Patents by Inventor Ray Fortier

Ray Fortier 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).

  • Determining automatic gain control levels
    Patent number: 8824701
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit (IC) and a resistor external to the IC. The IC includes a current output digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) circuit configured to provide an adjustable specified current to a resistor external to the apparatus, a voltage sensing circuit configured to sense the voltage of the external resistor, and an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit configured to receive threshold information using the adjustable specified current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Ray Fortier
  • DETERMINING AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL LEVELS
    Publication number: 20120206184
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit (IC) and a resistor external to the IC. The IC includes a current output digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) circuit configured to provide an adjustable specified current to a resistor external to the apparatus, a voltage sensing circuit configured to sense the voltage of the external resistor, and an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit configured to receive threshold information using the adjustable specified current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Ray Fortier
  • Tool holder for burnishing cutter
    Patent number: 4991274
    Abstract: A flexible tool holder for a burnishing cutter has a main body attachable to a rotatable member of an engraving machine, a tool holding element which is axially floatingly movable relative to the main body in an axial direction, and a spring which forces the tool holding element downwardly, so that during burnishing the tool holding element with the cutting tool connecting therewith moves up and down in response to surface irregularities of an engraving material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Inventors: Ray Fortier, Joseph V. Roebuck