Rodney Kevin Bonebright

US Patent:

55460500, Aug 13, 1996

Filed:

Mar 14, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/403408

Inventors:

Michael H. Florian - Bellevue WA
Harold J. Redd - Seattle WA
David R. Hogue - Renton WA
Rodney K. Bonebright - Milton WA

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

International Classification:

H03G 330

US Classification:

330282

Abstract:

A bus leveling system for automatically monitoring and maintaining the amplitude of a radio frequency (RF) signal carded on a bus. A two-stage variable gain amplifier (64) is connected in series with the bus. Each stage of the variable gain amplifier is constructed with a PIN diode (84, 86) in a feedback path of the stage. The amplification of the variable gain amplifier is varied by the injection of current into the feedback path to adjust the resistance of the PIN diodes. A control circuit having an RE detector (78) is provided to monitor and adjust the gain generated by the variable gain amplifier. Preferably, the control circuit and the variable gain amplifier are incorporated into an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) (62). The RF detector is constructed of two Gilbert multipliers (202, 204) to minimize errors caused by operating condition changes, including variations in power supply voltage, temperature, or process.

US Patent:

58284761, Oct 27, 1998

Filed:

Jun 11, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/660972

Inventors:

Rodney K. Bonebright - Milton WA
Rodney A. Hughes - Tacoma WA
Jay W. Clement - Kent WA
John H. Nitardy - Seattle WA

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

International Classification:

H04B 1000

US Classification:

359152

Abstract:

A transceiver (14) for recovering two different types of manchester coded, optical data signals from a photodiode is disclosed. The transceiver (14) includes a preamplifier (28) that receives and differentially amplifies the optical signal to reject power supply noise. The output of the preamplifier (28) is applied to an AC coupler (30) that extracts DC signal components using a switching circuit to produce a purely differential signal. A post amplifier/quantizer (34) receives the purely differential signal from the AC coupler (30) and generates a quantized signal therefrom. The quantized signal is applied to a data filter, clock recovery and control logic system 36 (36) that recovers a clock signal from the data signal that is synchronized by every data edge of the quantized signal.

US Patent:

20190181561, Jun 13, 2019

Filed:

Feb 14, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/275535

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Frank R. Brogden - Auburn WA, US
Jay W. Clement - Kent WA, US
Rodney K. Bonebright - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

H01Q 21/00
H04B 7/06
H01Q 3/36

Abstract:

A phased array antenna system includes a plurality of radio frequency (RF) tile sub-arrays. Each RF tile sub-array includes a multiplicity of RF elements, a tile control integrated circuit, a multiplicity of RF integrated circuits and a configuration storage device. The configuration storage device stores data including calibration and configuration information that is unique to the RF tile sub-array and the tile control integrated circuit. The multiplicity of RF integrated circuits, the multiplicity of RF elements, and the configuration storage device are disposed on a single associated RF tile sub-array. The system also includes an antenna controller configured to process data for steering or tracking one or more RF beams by the multiplicity of RF elements. The calibration and configuration information that is unique to the RF tile sub-array is downloaded from the configuration storage device through the tile control integrated circuit to an RF element compensation table.

US Patent:

20170104268, Apr 13, 2017

Filed:

Oct 12, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/880744

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Frank R. Brogden - Auburn WA, US
Jay W. Clement - Kent WA, US
Rodney K. Bonebright - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

H01Q 3/26
H01Q 3/34

Abstract:

A phased array antenna system may include a plurality of radio frequency (RF) tile sub-arrays arranged in a certain pattern to define an RF aperture. Each RF tile sub-array may include a multiplicity of RF elements and each RF element may be separately controlled for steering or tracking an RF beam generated or received by the RF element. The phased array antenna system may also include an antenna controller configured to process data for steering or tracking one or more RF beams by the multiplicity of RF elements. The antenna controller may additionally include a plurality of aperture state machines. An aperture state machine may be associated with each RF tile sub-array for controlling operation of the associated RF tile sub-array. The phased array antenna system may further include a plurality of RF tile buses. One RF tile bus operatively couples each aperture state machine to the RF tile sub-array.