Frequency and timing synchronization circuit making use of a chirp signal

(54) FREQUENCY AND TIMING

SYNCHRONIZATION CIRCUIT MAKING
USE OF A CHIRP SIGNAL

(75) Inventor: Hiroshi Tanaka, Tokyo (JP)

(73) Assignee: NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ol this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/295,395

(22) Filed: Apr. 21, 1999

(30) Foreign Application Priority Data

Apr. 24, 1998 (JP) 10-129699

(51) Int. C I. 11041. 7 00

(52) U.S. CI 375/354; 375/139

(58) Field of Search 375/139, 349,

375/354, 340, 343; 327/161, 165

(56) References Cited

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* cited by examiner

Primary Examiner—Stephen Chin

Assistant Examiner—Kevin Kim

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Sughrue Mion, PLLC

(57) ABSTRACT

To surely detect a frequency shift and a timing difference ol a received signal making use ol a chirp signal even when the C/N ratio ol the received signal is low by resolving the problem ol resolution ol FFT processing, a frequency and timing synchronization circuit comprises: a chirp signal generator (6) lor generating a relerence chirp signal and a conjugate complex signal ol the relerence chirp signal; a first demodulator (7) lor obtaining a first in-phase complex signal and a first quadrature-phase complex signal by demodulating the received signal with the relerence chirp signal and the conjugate complex signal a frequency offset circuit (5) for obtaining an offset signal by shifting a frequency ol the received signal; a second demodulator (8) for obtaining a second in-phase complex signal and a second quadrature-phase complex signal by demodulating the offset signal with the relerence chirp signal and the conjugate complex signal; and a detector unit (9) for detecting the frequency shift and a difference ol the synchronization timing according to a first peak frequency giving a maximum power spectrum among frequency components ol the first and the second in-phase complex signal, and a second peak frequency giving a maximum power spectrum among frequency components ol the first and the second quadrature-phase complex signal.

6 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets