Patents by Inventor Vaughn Lee Mower

Vaughn Lee Mower 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).

  • Techniques for antenna tracking
    Patent number: 7251455
    Abstract: A method estimates a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of a received direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) signal. Using the estimated SNR, a control signal is determined that is suitable for modifying a position of a directional antenna. The control signal may be used to modify the position of the directional antenna. In another method, a first estimated SNR is determined for a received radio frequency (RF) signal. An output voltage of an AGC circuit is converted to a second estimated SNR. Using at least the first estimated SNR when the first estimated SNR is within a first range and using at least the second estimated SNR when the second estimated SNR is within a second range, an output SNR is determined. The output SNR may be used to determine the at least one control signal, which may then be used to modify the position of the directional antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Lee Mower, Roy Fletcher Lunsford, Ryan Clark Beard, Jeffrey Craig Wright
  • Radio frequency burst interference mitigation
    Patent number: 6975683
    Abstract: Coherent phase-shift keying (“PSK”) radio frequency (“RF”) systems locate a differential decoder (“DE”) close to the transmitter of a first transceiver for transmitting a message to a second transceiver that includes a receiver having has a differential decoder (“DDE”) close to the receiver to aid in the rapid recovery of remnant data of a message hit by a jamming (“J”) pulse received at the receiver of the second transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Lee Mower, Merle LeRoy Keller, Jr., Albert Earl Hansen
  • Radio frequency burst interference mitigation
    Publication number: 20020146077
    Abstract: Coherent phase-shift keying (“PSK”) radio frequency (“RF”) systems locate a differential decoder (“DE”) close to the transmitter of a first transceiver for transmitting a message to a second transceiver that includes a receiver having has a differential decoder (“DDE”) close to the receiver to aid in the rapid recovery of remnant data of a message hit by a jamming (“J”) pulse received at the receiver of the second transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Vaughn Lee Mower, Merle LeRoy Keller, Albert Earl Hansen