Patents by Inventor David Andrew Abbott

David Andrew Abbott 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: 8379698
    Abstract: A circuit for transmission and reception of multi-channel communications is disclosed. The transmitter path includes a digital modulation circuit receiving multiple channel binary data, and for each channel generating a digital representation of the data. A digital-to-analogue (D/A) conversion circuit (140-146) is provided for each data channel. Each D/A conversion circuit receives and converts respective channel digital representations to produce a resultant band limited analogue signal (148-154). The band limitation arises due to a characteristic of said channel digital representations. A bandpass filter (156-162) receives and filters each analogue channel signal. The band width to the start of the stop band of each bandpass filter is wider than a respective band limited analogue channel signal and wider than the Nyquist bandwidth arising from the sampling rate of said D/A conversion circuit. In this way, signal power in unwanted Nyquist zones is effectively removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Boyd McGregor Murray, David Andrew Abbott, Joseph Abraham Pathikulangara, John Bunton, Valeriy Dyadyuk
  • Publication number: 20100142598
    Abstract: A circuit for transmission and reception of multi-channel communications is disclosed. The transmitter path includes a digital modulation circuit receiving multiple channel binary data, and for each channel generating a digital representation of the data. A digital-to-analogue (D/A) conversion circuit (140-146) is provided for each data channel. Each D/A conversion circuit receives and converts respective channel digital representations to produce a resultant band limited analogue signal (148-154). The band limitation arises due to a characteristic of said channel digital representations. A bandpass filter (156-162) receives and filters each analogue channel signal. The band width to the start of the stop band of each bandpass filter is wider than a respective band limited analogue channel signal and wider than the Nyquist bandwidth arising from the sampling rate of said D/A conversion circuit. In this way, signal power in unwanted Nyquist zones is effectively removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Boyd McGregor Murray, David Andrew Abbott, Joseph Abraham Pathikulangara, John Bunton, Valeriy Dyadyuk