Patents by Inventor Steven Todd Barham

Steven Todd Barham 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: 5737372
    Abstract: In a spread spectrum multipoint-to-point communication system there is provided a novel frequency to phase converter, for automatically synchronizing the PN codes of the user transmitters/receiver with the receiver/transmitter in the central hub. The highly accurate frequency to phase converter generates a highly accurate phase error signal for synchronizing the multiuser network. The frequency to phase converter includes a serial adder and a series to parallel converter and a shift register which integrates the highly accurate phase error signal values and produces a highly accurate frequency value which is applied to the input of the resident processor in the central hub transmitter/receiver. The central hub transmitter/receiver calculates the clock offset for synchronizing each of the user receiver transmitters and generates a clock adjusting signal which is transmitted to the user receiver/transmitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Todd Barham, Samuel Charles Kingston, John Walter Zscheile, Jr.