Patents by Inventor Gary William Tietz

Gary William Tietz 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: 4122405
    Abstract: A digital logic level signal indicates whether a first signal in a phase-locked loop is locked in phase and frequency with a second signal provided to the loop. The digital logic level signal is provided from the sequentially last stage of a counter having a predetermined number of stages. The counter counts cycles in an input signal corresponding to one of the first signal and the second signal. A reset signal pulse having a first predetermined duration is provided to the counter from a pulse width discriminator when the pulse width discriminator detects a phase difference between the first and second signals of greater than a second predetermined duration. The reset signal pulse resets the counter. The digital logic level signal is in a state indicating an in-lock condition when a predetermined number of input signal cycles occur without the counter being reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Gary William Tietz, Keith James Mueller