Patents by Inventor J. Barry Taylor

J. Barry Taylor 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).

  • Dynamic range extension apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6567762
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system extend the dynamic range measurements performed on a device under test. The apparatus and method compensate for the non-ideal characteristics of the measurement system elements. Further, the apparatus, method and system facilitate low-level distortion measurements and improve the accuracy of such measurements using a novel cancellation signal approach. The dynamic range extension apparatus has an input port for accepting an input test signal from a signal source and an output port for delivering an output signal to a measurement processor. The apparatus comprises a signal splitter at its input, a cancellation pathway, a test pathway and a signal combiner at its output. The system comprises a signal source that provides an input signal to the input of the apparatus and a measurement processor at the output of the apparatus. In the dynamic range extension apparatus, method and system, a signal from the input signal source is split by the signal splitter into two signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian A. Bourde, J. Barry Taylor
  • Dynamic range extension apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20020082792
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system extend the dynamic range measurements performed on a device under test. The apparatus and method compensate for the non-ideal characteristics of the measurement system elements. Further, the apparatus, method and system facilitate low-level distortion measurements and improve the accuracy of such measurements using a novel cancellation signal approach. The dynamic range extension apparatus has an input port for accepting an input test signal from a signal source and an output port for delivering an output signal to a measurement processor. The apparatus comprises a signal splitter at its input, a cancellation pathway, a test pathway and a signal combiner at its output. The system comprises a signal source that provides an input signal to the input of the apparatus and a measurement processor at the output of the apparatus. In the dynamic range extension apparatus, method and system, a signal from the input signal source is split by the signal splitter into two signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Christian A. Bourde, J. Barry Taylor