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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Junya Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Junya Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/216 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tracking circuit includes a plurality of phase sections each corresponding to different phases of a despreading code. Each of the phase sections includes a correlator for producing a correlation value between a reception signal and a corresponding phase of the spreading code and a power calculator calculates a power value from the correlation value. A comparator compares power values received from the phase sections to produce a comparison result. A controller selectively activates the plurality of phase sections based on the comparison result, allowing power consumption to be reduced.