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HICKMAN BARTON T
US22 patents
Patents
22 patentsUS6725170B1Apr 20, 2004
Smart probe apparatus and method for automatic self-adjustment of an oscilloscope's bandwidth
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US6629048B1Sep 30, 2003
Measurement test instrument and associated voltage management system for accessory device
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Automatic probe ground connection checking techniques
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Automatic probe ground connection checking techniques
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US10330705B2Jun 25, 2019
Calibration for test and measurement instrument including asynchronous time-interleaved digitizer using harmonic mixing
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US6563365B2May 13, 2003
Low-noise four-quadrant multiplier method and apparatus
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US11002764B2May 11, 2021
Systems and methods for synchronizing multiple test and measurement instruments
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US7408406B2Aug 5, 2008
Mode selection amplifier circuit usable in a signal acquisition probe
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US9651579B2May 16, 2017
Multi-scope control and synchronization system
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US12493053B2Dec 9, 2025
Precision, high bandwidth, switching attenuator
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US12228611B2Feb 18, 2025
Signal path calibration of a hardware setting in a test and measurement instrument
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US11808786B2Nov 7, 2023
Precision, high bandwidth, switching attenuator
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US11454651B2Sep 27, 2022
Automatic probe ground connection checking techniques
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US11372025B2Jun 28, 2022
Systems and methods for synchronizing multiple test and measurement instruments
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US11249111B2Feb 15, 2022
Automatic probe ground connection checking techniques
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US11041884B2Jun 22, 2021
Calibration for test and measurement instrument including asynchronous time-interleaved digitizer using harmonic mixing
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US9568503B2Feb 14, 2017
Calibration for test and measurement instrument including asynchronous time-interleaved digitizer using harmonic mixing
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US11619657B2Apr 4, 2023
Frequency converter accessory for a test and measurement instrument
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US10502763B2Dec 10, 2019
Noise reduction in digitizing systems
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US7868664B2Jan 11, 2011
Generating a trigger from a differential signal
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US6804306B2Oct 12, 2004
Stable in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) generator method and apparatus
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US12395176B2Aug 19, 2025
Multiple sample-rate data converter
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