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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Gregory S. Caso, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
David A. Wright, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Dominic P. Carrozza, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
An improved digital decision directed phase locked loop (DD-PLL) for use with short block codes using phase shifting keying (PSK) modulation. The improvement involves a conventional digital phase lock loop which is modified to base its loop corrections on the results obtained by decoding the short block code rather than on a symbol by symbol basis as is customary in conventional DD-PLLs. The improved method of loop corrections involves retaining the symbol data pending the decoder's decision, derotating the retained data in accordance with the decoded result, and integrating the derotated data to form a composite estimator upon which to base the loop correction. In its preferred embodiment, the invention uses an (8, 4) biorthogonal code with quatenary PSK.