Patent
Issues
Furaxa Awarded US Patent
For Advanced Signal Syntheses and Sampling Circuit Architecture
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US
Patent Office grants broad claims for ultra-fast pulser/sampler circuit
architecture
triggered with a single transition of a control signal
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Orinda, CA, August
13, 2002
Furaxa, Inc., a developer of advanced integrated circuits and electronic systems, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent number 6,433,720 for all claims relating to a method for generating ultra-fast (picosecond-range) electrical sampling apertures and pulses with a single transition of a control signal. This patent covers the use of Furaxa's Libove Gate, an integral component in the design of an ultra-fast pulser/sampler integrated circuit under development. This novel circuit architecture offers more precisely shaped sampling apertures and pulses at greater speeds with more stability, and lower power usage and cost than conventional techniques. With this patent, Furaxa establishes a leadership position in advanced signal synthesis and sampling.
The circuit architecture has applications in ICs for instrumentation that require an array of precisely matched ultra-fast samplers or pulse generators. Examples of such systems include fast single-shot sampling oscilloscopes, arbitrary waveform generators and time domain reflectometers. While existing 20 GHz sampling oscilloscopes operate at similar analog bandwidths, they are only useful for repetitive waveforms, as they cannot perform the wideband single-shot storage that is enabled by Furaxa's unique circuit architecture. Additionally, the technology enables zero IF and low IF direct conversion receivers and transmitters in next generation radio architectures for satellite and ultra wideband communication platforms.
Furaxa, Inc. develops advanced integrated circuits and electronic systems for the communications and electronics industries. Furaxa's technology and products have applications in a variety of markets including test and measurement instrumentation, high speed signal processing, ultra wideband communications, and satellite and optical communications.
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