Patents by Inventor William Fred Bodtmann

William Fred Bodtmann 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: 4028641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear phase modulator comprising two known Armstrong modulators connected in a balanced configuration to eliminate even-order nonlinearities in the output phase modulated signal. In addition, a preselected amount of in-phase carrier is added to the quadrature carrier normally added to the output of the suppressed-carrier modulator forming a part of each Armstrong modulator, the carriers being added to each modulator output, however, differing in phase from quadrature by equal and opposite amounts. By properly preselecting the amount of phase difference from quadrature of the added carriers, third-order nonlinearities can also be substantially eliminated after combining the outputs of the Armstrong modulators in a multiplier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: William Fred Bodtmann, Clyde Leslie Ruthroff