Abstract:Code phase discriminator is the important part of the delay-locked loop, so its performance affects the pseudo-code tracking precision of receiver directly. Aim at influence of the input signal’s finite word-length effect on the discriminator’s performance, a new method based on signal statistical character was proposed and the effect of input signal’s finiteword length of unified early minus late amplitude discriminator on output performance was analyzed. Analysis and simulation show that the influence of input signal’s finite word-length effect in the case of high SNR(Signal-to-Noise Ratio) is more obvious than in the case of low SNR. The loss of pseudo-code tracking precision caused by finite word length increases as the increasing of input signal’s SNR. The deviation of the code phase discriminator with up to 4 bits almost has not influence on the pseudo-code tracking accuracy. This conclusion can be used to guide the low power and miniaturization design of receiver.