Patents by Inventor Bruno G. Viereck

Bruno G. Viereck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5289199
    Abstract: An antenna resonant circuit (10) is described having a coil (18, 26) and a capacitor (30) as frequency-determining elements for use in a transmitting/receiving device which in a transmitting operating phase transmits HF signals of high power and in a receiving operating phase receives HF signals of low power. In the antenna resonant circuit (10) parallel to the capacitor (30) there is a series circuit of a further capacitor (32) and a threshold value switch (34, 36). Said threshold value switch (34, 36) is of high resistance when the voltage applied thereto is smaller than its threshold value and of low resistance when the voltage applied thereto is greater than its threshold value. The threshold value of the threshold value switch (34, 36) is so set that it is greater than the voltage applied thereto in the receiving operating phase but smaller than the voltage applied thereto in the transmitting operating phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Bruno G. Viereck
  • Patent number: 5170496
    Abstract: In a circuit arrangement for matching the resonant frequency of an antenna resonant circuit (18) to the output circuit of a transmitter output stage (10), the antenna resonant circuit (18) is coupled via a reactance to the transmitter output stage (10). By means of a current sensor (16), the supply direct current of the transmitter output stage (10) is detected. The value of a tuning component (26), lying in the antenna resonant circuit (18), can be changed by a control signal; the tuning component is a governing factor for the resonance frequency of the antenna resonant circuit (18). A comparator and control unit (36)repeatedly samples the value of the supply direct current detected by the current sensor (16). In dependence upon the result of a comparison with a sequential previously sampled value, it applies th control signal to the tuning component (26) to obtain a maximization of the supply direct current detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Bruno G. Viereck
  • Patent number: 5168282
    Abstract: An antenna resonant circuit (10) is described having a coil (18, 26) and a capacitor (30) as frequency-determining elements for use in a transmitting/receiving device which in a transmitting operating phase transmits HF signals of high power and in a receiving operating phase receives HF signals of low power. In the antenna resonant circuit (10) parallel to the capacitor (30) there is a series circuit of a further capacitor (32) and a threshold value switch (34, 36). Said threshold value switch (34, 36) is of high resistance when the voltage applied thereto is smaller than its threshold value and of low resistance when the voltage applied thereto is greater than its threshold value. The threshold value of the threshold value switch (34, 36) is so set that it is greater than the voltage applied thereto in the receiving operating phase but smaller than the voltage applied thereto in the transmitting operating phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Bruno G. Viereck