Patents by Inventor Donald C. Knudsen

Donald C. Knudsen 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: 4688045
    Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus and a method of controlling the amount of delay or phase-shift which is applied to a signal received at or transmitted from each transducer in a multi-transducer antenna to produce a beam directed at a specific target point. For each transducer a first look-up table is used for storing first digital words representative of the included angle between the lines joining the target to a reference point, and the same reference point to a transducer. A second look-up table is associated with the first look-up table for each transducer, and stores second digital words representing delay or phase-shift control signals corresponding to ranges of the target relative to the reference point for each of said first digital words. Each first look-up table is addressed with an address signal representing the direction of the line from the reference point to the target, to obtain a corresponding first digital word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Inventor: Donald C. Knudsen