Patents by Inventor Alfred Riddle

Alfred Riddle 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).

  • Publication number: 20190115900
    Abstract: A multilayer fringe capacitor includes first and second interdigitated capacitor electrodes, both parallel to and intersecting a first planar surface; third and fourth interdigitated capacitor electrodes, the first and second electrodes parallel to and separated by a non-zero distance from the third and fourth electrodes; a first set of coupling vias that electrically couples the first electrode to the third electrode; and a second set of coupling vias that electrically couples the second electrode to the fourth electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 10243598
    Abstract: A system for integrated self-interference cancellation, comprising a transmit coupler, coupled to a transmit signal, that samples the transmit signal to create a sampled transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller, coupled to the transmit coupler, comprising a controller; a signal divider, that splits the sampled transmit signal into a set of signal components; a set of phase shifters, wherein a phase shifter of the set shifts a signal component of the set of signal components by a total phase shift value; a set of scalers, wherein a scaler of the set scales the signal component by a total scale factor; a signal combiner, that combines the set of signal components into a self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler, coupled to a receive signal, that combines the self-interference cancellation signal with the receive signal to remove a portion of self-interference present in the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 10236922
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wihelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Patent number: 10187030
    Abstract: A multilayer fringe capacitor includes first and second interdigitated capacitor electrodes, both parallel to and intersecting a first planar surface; third and fourth interdigitated capacitor electrodes, the first and second electrodes parallel to and separated by a non-zero distance from the third and fourth electrodes; a first set of coupling vias that electrically couples the first electrode to the third electrode; and a second set of coupling vias that electrically couples the second electrode to the fourth electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Publication number: 20180278280
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wihelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Publication number: 20180262177
    Abstract: An analog time delay filter circuit including a first delay circuit block arranged in a modular layout, having a first time delay filter, a first input, a first output, and first and second pass-throughs; and a second delay circuit block arranged in the same modular layout, having a second time delay filter, a second input, a second output, and third and fourth pass-throughs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 10050664
    Abstract: A system for enhanced linearity mixing includes an input-source signal coupler; a local oscillator (LO) signal coupler; a primary mixer that combines, via heterodyning, the primary-mixer-input signal and the primary-mixer-LO signal to generate a primary-mixer-output signal; a distortion-source mixer that combines, via heterodyning, the distortion-mixer-input signal and the distortion-mixer-LO signal to generate a distortion-mixer-output signal; and an output signal coupler that combines the primary-mixer-output signal and the distortion-mixer-output signal to generate an output signal with reduced non-linearity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 10050597
    Abstract: A time delay filter comprising a substrate; four coupled LC resonators, each having a coupling point; a first capacitor that electrically couples the first coupling point to the second coupling point; a second capacitor that electrically couples the second coupling point to the third coupling point; and a third capacitor that electrically couples the third coupling point to the fourth coupling point; the filter group delaying a signal output at the fourth coupling point relative to a signal input at the first coupling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 9979374
    Abstract: An analog time delay filter circuit including a first delay circuit block arranged in a modular layout, having a first time delay filter, a first input, a first output, and first and second pass-throughs; a second delay circuit block arranged in the same modular layout, having a second time delay filter, a second input, a second output, and third and fourth pass-throughs; and an interposer circuit block that electrically couples the second input to the first pass-through and the second output to the second pass-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 9819325
    Abstract: A time delay filter comprising a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first LC resonator coupled to the substrate and comprising a first coupling point, a first capacitive element electrically coupled between the first coupling point and the first conductive region, and a first inductive element coupled between the first coupling point and the first conductive region, and comprising a first and second inductor tap; and a second LC resonator coupled to the substrate and comprising a second coupling point, a second capacitive element electrically coupled between the second coupling point and the first conductive region, and a second inductive element electrically coupled between the second coupling point and the first conductive region wherein the system group delays a signal output at a second coupling point relative to a signal input at the first coupling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Publication number: 20170317657
    Abstract: A time delay filter comprising a substrate; four coupled LC resonators, each having a coupling point; a first capacitor that electrically couples the first coupling point to the second coupling point; a second capacitor that electrically couples the second coupling point to the third coupling point; and a third capacitor that electrically couples the third coupling point to the fourth coupling point; the filter group delaying a signal output at the fourth coupling point relative to a signal input at the first coupling point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Publication number: 20170310295
    Abstract: An analog time delay filter circuit including a first delay circuit block arranged in a modular layout, having a first time delay filter, a first input, a first output, and first and second pass-throughs; a second delay circuit block arranged in the same modular layout, having a second time delay filter, a second input, a second output, and third and fourth pass-throughs; and an interposer circuit block that electrically couples the second input to the first pass-through and the second output to the second pass-through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Publication number: 20170310296
    Abstract: A multilayer fringe capacitor includes first and second interdigitated capacitor electrodes, both parallel to and intersecting a first planar surface; third and fourth interdigitated capacitor electrodes, the first and second electrodes parallel to and separated by a non-zero distance from the third and fourth electrodes; a first set of coupling vias that electrically couples the first electrode to the third electrode; and a second set of coupling vias that electrically couples the second electrode to the fourth electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Publication number: 20170187404
    Abstract: A system for integrated self-interference cancellation, comprising a transmit coupler, coupled to a transmit signal, that samples the transmit signal to create a sampled transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller, coupled to the transmit coupler, comprising a controller; a signal divider, that splits the sampled transmit signal into a set of signal components; a set of phase shifters, wherein a phase shifter of the set shifts a signal component of the set of signal components by a total phase shift value; a set of scalers, wherein a scaler of the set scales the signal component by a total scale factor; a signal combiner, that combines the set of signal components into a self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler, coupled to a receive signal, that combines the self-interference cancellation signal with the receive signal to remove a portion of self-interference present in the receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Publication number: 20170179916
    Abstract: A time delay filter comprising a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first LC resonator coupled to the substrate and comprising a first coupling point, a first capacitive element electrically coupled between the first coupling point and the first conductive region, and a first inductive element coupled between the first coupling point and the first conductive region, and comprising a first and second inductor tap; and a second LC resonator coupled to the substrate and comprising a second coupling point, a second capacitive element electrically coupled between the second coupling point and the first conductive region, and a second inductive element electrically coupled between the second coupling point and the first conductive region wherein the system group delays a signal output at a second coupling point relative to a signal input at the first coupling point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 9634823
    Abstract: A system for integrated self-interference cancellation, comprising a transmit coupler, coupled to a transmit signal, that samples the transmit signal to create a sampled transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller, coupled to the transmit coupler, comprising a controller; a signal divider, that splits the sampled transmit signal into a set of signal components; a set of phase shifters, wherein a phase shifter of the set shifts a signal component of the set of signal components by a total phase shift value; a set of scalers, wherein a scaler of the set scales the signal component by a total scale factor; a signal combiner, that combines the set of signal components into a self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler, coupled to a receive signal, that combines the self-interference cancellation signal with the receive signal to remove a portion of self-interference present in the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Publication number: 20170104574
    Abstract: A system for integrated self-interference cancellation, comprising a transmit coupler, coupled to a transmit signal, that samples the transmit signal to create a sampled transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller, coupled to the transmit coupler, comprising a controller; a signal divider, that splits the sampled transmit signal into a set of signal components; a set of phase shifters, wherein a phase shifter of the set shifts a signal component of the set of signal components by a total phase shift value; a set of scalers, wherein a scaler of the set scales the signal component by a total scale factor; a signal combiner, that combines the set of signal components into a self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler, coupled to a receive signal, that combines the self-interference cancellation signal with the receive signal to remove a portion of self-interference present in the receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 8092084
    Abstract: A method for precision thermal measurement and control, especially for bioreactors, as well as the correction of temperature sensitive probes such as pH and dissolved oxygen. Typical control requirements are +/?0.1° C. The thermal measurement circuit converts a sensor output to a high level voltage or current with great accuracy and provides noise immunity and sensor isolation. While digital outputs from sensor converters can have the greatest noise immunity, the noise associated with digital circuitry may contaminate low level sensor signals so in many cases an analog sensor converter is preferred because of low noise generation, especially if the converter is near the sensor. The circuit is low cost, reliable, generates minimal heat is immune to, and does not generate noise, and requires minimal calibration effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Finesse Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Alfred Riddle, Anthony Sproul
  • Patent number: 7765871
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing a target analyte gas concentration using a photoacoustic spectroscopy cell comprising: i) a modulatable light source which provides optical radiation at an absorption wavelength of a target analyte; ii) a resonant acoustic chamber for containing said analyte; iii) a microphone positioned within said chamber whereby the acoustic reactance of the microphone is a substantial factor in determining the acoustic resonant frequency of the acoustic chamber and where the magnitude of the acoustic reactance of the microphone is at least two times the acoustic resistance of the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Finesse Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Alfred Riddle
  • Publication number: 20100020842
    Abstract: A method for precision thermal measurement and control, especially for bioreactors, as well as the correction of temperature sensitive probes such as pH and dissolved oxygen. Typical control requirements are ±0.1° C. The thermal measurement circuit converts a sensor output to a high level voltage or current with great accuracy and provides noise immunity and sensor isolation. While digital outputs from sensor converters can have the greatest noise immunity, the noise associated with digital circuitry may contaminate low level sensor signals so in many cases an analog sensor converter is preferred because of low noise generation, especially if the converter is near the sensor. The circuit is low cost, reliable, generates minimal heat is immune to, and does not generate noise, and requires minimal calibration effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Alfred Riddle, Anthony Sproul