Patents by Inventor Preston L. Magness

Preston L. Magness 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).

  • Patent number: 4318045
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a signal having symmetrical waveform of frequency selectable according to a plurality of input signals. The frequency of the signal changes rapidly in response to changes in the input signals, and frequency changes occur in a coherent manner, with no perturbation of the output signal. A high speed clocking signal and the signals generated by its successive divisions are logically combined to produce a plurality of signals which are filtered to produce substantially symmetrical waveform signals which are maintained in periodic phase coherence. Under control of frequency select input signals, a selected one of the substantially symmetrical waveform signals is gated into a divider which provides a symmetrical waveform output signal having the selected frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Krupa, Preston L. Magness, Thomas J. Brady