Patents by Inventor John H. Spears

John H. Spears 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).

  • Publication number: 20150123870
    Abstract: Methods for generating a look-up table relating a plurality of complex reflection coefficients to a plurality of matched states for a tunable matching network. Typical steps include measuring a plurality of complex reflection coefficients resulting from a plurality of impedance loads while the tunable matching network is in a predetermined state, determining a plurality of matched states for the plurality of impedance loads, with a matched state determined for each of the plurality of impedance loads and providing the determined matched states as a look-up table. A further step is interpolating the measured complex reflection coefficients and the determined matching states into a set of complex reflection coefficients with predetermined step sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: John H. Spears, Wayne Eric Smith, Chenggang Sui, Yongfei Zhu
  • Patent number: 8421548
    Abstract: Methods for generating a look-up table relating a plurality of complex reflection coefficients to a plurality of matched states for a tunable matching network. Typical steps include measuring a plurality of complex reflection coefficients resulting from a plurality of impedance loads while the tunable matching network is in a predetermined state, determining a plurality of matched states for the plurality of impedance loads, with a matched state determined for each of the plurality of impedance loads and providing the determined matched states as a look-up table. A further step is interpolating the measured complex reflection coefficients and the determined matching states into a set of complex reflection coefficients with predetermined step sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion RF, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Spears, Wayne E. Smith, Chenggang Sui, Yongfei Zhu
  • Patent number: 8395459
    Abstract: Methods for generating a look-up table relating a plurality of complex reflection coefficients to a plurality of matched states for a tunable matching network. Typical steps include measuring a plurality of complex reflection coefficients resulting from a plurality of impedance loads while the tunable matching network is in a predetermined state, determining a plurality of matched states for the plurality of impedance loads, with a matched state determined for each of the plurality of impedance loads and providing the determined matched states as a look-up table. A further step is interpolating the measured complex reflection coefficients and the determined matching states into a set of complex reflection coefficients with predetermined step sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion RF, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Spears, Wayne Smith, Chenggang Sui, Yongfei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120154069
    Abstract: Methods for generating a look-up table relating a plurality of complex reflection coefficients to a plurality of matched states for a tunable matching network. Typical steps include measuring a plurality of complex reflection coefficients resulting from a plurality of impedance loads while the tunable matching network is in a predetermined state, determining a plurality of matched states for the plurality of impedance loads, with a matched state determined for each of the plurality of impedance loads and providing the determined matched states as a look-up table. A further step is interpolating the measured complex reflection coefficients and the determined matching states into a set of complex reflection coefficients with predetermined step sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: PARATEK MICROWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: John H. Spears, Wayne E. Smith, Chenggang Sui, Yongfei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120056689
    Abstract: Methods for generating a look-up table relating a plurality of complex reflection coefficients to a plurality of matched states for a tunable matching network. Typical steps include measuring a plurality of complex reflection coefficients resulting from a plurality of impedance loads while the tunable matching network is in a predetermined state, determining a plurality of matched states for the plurality of impedance loads, with a matched state determined for each of the plurality of impedance loads and providing the determined matched states as a look-up table. A further step is interpolating the measured complex reflection coefficients and the determined matching states into a set of complex reflection coefficients with predetermined step sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: PARATEK MICROWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: John H. Spears, Wayne E. Smith, Chenggang Sui, Yongfei Zhu
  • Patent number: 8072285
    Abstract: Methods for generating a look-up table relating a plurality of complex reflection coefficients to a plurality of matched states for a tunable matching network. Typical steps include measuring a plurality of complex reflection coefficients resulting from a plurality of impedance loads while the tunable matching network is in a predetermined state, determining a plurality of matched states for the plurality of impedance loads, with a matched state determined for each of the plurality of impedance loads and providing the determined matched states as a look-up table. A further step is interpolating the measured complex reflection coefficients and the determined matching states into a set of complex reflection coefficients with predetermined step sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Paratek Microwave, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Spears, Wayne E. Smith, Chenggang Sui, Yongfei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100073103
    Abstract: Methods for generating a look-up table relating a plurality of complex reflection coefficients to a plurality of matched states for a tunable matching network. Typical steps include measuring a plurality of complex reflection coefficients resulting from a plurality of impedance loads while the tunable matching network is in a predetermined state, determining a plurality of matched states for the plurality of impedance loads, with a matched state determined for each of the plurality of impedance loads and providing the determined matched states as a look-up table. A further step is interpolating the measured complex reflection coefficients and the determined matching states into a set of complex reflection coefficients with predetermined step sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: John H. Spears, Wayne E. Smith, Chenggang Sui, Yongfei Zhu
  • Patent number: 5740525
    Abstract: A reference oscillator (118) in a communication device (100) such as a radiotelephone is controlled by temperature compensating the reference oscillator (118). At the time of manufacture, characterizing data are stored in non-volatile memory (128) in the communication device (100). When the communication device (100) is powered up, the characterizing data are read and used to provide an initial correction (206) to the output frequency of the reference oscillator (118). Subsequently, an automatic frequency control operation is performed using the RF signal received from a remote transmitter as a reference signal. A frequency correction is determined (214) in the form of a frequency step size and step direction. The output frequency of the reference oscillator is repeatedly stepped until frequency error is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: John H. Spears
  • Patent number: 5588041
    Abstract: A cellular speakerphone (100) includes a housing (101) containing a transceiver circuit (203), a processor and switching circuit (205), a coupler (209), and a hands-free user interface (207). The processor and switching circuit (205) and the hands-free user interface (207) operate the cellular speakerphone (100) in a default hands-free mode that is automatically interruptable to permit the cellular speakerphone (100) to operate in a handset mode when an optional handset (127) is operably coupled to the cellular speakerphone (100) via the coupler (209).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: George W. Meyer, Jr., Allen Wong, John H. Spears, David L. Bond, Thomas F. Vondrak