Patent ID: 7054355

Claim:
A spread spectrum signal processing apparatus for processing a correlation signal from a correlator, comprising: a correlator for correlating a spread spectrum signal with a reference signal; a control means for supplying each of a plurality of divided codes sequentially to said correlator as the reference signal in accordance with the order of arrangement in a spreading code, said divided codes being formed by dividing the spreading code, which has a prescribed length and is used to despread said spread spectrum signal; and a signal processing means for summing a correlation signal which is output corresponding to each of the divided codes and for outputting a summed result, said signal processing means comprising a plurality of delay elements for delaying a signal by a time corresponding to a length of each of said divided codes, each of said delay elements being connected in cascade; wherein an output of said correlator is coupled to an input of each of said delay elements and to an output of a last stage of said delay elements.