Patents by Inventor Robert P. Baron

Robert P. Baron 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: 4142245
    Abstract: A digital wave synthesizer provides one of a plurality of available analog output signals in response to and corresponding to a digital input signal. Each of the available plurality of analog output signals is made up of n successive segments of periods A and B. Segment information is stored in a logic array in such a manner that the segment number and the desired frequency output provides any of the n segments of any of the plurality of analog output signals with the appropriate A or B period. The successive order of segments is not altered by a change in the digital input signal requiring a change in the output signal frequency. An increase in frequency simply requires that a succeeding segment have a shorter A or B period and that a lower frequency have a longer A or B period. The voltage provided in a voltage distribution network is always the same for a particular number of segments irrespective of the output frequency required. Therefore, when a frequency change is required, there is no voltage shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert P. Baron