Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Connell

Stephen C. Connell 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: 5034906
    Abstract: Systems for synchronizing a pseudorandom binary sequence signal with a time-delayed version of the same signal without the use of delay lines or programmable counters. This is accomplished by the use of two Pseudorandom Binary Sequence [PRBS] generators for producing the same PRBS signal. Each PRBS generator incorporates as a constituent component a serial shift register with M stages with the outputs of multiple stages fed back through an exclusive-OR to provide an input to the register, thereby to produce a clocked repetitive series of said sequence signal as inputs to each register. The states of shift register are numbered n such that (n-1) clock cycles elapse before the next start state. A start detect circuit is responsive to the start state of the pseudorandom binary sequence signal of the first generator for generating a synchronizing signal at that instant to force the second PRBS generator to be at a state in the binary sequence representing a delayed point in the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Microwave Logic
    Inventors: Paul T. Chang, Stephen C. Connell, Donald M. Sibley