An improvement for obtaining synchronization to a chip-sequence signal. The chip-sequence signal has a plurality of chips, and is embedded in a spread-spectrum signal. A shift register shifts or cycles a replica or delayed replica of the chip-sequence signal. The shift register has a plurality of taps,...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US6259725?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6259725 - Spread-spectrum acquisition using counters
