Patents by Inventor James W. Redfield

James W. Redfield 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: 4599528
    Abstract: A solid state logical "OR" circuit for implementation with NMOS circuitry has self-booting clock pulse conditioning for ultra fast propagation times and minimal power dissipation, whereof memory row driver concepts are utilized and silicon area is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Commodore Business Machines Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Redfield
  • Patent number: 4570085
    Abstract: A solid state logical "AND" circuit implementation in NMOS circuitry has clock pulse conditioning providing self booting voltage levels for ultra fast propagation times and minimal power dissipation, where memory row driver concepts are utilized and silicon area is minimized, and two, low impedance, non-overlapping clock pulses, normally present in the environment are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Commodore Business Machines Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Redfield
  • Patent number: 4562365
    Abstract: A solid state logical "EXCLUSIVE OR" circuit for implementation in NMOS circuitry utilizes existing non-overlapping clock pulses for self-booting circuit conditioning, enabling ultrafast propagation times and minimal power drain during circuit operation, whereof row driver circuit design concepts are utilized and silicon area is minimized and two, non-overlapping, low impedance pulses, normally present in the circuit environment are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Commodore Business Machines Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Redfield
  • Patent number: 4561659
    Abstract: A display control circuit provides the logical determination of display information for each dot point of a color television or other display device used in connection with an electronic game for displaying up to eight "targets", as well as background information, according to a preassigned software defined priority whereby hardware circuitry encodes background-to-target software information and then decodes all game display circuit information to generate a color display code to the color television-type display device, this hardware utilizing a reduced space on a large scale integrated (LSI) circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Redfield, Albert J. Charpentier
  • Patent number: 4551682
    Abstract: A solid-state, digital logic, sine-cosine generator is provided for use in color television signal generators which contributes little or no phase shift or drift, whereby an input frequency of four times the color burst rate is used, and a first divide by two shift register operates upon that input signal frequency while a second divide by two shift register is used to obtain the proper color burst frequency as well as the 90.degree. relationship for the sine and cosine signals; a series of integrators then converts the digital "square" waves to triangular and then sinusoidal signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignee: Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert J. Charpentier, James W. Redfield, David W. DiOrio
  • Patent number: 4489284
    Abstract: An operational amplifier circuit for use in high density L.S.I. chips incorporates four solid state silicon devices in a flip-flop-like configuration including a source follower function on the input side of the circuit while a depletion transistor provides for positive feedback and prohibits the circuit from latching thereby the circuit is locked to operate in a transition zone between switching states, providing a linear high gain function which can be operated as an amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Inventors: Albert J. Charpentier, James W. Redfield