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Non-coherent spread-spectrum continuous-phase modulation communication system

US5754584A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateMay 19, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J14/005
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique for modulating and demodulating CPM spread spectrum signals and variations of CPM spread spectrum signals. A spread spectrum transmitter includes a chip sequence generator for generating a chip sequence from a data stream, a switch for dividing said chip sequence into an odd chip sequence and an even chip sequence, and a modulator for generating and transmitting a continuous phase modulated signal from said odd chip sequence and said even chip sequence. A spread spectrum receiver comprises a plurality of non-coherent serial CPM correlators, each generating a correlation signal. In a preferred embodiment, the chip sequence generator of the transmitter comprises a table of symbol codes, each symbol code comprising a series of chips corresponding to a unique series of bits in said data stream, and each non-coherent serial CPM correlator is configured to detect one of the symbol codes. The spread spectrum receiver selects a data symbol based on said correlation signals output from the non-coherent serial CPM correlators. A spread spectrum preamble may be used to set initial timing for the non-coherent serial CPM correlators.

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