Patents by Inventor FRANKLYN J. QUINLAN

FRANKLYN J. QUINLAN 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).

  • Signal generator, process for making and using same
    Patent number: 10050722
    Abstract: A signal generator includes an optical pulse source to provide a plurality of optical pulses; a photosensitive element configured to receive optical pulses and to produce an electrical signal from optical pulses 6, electrical signal 10 including a spectrum that includes a plurality of discrete frequencies that occur at a repetition rate corresponding to that of the optical pulses or a harmonic thereof; a frequency selector to receive the electrical signal from the photosensitive element, to select dynamically the harmonic from the electrical signal and to communicate the dynamically selected harmonic; a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) to receive the harmonic of the electrical signal from the frequency selector and to produce a first output; and a frequency converter to receive the harmonic from the frequency selector and the first output from the DDS, wherein the frequency converter shifts a frequency of the harmonic by an amount substantially equal to a frequency of the first output from the DDS to produce
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventors: Franklyn J. Quinlan, Scott Diddams, Tara Fortier, Antoine Rolland
  • SIGNAL GENERATOR, PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160043810
    Abstract: A signal generator includes an optical pulse source to provide a plurality of optical pulses; a photosensitive element configured to receive optical pulses and to produce an electrical signal from optical pulses 6, electrical signal 10 including a spectrum that includes a plurality of discrete frequencies that occur at a repetition rate corresponding to that of the optical pulses or a harmonic thereof; a frequency selector to receive the electrical signal from the photosensitive element, to select dynamically the harmonic from the electrical signal and to communicate the dynamically selected harmonic; a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) to receive the harmonic of the electrical signal from the frequency selector and to produce a first output; and a frequency converter to receive the harmonic from the frequency selector and the first output from the DDS, wherein the frequency converter shifts a frequency of the harmonic by an amount substantially equal to a frequency of the first output from the DDS to produce
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: FRANKLYN J. QUINLAN, SCOTT DIDDAMS, TARA FORTIER, ANTOINE ROLLAND