Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Christopher Keate

28Patents
13h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 28, 1987 → Dec 23, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5835165A Reduction of false locking code words in concatenated decoders Electricity 100 Expired
US6134282A Method for lowpass filter calibration in a satellite receiver Electricity 56 Expired
US5111155A Distortion compensation means and method Electricity 56 Expired
US5870439A Satellite receiver tuner chip having reduced digital noise interference Electricity 53 Expired
US5819157A Reduced power tuner chip with integrated voltage regulator for a satellite receiver system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5999793A Satellite receiver tuner chip with frequency synthesizer having an externally configurable charge pump Electricity 43 Expired
US5955783A High frequency signal processing chip having signal pins distributed to minimize signal interference Electricity 42 Expired
US5953636A Single-chip DBS receiver Electricity 31 Expired
US6091931A Frequency synthesis architecture in a satellite receiver Electricity 31 Expired
US5383225A Synchronizer for TDMA acquisition signal having an unknown frequency Electricity 21 Expired
US4870382A High frequency lock detecting circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6665355B1 Method and apparatus for pilot-aided carrier acquisition of vestigial sideband signal Electricity 13 Expired
US5995563A System and method for fast channel switching in a satellite receiver Electricity 13 Expired
US5812927A System and method for correction of I/Q angular error in a satellite receiver Electricity 13 Expired
US4916405A Smart sweep apparatus for data rate receivers Electricity 13 Expired
US5844948A System and method for digital tracking and compensation of frequency offset error in a satellite receiver Electricity 12 Expired
US5901184A Extended range voltage controlled oscillator for frequency synthesis in a satellite receiver Electricity 11 Expired
US4901332A Noncoherent-coherent A.C. coupled base band AGC receiver Electricity 10 Expired
US4870660A Variable frequency rate receiver Electricity 10 Expired
US5930688A Method and apparatus for intermodulation noise suppression in RF power amplifiers Electricity 8 Expired
US7738046B2 System and apparatus for receiving digital television signals Electricity 5 Expired
US5063577A High-speed bit synchronizer Electricity 4 Expired
US4833639A High-speed analog multiplier--absolute value detector Physics 4 Expired
US6167098A Method and apparatus for digital interference rejection Electricity 2 Expired
US8144260B2 System and apparatus for receiving digital television signals Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.