Methods and apparatus for improving signal timing accuracy

Details Methods and apparatus for improving signal timing accuracy Methods and apparatus for improving signal timing accuracy

2006-03-20

2009-12-29

Fan, Chieh M (Department: 2611)

Pulse or digital communications

Spread spectrum

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C375S150000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07639730

ABSTRACT:
A technique for determining the time of arrival of a signal includes generating a spread spectrum signal with a number of code sectors, each including a periodic sequence of spread spectrum chips that corresponds to a predetermined correlation function. The periodic sequences of chips of the code sectors are shifted in time by differing amounts relative to a periodic time reference. Upon reception, the spread spectrum signal is periodically sampled, and the different code sectors produce different sampling points on the correlation function such that a number of time-shifted correlation functions results from time shifts of the code sectors. The time of arrival of the spread spectrum signal can be determined by curve fitting of the sampling points from the set of time-shifted correlation functions.

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