Patents by Inventor Michael William Landry

Michael William Landry 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).

  • Wireless extension for cable television signals
    Patent number: 7151575
    Abstract: A wireless link provides an extension to cable television signals for a television receiver that does not have access to a coaxial cable. Analog and digital cable channels are processed and transmitted over the wireless link. Security of the signal is provided by transmitting encrypted data and decrypting at the receiving node. The conditional access encryption inherent in the data can insure communication security or encryption may be performed at the transmitting node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael William Landry, Itzhak Gurantz
  • Digital frequency synthesizer
    Patent number: 5931891
    Abstract: A digital frequency synthesizer for generating square wave signals employing a phase accumulator, triangle wave logic function, smoothing filter, and hard limiter. A triangle wave logic function simplifies the implementation of stable square wave signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventor: Michael William Landry