Patents by Inventor Wlliam McFarland

Wlliam McFarland 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).

  • Method and apparatus for maximizing receiver performance utilizing mid-packet gain changes
    Publication number: 20020186796
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of and an apparatus for changing the gain of a receive path amplifier during the middle of a packet transmission, and particularly changing the gain during a guard interval between a symbol with encoding bits disposed therein and a subsequent data symbol encoded in a manner corresponding to the encoding bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Wlliam McFarland, Teresa H. Meng, Paul J. Husted, John S. Thomson