Patent ReferencesReceivers for navigation satellite systems Digital receiver for spread-spectrum signals System and method for receiving and decoding global positioning satellite signals Patent #: 5271034 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 204129 filed on 03/02/1994US Classes:375/150, Correlation-type receiver380/34Plural carrier frequenciesExaminersPrimary: Cain, DavidAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04K 001/10Foreign Application Priority Data1993-05-07 GBAbstractA signal compression system a receiver comprising, a down frequency converter to which received compressed signals are fed thereby to provide compressed baseband signals and an m-bit digital correlator defined by the serial combination of n similar smaller correlator stages, each of k-bits, where nk=m, and a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processor having n input ports fed from the n similar smaller correlators stages, one to each port, thereby to provide n output signals from the FFT processor which are fed to signal selector means which serves to select that output signal from the FFT processor which has the largest amplitude thereby to provide a decompressed signal. | |