Patents by Inventor Leif Spaander

Leif Spaander 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: 6839572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a transmitter/receiver module in an antenna for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic signals, which transmitter/receiver module can be set to different settings with regard to the phase angle of the transmitted/received signal and at least one additional transmission/reception function. The control device comprises means for generating control pulses, and a plurality of storage means that can be activated and controlled by the control device, and in the storage means control information for the module's different functions is stored in different groups in order to be able to generate different states of the module. The storage means also contain information about the identity of each storage means, the number of times that the states according to the groups in the storage means are to be assumed, and which storage means is to be activated thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lars Erhage, Leif Spaander
  • Publication number: 20020132641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a transmitter/receiver module in an antenna for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic signals, which transmitter/receiver module can be set to different settings with regard to the phase angle of the transmitted/received signal and at least one additional transmission/reception function. The control device comprises means for generating control pulses, and a plurality of storage means that can be activated and controlled by the control device, and in the storage means control information for the module's different functions is stored in different groups in order to be able to generate different states of the module. The storage means also contain information about the identity of each storage means, the number of times that the states according to the groups in the storage means are to be assumed, and which storage means is to be activated thereafter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Lars Erhage, Leif Spaander