Patents by Inventor Wolter Bijker

Wolter Bijker 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: 5715529
    Abstract: An FM receiver having an RF section, a first tunable mixer stage for the frequency conversion of a desired RF FM reception signal into a first intermediate frequency signal, an IF device and an FM demodulator. In order to enhance the integration of the apparatus, while maintaining a signal processing ability which is free from distortion, the FM receiver includes circuitry incorporated in the signal path for converting a single-phase signal into a pair of signals in mutual phase quadrature. The pair of phase-quadrature signals is applied to in-phase and quadrature signal paths of the IF device. The IF device having a polyphase IF filter incorporated in the in-phase and quadrature signal paths and has a bandpass characteristic which is symmetrical around its resonance frequency. The polyphase IF filter is coupled to the FM demodulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Kaveh Kianush, Wolter Bijker, Wolfdietrich G. Kasperkovitz, Hendricus C. De Ruyter, Willem A. Sloof
  • Patent number: 5548831
    Abstract: An FM receiver includes an RF section, a first mixer stage for converting a desired RF reception signal into a first IF signal having a carrier frequency located on average at a first intermediate frequency, a first IF section for selecting the first IF signal, and a second mixer stage for converting the first IF signal into a second IF signal having a carrier frequency located on average at a second intermediate frequency. The second intermediate frequency is below the first intermediate frequency. A second IF section selects the second IF signal and is coupled to an FM demodulator for demodulating the baseband modulation signal of the desired RF reception signal, followed by a low-pass filter for selecting the baseband modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Wolter Bijker, Wolfdietrich G. Kasperkovitz, Hendricus C. De Ruyter, Willem A. Sloof
  • Patent number: 5341107
    Abstract: FM quadrature demodulator having in-phase and quadrature terminals for applying a pair of FM-modulated signals in a mutual phase quadrature thereto, having a modulation signal which is frequency-modulated on a carrier, one of the two terminals being coupled to a first input of a first phase comparison circuit and the other terminal being coupled to a second input of the first phase comparison circuit via a first phase-shifting circuit which realizes a phase shift varying with said modulation signal, the first phase comparison circuit being connected to an output of the FM quadrature demodulator via a low-pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Wolter Bijker, Wolfdietrich G. Kasperkovitz, Hendricus C. De Ruytere, Willem-Arie Sloof