Patents by Inventor Alexandre Charles

Alexandre Charles 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).

  • Patent number: 8258970
    Abstract: A method of detection of the presence of a contactless communication element by a terminal emitting an electromagnetic field, in which an oscillating circuit of the terminal is excited at a frequency which is made variable between two values surrounding a nominal tuning frequency of the oscillating circuit; a signal representative of the load of the oscillating circuit being interpreted to detect that a reference voltage has not been exceeded, which indicates the presence of an element in the field. A presence-detection circuit and a corresponding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Charles, Jérôme Conraux, Alexandre Malherbe, Alexandre Tramoni
  • Publication number: 20120190332
    Abstract: A method and a device for protecting a security module connected to a near-field communication router in a telecommunication device, wherein a transmission between the router and the security module is only allowed in the presence of a radio frequency communication flow detected by the router.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventor: Alexandre Charles
  • Publication number: 20120108169
    Abstract: The device may include a contactless element and a set of least two auxiliary elements. Each auxiliary element may include a slave SWP interface connected to a same master SWP interface of the contactless element through a SWP link, and a management module configured for activating at once only one slave SWP interface on the SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics GmbH, STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Laurent DEGAUQUE, Jürgen BÖHLER, Alexandre CHARLES, Pierre RIZZO
  • Publication number: 20100210300
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunication device including at least one telecommunication circuit; at least one subscriber identification module; at least one assembly including at least one supply battery; and a switch of selection between a power supply of the subscriber identification module by the assembly and by the telecommunication circuit according to the presence or not of a near-field communication module in the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: PIERRE RIZZO, Alexandre Charles
  • Publication number: 20100019885
    Abstract: A method of detection of the presence of a contactless communication element by a terminal emitting an electromagnetic field, in which an oscillating circuit of the terminal is excited at a frequency which is made variable between two values surrounding a nominal tuning frequency of the oscillating circuit; a signal representative of the load of the oscillating circuit being interpreted to detect that a reference voltage has not been exceeded, which indicates the presence of an element in the field. A presence-detection circuit and a corresponding terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Charles, Jérôme Conraux, Alexandre Malherbe, Alexabdre Tramoni
  • Publication number: 20090252068
    Abstract: A method of determining, by a first device capable of transmitting a two-state signal over a single-wire connection to a second device, the binary state of data transmitted by the second device over said connection, the state being determined according to the slope of a rising edge of the two-state signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Charles, Jerome Conraux, Alexandre Malherbe, Alexandre Tramoni
  • Publication number: 20090247079
    Abstract: A method and a device of transmission/reception by inductive coupling including circuitry for generating an AQ.C. signal intended to drive an oscillating circuit and circuitry intended to modulate the impedance of the oscillating circuit when data is to be transmitted, the oscillating circuit including an inductive element forming an antenna in parallel with a first capacitive element; and at least one second capacitive element in series with a switch, all in parallel with the first capacitive element and the antenna, the modulating circuitry being connected between the terminals of the antenna and the circuitry for generating the AQ.C. signal being connected to the junction point of the second capacitive element and of the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Charles, Jerome Conraux, Alexandre Malherbe, Alexandre Tramoni