Patents by Inventor Patric McDonald

Patric McDonald 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).

  • Publication number: 20070066246
    Abstract: A transceiver assembly including an antenna input/output transition, a transmit module, a receive module, and a diplexer. The diplexer has opposing planar surfaces and the transmit module, receive module and antenna input/output transition are placed on the same planar surface of the diplexer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: REMEC Broadband Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Patric McDonald, Daniel Bryson, Patrick Green
  • Publication number: 20010019580
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically optimizing occupied bandwidth of a direct modulated FM radio is disclosed, in which a remote receiver periodically monitors the received output of a local transmitter and compares the received output occupied bandwidth to a reference level. If the monitored level of the demodulated signal unacceptably exceeds the reference level an error message is developed and sent back to the local transmitter to cause the output of the local transmitter to be adjusted to more closely conform to the desired spectrum output mask. An alternative embodiment is also disclosed in which temperature and operating frequency are monitored at the local transmitter and a correction factor appropriate for that operating temperature and frequency are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Patric McDonald, Richard Lee, Peter Castagna, Mark McMillen, Dick Read
  • Patent number: 6208686
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically optimizing occupied bandwidth of a direct modulated FM radio comprises a remote receiver that periodically monitors the received output of a local transmitter and compares the received output occupied bandwidth to a reference level. If the monitored level of the demodulated signal unacceptably exceeds the reference level an error message is developed and sent back to the local transmitter to cause the output of the local transmitter to be adjusted to more closely conform to the desired spectrum output mask. An alternative embodiment is also disclosed in which temperature and operating frequency are monitored at the local transmitter and a correction factor appropriate for that operating temperature and frequency are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Innova Corporation
    Inventors: Patric McDonald, Richard Lee, Peter Castagna, Mark McMillen, Dick Read
  • Patent number: 6064862
    Abstract: The system and method of the present invention facilitates the selection of a portion of an operating bandwidth and frequency of a digital microwave radio. The components include a transceiver mounted to a mounting plate having waveguide ports. The input and output of the receiver and transmitter portions of the transceiver module occur through the two waveguide ports of the plate. A diplexer inserted within the slot of an interface is externally mounted in relation to the mounting plate and to transceiver unit. The microwave energy from the transceiver module is coupled through the mounting plate, diplexer, interface and antenna. Because of the external mounting arrangement of the diplexer, interface, selecting an operating portion of the available bandwidth may occur after complete manufacture of the digital microwave radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Innova Corporation
    Inventors: Jean Francois Grenon, Patric McDonald
  • Patent number: 5987060
    Abstract: The invention provides radio communications with an up-down signal link. In accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the invention is directed to a method, system and computer readable medium with program instructions (hereafter collectively referred to as "the invention"). The invention includes receiving a downstream signal in a receiver portion of an outdoor unit, producing in the receiver portion of the outdoor unit an intermediate frequency (IF) signal from the downstream signal, and processing the IF signal in the receiver portion of the outdoor unit to produce a clean line code signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Innova Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Grenon, Gary Allen Martek, Patric McDonald, Timothy Patrick Murphy, Colin J. R. Pallemaerts, Jerome Prismantas, F. Roland Svensson