Patents by Inventor William Thales Roberts

William Thales Roberts 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).

  • Infrastructure-grade integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with linear tuning characteristics and low phase noise
    Patent number: 9503017
    Abstract: The described devices, systems and methods include a voltage controlled oscillator. The voltage controlled oscillator includes a fine-tuning varactor network, a switch capacitor array having a first plurality of binary capacitor array elements and a second plurality of thermometer code capacitor array elements, and a tank inductor network including a first inductor in parallel with a second inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob K. Easter, William Thales Roberts, Shayan Farahvash, David Conrad Stegmeir, Li Jin