Patent ID: 7400667

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal, comprising: a receiver which receives a spread spectrum signal transmitted by a base station; a demodulator which generates a dispreading code for de-spreading the spread spectrum signal received by the receiver and demodulates the spread spectrum signal using the generated dispreading code; a first oscillator which outputs a signal having a first frequency; a first timer which executes a counting operation when the receiver is in a suspension state, the first timer being driven by the first oscillator; a second oscillator which starts to output a signal having a second frequency when the receiver changes from the suspension state to a receiving state, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency; a second timer which executes a counting operation when the receiver is in the receiving state, the second timer being driven by the second oscillator; and a controller which controls the receiving state and the suspension state based on the count by the first timer and the second timer, wherein the controller further controls so that the receiver changes from the suspension state to the receiving state and the demodulator starts demodulation operation, and controls to execute a search operation to attain synchronization of a dispreading code if an output of a signal demodulated by the demodulator is smaller than a predetermined value, and to not execute the search operation to attain synchronization of the dispreading code if the output of the signal is equal to or larger than the predetermined value, when the receiver changes from the suspension state to the receiving state.