Patents by Inventor Samuel R. Paniccia, Jr.

Samuel R. Paniccia, 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).

  • Use of a VCXO in the base unit of a two-handset cordless telephone system
    Patent number: 5625674
    Abstract: A cordless telephone system includes a single base unit and at least two remote handunits, where the base unit employs two transmitter channels coupled together through a low impedance and coupled to a single antenna. The transmitter channels include voltage controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs) and frequency tripler circuitry, rather than PLLs in order to keep intermodulation distortion at the outputs of the transmitter amplifiers to a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel R. Paniccia, Jr.
  • Two-handset cordless telephone system
    Patent number: 5524046
    Abstract: It is desirable that a cordless telephone system include a single base unit and at least two remote handunits. With such a system, two users may maintain participation in a three-way conversation while being free to move about within reasonable transmitting distance to and from the base unit. Circuitry is provided in which a signal received from one handunit is transmitted to the other handunit, and sidetone from one handunit is transmitted back to that handunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel R. Paniccia, Jr.
  • Offset down conversion for a two-handset cordless telephone system
    Patent number: 5392330
    Abstract: It is desirable that a cordless telephone system include a single base unit and at least two remote handunits. With such a system, two users may maintain participation in a three-way conversation while being free to move about within reasonable transmitting distance to and from the base unit. Circuitry is provided in which the signal received from one handunit is transmitted to the other handunit, and sidetone from one handunit is transmitted back to that handunit. The base unit comprises first and second double conversion intermediate frequency arrangements with respective first IF frequency portions being tuned away from a nominal frequency value by a substantially equal amount in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel R. Paniccia, Jr.