Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Largent

Jean-Paul Largent 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: 6670928
    Abstract: An active electronic scan microwave reflector, capable of being illuminated by a microwave source to form an antenna. The reflector includes a set of elementary cells arranged side by side on a surface, each cell including a phase-shifting microwave circuit and a conductor plate arranged substantially parallel to the microwave circuit, the phase-shifting circuit including at least two half-phase-shifters. One half-phase-shifter includes at least a dielectric support, at least two electrically conductive wires substantially parallel to a given direction, arranged on the support and bearing at least a two-state semiconductor element, the conductors being substantially normal to the wires, and two conductor zones arranged towards the periphery of the cell, substantially parallel to the control conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Claude Chekroun, Jean-Paul Largent