Patents by Inventor M. T. Homer Reid

M. T. Homer Reid 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: 6313680
    Abstract: This invention provides a phase splitter device that generates in-phase and quadrature outputs that have a phase difference of substantially a phase set value (e.g., 90°) and an amplitude difference of substantially an amplitude set value (e.g., zero). A first feedback loop controls the phase difference between the in-phase and the quadrature outputs while a second feedback loop controls the amplitude difference between the in-phase and quadrature outputs. The phase splitter device controls the amplitude difference and the phase difference between the in-phase and the quadrature outputs by a common mode of control signals and a differential between the control signals, respectively. In this way, the phase splitter device generates in-phasing and quadrature outputs that have a phase difference and an amplitude difference that is substantially equal to the amplitude and phase set values (e.g., zero and 90°) using a single set of control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Agere Systems Guardian Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph Harold Havens, Bruce Walter McNeill, M. T. Homer Reid