Patents by Inventor Karl Rudolf Koblitz

Karl Rudolf Koblitz 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: 5945792
    Abstract: In a vertical sawtooth generator of a vertical deflection circuit, a first comparator generates an output signal when a retrace portion of a sawtooth signal is at a first magnitude to initiate a vertical trace portion of the sawtooth signal. An amplifier responsive to the sawtooth signal and to a reference signal generates a feedback current at a time that occurs between the center of vertical trace and the end of trace and away from the center of trace. The feedback current is determined in accordance with a difference between the sawtooth signal and the reference signal. The feedback current is coupled to a first capacitor to develop a gain control voltage. The control voltage is applied via a voltage-to-current converter to an integrating capacitor to develop in the integrating capacitor the trace portion of the sawtooth signal. The control voltage is initialized during a power start-up interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Thomson multimedia S.A.
    Inventor: Karl Rudolf Koblitz
  • Patent number: 5672942
    Abstract: In a vertical sawtooth generator of a vertical deflection circuit, a first comparator generates an output signal when a retrace portion of a sawtooth signal is at a first magnitude to initiate a vertical trace portion of the sawtooth signal. An amplifier responsive to the sawtooth signal generates a feedback current at a time that occurs between the center of vertical trace and the end of trace and away from each of the center and end of trace. The feedback current is coupled to a first capacitor to develop a control voltage. The control voltage is applied via a voltage-to-current converter to an integrating capacitor to develop in the integrating capacitor the trace portion of the sawtooth signal. The control voltage is initialized during a power start-up interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Thomson multimedia S.A.
    Inventor: Karl Rudolf Koblitz