Patents by Inventor Stephen A. MacAnlis

Stephen A. MacAnlis 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).

  • Cascaded redundancy architectures for communication systems
    Patent number: 10644992
    Abstract: An example redundancy architecture is described that includes a plurality of nominal RF paths, a plurality of spare input RF paths, a controllable input switching system, a plurality of spare output RF paths, and a controllable output switching system. The controllable input switching system is configured to selectively link any one of the plurality of spare input RF paths to any one of the plurality of nominal RF paths while avoiding disruption of service on the other nominal RF paths. In addition, the controllable output switching system is configured to selectively link any one of the plurality of nominal RF paths to any one of the plurality of spare output RF paths while avoiding disruption of service on the other nominal RF paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyle T. Marsh, Stephen A. MacAnlis
  • Cascaded Redundancy Architectures for Communication Systems
    Publication number: 20190349291
    Abstract: An example redundancy architecture is described that includes a plurality of nominal RF paths, a plurality of spare input RF paths, a controllable input switching system, a plurality of spare output RF paths, and a controllable output switching system. The controllable input switching system is configured to selectively link any one of the plurality of spare input RF paths to any one of the plurality of nominal RF paths while avoiding disruption of service on the other nominal RF paths. In addition, the controllable output switching system is configured to selectively link any one of the plurality of nominal RF paths to any one of the plurality of spare output RF paths while avoiding disruption of service on the other nominal RF paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kyle T. Marsh, Stephen A. MacAnlis
  • Cascaded redundancy architectures for communication systems
    Patent number: 10382320
    Abstract: An example redundancy architecture is described that includes a plurality of nominal RF paths, a plurality of spare input RF paths, a controllable input switching system, a plurality of spare output RF paths, and a controllable output switching system. The controllable input switching system is configured to selectively link any one of the plurality of spare input RF paths to any one of the plurality of nominal RF paths while avoiding disruption of service on the other nominal RF paths. In addition, the controllable output switching system is configured to selectively link any one of the plurality of nominal RF paths to any one of the plurality of spare output RF paths while avoiding disruption of service on the other nominal RF paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kyle T. Marsh, Stephen A. MacAnlis
  • Reliable, maintenance-free radio-frequency hardware architecture
    Patent number: 10298290
    Abstract: Redundancy architectures for communications systems are provided. An example redundancy architecture includes a plurality of active radio-frequency (RF) hardware units, one or more RF signal splitters configured to couple a plurality of RF input signals to the plurality of active RF hardware units, and one or more RF signal combiners configured to couple RF signals processed by the plurality of active RF hardware units to a plurality of RF output paths. The one or more RF signal splitters are configured to split each RF input signal of the plurality of RF input signals into multiple copies of the RF input signal, and to provide each copy of the multiple copies of the RF input signal to a different one of the plurality of active RF hardware units. The one or more RF signal combiners are configured to combine the multiple copies of the RF input signals into RF output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Stephen A. MacAnlis, Anthony C. Alongi
  • Cascaded Redundancy Architectures for Communication Systems
    Publication number: 20180102967
    Abstract: An example redundancy architecture is described that includes a plurality of nominal RF paths, a plurality of spare input RF paths, a controllable input switching system, a plurality of spare output RF paths, and a controllable output switching system. The controllable input switching system is configured to selectively link any one of the plurality of spare input RF paths to any one of the plurality of nominal RF paths while avoiding disruption of service on the other nominal RF paths. In addition, the controllable output switching system is configured to selectively link any one of the plurality of nominal RF paths to any one of the plurality of spare output RF paths while avoiding disruption of service on the other nominal RF paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Kyle T. Marsh, Stephen A. MacAnlis