Patents by Inventor Alan Bannon

Alan Bannon 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).

  • Signal gate, a sampling network and an analog to digital converter comprising such a sampling network
    Patent number: 9525409
    Abstract: A signal gate is provided where the gate can be low impedance to allow a signal to pass or be high impedance to block it. The signal gate has two output nodes arranged such that during the blocking mode spurious signals passing through the gate by way of parasitic components are presented as common mode signals at the output nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Analog Devices Global
    Inventors: Christopher Peter Hurrell, Alan Bannon, Michael Coln
  • SIGNAL GATE, A SAMPLING NETWORK AND AN ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER COMPRISING SUCH A SAMPLING NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160329888
    Abstract: A signal gate is provided where the gate can be low impedance to allow a signal to pass or be high impedance to block it. The signal gate has two output nodes arranged such that during the blocking mode spurious signals passing through the gate by way of parasitic components are presented as common mode signals at the output nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Peter HURRELL, Alan BANNON, Michael COLN
  • Method and apparatus for varying a dynamic range
    Patent number: 8126101
    Abstract: A communications device comprises a receiver for receiving an input signal operably coupled to analogue to digital converter logic. The analogue to digital converter logic is operably coupled to control logic via a signal analyzer arranged to analyze a converted received input signal, output from the analogue to digital converter logic to determine at least one characteristic of the received signal. The control logic is arranged to vary a dynamic range of the analogue to digital converter logic depending on the at least one determined characteristic of the received input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman Beamish, Alan Bannon, Anthony Dunne, Conor O'Keeffe
  • Analogue-to-digital converter apparatus and method of reusing an analogue-to-digital converter circuit
    Patent number: 7956781
    Abstract: An analogue-to-digital converter apparatus comprises a first integrator coupled to a second integrator. The first and second integrators are coupled so as to provide a complex pole. The first integrator is selectively electrically decoupleable from the second integrator, thereby removing the complex pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Omid Oliaei, Alan Bannon, Anthony Dunne, Matthew R. Miller, Daniel O'Hare
  • ANALOGUE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REUSING AN ANALOGUE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20100019944
    Abstract: An analogue-to-digital converter apparatus comprises a first integrator coupled to a second integrator. The first and second integrators are coupled so as to provide a complex pole. The first integrator is selectively electrically decoupleable from the second integrator, thereby removing the complex pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor , Inc.
    Inventors: Omid Oliaei, Alan Bannon, Anthony Dunne, Matthew R. Miller, Daniel O'Hare