Patents by Inventor Archibald McGilvray Pettigrew

Archibald McGilvray Pettigrew 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: 20100225387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an FM demodulator incorporating a delay-line quadrature detector without the use of a limiter amplifier. An Amplitude Locked Loop circuit provides a carrier signal with no amplitude variation prior to performing a conversion from frequency modulation to phase modulation. A delay-line performs this conversion using a standard IF ceramic filter with a precise delay of 90 degrees to the un-modulated carrier frequency. The original non-delayed carrier is multiplied with the delayed carrier using a four quadrant linear multiplier to generate a demodulated audio output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Archibald McGilvray Pettigrew
  • Patent number: 6615029
    Abstract: There is described a method and apparatus for separating two independently modulated co-channel interfering fm carriers. The method involves generating a numerator signal being a function of generating a numerator function and a denominator function, the numerator and denominator functions being themselves functions of the ratio of the interfering carrier to the wanted carrier and of the instantaneous difference between the frequency of the wanted carrier and the interfering carrier, and performing a division process between said denominator function and said numerator function to generate a quotient function and using said quotient function to condition an output circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventors: Archibald McGilvray Pettigrew, Thomas James Muir