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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2007
Jun Shen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xiangguo Tang, Union City, CA (US);
Jun Shen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
XiangGuo Tang, Union City, CA (US);
Sun Management, LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques to generate synchronization information from received signals in communication applications are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for generating synchronization information from received signals includes providing a fixed gain to a received analog signal to generate a modified analog signal, converting the modified analog signal to a digital signal, extracting one or more sign bits from the digital signal, and generating synchronization information as a function of the one or more sign bits. Various embodiments can be applied in several wireless and wired communication applications.