Patents by Inventor Fulvio Vittorio Fontana

Fulvio Vittorio Fontana has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130255381
    Abstract: An inertial sensor having a body with an excitation coil and a first sensing coil extending along a first axis. A suspended mass includes a magnetic-field concentrator, in a position corresponding to the excitation coil, and configured for displacing by inertia in a plane along the first axis. A supply and sensing circuit is electrically coupled to the excitation coil and to the first sensing coil, and is configured for generating a time-variable flow of electric current that flows in the excitation coil so as to generate a magnetic field that interacts with the magnetic-field concentrator to induce a voltage/current in the sensing coil. The integrated circuit is configured for measuring a value of the voltage/current induced in the first sensing coil so as to detect a quantity associated to the displacement of the suspended mass along the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I
    Inventors: Giulio Ricotti, Alberto Pagani, Fulvio Vittorio Fontana, Ubaldo Mastromatteo
  • Publication number: 20120249276
    Abstract: An embodiment of integrated inductor device, comprising a plurality of modules overlaid to each other, each module including at least one coil of conducting material. The directly overlaid pairs of coils are coiled in opposite directions. The directly overlaid modules are mechanically coupled through first adhesive conductive regions and the coils of the directly overlaid modules are electrically coupled to each other through second adhesive conductive regions. The first and the second adhesive conductive regions coupling directly overlaid modules are formed in the same step of the process, are of the same material and are arranged at a same level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Fulvio Vittorio FONTANA, Giovanni GRAZIOSI
  • Patent number: 7998774
    Abstract: A package includes a substrate provided with a passing opening and a MEMS device. The MEMS device includes an active surface wherein a portion of the MEMS device is integrated sensitive to the chemical/physical variations of a fluid. The active surface of the MEMS device faces the substrate and is spaced therefrom, the sensitive portion being aligned to the passing opening. A protective package incorporates the MEMS device and the substrate, leaving at least the sensitive portion of the MEMS device exposed through the passing opening of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico Giovanni Ziglioli, Fulvio Vittorio Fontana, Mark Shaw
  • Publication number: 20110092009
    Abstract: A package includes a substrate provided with a passing opening and a MEMS device. The MEMS device includes an active surface wherein a portion of the MEMS device is integrated sensitive to the chemical/physical variations of a fluid. The active surface of the MEMS device faces the substrate and is spaced therefrom, the sensitive portion being aligned to the passing opening. A protective package incorporates the MEMS device and the substrate, leaving at least the sensitive portion of the MEMS device exposed through the passing opening of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Federico Giovanni Ziglioli, Fulvio Vittorio Fontana, Mark Shaw
  • Patent number: 7898043
    Abstract: A package includes a substrate provided with a passing opening and a MEMS device. The MEMS device includes an active surface wherein a portion of the MEMS device is integrated sensitive to the chemical/physical variations of a fluid. The active surface of the MEMS device faces the substrate and is spaced therefrom, the sensitive portion being aligned to the passing opening. A protective package incorporates the MEMS device and the substrate, leaving at least the sensitive portion of the MEMS device exposed through the passing opening of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico Giovanni Ziglioli, Fulvio Vittorio Fontana, Mark Shaw
  • Publication number: 20100154519
    Abstract: An embodiment of a micro-electro-mechanical system of the MEMS type comprising at least one micro-electro-mechanical device of the MEMS type and one junction with a duct suitable to being associated with an external apparatus. Said junction being a printed circuit board PCB comprising at least two layers with juxtaposed faces, a channel being present in at least one face of at least one of said at least two layers suitable for realizing the duct with the juxtaposition of the other face of at least another one of at least two layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventor: Fulvio Vittorio Fontana
  • Publication number: 20080164543
    Abstract: A package includes a substrate provided with a passing opening and a MEMS device. The MEMS device includes an active surface wherein a portion of the MEMS device is integrated sensitive to the chemical/physical variations of a fluid. The active surface of the MEMS device faces the substrate and is spaced therefrom, the sensitive portion being aligned to the passing opening. A protective package incorporates the MEMS device and the substrate, leaving at least the sensitive portion of the MEMS device exposed through the passing opening of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico Giovanni Ziglioli, Fulvio Vittorio Fontana, Mark Shaw