Patents by Inventor Bernard Joseph Peyton

Bernard Joseph Peyton 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).

  • Wideband heterodyne receiver for laser communication system
    Patent number: 4033882
    Abstract: A wideband heterodyne receiver for a laser communication system is disclosed which includes a front end having a cooled photomixer contained in a hermetically sealed spaced quality housing designed for wide bandwidth transmission. The photomixer is coupled through a wideband preamplifier to the receiver back end which includes a frequency tracking network and demodulating equipment. The receiver is capable of tracking a doppler frequency shift of 750 MHz, positive or negative, and has an instantaneous intermediate frequency information bandwidth of 400 MHz. The receiver system is also capable of operating over a wide temperature range and is designed to be suitable for use in outer space communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Inventors: James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Fletcher, Theodore Flattau, Ronald Albert Lange, John Walter Mellars, Bernard Joseph Peyton, John Martin Wolczok