Patents by Inventor James M. Vandzura

James M. Vandzura 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: 4845384
    Abstract: Dynamic logic units utilize magnetic cores of rectangular hysteresis loop material wound with an input winding, a pair of output windings connected to a CMOS flip-flop, and a d-c control winding. With a d-c current on the control winding, the core experiences flux reversals in response to a square wave on the input winding to generate output pulses which alternately switch the flip-flop to produce a square wave output which matches the input. In a first embodiment, the output windings are in the form of a center-tapped winding with the center tap grounded to provide a low impedance discharge path for the capacitors in grounded R-C filters on the inputs to the flip-flop which suppress voltage spikes. In a second embodiment, output windings on separate magnetic cores which share an input windings but only one of which has a control winding, are connected in opposition to eliminate the switching spikes in the signal applied to the flip-flop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: James M. Vandzura