Patents by Inventor Rod Lawton

Rod Lawton 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).

  • High frequency master/slave flip-flops
    Patent number: 5200650
    Abstract: A D-type, master/slave, flip-flop is described for use as a divide-by-2 frequency divider in which a frequency to be divided is input as a clock signal and the Q output is connected to the D input, and in which the master section and the slave section consist only of tracking means, latching being effected by using potentials established on tracking transistors of each section during the previous clock pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Plessey Overseas Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas P. Cowley, Rod Lawton, Thomas D. S. McClelland