Method and apparatus for receiving and converting spread spectrum signals

摘要

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for receiving and converting spread spectrum signals. Said method and said apparatus allow to receive spread spectrum signals in different frequency bands substantially simultaneously on the same chain of hardware components. The received signals are processed on said chain of hardware components and the resulting signal thereafter can further be used within an electronic circuit. Said method comprises the step of converting analog signals into a lower frequency digital signal. Said conversion step comprises the steps of capturing a plurality of incoming signals within a predetermined spectral range, filtering out of said incoming signals a first plurality of analog spread spectrum signals in a plurality of predetermined bands with predetermined widths, and sampling said analog signals with a sampling frequency fs wherein fs is chosen such that the resulting time-discrete signal comprises a second plurality of analog spread spectrum signals, being said first plurality of analog spread spectrum signals been aliased without substantial self-aliasing.