An apparatus and method for despreading a CDMA signal, wherein the
apparatus performs a predetermined operation on a received CDMA signal and
first and second codes to extract a pilot symbol and a data symbol from
the received CDMA signal when the first and second codes are generated
internally; and includes a correlation unit for performing operations on
the respective inphase and quadrature components of the first code and
accumulatively storing the results of the operations depending on first
and second selection signals obtained from the first and second codes, a
decimator for outputting individual accumulated values after individual
results of the operation are separately accumulated a predetermined number
of times by the correlation unit, and a symbol output unit for performing
a predetermined operation on individual values output from the decimator
to output the pilot symbol and the data symbol.
