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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2009
Olivier Rousseaux, sint-Joost-ten-Node, BE;
LI Huang, Eindhoven, NL;
Mladen Berekovic, Hemmingen, DE;
Dries Neirynck, Dublin, IE;
Olivier Rousseaux, sint-Joost-ten-Node, BE;
Li Huang, Eindhoven, NL;
Mladen Berekovic, Hemmingen, DE;
Dries Neirynck, Dublin, IE;
IMEC, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
The invention relates to methods for synchronizing a device to a signal containing a train of pulses representing a programmable number of repetitions of a predetermined code. Pulse position and code phase are searched for. In a first aspect, a programmable number of samples is taken per pulse frame in function of the available number of repetitions of said predetermined code. In a second aspect, the method comprises a signal detection stage from which, after performing a confirmation stage, information can be kept for a subsequent stage. In a third aspect, only a limited number of rotated versions of the predetermined code are checked, using a presumed code phase which is kept from a preceding stage.