Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Fleeman

Stephen R. Fleeman 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: 5652537
    Abstract: An impedance multiplier circuit comprises an input impedance having a certain value of impedance and a circuit coupled to this input impedance for multiplying its value by a multiplication factor. This multiplying circuit comprises a first and a second voltage follower amplifier and a first and a second scaling impedance. The input impedance is coupled between the input of the first voltage follower amplifier and the output of the second voltage follower amplifier with the first and second scaling impedances establishing a voltage division between the output of the first voltage follower amplifier and the input of the second voltage follower amplifier. In this way, the second voltage follower amplifier provides active negative feedback, and effectively multiplies the input impedances's impedance by a factor of one plus the quotient of the second scaling impedance to the first scaling impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen R. Fleeman