Patents by Inventor William J. Huff

William J. Huff 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: 7075376
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a setting for a capacitor bank associated with a voltage-controlled oscillator in a closed-loop phase-locked-loop. The setting represents a combination of one or more capacitors in the capacitor bank. The method also includes estimating a gain introduced by the closed-loop phase-locked-loop when the oscillator operates using the identified setting. The method further includes estimating a response of a loop filter in the phase-locked-loop and identifying one or more coefficients for a digital filter using the identified gain and the identified loop filter response. The digital filter is operable to filter an input signal. In addition, the method includes modulating the filtered input signal using the phase-locked-loop to produce an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Huff, Lawrence J. Malone, Daniel R. Meacham
  • Patent number: 6961400
    Abstract: A frequency shift keyed (FSK) receiver for demodulating an incoming transmitted signal comprising: 1) a phase-locked loop for receiving an oscillator reference signal having a frequency F1 and generating a reference carrier frequency signal having a desired frequency N1(F1), wherein N1 may be a non-integer value, the phase-locked loop comprising: a) a phase detector having a first input for receiving the oscillator reference signal and a second input; and b) a frequency divider circuit for dividing an actual frequency of the reference carrier frequency signal by an adjustable integer value N2 applied to a control input of the frequency divider circuit to generate a feedback signal applied to the second input of the phase detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Huff, Lawrence J. Malone
  • Patent number: 6833767
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a setting for a capacitor bank associated with a voltage-controlled oscillator in a closed-loop phase-locked-loop. The setting represents a combination of one or more capacitors in the capacitor bank. The method also includes estimating a gain introduced by the closed-loop phase-locked-loop when the oscillator operates using the identified setting. The method further includes estimating a response of a loop filter in the phase-locked-loop and identifying one or more coefficients for a digital filter using the identified gain and the identified loop filter response. The digital filter is operable to filter an input signal. In addition, the method includes modulating the filtered input signal using the phase-locked-loop to produce an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Huff, Lawrence J. Malone, Daniel R. Meacham