Patents by Inventor Daniel Finkenthal

Daniel Finkenthal 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: 5963320
    Abstract: A grating spectrometer employing digital control of an oscillating component (a mirror) and phase-locked digital recording of the intensity profile within the narrow spectral domain defined by an oscillation frequency. Flexible choice of oscillation frequency permits measurement in a quiet region of the noise spectrum. Reference waveforms acquired with the same insturment can be stored and later used to deconvolute a more complex spectrum. The use of multiple detector/slit combinations along a Rowland circle makes the spectrometer sensitive to specific atomic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: General Atomics
    Inventors: Neil H. Brooks, Sergey N. Tugarinov, Nicolae N. Naumenko, Torkil H. Jensen, Daniel Finkenthal