Inventors:
Robert Mark Gorday - Wellington FL, US
Jorge Ivonnet - Lake Worth FL, US
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. - Austin TX
International Classification:
H04B 1/00
US Classification:
375150, 375142, 375343, 375344
Abstract:
A correlator () for de-spreading a spread-spectrum signal includes a state machine (), a frequency correction look-up table (), a pseudorandom code generator (), and a correlator structure ( and ). The spread-spectrum signal includes symbols, and each symbol includes a plurality of chips. The correlator structure includes a plurality of taps ( and ) at which a coordinate rotation digital computer (CORDIC) operation is performed to determine an offset from a nominal carrier frequency of the spread-spectrum signal and to change a phase of each chip of a received symbol, in order to correct a carrier frequency of the spread-spectrum signal while de-spreading the spread-spectrum signal.