Patents by Inventor Stefano Dal Toso

Stefano Dal Toso 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: 20120027121
    Abstract: A system including a first frequency divider, a plurality of second frequency dividers, and a control module. The first frequency divider includes a first plurality of components and is configured to divide an input frequency of an input signal to generate a first signal having a first frequency and a first phase. Each of the plurality of second frequency dividers includes a second plurality of components and is configured to divide the input frequency of the input signal to generate a second signal having the first frequency and a second phase. The control module is configured to connect the second plurality of components of one of the second frequency dividers to the first plurality of components of the first frequency divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Danilo Gerna, Stefano Dal Toso, Gregory Uehara
  • Publication number: 20120025880
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a jitter generator configured to receive a reference clock; add jitter to the reference clock; and output the reference clock with the included jitter to a phase lock loop (PLL). The PLL is used to generate a local oscillator (LO) signal for a transceiver. A jitter controller outputs a signal to the jitter generator to control a characteristic of the jitter added to the reference clock. The reference clock with the added jitter is used to reduce a fractional spur caused by a radio frequency (RF) attacker coupling into the PLL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Luca Romano, Alessandro Venca, Stefano Dal Toso, Antonio Milani, Brian Brunn
  • Patent number: 7940830
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems for synthesizing frequencies for use in a fast hopping wireless communications system. A frequency synthesizer comprises a plurality of oscillators with each oscillator having a first input coupled to a reference clock frequency signal, and a signal selector having a control signal input and a plurality of reference clock inputs with each reference clock input coupled to an output from an oscillator. Each oscillator produces a reference frequency that is a harmonic of a reference clock frequency of the reference clock frequency signal, and the signal selector couples a reference clock input to an output based on a control signal provided by the control signal input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stefano Marsili, Marc Tiebout, Andrea Bevilacqua, Stefano Dal Toso