Patent · US Expired

Communication device

US7295638B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims
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Filing dateNov 17, 2003
Grant dateNov 13, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2201/70707
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) receiver (100) consistent with certain embodiments has a frequency generator (112) that generates a local oscillator signal without use of a piezoelectric crystal. A frequency converter (108) receives the local oscillator signal and mixes the local oscillator signal with a received DSSS signal to produce a down-converted signal. The received DSSS signal is encoded using a first set of DSSS code. A differential chip detector (116) receives the down-converted signal and converts the down-converted signal to a differentially detected signal. A correlator (120) receives the differentially detected signal and correlates the detected signal with a set of DSSS codes that are time-shifted from the first set of DSSS codes. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

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