| 摘要 |
An electronic circuit includes control circuitry, an analog-to-digital converter which includes a sampler, a pseudorandom noise (PN) generator configured to produce a PN signal, and a plurality of n correlators. The control circuitry is configured to control the sampler, in a sampling phase determination process, to sample a signal at a sampling period of T±T/n (where T is a symbol or chip period of the signal, and n is the number of phases of the sampled signal where n≧4) for outputting a sample set for each one of n phases of the sampled signal. Each correlator has a first input configured to receive one of the sample sets associated with a corresponding one of the n phases of the sampled signal, a second input configured to receive the PN signal, and an output which provides a correlation result from a correlation process between the sample set and the PN signal. The control circuitry is further configured to identify, from the correlation results, one of the phases associated with the optimal correlation result. The control circuitry is then configured to control the sampler, in a communication mode, to sample a received signal at a sampling period of T at the phase associated with the optimal correlation result, for use in recovering user or signaling information from the received signal.
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