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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Uma Jha, Placentia, CA (US);
Joel D. Medlock, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention described in the specification and drawings is an apparatus and method of generating a phase-shifted maximum length pseudo-random noise (PN) sequence without resorting to complicated counters and clocking schemes. The apparatus includes a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) that has N stages and the ability to generate a first PN sequence at an output of its last stage. The LFSR is coupled to a first mask circuit and a second mask circuit for generating a second PN sequence and a third PN sequence. The apparatus further includes logic for selectively outputting bits from the second and third PN sequences to form a fourth PN sequence, which has a phase shift relative to the first PN sequence.