Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Boorman

Nicholas J. Boorman 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).

  • Tightly-coupled PCB GNSS circuit and manufacturing method
    Patent number: 7948769
    Abstract: A tightly-coupled printed circuit board (PCB) circuit includes components mounted on a PCB enabling smaller integrations using decoupled lines extending between reference layers, such as ground planes, form isolation islands on the PCB. The decouplers are capacitors, inductors and/or resistors in tandem with ground layers of the PCB. The isolated components can comprise high-frequency RF antennas and receivers, for example in a GNSS antenna-receiver circuit. Multiple antennas can be connected to one for more receivers with multiple, independent RF front end components by RF traces, which are either embedded within the PCB between the ground planes, or by surface microstrip antenna traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Hemisphere GPS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Jakab, Nicholas J. Boorman
  • TIGHTLY-COUPLED PCB GNSS CIRCUIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20090085815
    Abstract: A tightly-coupled printed circuit board (PCB) circuit includes components mounted on a PCB enabling smaller integrations using decoupled lines extending between reference layers, such as ground planes, form isolation islands on the PCB. The decouplers are capacitors, inductors and/or resistors in tandem with ground layers of tie PCB. The isolated components can comprise high-frequency RF antennas and receivers, for example in a GNSS antenna-receiver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew J. Jakab, Nicholas J. Boorman