlator structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7101 with estimation filters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/70707 Efficiency-related aspects

Abstract

A CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit for receiving a CDMA signal and performing synchronous acquisition on the CDMA signal, comprises a receiving unit for receiving a signal and decoding the received signal to a reception base band signal which is spread-modulated in a CDMA mode, a correlation circuit for calculating a correlation value for the received base band signal every timing within one chip of a spread code by a correlator, and means for detecting the maximum value of the correlation value to estimate the spread code generation timing of a spread-modulated transmission base band signal within a precision of one chip of the spread code, wherein the correlator includes offset removing means for removing a DC offset component due to unbalance of the code balance of the spread code.

Claims

1. A CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit for receiving a CDMA signal to synchronously acquiring the CDMA signal, comprising:

a receiving unit for decoding a reception base band signal which is spread-modulated in a CDMA mode;

a correlation circuit for calculating a correlation value for the received base band signal every timing within one chip of a spread code by a correlator; and

means for detecting the maximum value of the correlation value to estimate the spread code generation timing of a spread-modulated transmission base band signal within a precision of one chip of the spread code,

wherein said correlator includes offset removing means for removing a DC offset component due to unbalance of the code balance of the spread code.

2. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said correlation circuit includes plural correlators which calculate correlation values at different spread code generation timings.

3. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 1, further including detection means for detecting correlation values of N in the order from the maximum correlation value.

4. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said offset removing means comprises measuring means for measuring the code balance of the spread code, first multiplying means for multiplying the measurement result and the output signal after the calculation of the correlation value, a low pass filter for removing high frequency components of the multiplication result, second multiplying means for multiplying the output of said low pass filter and the measurement result, and means for reducing the multiplication result from the output signal after the correlation value is calculated.

5. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 4, wherein said measuring means comprises first and second counters for counting a positive code and a negative code of the spread code in synchronism with the clock corresponding to a chip rate of the spread code, respectively, and a subtraction circuit for outputting the difference between the count values of said first and second counters every symbol of the spread code, the subtraction result being set as the measurement result.

6. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 2, further including detection means for detecting correlation values of N in the order from the maximum correlation value.

7. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein said offset removing means comprises measuring means for measuring the code balance of the spread code, first multiplying means for multiplying the measurement result and the output signal after the calculation of the correlation value, a low pass filter for removing high frequency components of the multiplication result, second multiplying means for multiplying the output of said low pass filter and the measurement result, and means for reducing the multiplication result from the output signal after the correlation value is calculated.

8. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 7, wherein said measuring means comprises first and second counters for counting a positive code and a negative code of the spread code in synchronism with the clock corresponding to a chip rate of the spread code, respectively, and a subtraction circuit for outputting the difference between the count values of said first and second counters every symbol of the spread code, the subtraction result being set as the measurement result.

9. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein said offset removing means comprises measuring means for measuring the code balance of the spread code, first multiplying means for multiplying the measurement result and the output signal after the calculation of the correlation value, a low pass filter for removing high frequency components of the multiplication result, second multiplying means for multiplying the output of said low pass filter and the measurement result, and means for reducing the multiplication result from the output signal after the correlation value is calculated.

10. The CDMA synchronous acquisition circuit as claimed in claim 9, wherein said measuring means comprises first and second counters for counting a positive code and a negative code of the spread code in synchronism with the clock corresponding to a chip rate of the spread code, respectively, and a subtraction circuit for outputting the difference between the count values of said first and second counters every symbol of the spread code, the subtraction result being set as the measurement result.

11. A CDMA type receiver comprising:

a quasi-coherent detecting circuit for receiving a transmission signal which is spread-modulated in a CDMA mode to decode a base band signal;

an A/D converter for converting the base band signal to digital data;

a correlator for calculating a correlation value between the digital signal of said A/D converter and the spread code;

synchronous acquisition circuit for detecting the maximum value of the correlation value to perform matching processing between the spread code timing of the spread-modulated transmission base band signal and the spread code; and

a spread code generating circuit for generating the spread code, wherein said correlator includes offset removing means for removing a DC offset component due to unbalance of code balance of a spread code applied thereto, said spread code generating circuit includes a phase shift circuit, and said synchronous acquisition circuit outputs the maximum correlation value of said correlator.

12. A method of synchronously acquiring a received CDMA signal, comprising:

converting the received CDMA signal to a base-band signal;

converting the base-band signal to a digital base-band signal;

correlating the digital base-band signal using a first spread code for the CDMA signal to provide a first correlated signal; and

removing D.C. offset components from the first correlated signal by adjusting the first correlated signal by a value corresponding to imbalance in symbols of the CDMA signal.

13. A method of synchronously acquiring a received CDMA signal, according to claim 12, further comprising:

determining the imbalance in the CDMA symbols by counting positive and negative values within the first spread code.

14. A method of synchronously acquiring a received CDMA signal, according to claim 12, further comprising:

providing a second correlated signal by correlating the digital base-band signal using a second spread code for the CDMA signal, wherein the second spread code has a phase timing different from phase timing of the first spread code.