Patents by Inventor Pal Meiyappan

Pal Meiyappan 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: 8897717
    Abstract: A two-element array antenna system includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element. A transmitting, receiving, and processing (TRP) system is coupled to the first and second antenna elements via, respectively, a single first transmission element and a single second transmission element. The first and second transmission elements have respective transmit-path and receive-path functionality. The TRP system is configured to determine an amplitude offset and phase offset associated with the transmit-path functionality of the first and second transmission elements, and, based on data obtained during the determination of amplitude offset and phase offset associated with the transmit-path functionality of the first and second transmission elements, determine an amplitude offset and phase offset associated with the receive-path functionality of the first and second transmission elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Ferguson, Mark Virtue, Eduard Shestak, Ruy C. Brandao, Pal Meiyappan, James Burton Jones, Jon Riley
  • Patent number: 8593330
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an improved multiradio system. An exemplary system includes first and second antennas and a first receiver that receives a signal from the first antenna, filters the received signal based on bandwidths associated with a traffic collision-avoidance system (TCAS), a transponder, and a universal access transceiver (UAT). The system digitizes the filtered signal and digitally downconverts the digitized signal. A second receiver receives a signal from the second antenna, filters the signal received from the second antenna based on the TCAS, the transponder, the UAT, and distance-measuring equipment (DME), separates the filtered signal into a first signal having a bandwidth associated with the TCAS, the transponder, the UAT and the lower half of the DME RF band, and into a second signal having a bandwidth associated with the upper half of the DME RF band, digitizes the first and second signal, and digitally downconverts the digitized first and second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Jones, Pal Meiyappan, Paul Ferguson, Mark Virtue, Thomas W. Hastings
  • Publication number: 20130015998
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an improved multiradio system. An exemplary system includes first and second antennas and a first receiver that receives a signal from the first antenna, filters the received signal based on bandwidths associated with a traffic collision-avoidance system (TCAS), a transponder, and a universal access transceiver (UAT). The system digitizes the filtered signal and digitally downconverts the digitized signal. A second receiver receives a signal from the second antenna, filters the signal received from the second antenna based on the TCAS, the transponder, the UAT, and distance-measuring equipment (DME), separates the filtered signal into a first signal having a bandwidth associated with the TCAS, the transponder, the UAT and the lower half of the DME RF band, and into a second signal having a bandwidth associated with the upper half of the DME RF band, digitizes the first and second signal, and digitally downconverts the digitized first and second signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: James B. Jones, Pal Meiyappan, Paul Ferguson, Mark Virtue, Thomas W. Hastings
  • Patent number: 8242951
    Abstract: A two-element array antenna system includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element. The first and second antenna elements respectively include first and second frequency multipliers. A transmitting, receiving, and processing (TRP) system is coupled to the first and second antenna elements via, respectively, a single first transmission element and a single second transmission element. The TRP system is configured to transmit to the first antenna element a first input signal at a sub-multiple of a first frequency, receive from the first frequency multiplier a first calibration signal based on the first input signal, transmit to the second antenna element a second input signal at a sub-multiple of the first frequency, receive from the second frequency multiplier a second calibration signal based on the second input signal, and determine, based on the calibration signals, a relative phase difference between the first and second transmission elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ruy Lopes Brandao, Pal Meiyappan, Ruy C. Brandao, James Burton Jones, Mark Virtue, Paul Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20120028587
    Abstract: A two-element array antenna system includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element. A transmitting, receiving, and processing (TRP) system is coupled to the first and second antenna elements via, respectively, a single first transmission element and a single second transmission element. The first and second transmission elements have respective transmit-path and receive-path functionality. The TRP system is configured to determine an amplitude offset and phase offset associated with the transmit-path functionality of the first and second transmission elements, and, based on data obtained during the determination of amplitude offset and phase offset associated with the transmit-path functionality of the first and second transmission elements, determine an amplitude offset and phase offset associated with the receive-path functionality of the first and second transmission elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Ferguson, Mark Virtue, Eduard Shestak, Ruy C. Brandao, Pal Meiyappan, James Burton Jones, Jon Riley
  • Publication number: 20100259439
    Abstract: A two-element array antenna system includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element. The first and second antenna elements respectively include first and second frequency multipliers. A transmitting, receiving, and processing (TRP) system is coupled to the first and second antenna elements via, respectively, a single first transmission element and a single second transmission element. The TRP system is configured to transmit to the first antenna element a first input signal at a sub-multiple of a first frequency, receive from the first frequency multiplier a first calibration signal based on the first input signal, transmit to the second antenna element a second input signal at a sub-multiple of the first frequency, receive from the second frequency multiplier a second calibration signal based on the second input signal, and determine, based on the calibration signals, a relative phase difference between the first and second transmission elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Ruy Lopes BRANDAO, Pal Meiyappan, Ruy C. Brandao, James Burton Jones, Mark Virtue, Paul Ferguson