Patents by Inventor George Hager Kam

George Hager Kam 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: 4122493
    Abstract: Circuitry compensating for inherent nonlinearities in the tuning voltage sensitivity of varactor tuners, thereby providing relatively constant AFC pull-in range throughout the band of operating frequencies, is shown. In both the VHF and UHF bands, the AFC system develops an error correction voltage in proportion to the tuning voltage. With respect to reception of VHF channels, a gain switching circuit operates to reduce the proportion of AFC error correction voltage developed on a High Band VHF channel, thereby compensating for increased tuning voltage sensitivity on High Band VHF. With respect to reception of UHF channels, a tuning voltage sensing circuit operates to effect an error correction voltage that is a greater proportion of the tuning voltage when the tuning voltage is above a pre-determined value corresponding to approximately channel 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Rangaswamy Arumugham, George Hager Kam