Patents by Inventor Gwilym F. Luff

Gwilym F. Luff 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: 5197085
    Abstract: A receiver for FSK signals produces quadrature related first and second frequency down-converted difference signals (I and Q), which are amplitude limited to form respectively first and second square wave signals. The first and second square wave signals are sampled at changes in polarity of the second and first square wave signals, combined and fed to a memory, for example a hysteresis circuit, responsive to a change in polarity in the combined signal for producing a first substantially constant dc output until the next following change in polarity is detected whereupon a second substantially constant dc output is produced. By using a memory rather than a filter, reactive components are avoided making it less expensive to integrate. Also, a fixed level bit slicer can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gwilym F. Luff, John F. Wilson, Richard J. Youell