Inventor · disambiguated record
Eric L. Upton
Also filed as: UPTON ERIC L · UPTON ERIC LAWRENCE
53 granted patents·4 pending applications·1,855 citations·filing 1979–2006
99Inventor score
Files withTRW INC29NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP12TERABEAM CORP9MOTOROLA INC2COMMAND CONTROL & COMMUNICATIO1
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57 records- 0198US6450773B1Piezoelectric vacuum pump and methodTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 17, 2002·182 cites·8 claims
- 0292US6936913B2High performance vias for vertical IC packagingNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 30, 2005·80 cites·16 claims
- 0392US6813320B1Wireless telecommunications multi-carrier receiver architectureNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 2, 2004·67 cites·19 claims
- 0492US6708003B1Optical energy transmission system utilizing precise phase and amplitude controlNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 16, 2004·98 cites·14 claims
- 0588US6553161B1Magnetic fluid-based positioning apparatus and methodTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 22, 2003·38 cites·26 claims
- 0688US4294543AOptical system for developing point coordinate informationCOMMAND CONTROL & COMMUNICATIO·Filed 1979·Granted Oct 13, 1981·113 cites·15 claims
- 0785US5864296AFingerprint detector using ridge resistance sensorTRW INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 26, 1999·231 cites·20 claims
- 0885US4395732AStatistically adaptive analog to digital converterMOTOROLA INC·Filed 1981·Granted Jul 26, 1983·37 cites·3 claims
- 0983US7251395B2Systems and methods for a continuously variable optical delay lineNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 31, 2007·9 cites·5 claims
- 1083US6317257B1Technique for polarization locking optical outputsTRW INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 13, 2001·20 cites·46 claims
- 1182US5784695AMethod and apparatus for handover control in a satellite based telecommunications systemTRW INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 21, 1998·115 cites·25 claims
- 1281US6396801B1Arbitrary waveform modemTRW INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 28, 2002·56 cites·17 claims
- 1379US6052475AFingerprint detector using ridge resistance sensing arrayTRW INC·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 18, 2000·121 cites·20 claims
- 1478US5479255AMultispectral signature extraction techniqueTRW INC·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 26, 1995·50 cites·23 claims
- 1577US6208773B1Addressable, semiconductor adaptable Bragg gratings (ASABG)TRW INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 27, 2001·50 cites·12 claims
- 1675US5300780AMissile surveillance method and apparatusTRW INC·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 5, 1994·65 cites·14 claims
- 1773US7162106B2Systems and methods for a continuously variable optical delay lineNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 9, 2007·4 cites·12 claims
- 1873US5651129AModular high-capacity solid-state mass data storage device for video servers including a switch for simultaneous multi-viewer accessTRW INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 22, 1997·89 cites·9 claims
- 1972US6912360B1Free space point-to-multipoint optical communication system and apparatusTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 28, 2005·14 cites·20 claims
- 2070US5471603AModular high-capacity solid-state mass data storage device including controller/memory modules arranged in parallel channelsTRW INC·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 28, 1995·27 cites·11 claims
- 2170US5289377AFault-tolerant solid-state flight data recorderTRW INC·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 22, 1994·27 cites·23 claims
- 2266US7283586B2Adaptive equalizer matched filter error metric concept and apparatusNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 16, 2007·10 cites·26 claims
- 2366US6115584ATransmitter-receiver for use in broadband wireless access communications systemsTRW INC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 5, 2000·46 cites·5 claims
- 2466US6020847AGeolocation method and apparatus for satellite based telecommunications systemTWR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 1, 2000·38 cites·5 claims
- 2565US6748177B1Multiple degree of freedom bimorph positioner and controllerTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 8, 2004·8 cites·22 claims
- 2665US6690310B1Method and apparatus for adaptively compensating for an inaccuracy in an analog-to-digital converterNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 10, 2004·13 cites·18 claims
- 2765US6539159B1Adaptive support for positioning optical componentsTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 25, 2003·8 cites·21 claims
- 2863US6067615AReconfigurable processor for executing successive function sequences in a processor operationTRW INC·Filed 1995·Granted May 23, 2000·44 cites·17 claims
- 2961US7460084B2Radio frequency holographic transformerNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 2, 2008·3 cites·10 claims
- 3061US6515490B1Conductive fluid-based position sensor and methodTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 4, 2003·6 cites·17 claims
- 3159US7003204B2Systems and methods for a continuously variable optical delay lineNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 21, 2006·4 cites·15 claims
- 3258US6050598AApparatus for and method of monitoring the mass quantity and density of a fluid in a closed container, and a vehicular air bag system incorporating such apparatusTRW INC·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 18, 2000·22 cites·30 claims
- 3356US7369600B2Burst communications apparatus and method using tapped delay linesNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 6, 2008·4 cites·17 claims
- 3456US6160504ARepetitive absorptive thresholding optical quantizerTRW INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 12, 2000·18 cites·32 claims
- 3554US6925260B1Window-mounted positionable collectorTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 2, 2005·4 cites·24 claims
- 3654US6498500B1Conductive fluid-based position sensor and methodTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 24, 2002·4 cites·17 claims
- 3754US5861839AAntenna apparatus for creating a 2D imageTRW INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 19, 1999·21 cites·18 claims
- 3852US6167024AMultiple channel control using orthogonally modulated coded drive signalsTRW INC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 26, 2000·16 cites·35 claims
- 3949US6529674B2Optical devices employing an optical thresholderTRW INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 4, 2003·2 cites·9 claims
- 4049US6470023B1Optical fiber position controller for multiple degrees of freedomTERABEAM CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 22, 2002·2 cites·19 claims
- 4147US6396866B1Symmetric chirp communications acquisition method and apparatusTRW INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 28, 2002·21 cites·22 claims
- 4247US6035079ASaturable absorber based optical inverterTRW INC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 7, 2000·15 cites·20 claims
- 4345US7274737B2EHF equalizer implemented with MEMs tap weight controlsNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 25, 2007·0 cites·23 claims
- 4444US6515784B2Refractive index manipulating optical inverterTRW INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 4, 2003·1 cites·19 claims
- 4543US7032189B2Configurable amplifier array incorporating programmable EHF transmission linesNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 18, 2006·3 cites·18 claims
- 4641US2002172231A1Time-multiplexed multi-carrier transmitterFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4739US6292119B1Delayed pulse saturable absorber-based downward-folding optical A/DTRW INC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 18, 2001·9 cites·50 claims
- 4839US2002037148A1Optical devices employing an optical thresholderTRW INC·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4938US6064325AFrequency modulation-based folding optical analog-to-digital converterTRW INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 16, 2000·8 cites·19 claims
- 5037US6121907AUpward-folding successive-approximation optical analog-to-digital converter and method for performing conversionTRW INC·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 19, 2000·8 cites·37 claims
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