Patents by Inventor Malcolm E. Skinner

Malcolm E. Skinner 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: 5014064
    Abstract: A method of processing in a two-channel monopulse receiver and processor is shown to include the steps of: (a) forming composite signals equal to [S+(p+jy)] and [S-(p+jy)] where S in a monopulse sum signal and p and y are, respectively, pitch and yaw error signals; (b) alternately passing the composite signals through a two-channel amplifier; and (c) separating the components in the resulting amplified composite signals for conventional monopulse processing and smoothing to eliminate the effects of any imbalance (in phase or amplitude) between the channels in the two-channel amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: George R. Spencer, Bernard J. Thompson, Malcolm E. Skinner, Philip L. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 4882549
    Abstract: An improved microwave frequency signal source using a single frequency offset technique which increases the frequency range of an indirect frequency synthesizer to twice the highest operating frequency of the programmable digital frequency divider in the loop includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) operating within a predetermined microwave frequency band and phase-locked to a reference oscillator operating at a reference frequency below microwave frequencies. The offset loop signal is developed by heterodyning the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) output signal with a microwave signal whose frequency is located at the center of the predetermined microwave frequency band of the VCO to form a signal at an intermediate frequency (I.F.) within the frequency range of a programmable digital frequency divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Inventors: Zvi Galani, Malcolm E. Skinner, John A. Chiesa