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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263138 | Q-quenching super-regenerative receiver A super-regenerative receiver uses controlled Q-quenching and may limit the resonant tank circuit amplitude by loading the tank circuit as soon as regenerative oscillation is detected. An amplitude detector is coupled to the regenerative amplifier and controls a Q l... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7215936 | Super-regenerative receiver including phase-locked loop An improved low-cost super-regenerative receiver includes sampling phase-locked loop. Phase sampling is controlled by the quench signal (264). In the preferred embodiment, logic state HIGH to logic state LOW transition of the quench signal (264) define... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208945 | Sensing apparatus and method There is described a sensor comprising an excitation winding, a signal generator operable to generate an excitation signal and arranged to apply the generated excitation signal to the excitation winding, a sensor winding electromagnetically coupled to the excitation... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7046122 | Receiver circuit A detector receiver circuit for use as a wake-up detector for detecting an amplitude modulated carrier signal includes an antenna for receiving the modulated carrier signal; and a transistor, such as an FET, which is connected to the antenna and configured to operat... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027493 | System and method for medium wide band communications by impluse radio A system and a method for medium wide band communications using impulse radio techniques. The method of transmitting medium wide band signals includes the steps of producing a sinusoidal signal and a train of preferably Gaussian shaped pulses. The method also includ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6993315 | Super-regenerative microwave detector A resonant tunneling diode or diode array oscillator (10) including a resonant diode (11) is coupled to a millimeter-wave source (14) and a quench generator (16) for periodically quenching the oscillations so that the average oscillation ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6917787 | System and method for superheterodyne frequency multiplication signal expansion to achieve a reduced bandwidth frequency or phase modulation communication channel The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for communicating a base band signal via a communication channel that connects a transmitter to a receiver comprising the steps of modulating the base band signal into a low frequency deviation modulated signal,... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6904101 | Tuneless narrow-band super-regenerative receiver A super-regenerative receiver is provided with a regenerative oscillator controlled by a frequency sweep circuit to control the bandwidth at which the receiver can receive a signal. A quench control circuit controls both the regenerative oscillator and the frequency... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6810307 | Thermostat having a temperature stabilized superregenerative RF receiver An RF controlled thermostat/controller is disclosed for an HVAC system having a superregenerative RF receiver which uses the temperature sensor of the thermostat for temperature stabilization of the superregenerative RF receiver. The superregenerative RF receiver pr... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6421535 | Superregenerative circuit A superregenerative circuit which is operable in a transmit mode and a receive mode of operation. A superregenerative oscillator and a single antenna are functional in both modes. To minimize any undesired RF energy which may be radiated during the receiv... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6389275 | Signal receiver and method thereof, transceiver, and network system A signal receiver includes a superregenerative circuit for feeding back a part of an output signal to form part of an input signal through a feedback route to execute a superregeneration, a capacitance element disposed in the feedback route of the superre... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6177872 | Distributed impedance matching circuit for high reflection coefficient load An impedance matching circuit in accordance with the principles of the present invention employs series-connected transmission lines to match a high reflection coefficient source impedance with a load impedance. The matching circuit is formed on a dielect... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5898707 | Data sampling circuit and portable radio terminal device A data sampling circuit samples radio signal data made up of plural successive sets of data, each set of data having a given number of data bits. A first shift register holds and shifts the data bits of the radio signal data to successively obtain sampled... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5684470 | Control apparatus for powered vehicle door systems Control systems including control circuitry and optional communications systems for operating a sliding power-operated member of an automotive vehicle. A powered sliding door in an automotive vehicle, such as a van, moves along a predetermined path of tra... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5630216 | Micropower RF transponder with superregenerative receiver and RF receiver with sampling mixer A micropower RF transdponder employs a novel adaptation of the superregenerative receiver wherein the quench oscillator is external to the regenerative transistor. The quench oscillator applies an exponentially decaying waveform rather than the usual sine... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5621756 | Method super-regenerative transceiver, and computer system for providing short range communication with reduced current drain The current invention is a method (100), super-regenerative transceiver (300), and computer system (500) for providing short range communication with reduced current drain. A control unit provides an amplifier "ON" pulse periodically to a radio frequency ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5603111 | Synchronous tracking AM receiver An improved synchronous tracking AM receiver having low power requirements and a small size. The synchronous tracking AM receiver provides signal tracking capability and sensitivity approaching a conventional superhetrodyne receiver. The synchronous track... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5363415 | Carrier regenerating device correctly operable in mobile satellite communication Supplied with an input signal into which a carrier signal is modulated at a frame period by a data signal and unique words periodically interspersed throughout the data signal, a demodulating circuit (14) demodulates the input signal into a demodulated si... | 11/08/1994 |
| 4393514 | Superregenerative receiver A superregenerative receiver includes a quenching oscillator for converting a received signal into a low frequency signal. The quenching oscillator comprises a transistor, a positive feedback circuit and an RC time constant circuit. A circuit is provided ... | 07/12/1983 |
