Patents by Inventor Robert Charles Elder

Robert Charles Elder 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).

  • Apparatus and method for digitizing and detecting a received radio frequency signal
    Patent number: 5796777
    Abstract: A method including the steps of digitizing a first radio frequency signal at a first clock rate to produce a first digitized signal, digitizing a second radio frequency signal at a second clock rate to produce a second digitized signal, performing a first signal quality measurement indicative of the signal quality of the first digitized signal, performing a second signal quality measurement indicative of the signal quality of the second digitized signal, and selecting one of the first and second digitized signals based on the first and second signal quality measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Terlep, Robert Charles Elder