Patents by Inventor Harry Tom

Harry Tom 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).

  • Communication platform with flexible photonics payload
    Patent number: 10219051
    Abstract: A communication platform (e.g., a flexible satellite) includes electrical to optical converters configured to convert input electrical signals to input optical signals, an optical switching network connected to the electrical to optical converters that choose which input optical signals to route to which output beams, tunable optical filters (connected to the switching network) that are configured to select programmable sub-bands of the input optical signals to create output optical signals, and optical to electrical converters (connected to the tunable optical filters) that are configured to convert the output optical signals to output electrical signals for the output beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: Harry Tom, William Hreha
  • COMMUNICATION PLATFORM WITH FLEXIBLE PHOTONICS PAYLOAD
    Publication number: 20180048948
    Abstract: A communication platform (e.g., a flexible satellite) includes electrical to optical converters configured to convert input electrical signals to input optical signals, an optical switching network connected to the electrical to optical converters that choose which input optical signals to route to which output beams, tunable optical filters (connected to the switching network) that are configured to select programmable sub-bands of the input optical signals to create output optical signals, and optical to electrical converters (connected to the tunable optical filters) that are configured to convert the output optical signals to output electrical signals for the output beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, LLC
    Inventors: Harry Tom, William Hreha