Patents by Inventor Thinh C. Nguyen

Thinh C. Nguyen 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: 5173720
    Abstract: A specialty eyewear device including an optical frame that carries a pair of highly reflective surfaces that permit a wearer to experience an angular offset between the direct line of vision and the effective line of vision. No refraction occurs in the performance of the device, and no image reversal takes place. Modifications of the invention allow for certain angular adjustments in the device which can both change the actual angular offset which occurs between direct and effective line of vision, and permits angular rotation of a given angular offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Inventors: Jin S. Lee, Thinh C. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 4851786
    Abstract: An improved differential amplifier having circuitry to enhance the slew rate and to provide a means for nulling the offset voltage during fabrication of the amplifier as an integrated circuit. The differential amplifier comprises an input stage connected to a current mirror. A slew rate enhancement circuit injects current into selected points of the circuit when the input voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold. An offset trim circuit injects a selected amount of current into the current mirror to alter the current flow between the input stage and the current mirror, thereby reducing the offset voltage. The selected amount of current is dictated by diodes which may be permanently shorted at various stages during fabrication, both before and after the amplifier is enclosed in an IC package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Charles L. Vinn, Thinh C. Nguyen