Patents by Inventor Ted Benjamin

Ted Benjamin 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).

  • Methods and systems for satellite communications employing ground-based beam forming with spatially distributed hybrid matrix amplifiers
    Patent number: 9014619
    Abstract: A satellite communications system includes a satellite configured to communicate with terminals, a station configured to communicate signals intended for the terminals to the satellite via a plurality of feeder links and a beamformer including an input multi-port hybrid matrix (MPHM) and a complementary output MPHM in a signal path with the plurality of feeder links. The output MPHM is positioned at the satellite and coupled to the input MPHM via the plurality of feeder links. For example, the input MPHM may be positioned at a ground-based satellite gateway. The input and output MPHMs may be configured to implement fully populated signal transformation matrices that collectively provide a substantially diagonal signal transformation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Benjamin, Matthew Griffin, William W. Chapman
  • Methods and Systems for Satellite Communications Employing Ground-Based Beam Forming with Spatially Distributed Hybrid Matrix Amplifiers
    Publication number: 20070281612
    Abstract: A satellite communications system includes a satellite configured to communicate with terminals, a station configured to communicate signals intended for the terminals to the satellite via a plurality of feeder links and a beamformer including an input multi-port hybrid matrix (MPHM) and a complementary output MPHM in a signal path with the plurality of feeder links. The output MPHM is positioned at the satellite and coupled to the input MPHM via the plurality of feeder links. For example, the input MPHM may be positioned at a ground-based satellite gateway. The input and output MPHMs may be configured to implement fully populated signal transformation matrices that collectively provide a substantially diagonal signal transformation matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Ted Benjamin, Matthew Griffin, William W. Chapman