Patents by Inventor Allan I. Best

Allan I. Best 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: 4350953
    Abstract: A triggerable oscilloscope having a digital clock selectably connected to two digital counters accurately measures a time interval between two recurring events. The first digital counter is connected to the digital clock to count clock pulses during a timer interval between the initiation of a horizontal sweep signal and the occurrence of the first recurring event. A second digital counter is connected to the digital clock to count clock pulses during a time interval between the initiation of a sequent horizontal sweep signal and the occurrence of the second recurring event. A subtractor circuit coupled to the first and second digital counters subtracts the count of the first digital counter from the count of the second digital counter and determines the time interval between the first and second recurring events.Time averaging techniques increase the accuracy of the time interval measurements for high speed recurring events by accumulating counts during a plurality of horizontal sweep signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Allan I. Best, Thomas K. Bohley, Ronald C. Westlund