Patents by Inventor Nicholas Francis Di Camillo

Nicholas Francis Di Camillo 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).

  • Transmission power control in a satellite communication system
    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
  • Power control in a communications system
    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