Phase error correction using despread signals

A receiver in a spread spectrum communications system, comprising:

• a phase error correction unit connected to receive an input signal having a phase error and adapted to generate an output signal having a corrected phase error;
• and
• a despreader adapted to despread a data signal;
• wherein said despreader is connected to said phase error correction unit to provide the despread data signal to said phase error correction unit, and
• said phase error correction unit is arranged for correcting the phase error dependent on said despread data signal.

An integrated circuit chip for processing spread spectrum data signals, comprising:

• phase error correction circuitry adapted to correct a phase error in an input signal;
• and
• despreader circuitry adapted to despread a data signal;
• wherein said despreader circuitry is connected to said phase error correction circuitry to provide the despread data signal to said phase error correction circuitry, and
• said phase error correction circuitry is arranged for correcting the phase error dependent on said despread data signal.

A method of operating a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) receiver, the method comprising:

• correcting a phase error in an input signal;
• and
• despreading a data signal;
• wherein the phase error correction is performed dependent on the despread data signal.

A method of operating a receiver in a spread spectrum communications system, the method comprising:

• correcting a phase error in an input signal;
• and
• despreading a data signal;
• wherein the phase error correction is performed dependent on the despread data signal.