Patents by Inventor Walter W. Jacobs

Walter W. Jacobs 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: 4357709
    Abstract: Apparatus for generating signals to interfere with or jam signals detected as unfriendly in a given input frequency band comprises a spectrum analyzer circuit using surface acoustic wave (SAW) chirp filters to provide a transformation of input frequency signals to a series of time displaced signals in a linear frequency-to-time relationship. The analyzer circuit uses the SAW devices to perform multiply-convolve functions that separate the different frequency signals in time and the analyzer is repetitively triggered to perform a spectrum analysis. The time series signals are selectively applied to a frequency synthesizer having a time-to-frequency relationship that matches the analyzer characteristic so as to regenerate signals at the input frequencies. The synthesizer uses two matched chirp filters one activated by a fixed time signal and the other by the time series to generate swept frequencies that are mixed to provide the required frequency outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Racal-Mesl Limited
    Inventors: Michael B. N. Butler, Walter W. Jacobs, Peter M. Grant