Patents by Inventor Leo Peter LAUGHLIN

Leo Peter LAUGHLIN 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: 10425120
    Abstract: A signal isolation control apparatus for controlling duplexing of signals to be transmitted through and received from an antenna. The apparatus includes a transmitter chain tap input for coupling to a transmitter chain. An auxiliary transmitter chain is operably coupled to the transmitter chain tap input for processing a transitory signal tapped from the transmitter chain, the auxiliary transmitter chain including an adaptive filter unit and a balance node output for operably coupling to a balance node of a hybrid junction. The adaptive filter unit has a signal leakage monitoring input for operably coupling to an output node of the hybrid junction. The auxiliary transmitter chain is arranged to process the tapped transitory signal in order to generate and apply an isolation signal at the balance node output for maximizing isolation of an output node of the hybrid junction from an input node of the hybrid junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: u-blox AG
    Inventors: John Leslie Haine, Leo Peter Laughlin
  • Publication number: 20180026672
    Abstract: A signal isolation control apparatus for controlling duplexing of signals to be transmitted through and received from an antenna. The apparatus includes a transmitter chain tap input for coupling to a transmitter chain. An auxiliary transmitter chain is operably coupled to the transmitter chain tap input for processing a transitory signal tapped from the transmitter chain, the auxiliary transmitter chain including an adaptive filter unit and a balance node output for operably coupling to a balance node of a hybrid junction. The adaptive filter unit has a signal leakage monitoring input for operably coupling to an output node of the hybrid junction. The auxiliary transmitter chain is arranged to process the tapped transitory signal in order to generate and apply an isolation signal at the balance node output for maximising isolation of an output node of the hybrid junction from an input node of the hybrid junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: u-blox AG
    Inventors: John Leslie HAINE, Leo Peter LAUGHLIN