Patents by Inventor Nigel J Tolson
Nigel J Tolson 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).
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Patent number: 8054220Abstract: A method of variable rate measurements in a device. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating an intermediate signal conveying both a position of the device and a velocity of the device in response to a plurality of navigation signals received from external the device, (B) calculating an extrapolated position of the device at a second time based on the position and the velocity both measured at a first time, (C) adjusting an interval between the second time and a third time in response to a difference between the extrapolated position and the position measured at the second time and (D) generating a position signal conveying the position and the velocity, wherein the third time occurs after the second time and the second time occurs after the first time.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: u-blox AGInventors: David P. Tester, Stephen P. Graham, Nigel J. Tolson, Ian G. Watson
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Patent number: 7642847Abstract: The present invention, generally speaking, uses multiple selectable power supply paths, a saturation detector, or combinations of the same to achieve efficient power supply processing. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply processing circuit includes a first switched converter stage and a second linear stage. Depending on the power supply desired, the first stage may be bypassed to avoid conversion losses. In another aspect of the invention, a saturation detector is used to control the first stage such that the second stage operates efficiently just short of saturation, thereby avoiding distortion.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenneth R. Cioffi, Nigel J. Tolson, Earl W. McCune
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Publication number: 20090189689Abstract: The present invention, generally speaking, uses multiple selectable power supply paths, a saturation detector, or combinations of the same to achieve efficient power supply processing. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply processing circuit includes a first switched converter stage and a second linear stage. Depending on the power supply desired, the first stage may be bypassed to avoid conversion losses. In another aspect of the invention, a saturation detector is used to control the first stage such that the second stage operates efficiently just short of saturation, thereby avoiding distortion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2006Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Kenneth R. Cioffi, Nigel J. Tolson, Earl W. McCune
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Patent number: 7515002Abstract: In a portable dual mode receiver circuit, a dual modulus clock system is provided which can, by selective use of integer division on a multiplied master clock, select specific channels with two different channel spacings in several different bands, providing power and space savings and achieving simplicity of operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Nigel J. Tolson
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Patent number: 7460064Abstract: A method of variable rate measurements in a device. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating an intermediate signal conveying both a position of the device and a velocity of the device in response to a plurality of navigation signals received from external the device, (B) calculating an extrapolated position of the device at a second time based on the position and the velocity both measured at a first time, (C) adjusting an interval between the second time and a third time in response to a difference between the extrapolated position and the position measured at the second time and (D) generating a position signal conveying the position and the velocity, wherein the third time occurs after the second time and the second time occurs after the first time.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Air Semiconductor, Ltd.Inventors: David P. Tester, Stephen P. Graham, Nigel J. Tolson, Ian G. Watson
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Patent number: 7127226Abstract: A communication filter circuit useful in a dual-mode receiver comprises a cascade of an active twin-T filter and a passive twin-T filter sections defining sharp notches at the center of second adjacent and of third adjacent channels, respectively, and specifically providing most attenuation at 60 kHz and at 90 kHz, for operation in the ISM136 band which has 30 kHz channel spacing. Since communication is channelized and limited in bandwidth, an active/passive twin-T notch filter structure is effective for signal attenuation. In a circuit in which real and imaginary signal components are processed, active-passive twin-T filters are provided in each of four signal paths, namely I and ?I, Q and ?Q.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2001Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nigel J. Tolson
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Patent number: 7038536Abstract: The present invention, generally speaking, uses multiple selectable power supply paths, a saturation detector, or combinations of the same to achieve efficient power supply processing. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply processing circuit includes a first switched converter stage and a second linear stage. Depending on the power supply desired, the first stage may be bypassed to avoid conversion losses. In another aspect of the invention, a saturation detector is used to control the first stage such that the second stage operates efficiently just short of saturation, thereby avoiding distortion.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Tropian, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth R. Cioffi, Nigel J. Tolson, Earl W. McCune
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Patent number: 7020230Abstract: In a portable dual mode receiver circuit, a dual modulus clock system is provided which can, by selective use of integer division on a multiplied master clock, select specific channels with two different channel spacings in several different bands, providing power and space savings and achieving simplicity of operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2001Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Tropian, Inc.Inventor: Nigel J. Tolson
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Patent number: 6924695Abstract: The present invention, generally speaking, uses multiple selectable power supply paths, a saturation detector, or combinations of the same to achieve efficient power supply processing. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply processing circuit includes a first switched converter stage and a second linear stage. Depending on the power supply desired, the first stage may be bypassed to avoid conversion losses. In another aspect of the invention, a saturation detector is used to control the first stage such that the second stage operates efficiently just short of saturation, thereby avoiding distortion.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Tropian, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth R. Cioffi, Nigel J. Tolson, Earl W. McCune
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Publication number: 20040201418Abstract: The present invention, generally speaking, uses multiple selectable power supply paths, a saturation detector, or combinations of the same to achieve efficient power supply processing. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply processing circuit includes a first switched converter stage and a second linear stage. Depending on the power supply desired, the first stage may be bypassed to avoid conversion losses. In another aspect of the invention, a saturation detector is used to control the first stage such that the second stage operates efficiently just short of saturation, thereby avoiding distortion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Kenneth R. Cioffi, Nigel J. Tolson, Earl W. McCune
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Patent number: 6781452Abstract: The present invention, generally speaking, uses multiple selectable power supply paths, a saturation detector, or combinations of the same to achieve efficient power supply processing. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply processing circuit includes a first switched converter stage and a second linear stage. Depending on the power supply desired, the first stage may be bypassed to avoid conversion losses. In another aspect of the invention, a saturation detector is used to control the first stage such that the second stage operates efficiently just short of saturation, thereby avoiding distortion.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Tropian, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth R. Cioffi, Nigel J. Tolson, Earl W. McCune
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Publication number: 20030160658Abstract: The present invention, generally speaking, uses multiple selectable power supply paths, a saturation detector, or combinations of the same to achieve efficient power supply processing. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply processing circuit includes a first switched converter stage and a second linear stage. Depending on the power supply desired, the first stage may be bypassed to avoid conversion losses. In another aspect of the invention, a saturation detector is used to control the first stage such that the second stage operates efficiently just short of saturation, thereby avoiding distortion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2001Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventors: Kenneth R. Cioffi, Nigel J. Tolson, Earl W. McCune
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Publication number: 20030125004Abstract: A communication filter circuit useful in a dual-mode receiver comprises a cascade of an active twin-T filter and a passive twin-T filter sections defining sharp notches at the center of second adjacent and of third adjacent channels, respectively, and specifically providing most attenuation at 60 kHz and at 90 kHz, for operation in the ISM136 band which has 30 kHz channel spacing. Since communication is channelized and limited in bandwidth, an active/passive twin-T notch filter structure is effective for signal attenuation. In a circuit in which real and imaginary signal components are processed, active-passive twin-T filters are provided in each of four signal paths, namely I and −I, Q and −Q.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2001Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: Tropian, Inc.Inventor: Nigel J. Tolson
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Publication number: 20030123596Abstract: In a portable dual mode receiver circuit, a dual modulus clock system is provided which can, by selective use of integer division on a multiplied master clock, select specific channels with two different channel spacings in several different bands, providing power and space savings and achieving simplicity of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2001Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: Tropian, Inc.Inventor: Nigel J. Tolson
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Patent number: 6212367Abstract: A mobile phone apparatus which is capable of meeting the stringent specifications on transmitter noise in the receive band. The mobile phone apparatus has a modulator for producing a signal to be transmitted in a transmit band, a power amplifier for supplying the signal to be transmitted to an aerial, a tunable filter disposed between the modulator and the power amplifier and having a passband and an attenuation band, and a control circuit for tuning the filter such that the passband is at the transmit band and the attenuation band is at a receive band of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Nigel J Tolson