Patents by Inventor Mark S. J Mudd

Mark S. J Mudd 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: 6895063
    Abstract: A zero or near zero IF frequency changer for use in a digital tuner comprises multipliers which receive the RF input signal from an input. The multipliers receive quadrature local oscillator signals from a first oscillator of an arrangement which comprises first and second phase-locked loops. The first phase-locked loop comprises a programmable divider, a comparator and a control loop so that the first oscillator is phase-locked to a second oscillator. A second phase-locked loop comprises the second oscillator and a synthesizer containing a reference oscillator to which the second oscillator is phase-locked. The output frequency of the second oscillator is in a frequency band which is outside the RF input frequency band of the frequency changer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Zarlink Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas P Cowley, Mark S. J Mudd