Patents by Inventor JAMES CARL SCHATZMAN

JAMES CARL SCHATZMAN 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).

  • Array processing for satellite communications
    Patent number: 9473234
    Abstract: A satellite communications system includes a plurality of satellites that generate communications data over a plurality of channels. A plurality of antennas receives the communications data over the plurality of channels generated by the plurality of satellites. Each of the antennas receives a separate signal from each of the plurality of satellites over the channels. A converter digitizes each of the separate signals from each of the plurality of satellites received at the plurality of antennas. A processor forms separate digital beams from each of the separate signals digitized by the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Shreve, James Carl Schatzman
  • ARRAY PROCESSING FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150304019
    Abstract: A satellite communications system includes a plurality of satellites that generate communications data over a plurality of channels. A plurality of antennas receives the communications data over the plurality of channels generated by the plurality of satellites. Each of the antennas receives a separate signal from each of the plurality of satellites over the channels. A converter digitizes each of the separate signals from each of the plurality of satellites received at the plurality of antennas. A processor forms separate digital beams from each of the separate signals digitized by the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: GREGORY ALAN SHREVE, JAMES CARL SCHATZMAN