Patents by Inventor Dennis L. Gould

Dennis L. Gould 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).

  • PHOTONIC LAMBDA SWITCHING FOR SATELLITES
    Publication number: 20200343991
    Abstract: A satellite payload system is presented. The system includes plurality of optical processing modules, including a plurality of ring-connected optical processing modules and at least one inter-satellite optical processing module, and at least one optical fiber ring communicatively coupled to each of the ring-connected optical processing modules. At least one of the ring-connected optical processing modules is configured to provide on-board signal processing of signals conveyed on the at least one optical fiber ring. At least one of the ring-connected optical processing modules is communicatively coupled to a respective inter-satellite optical processing module. Each inter-satellite optical processing module is configured to optically communicatively couple to a respective remote satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: James P. Scott, Michael A. Whelan, Bradley A. Scott, Dennis L. Gould
  • Photonic lambda switching for satellites
    Patent number: 10819430
    Abstract: A satellite payload system is presented. The system includes plurality of optical processing modules, including a plurality of ring-connected optical processing modules and at least one inter-satellite optical processing module, and at least one optical fiber ring communicatively coupled to each of the ring-connected optical processing modules. At least one of the ring-connected optical processing modules is configured to provide on-board signal processing of signals conveyed on the at least one optical fiber ring. At least one of the ring-connected optical processing modules is communicatively coupled to a respective inter-satellite optical processing module. Each inter-satellite optical processing module is configured to optically communicatively couple to a respective remote satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James P. Scott, Michael A. Whelan, Bradley A. Scott, Dennis L. Gould
  • Photonic lambda switching for satellites
    Patent number: 10594430
    Abstract: A satellite payload system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: James P. Scott, Michael A. Whelan, Bradley A. Scott, Dennis L. Gould
  • Axisymmetric thinned digital beamforming array for reduced power consumption
    Patent number: 10483654
    Abstract: An antenna platter comprises a plurality of antenna elements arranged as a thin array according to a polygonal grid. The polygonal grid comprises a plurality of paired polygons arranged symmetrically about a central polygon of the grid. In each polygon of the grid, the plurality of antenna elements is arranged in symmetrical pairs about a center point such that the first and second antenna elements of each symmetrical pair are complex conjugates of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul C. Werntz, Dennis L. Gould, Patrick K. Bailleul, Brian M. Park, Andre C. Houle, Raenaurd D. Turpin
  • Axisymmetric Thinned Digital Beamforming Array for Reduced Power Consumption
    Publication number: 20190245274
    Abstract: An antenna platter comprises a plurality of antenna elements arranged as a thin array according to a polygonal grid. The polygonal grid comprises a plurality of paired polygons arranged symmetrically about a central polygon of the grid. In each polygon of the grid, the plurality of antenna elements is arranged in symmetrical pairs about a center point such that the first and second antenna elements of each symmetrical pair are complex conjugates of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Paul C. Werntz, Dennis L. Gould, Patrick K. Bailleul, Brian M. Park, Andre C. Houle, Raenaurd D. Turpin
  • Operating point independent digital automatic level control
    Patent number: 7154968
    Abstract: An automatic level control circuit exhibits a closed loop response that does not change as a function input power operating point. This allows the designer to set the closed loop response and have that response held fixed with respect to input power operating point. The loop response depends solely on the loop error and the loop gain. The loop error is scaled with the iterative loop stress signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Dennis L. Gould
  • Operating point independent digital automatic level control
    Publication number: 20040179635
    Abstract: An automatic level control circuit exhibits a closed loop response that does not change as a function input power operating point. This allows the designer to set the closed loop response and have that response held fixed with respect to input power operating point. The loop response depends solely on the loop error and the loop gain. The loop error is scaled with the iterative loop stress signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventor: Dennis L. Gould