Patents by Inventor Michael Steven Muñoz

Michael Steven Muñoz 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: 7372907
    Abstract: A filterbank system is provided for reordering subbands of a wideband digital signal. The filterbank system extracts the subbands from a wideband digital input signal into an even channel number group of even channel number subbands and an odd channel number group of odd channel number subbands. The separation of even and odd channel number subbands provides an even channel grouping with guard bands between the even channel number subbands and an odd channel number grouping with guard bands between the odd channel number subbands. The filterbank system then reorders the even channel number subbands and the odd channel number subbands. The reordered subbands are then combined by combining the reordered even channel number subbands and odd channel number subbands into a wideband digital output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Steven Muñoz, Cyrus Asfandiar Dhalla, Zoltan Zvi Stroll
  • Patent number: 7171159
    Abstract: A communications system, a communications station, a method of controlling the power to transmitters in a communications station, and a storage medium storing instructions for controlling power to a communications satellite. The power consumed by each transmitter is determined, and desired power settings are determined. The power consumed is compared with the desired power settings. If the power settings are not proper, then it is determined whether the desired power is available. If so, then the power settings are adjusted. If not, then load priorities of the transmitters are determined, and if there is sufficient power to provide for the determined load priorities, the power settings are adjusted. The communications station includes variable gain amplifiers (26-1, 26-2, . . . 26-n), to provide intermediate signals; high gain amplifiers (28-1, 28-2, . . . 28-n) for amplifying the intermediate signals to output signals; monitoring power supplies (36-1, 36-2, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Di Camillo, Michael Steven Muñoz, Garrick Jon Harmon
  • Publication number: 20040266470
    Abstract: A communications system, a communications station, a method of controlling the power to transmitters in a communications station, and a storage medium storing instructions for controlling power to a communications satellite. The power consumed by each transmitter is determined, and desired power settings are determined. The power consumed is compared with the desired power settings. If the power settings are not proper, then it is determined whether the desired power is available. If so, then the power settings are adjusted. If not, then load priorities of the transmitters are determined, and if there is sufficient power to provide for the determined load priorities, the power settings are adjusted. The communications station includes variable gain amplifiers (26-1, 26-2, . . . 26-n), to provide intermediate signals; high gain amplifiers (28-1, 28-2, . . . 28-n) for amplifying the intermediate signals to output signals; monitoring power supplies (36-1, 36-2, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Di Camillo, Michael Steven Munoz, Garrick Jon Harmon
  • Publication number: 20040246994
    Abstract: A filterbank system is provided for reordering subbands of a wideband digital signal. The filterbank system extracts the subbands from a wideband digital input signal into an even channel number group of even channel number subbands and an odd channel number group of odd channel number subbands. The separation of even and odd channel number subbands provides an even channel grouping with guard bands between the even channel number subbands and an odd channel number grouping with guard bands between the odd channel number subbands. The filterbank system then reorders the even channel number subbands and the odd channel number subbands. The reordered subbands are then combined by combining the reordered even channel number subbands and odd channel number subbands into a wideband digital output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Steven Munoz, Cyrus Asfandiar Dhalla, Zoltan Zvi Stroll
  • Publication number: 20040217891
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for efficient analog reconstruction of a digital signal to an intermediate frequency (IF). The digital signal can be a complex baseband digital signal that is sourced from a near perfect reconstruction filterbank (NPRFB). The output of the NPRFB, after some manipulation in the digital domain, is converted to the analog domain at IF. The IF analog signal can then be modulated with a high frequency RF signal or further mixed with a RF transmission frequency signal for RF transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Cyrus Asafandiar Dhalla, Michael Steven Munoz
  • Patent number: 6806820
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for efficient analog reconstruction of a digital signal to an intermediate frequency (IF). The digital signal can be a complex baseband digital signal that is sourced from a near perfect reconstruction filterbank (NPRFB). The output of the NPRFB, after some manipulation in the digital domain, is converted to the analog domain at IF. The IF analog signal can then be modulated with a high frequency RF signal or further mixed with a RF transmission frequency signal for RF transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Cyrus Asafandiar Dhalla, Michael Steven Muñoz