Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263339 | Tuner comprising a voltage converter The invention relates to a tuner for converting a radio frequency signal into an intermediate frequency signal, said tuner comprising a voltage converter supplying a control signal, a mixer associated with an oscillator which is voltage-controlled by said control si... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7085872 | High frequency bus system A high frequency bus system which insures uniform arrival times of high-fidelity signals to the devices on the high frequency bus, despite the use of the bus on modules and connectors. A high frequency bus system includes a first bus segment having one or more devic... | 08/01/2006 |
| 5815218 | Circuit device including RF converter, tuner and if amplifier A circuit device provided in a video signal processing apparatus. The circuit device includes a tuner for tuning a television signal, an IF amplifier for demodulating the television signal, and an RF converter having an RF oscillator for modulating video ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5703545 | High frequency filter circuit A filter circuit having an amplifier stage, an upstream filter and a downstream bandpass filter. The filter includes, inter alia, a rejection circuit tuned to an intermediate frequency and a series circuit, tuned to an image frequency and formed by a capa... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5270821 | Video display adjustment and on-screen menu system An EEPROM stores multiple sets of video display parameters for a multi-frequency video display. A microcontroller receives input from a user, changes the stored display parameters and outputs changes in the parameters to the video display. The microcontro... | 12/14/1993 |
| 4306310 | Superheterodyne receiver frequency tracking circuit In a superheterodyne signal receiver including an input circuit arranged to be tuned to a frequency to be received and including a signal controllable variable reactance element presenting a reactance whose value is adjusted by a tuning signal and determi... | 12/15/1981 |
