Patents by Inventor Scott H. Noakes

Scott H. Noakes 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: 7557715
    Abstract: A tamper resistant electronic tag that wirelessly receives and transmits unique subscriber information to and from a transceiver so that financial transactions can occur quickly and seamlessly. In a preferred embodiment, the tag works in conjunction with a roadway toll booth and is mounted onto a flat interior surface of a vehicle, where it can receive and transmit electronic information to and from a toll booth. That allows a driver to pay the toll fee without having to stop his vehicle. The electronic tag includes a plastic protective card for carrying a circuit. The circuit includes an integrated circuit that is adhesively attached to the protective card. The protective card and circuit are then attached to the flat surface. When the protective card is removed, the integrated circuit is pulled off with the protective card while the rest of the circuit remains attached to the flat surface, thereby severing the circuit, and rendering it inoperable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: TC License Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott H. Noakes, Charles A. Johnson, Matthew K. Burnett, Robert W. Tiernay
  • Patent number: 6353343
    Abstract: A digital differential receiver IC that rejects the inter-symbol interference (ISI) that is imposed upon differential digital signals when long runs of a digital state (0 or 1) are transmitted over long cables. The ISI-rejecting differential receiver IC is implemented in either bipolar technology (n-p-n or p-n-p) or in insulated gate FET technology (p-channel or n-channel). The primary differential pair of transistors is connected to a secondary differential pair of transistors through a filter network so that a high pass “shelf” filter transfer function exists between the differential input signals and the output signals. This transfer function mitigates ISI by reducing the gain for long runs of a digital state (low frequencies) and enhancing the gain for the state transition edges (high frequencies).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Floyd Payne, Scott H. Noakes