Patents by Inventor Richard Samuel Chiapparoli, Jr.

Richard Samuel Chiapparoli, Jr. 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: 4041403
    Abstract: An arrangement for frequency division of a symmetrical pulse train by N/2 where N is an odd integer greater than 1; this arrangement does not require the use of any one-shot multivibrators or delay elements and employs only log.sub.2 (N+1) flip-flops in its design. In one embodiment a two state gating circuit selectively allows either the input pulse train or its inverse to be fed to a modulo (N+1)/2 counter. The state of the gating circuit is controlled by a flip-flop which toggles whenever the counter reaches its maximum count. In addition, the counter produces an output pulse as it advances through each of its counting sequences. Thus, the counter, which advances in response to falling pulse edges, alternates between counting falling edges of the input pulse train and the inverted input pulse train thereby counting to N+1 in N pulse periods while yielding two equally-spaced output pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventor: Richard Samuel Chiapparoli, Jr.