Marvell International Limited

Xiaotao Xu

Jianwei Bei

Mao Yu

Xiangdong Jin

Victor Lin

Yihong Qi

In a receive system, a plurality of correlators correlate a received signal with a plurality of delayed versions of a reference signal to generate a plurality of correlator outputs. A timing error detector estimates an optimal timing based on a set of correlator outputs, and determines a timing error based on (i) the estimated optimal correlation point and (ii) an existing timing, such that the timing error is hard or soft limited between two positive thresholds and two negative thresholds.

Timing error detector for adverse channel conditions

In accordance with the teachings described herein, system and methods are provided for a GPS PRN code interpolation scheme with a reduced memory requirement. An example GPS receiver system may include a memory, a local PRN code generator, and an interpolator. The memory may be used to store GPS PRN code received from a global positioning satellite. The local PRN code generator generates a replica PRN code having a repeating code that includes at least a first epoch and a second epoch. The interpolator determines an offset point in the first epoch of replica PRN code and interpolates the replica PRN code at a predetermined sample rate to generate an interpolated replica PRN code for use in correlating with the GPS PRN code.

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