Patents by Inventor Vito Boccuzzi

Vito Boccuzzi 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).

  • Differently-tuned VCO using inductively coupled varactors
    Patent number: 7061340
    Abstract: A differently-tuned voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and its application in a multi-band VCO tuner are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the VCO comprises a plurality of serially connected inductive elements each including inductively coupled inductor elements, a varactor element connected in parallel with the serially connected first inductor elements and means to apply a first and second tuning voltage to elements of the varactor element. In a second aspect, the VCO further comprises a second varactor element connected in parallel with the inductive elements, and means to apply the second tuning voltage elements of the second varactor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Agere Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Vito Boccuzzi, Robert Charles Frye, Sander Lauentius Gierkink
  • Quadrature voltage controlled oscillator utilizing common-mode inductive coupling
    Patent number: 6911870
    Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator including a first oscillator circuit portion with at least one first inductor, and a second oscillator circuit portion with at least one second inductor, wherein the at least one first inductor and the at least one second inductor are electromagnetically coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Agere Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sander L. Gierkink, Vito Boccuzzi, Robert C. Frye, Salvatore Levantino
  • Differently-tuned VCO using inductively coupled varactors
    Publication number: 20040196110
    Abstract: A differently-tuned voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and its application in a multi-band VCO tuner are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the VCO comprises a plurality of serially connected inductive elements each including inductively coupled inductor elements, a varactor element connected in parallel with the serially connected first inductor elements and means to apply a first and second tuning voltage to elements of the varactor element. In a second aspect, the VCO further comprises a second varactor element connected in parallel with the inductive elements, and means to apply the second tuning voltage elements of the second varactor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Vito Boccuzzi, Robert Charles Frye, Sander Lauentius Gierkink
  • Quadrature voltage controlled oscillator utilizing common-mode inductive coupling
    Publication number: 20040066241
    Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator including a first oscillator circuit portion with at least one first inductor, and a second oscillator circuit portion with at least one second inductor, wherein the at least one first inductor and the at least one second inductor are electromagnetically coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Sander L. Gierkink, Vito Boccuzzi, Robert C. Frye, Salvatore Levantino