Patents by Inventor Richard B. D. Knight

Richard B. D. Knight 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: 4857933
    Abstract: An analogue to digital multi-slope converter has an integrator 10 to which an analogue input signal 30 is continuously applied. A reference voltage 36, 37 is superimposed onto the integrator input 30 in pulse form, being switched on and off according to a predetermined program controlled by a clock and modified by a comparator 11 such that reference voltage pulses occur in pairs of opposite polarity. The sequence of pulses is applied in such a manner that the final pulse of a sequence causes the integrator output to move towards a comparator 11 reference level, the reference voltage then being maintained until the reference level is reached after which a new cycle is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: Richard B. D. Knight