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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2004
Anand G. Dabak, Plano, TX (US);
Timothy M. Schmidl, Dallas, TX (US);
Chaitali Sengupta, Dallas, TX (US);
Anand G. Dabak, Plano, TX (US);
Timothy M. Schmidl, Dallas, TX (US);
Chaitali Sengupta, Dallas, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A circuit is designed with a matched filter circuit including a plurality of fingers () coupled to receive a data symbol. Each finger corresponds to a respective path of the data symbol. Each finger produces a respective output signal. A plurality of decoder circuits () receives the respective output signal from a respective finger of the plurality of fingers. Each decoder circuit produces a respective output signal. A joint detector circuit () is coupled to receive each respective output signal from the plurality of decoder circuits. The joint detector circuit produces an output signal corresponding to a predetermined code.