US 12,216,214 B2
Multi-staged pipelined GNSS receiver
Andrey Bacherov, Moscow (RU); and Charles Manning, Christchurch (NZ)
Assigned to Trimble Inc., Westminster, CO (US)
Filed by Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,729.
Application 18/384,729 is a continuation of application No. 17/961,333, filed on Oct. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,828,858.
Application 17/961,333 is a continuation of application No. 16/888,039, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 11,493,640, issued on Sep. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0134062 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0230918 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G01S 19/25 (2010.01); G01S 19/11 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01)
CPC G01S 19/258 (2013.01) [G01S 19/11 (2013.01); G01S 19/252 (2013.01); G01S 19/428 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a set of inputs for receiving sets of digital samples associated with received wireless signals, wherein each of the sets of digital samples corresponds to a particular radio-frequency (RF) path; and
a plurality of pipelines each including a plurality of stages that are serially connected, wherein each of the plurality of stages includes one or more digital logic circuits, and wherein the plurality of pipelines are configured to generate sets of interconnect data based on the sets of digital samples and pass the sets of interconnect data between adjacent pipelines of the plurality of pipelines;
wherein the apparatus is configured to receive control data for the plurality of pipelines and to provide the control data to a first pipeline of the plurality of pipelines.