Patents by Inventor Robert J. Zakowicz

Robert J. Zakowicz 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).

  • Linear and multi-sin h transconductance circuits
    Patent number: 6489848
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a variety of transconductance circuits formed having two or more class AB transconductor amplifiers coupled in parallel. The class AB transconductor amplifiers have non-linear voltage to current transfer functions and are each designed with an offset chosen such that the combination of the individual nonlinear transfer functions achieve a more linear transconductance circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignees: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., SMSC Analog Technology Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas L. Smith, Robert J. Zakowicz
  • Linear and multi-sinh transconductance circuits
    Publication number: 20010038312
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a variety of transconductance circuits formed having two or more class AB transconductor amplifiers coupled in parallel. The class AB transconductor amplifiers have non-linear voltage to current transfer functions and are each designed with an offset chosen such that the combination of the individual nonlinear transfer functions achieve a more linear transconductance circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Douglas L. Smith, Robert J. Zakowicz
  • Linear and multi-sinh transconductance circuits
    Patent number: 6181204
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a variety of transconductance circuits formed having two or more class AB transconductor amplifiers coupled in parallel. The class AB transconductor amplifiers have non-linear voltage to current transfer functions and are each designed with an offset chosen such that the combination of the individual nonlinear transfer functions achieve a more linear transconductance circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignees: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Gain Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas L. Smith, Robert J. Zakowicz