Patents by Inventor Franck Thudor

Franck Thudor 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: 20070242785
    Abstract: This invention relates to an antenna comprising at least one radiating device, furnished with a rejector filter associated with a frequency band of an interfering signal. In accordance with the invention, such an antenna is characterized in that this rejector filter is adaptive, so as to be active when the interfering signal is detected and its power is above a threshold, this adaptive filter being deactivated when the detected power of this interfering signal is below the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Jean-Luc Robert, Jean-Yves Le Naour
  • Publication number: 20070147557
    Abstract: The gain control method for the RF and IF amplification stages of a bursty data frame reception system enables, following a step for evaluating the received signal strength, the gain adjustment step of the RF amplification stage to be temporarily deferred until a frame structure symbol is received, during which the gain adjustment step of the IF amplification stage takes place simultaneously with that of the RF gain, while retaining an overall gain linearly dependent on the input signal strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Vincent Demoulin, Olivier Mocquard, Samuel Guillouard, Franck Thudor, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Jacques Perraudeau
  • Publication number: 20070146224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a broadband monopole antenna comprising a “cup”-shaped radiating element mounted on an earth plane forming support of annular shape. This antenna can be used in the field of portable television apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pintos, Olivier Mocquard, Jean-Luc Robert, Franck Thudor, Corinne Nicolas
  • Patent number: 7227507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of electromagnetic signals comprising at least one means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals, consisting of an antenna of the slot type and a feed line coupled electromagnetically with the slot of the antenna so as to connect the means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals to means of utilization of the signals, the feed line being coupled electromagnetically with the slot at two points chosen such that the electromagnetic waves exhibit a circular polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir, Franck Thudor, Françoise Le Bolzer
  • Publication number: 20070115193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of electromagnetic signals comprising at least one means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals, consisting of an antenna of the slot type (12) and a feed line (13) coupled electromagnetically with the slot of the antenna so as to connect the means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals to means of utilization of the signals, the feed line being coupled electromagnetically with the slot at two points (A1, A2) chosen such that the electromagnetic waves exhibit a circular polarization
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir, Franck Thudor, Francoise Le Bolzer
  • Publication number: 20070080881
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planar antenna realised on a substrate (2) comprising a slot (1) of closed form dimensioned to operate at a given frequency in a short-circuit plane of at least one feed-line (3, 4). In this case, the perimeter of the slot is designed such that p=k?s where k is a whole number greater than 1 and ?s the guided wavelength in the slot. On the other hand, it comprises at least one first feed-line (3) placed in an open circuit zone of the slot and a second feed-line (4) placed at a distance d=(2n+1) ?s/4 from the first line, where n is an integer greater than or equal to zero. The invention is particularly applicable to wireless transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Francoise Le Bolzer, Philippe Minard
  • Patent number: 7167136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiating device intended to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic signals comprising at least two antennas connected by slot and having a common slot. Connection means enable at least one antenna to be connected to processing means of electromagnetic signals. The connection means include two connection lines connected to the processing means. The two lines are terminated by an open circuit and are coupled electromagnetically to the common slot of the two antennas so as to enable a phase difference to be introduced between the electromagnetic signals of the two antennas when the connection is switched from one line to the other by means of a switching device present on the connection lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Francoise Le Bolzer, Philippe Minard
  • Publication number: 20060176234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiating element designed to operate in an electrically small antenna including a conducting strip folded N times like a bellows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Ali Louzir, Franck Thudor, Jean-Luc Robert
  • Patent number: 7088302
    Abstract: A device, applicable to the field of wireless transmission, receives and/or transmits electromagnetic waves with radiation diversity. This device comprises, on a common substrate (3), at least one antenna of the slot type (1) formed by a closed curve, known as a slot antenna, electromagnetically coupled to a first supply line (6), and an antenna radiating parallel to the substrate (2), positioned inside the slot antenna and connected to a second supply line. The first and second supply lines are connected via a switching means to means to exploit the electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Ali Louzir, Philippe Minard, Franck Thudor, Françoise Le Bolzer
  • Patent number: 7084833
    Abstract: The antenna, particularly for portable televisions, comprises two ports coupled to a radiating element (11), the two ports being placed on the radiating element at 90° to each other and at 45° relative to a horizontal plane. The two ports are linked to a broadband switching and phase shifting circuit controlled in order to supply a polarization diversity signal as output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pintos, Jean-Luc Robert, Olivier Mocquard, Ali Louzir, Franck Thudor
  • Patent number: 7027001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual-band planar antenna formed by at least one slot of closed shape fabricated on a printed substrate having a perimeter equal to k?f, and two supply lines supplying power to the slot via two accesses separated by (2m+1)?f/4, where ?f is the guided wavelength in the slot and k and m integers greater than 0, the slot comprising means modifying the operating frequency, one of the supply lines being situated on the said means. The invention is especially applicable to antennas used in domestic wireless networks (IEEE802-11a or Hyperlan 2 standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, François Baron, Françoise Le Bolzer
  • Patent number: 7023396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a broadband antenna with omnidirectional radiation comprising a first circular or semicircular monopole perpendicular to an earth plane, and at least one second circular or semicircular monopole, the monopoles being positioned with respect to one another in such a way as to have a common diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Jean-François Pintos
  • Publication number: 20060030258
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system of receiving signals comprising a retransmission base to amplify signals captured at a point in a domestic environment and retransmit them at the same frequency to digital receivers of the said domestic environment. According to the invention, the retransmission base amplifies and retransmits up to N DVB-T channels the positions of which can be anywhere in the receive band and are chosen dynamically by the system users. Means are provided in the system to share the system's amplification resources between the system's various digital receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Olivier Mocquard, Jean-Francois Pintos, Jean-Luc Robert, Franck Thudor
  • Publication number: 20060012536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiating device intended to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic signals comprising at least two antennas connected by slot and having a common slot. Connection means enable at least one antenna to be connected to processing means of electromagnetic signals. The connection means include two connection lines connected to the processing means. The two lines are terminated by an open circuit and are coupled electromagnetically to the common slot of the two antennas so as to enable a phase difference to be introduced between the electromagnetic signals of the two antennas when the connection is switched from one line to the other by means of a switching device present on the connection lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Francoise Le Bolzer, Philippe Minard
  • Publication number: 20050237252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation diversity antenna consisting of radiating elements of the slot-line type coupled electromagnetically to a feed line, in which the radiating elements (1,2,3,4,5,1a,1b) have a tree structure, each radiating element having a length equal to k?s/2 where k is an identical or different integer from one element to the next and ?s is the guided wavelength in the slot-line constituting the radiating element with at least one radiating element comprising a switching means (d1,d2,d3,d4,d?1) positioned in the slot-line constituting the said radiating element in such a way as to control the coupling between the said radiating element and the feed line (6) as a function of a command. The invention applies chiefly to wireless transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Francoise Le Bolzer, Bernard Denis
  • Publication number: 20050200542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for the reception and/or the transmission of electromagnetic signals comprising at least one means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals, consisting of an antenna of the slot type and a feed line coupled electromagnetically with the slot of the antenna so as to connect the means of reception and/or of transmission of electromagnetic signals to means of utilization of the signals, the feed line being coupled electromagnetically with the slot at two points chosen such that the electromagnetic waves exhibit a circular polarization
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir, Franck Thudor, Francoise Le Bolzer
  • Publication number: 20050200553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a source-antenna for transmitting/receiving electromagnetic waves comprising an array of n radiating elements (113, 114) operating in a first frequency band, means (20) with longitudinal radiation operating in a second frequency band, the array and the means with longitudinal radiation having a substantially common phase centre, the n radiating elements being arranged symmetrically about the longitudinal-radiation means, and each element (113, 114) of the array consisting of a radiating element of the travelling wave type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Patrice Hirtzlin, All Louzir, Jean-Francois Pintos, Franck Thudor
  • Publication number: 20050190112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiband planar antenna consisting of at least one resonator formed of an element having a closed shape made on a substrate and dimensioned so as to operate in its fundamental mode at the resonant frequency of the lowest band. The resonator is fed by a feed line in such a way as to operate in all the higher modes. The resonator comprises means for modifying the resonant frequencies of the various modes in such a way as to cover the bands concerned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Francois Baron, Francoise Le Bolzer
  • Patent number: 6917342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for receiving and/or transmitting electromagnetic signals comprising three annular slots (20, 21, 22) which are tangent in pairs at two points P1 and P2. These slots are supplied by two supply lines (23, 24) so as to produce a line/slot transition. One of the lines 23 passes through the point P1 while the other line 24 passes through the point P2, the two lines being connected via a T-shaped junction at a common port 1. A diode 25 or 26 is mounted at the free end of each line, making it possible to simulate a short circuit or an open circuit at the end of one of the lines and an open circuit or a short circuit at the end of the other line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir, Francoise Le Bolzer
  • Patent number: 6891510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for receiving and/or emitting signals comprising at least two means for receiving and/or emitting electromagnetic waves of the slot antenna type and means for connecting the said receiving and/or emitting means to means for exploiting the signals, the means for receiving and/or emitting electromagnetic waves being symmetric with respect to a point, and the connection means consisting of supply lines coupled electromagnetically to the slots of the slot antennas, which are connected on one side to a common supply line which is in a plane passing through the point of symmetry, and on the other to an electronic component enabling a short circuit or an open circuit to be simulated at the end of one of the lines and an open circuit or a short circuit to be simulated at the end of the other line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Françoise Le Bolzer, Ali Louzir, Franck Thudor, Philippe Minard