Patents by Inventor Charles A. Sabato

Charles A. Sabato 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: 5128680
    Abstract: A range tone system for determining the range between a satellite or spacecraft and a ground station FM modulates one of a 3968 Hz, 283 Hz or 35 Hz range tone onto a 27.77 Khz range tone. Modulation is accomplished by simultaneously addressing a plurality of PROMs by related clocks. The PROMs are preprogrammed with data representing the 27.77 KHz tone frequency-modulated by another range tone. Narrow-band filtering recovers the 27.77 KHz range tone from the received signal, and frequency demodulation coupled with narrowband filtering recovers the lower-frequency tone. The two recovered tones are processed simultaneously to provide both high resolution range information together with ambiguity resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles A. Sabato, Michael S. Newell