Patents by Inventor James G. Ferguson

James G. Ferguson 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: 4849963
    Abstract: For use in a cellular radio-telephone system to enhance a signal from a cell site in an area shadowed by an obstruction such as a building or a mountain or the like, and to receive signals from subscribers in such areas, a cell enhancer includes bidirectional receivers, transmitters and amplifiers, the receivers and transmitters both including duplexer circuits for coupling signals in the proper up-link and down-link bands to the proper up-link and down-link antennas for transmission. Two embodiments of amplifiers are disclosed. A wideband amplifier network includes an input duplexer, a wideband amplifier with an attenuator, and an output duplexer, the duplexers coupling signals from both the up-link and down-link duplexer circuits to the amplifier for amplification. A narrow band network includes a plurality of amplifier modules each of which amplify only on one up-link and down-link channel assigned to the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Inventors: Minori Kawano, Tomoji Ichinose, James G. Ferguson