Patents by Inventor Takahiro Chihara

Takahiro Chihara 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: 5289506
    Abstract: An AFC circuit stabilizes the frequency of an intermediate frequency signal to be applied to a demodulation circuit. A frequency conversion circuit responds to a local oscillation signal generated from a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit to convert the frequency of a digital modulation signal and applies the converted frequency to the demodulation circuit. A carrier reproduction circuit in the demodulation circuit reproduces the carrier of the intermediate frequency signal to output a synchronizing detection signal. The frequency of the reproduced carrier is frequency-divided by a frequency dividing circuit. A frequency division output thereof is counted by a counter for a definite period. Data is outputted from a microprocessor in response to a count output of the counter and the synchronizing detection signal, and the data is then converted into an AFC voltage by a D/A converter. The converted voltage is supplied as a control voltage to the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takamitsu Kitayama, Masao Miyazaki, Tomozo Ohta, Takahiro Chihara
  • Patent number: 5278514
    Abstract: An MSK signal demodulating circuit including a carrier reproducing circuit for reproducing a carrier phase-synchronized with a component of a mark frequency or a space frequency of an MSK signal, a detector for performing synchronous detection of the MSK signal by means of the reproduced carrier, an identification circuit for converting an analog output from this detector into serial digital data, and a serial-parallel conversion circuit for converting the serial digital data into I, Q parallel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Chihara, Masao Miyazaki, Tomozo Ohta