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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2003
Applicants:
Philip Mattos, Ruardean Woodside, GB;
Marco Losi, Bollate, IT;
Inventors:
Philip Mattos, Ruardean Woodside, GB;
Marco Losi, Bollate, IT;
Assignees:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
STMelectronics Limited, Bristol, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 169 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit for processing a plurality of received broadcast signals, such as GPS signals, is operable in two modes: acquisition and tracking. In an acquisition mode, a separate acquisition engine is used which includes a sample reducer for combining samples of a received signal for correlation with a locally generated version of a GPS code. A serial to parallel converter converts the reduced samples to parallel words which are correlated in parallel with locally generated words of the GPS code.