Patents by Inventor Steven C. Spinkle

Steven C. Spinkle 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).

  • Publication number: 20090015508
    Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a switching device with phase selection terminals to select between at least two phase shifting modes to reduce intermodulation distortion in the switching device includes a first phase selection terminal to select a first phase shifting mode of the switching device by enabling a first phase shifter in a first phase shifting switching branch coupled to an input of the switching device. The switching device further includes a second phase selection terminal to select a second phase shifting mode of the switching device by enabling a second phase shifting switching branch coupled to the switching device input. The intermodulation distortion in the switching device is reduced by selecting one of the first and second phase shifting modes. The switching device may further include a number of FETs coupled in series between an output of the switching device and the first and second phase shifting switching branches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Dima Prikhodko, Sergey Nabokin, Oleksey Klimashov, Steven C. Spinkle, Gene A. Tkachenko, Richard A. Carter