Patents by Inventor Richard M. Harter

Richard M. Harter 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: 4559507
    Abstract: An AC signal source having constant frequency-amplitude product is also easily realizable in hybrid microcircuit form. A square wave oscillator output is rectified and clamped to a feedback control voltage. The resulting controlled amplitude square wave is low-pass filtered to produce a sinusoidal output signal which is typically amplified and applied to a variable-impedance load. The sinusoidal signal is also applied to a similar but simulated load of fixed impedance value and the current flowing through the simulated load is summed with a temperature-compensated reference current producing an error current which is then integrated to produce the feedback control voltage which controls the amplitude of the sinusoidal signal so as to maintain a constant frequency amplitude product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1985
    Assignee: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt A. Ramsdale, Richard M. Harter