Patents by Inventor Colin Davey Patterson

Colin Davey Patterson 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: 4052558
    Abstract: A modem adapted to enable data transmission over information communication links, such as a voice-grade telephone line. The modem includes a modulator where a binary data source and a clock pulse source are connected to an exclusive OR gate which provides an output pulse train including pulses having widths which are a function of the binary data. The pulse train is applied to a flip-flop and thereafter the output of the flip-flop is introduced into a low-pass filter to provide a sinusoidally varying frequency signal. This signal from the low-pass filter is demodulated by a demodulator circuit which in a first embodiment of the present invention employs a counter implemented in the form of digital circuitry. In a second embodiment of the present invention, this demodulator includes a shift register operating in conjunction with a phase locked loop and a controlled oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Inventor: Colin Davey Patterson