Patents by Inventor Lee C. Santillano

Lee C. Santillano 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: 4992751
    Abstract: In a digitally controlled amplifier circuit a dc power source is modulated by an oscillator signal for producing a reference square wave signal. A sawtooth signal, double the frequency of the reference signal and synchronized therewith, is compared with a variable input signal to be amplified. When the sawtooth exceeds the input signal a phase shifted version of the reference signal, shifted in phase in accord with the instantaneous amplitude of the variable signal is produced. A switching circuit logically governed by the reference and phase shifted signals produce a pulse width modulated output signal of a selected polarity. An output filter smooths the pulse width modulated output signal and steering diodes control the polarity of the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Peavey Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Brian E. Attwood, Larry E. Hand, Lee C. Santillano