Patents by Inventor Lowell A. Rathbun, Jr.

Lowell A. Rathbun, Jr. 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: 7155190
    Abstract: A high frequency sweep generator uses a DDS-PLL method for frequency sweep over wide frequency spans. A digital sweep generator produces a linear ramp signal using DDS techniques that is applied to a coarse tuning port of a high frequency tunable oscillator, such as a YIG tunable oscillator (YTO). A PLL has as inputs an accurate linear swept frequency sinusoid from a DDS and a linear swept frequency output signal from the YTO to produce an error correction signal that is applied to a fine tuning port of the high frequency tunable oscillator. The error correction signal compensates for any non-linearities introduced into the linear swept frequency output signal by the high frequency tunable oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Lowell A. Rathbun, Jr.