Patents by Inventor Robert L. Nelson, Jr.

Robert L. Nelson, 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: 4178631
    Abstract: A digital phase detector includes a hard limiter which transforms an incoming signal of known frequency into a binary signal at the same frequency. A reference generator produces two binary references at the signal frequency, one reference shifted 90.degree. in phase with respect to the other. The binary signal is exclusive-ORed with each reference and the exclusive-OR outputs therefrom control two counters, the counters thereby registering counts analogous to trigonometric functions of the signal phase angle. A phase modulated clock drives the counters, the phase modulation feature permitting a correction factor to be incorporated in order to cancel the error introduced by the quantized nature of the digital computations involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: Tractor, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Nelson, Jr.