
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Baseband Modem (SSTM)
PRELIMINARY V1.8
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Figure 14.
Receiver Lock State Machine
If the state machine is turned on, then the receiver will not declare LOCK loss right after
UW has not been detected. Instead, it will allow for UW errors in up to two further
bursts before declaration LOCK loss. The state diagram for this lock state machine is
shown in Figure 14. In the figure, UW4DET indicates the condition when the four UWs
have been detected during acquisition burst, UWDET indicate the condition where the
single UW in empty and data bursts has been detected. M_SB is the programmed bit
(CI_h[0]) which is a binary “1” when the SSTM is programmed to be the master and a
binary “0” when programmed as a slave. NMODE is a signal generated by the receive
logic when the digital phase locked loop in the receiver has achieved lock, it is similar
to an RSSI signal. Note that the NMODE signal is independent of the UW detection.
Physically, when NMODE is asserted, it indicates that PN acquisition has been
achieved. The LOCKED and RLOCK states are as described previously.
12.8.
System Delay
To calculate the delay through the system (see Figure 15.), assume that the transmit
FIFO is almost empty at the end of a burst. Then the next bit that enters the transmit
FIFO will experience a system delay (excluding propagation delay but including the
internal logic delay) of approximately:
(EQ 3)
where TG is the time delay due to Guard Time (note: G = G1 = G2 = 28bits), TPR is the
time delay due to preamble, TUW is the time delay of the UW, TSW is the time delay for
RLOCK
0
1
2
LOCKED
UNLOCKED
UWDET
UW4DET
UWDET
NMODE +M_SB.UW4DET
+UWDET
UWDET
UWDET
UWDET
RLOCK
RLOCK
UWDET
UWDET
T
delay
2T
G
T
PR
T
UW
T
SW
++
+
()
×
T
DAT
T∆
++
=