Patents by Inventor Timothy T. Childs

Timothy T. Childs 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: 20240094344
    Abstract: A method of detecting threats. A threat detection system is provided that includes a controller, a millimeter wave radar with transceiver, a signature database, and a camera. The signature database or machine learning includes time and frequency domain characteristic data for a threat. A signal is emitted by the millimeter wave radar. A return signal is received when the signal bounces off an object. Time and frequency domain characteristic data of the return signal is compared to the signature database, or the machine learned characteristics to determine the threat, anomaly, foreign object, material characteristics, and threat speech recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy T. Childs, Daniel C. Eller, Kalyani Mantha, John Geddes, Manish Saka
  • Publication number: 20220026560
    Abstract: A method of detecting threats. A threat detection system is provided that includes a controller, a millimeter wave radar, a signature database and a camera. The signature database or machine learning includes time and frequency domain characteristic data for a threat. A signal is emitted by the millimeter wave radar. A return signal is received when the signal bounces off an object. Time and frequency domain characteristic data of the return signal is compared to the signature database or the machine learned characteristics to determine the threat, anomaly, foreign object and material characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy T. Childs, Daniel C. Eller, Kalyani Mantha, John Geddes, Manish Saka
  • Publication number: 20190195989
    Abstract: A method of detecting threats. A threat detection system is provided that includes a controller, a millimeter wave radar, a signature database and a camera. The signature database or machine learning includes time and frequency domain characteristic data for a threat. A signal is emitted by the millimeter wave radar. A return signal is received when the signal bounces off an object. Time and frequency domain characteristic data of the return signal is compared to the signature database or the machine learned characteristics to determine the threat, anomaly, foreign object and material characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy T. Childs, Daniel C. Eller, Kalyani Mantha, John Geddes, Manish Saka
  • Patent number: 8467739
    Abstract: A variable operational mode transceiver device formed with an integrated circuit having a semiconductor material substrate supporting a feedback oscillator having a signal power divider electrically coupled to said feedback oscillator output, and a signal frequency multiplier electrically coupled to said signal power divider. A signal mixer has a pair of inputs of which one is electrically coupled to that remaining one of said pair of outputs of said signal power divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventors: Sasidhar Vajha, Timothy T. Childs, Daniel C. Eller
  • Publication number: 20090111394
    Abstract: A variable operational mode transceiver device formed with an integrated circuit having a semiconductor material substrate supporting a feedback oscillator having a signal power divider electrically coupled to said feedback oscillator output, and a signal frequency multiplier electrically coupled to said signal power divider. A signal mixer has a pair of inputs of which one is electrically coupled to that remaining one of said pair of outputs of said signal power divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: TLC PRECISION WAFER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sasidhar Vajha, Timothy T. Childs, Daniel C. Eller
  • Patent number: 7068115
    Abstract: A feedback oscillator device formed with an integrated circuit having a semiconductor material substrate on a ground plane. The circuit has an amplifier having an input and an output is provided at least in part on said semiconductor material substrate. A directional coupler is used to couple the amplifier output signal to the amplifier input through a parallel separated transmission lines transfer system and a capacitor such as a varactor. The substrate can be of gallium arsenide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: TLC Precision Wafer Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zahilya Austin, Timothy T. Childs, Sasidhar Vajha
  • Publication number: 20040061565
    Abstract: A feedback oscillator device formed with an integrated circuit having a semiconductor material substrate on a ground plane. The circuit has an amplifier having an input and an output is provided at least in part on said semiconductor material substrate. A directional coupler is used to couple the amplifier output signal to the amplifier input through a parallel separated transmission lines transfer system and a capacitor such as a varactor. The substrate can be of gallium arsenide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: TLC Precision Wafer Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zahilya Austin, Timothy T. Childs, Sasidhar Vajha
  • Patent number: 5907168
    Abstract: A Germanium junction field effect transistor (Ge-JFET) is fabricated in a manner to produce low noise and which is particularly suitable for a cryogenic detector. The Ge-JFET in accordance with the present invention comprises a germanium base material on which a phosphorous implanted channel region is implanted thereon. A boron cap layer overlies the channel region. On the cap layer are separately spaced drain and source ohmic contact regions, and a gate ohmic contact region therebetween. The drain and source ohmic contact regions are separately spaced arsenic implant regions and a phosphorous implant region. The gate ohmic contact region is a BF.sub.2 implanted region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: TLC Precision Wafer Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy T. Childs
  • Patent number: 5124762
    Abstract: Heterostructure metal insulator semiconductor integrated circuit technology resulting in, for instance, GaAs field-effect-transistors having much less gate current leakage and greater voltage range than like technology of the related art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy T. Childs, Thomas Nohava