Patents by Inventor Saul N. Wand

Saul N. Wand 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: 4868445
    Abstract: This self tuned ultrasonic generator system for driving a piezoelectric transducer has a phase lock loop circuit for automatically finding and maintaining optimum drive of the transducer over a frequency range of at least 25% of a specified center frequency, regardless of variations of load, temperature, and configurations of the transducer. The loop circuit employs a voltage controlled oscillator driving a switching amplifier which powers the transducer. The signal from the oscillator is fed to a digital phase detector which receives as another input a sample of the current driving the transducer such that a phase comparison voltage from the detector is 15 applied to and controls the voltage of the oscillator. Another current sample is applied to a power supply to control the power supplied to the switching amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Inventor: Saul N. Wand