Patents by Inventor John D. Kump

John D. Kump 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).

  • Frequency synthesis for acousto-optic devices
    Patent number: 7580182
    Abstract: A system for controlling an acousto-optic device includes an acousto-optic device having an acoustic transducer and configured to store a number of design specific parameters for a parametric tuning algorithm. the system includes a frequency synthesizer coupled to the acousto-optic device and configured to provide a radio frequency tuning signal to the acousto-optic device via the acoustic transducer. A programmable controller is coupled to the acousto-optic device and the frequency synthesizer and wherein is configured to read the design specific parameters and to receive a second number of parameters comprising one or more of environmental parameters, setup specific parameters and user specified performance parameters. the programmable controller is also configured to apply the design specific parameters and the other parameters to the design specific parametric tuning algorithm to select a radio frequency tuning signal that optimizes a user specified performance parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Crystal Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Kump, Dieter Jundt
  • Frequency Synthesis For Acousto-Optic Devices
    Publication number: 20080180782
    Abstract: A system for controlling an acousto-optic device includes an acousto-optic device having an acoustic transducer and configured to store a number of design specific parameters for a parametric tuning algorithm. the system includes a frequency synthesizer coupled to the acousto-optic device and configured to provide a radio frequency tuning signal to the acousto-optic device via the acoustic transducer. A programmable controller is coupled to the acousto-optic device and the frequency synthesizer and wherein is configured to read the design specific parameters and to receive a second number of parameters comprising one or more of environmental parameters, setup specific parameters and user specified performance parameters. the programmable controller is also configured to apply the design specific parameters and the other parameters to the design specific parametric tuning algorithm to select a radio frequency tuning signal that optimizes a user specified performance parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: John D. Kump, Dieter Jundt
  • Electrode with a balanced centroid, soft edges and an apodization ratio greater than one
    Patent number: 6236492
    Abstract: An electrode has an apodization ratio greater than one along a direction parallel to an interaction length of the electrode. The electrode also has a top edge defined by an aperture function Y(x). The aperture function Y(x) has no points of discontinuity along the interaction length of the electrode. An area centroid of the electrode is at a midpoint of the interaction length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Crystal Corporation
    Inventor: John D. Kump