Patents by Inventor Joe Lamm

Joe Lamm 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: 5703585
    Abstract: A high-speed multiplexing technique employs diode bridges to multiplex the outputs of two or more digital-to-analog converters (DACs) together. Like prior art techniques, the diode bridges isolate the DAC outputs from one another and are activated by forward biasing the bridges, one at a time in a staggered-phase, sequential fashion with sequenced biasing currents, to effectively connect the DACs, one at a time to an output signal. Unlike prior art techniques, however, the low capacitance diodes are inserted in series with the sequenced biasing current driving each diode bridge, one on each side of the bridge. The low capacitance diodes are oriented to pass current in the direction of forward bias of the diode bridges. Voltage mode switching is employed to limit the effect of parasitic capacitances on output amplitude. One embodiment is directed to a pair of back-to-back diode bridges driven by a single transformer secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Tech-Source Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Lamm, Carl Gilbert