Abstract: The present invention is directed to a de-spreading method for a noncoherent receiver including: obtaining an output signal from a matched filter of a noncoherent receiver, which is PSK modulated and is at least two times upsampled; performing a noncoherent demodulation step including performing a differential operation on an in-phase and quadrature-phase components of the output signal of the matched filter to obtain a demodulated signal; and performing a de-spreading step on the demodulated signal with a PN table corresponding to the demodulated signal to obtain the de-spreaded data, wherein the PN table corresponding to the demodulated data contains chips which are either logic 1 or logic ?1. A noncoherent receiver is also provided.

Abstract: Apparatus for positioning and method for the same are disclosed. The apparatus comprises two transceivers and four time-to-digital converters. The time-to-digital converters compare the phase difference between two signals, one is the crystal oscillation and the other is the phase of the IF (intermediate frequency) signal extracted before ADC receiving by the transceiver. The method comprises the following steps: The first place transmits a first wireless signal by a first transceiver to the second place. The second place then responds a second wireless signal by a second transceiver to the first place. The first phase difference at the first place is then measured by the time-to-digital converter. The second phase difference at the second place is also measured. The distance between the first place and the second place is proportional to one half of the sum of first phase difference and the second phase difference.