Patents by Inventor Mike F. Durkin

Mike F. Durkin 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).

  • Transmitter having programmable transmission parameters temporally aligned with payload and method therefor
    Patent number: 6931074
    Abstract: A software-defined radio (12) includes a transmitter (20) having any number of upstream modules (30) and any number of downstream modules (34). The upstream modules (30) perform signal processing on input signals (28), and the downstream modules (34) provide an RF interface for processed signals (58). The upstream modules (30) and downstream modules (34) couple to a common intra-transmitter signal transporter (32), which may be implemented as a bus. Programmable transmission parameters (60) which program the downstream modules (34) to generate a communication signal (18) exhibiting desired attributes such as frequency and keying are mingled with the processed input signal (58) in upstream modules (30) to preserve timing. The programmable transmission parameters (60) are extracted in downstream modules (34), and applied to the communication signal (18) at the timing specified by position relative to the processed input signal (58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: General Dynamics Decision Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith C. Palermo, Mike F. Durkin