Abstract: A wireless communications device may include a path searcher for detecting signal peak locations in a received spread-spectrum signal, and a RAKE finger stage. The RAKE finger stage may include a plurality of RAKE fingers for determining symbol values from the received spread-spectrum signal based upon the detected peak locations. Each RAKE finger may include at least one de-spreader for de-spreading time-staggered versions of the received spread-spectrum signal and operating at a signal rate of the received spread-spectrum signal, and a frequency corrector downstream from the at least one de-spreader comprising a phase lock loop (PLL) operating at a rate that is less than the signal rate.

Abstract: A location determining system for a wireless transmitter is carried by a platform movable relative to the wireless transmitter. The location determining system may include an antenna, and a receiver coupled to the antenna. The location determining system may also include a location determining processor coupled to the receiver to collect, during movement relative to the wireless transmitter, a series of range measurements and a corresponding series of received signal measurements, and to estimate a location of the wireless transmitter based upon the range measurements weighted using the received signal measurements.

Abstract: A location determining system for a wireless transmitter is carried by a platform movable relative to the wireless transmitter. The location determining system may include an antenna, and a receiver coupled to the antenna. The location determining system may also include a location determining processor coupled to the receiver to collect, during movement relative to the wireless transmitter, a series of range measurements and a corresponding series of received signal measurements, and to estimate a location of the wireless transmitter based upon the range measurements weighted using the received signal measurements.

Abstract: A wireless communications device may include a path searcher for detecting signal peak locations in a received signal. The path searcher may include a common coherent correlator for performing a common coherent correlation operation on the received signal, and a plurality of peak detection frequency bin correlators may be arranged in parallel downstream from the common coherent correlator. The wireless communications device may further include a RAKE finger stage for determining symbol values from the received signal based upon the detected signal peak locations.

Abstract: A wireless communications device may include a path searcher for detecting signal peak locations in a received spread-spectrum signal, and a RAKE finger stage. The RAKE finger stage may include a plurality of RAKE fingers for determining symbol values from the received spread-spectrum signal based upon the detected peak locations. Each RAKE finger may include at least one de-spreader for de-spreading time-staggered versions of the received spread-spectrum signal and operating at a signal rate of the received spread-spectrum signal, and a frequency corrector downstream from the at least one de-spreader comprising a phase lock loop (PLL) operating at a rate that is less than the signal rate.