Patents by Inventor Thierry MEZIACHE

Thierry MEZIACHE 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).

  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN NFC CONTROLLER AND AUXILIARY ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20240114324
    Abstract: A device, including a main element and a set of at least two auxiliary elements, the main element including a master SWP interface, each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface connected to the master SWP interface of the NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link and management circuit configured to control the SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on the SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • Method and device for managing information exchange between a main element, for example, an NFC controller, and a set of at least two auxiliary elements
    Patent number: 11889397
    Abstract: A device, including a main element and a set of at least two auxiliary elements, said main element including a master SWP interface, each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link and management means configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN A MAIN ELEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE A NFC CONTROLLER, AND A SET OF AT LEAST TWO AUXILIARY ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20220150680
    Abstract: A device, including a main element and a set of at least two auxiliary elements, said main element including a master SWP interface, each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link and management means configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • Method and device for managing information exchange between a main element, for example a NFC controller, and a set of at least two auxiliary elements
    Patent number: 11272338
    Abstract: A device, including a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRMprocessor, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN A MAIN ELEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE A NFC CONTROLLER, AND A SET OF AT LEAST TWO AUXILIARY ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20200128379
    Abstract: A device, including a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRMprocessor, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • Method and device for managing information exchange between a main element, for example a NFC controller, and a set of at least two auxillary elements
    Patent number: 10536836
    Abstract: A device, including a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, STMicroelectronics GmbH
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • Method and device for managing information exchange between a main element, for example a NFC controller, and a set of at least two auxillary elements
    Patent number: 10271193
    Abstract: A device, including a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • Adaptation of an antenna circuit for a near-field communication terminal
    Patent number: 10249946
    Abstract: A method for adapting an antenna circuit including at least one first capacitive element and an inductive element in series, and at least one second capacitive element having a first electrode connected between the first capacitive element and the inductive element, wherein data representative of the voltage of said first electrode are applied to the second electrode of the second capacitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, Melexis Technologies SA
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Oleksandr Zhuk
  • Method and device for managing information exchange between a main element, for example a NFC controller, and a set of at least two auxiliary elements
    Patent number: 10244372
    Abstract: Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler, Thierry Meziache
  • Method and Device for Managing Information Exchange Between a Main Element, for Example a NFC Controller, and a Set of at Least Two Auxillary Elements
    Publication number: 20180279104
    Abstract: A device, including a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • Method and Device for Managing Information Exchange Between a Main Element, for Example a NFC Controller, and a Set of at Least Two Auxillary Elements
    Publication number: 20180192273
    Abstract: A device, including a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN A MAIN ELEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE A NFC CONTROLLER, AND A SET OF AT LEAST TWO AUXILIARY ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20170048658
    Abstract: Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: PIERRE RIZZO, ALEXANDRE CHARLES, JUERGEN BOEHLER, THIERRY MEZIACHE
  • Method and device for managing information exchange between a main element, for example a NFC controller, and a set of at least two auxiliary elements
    Patent number: 9515701
    Abstract: Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler, Thierry Meziache
  • Near-field communication system terminal
    Patent number: 9516454
    Abstract: A terminal of a near-field communication system, including at least one element for spreading the spectrum of a received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventor: Thierry Meziache
  • Method for transmitting and receiving encrypted digital information with encrypted parity bits and related systems
    Patent number: 9083487
    Abstract: The information bits and the parity bits are encrypted in a microcontroller and transmitted on a bus to a transceiver head which forms the frames to be transmitted on a channel from encrypted information bits and from encrypted parity bits received on the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventor: Thierry Meziache
  • NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20150172851
    Abstract: A terminal of a near-field communication system, including at least one element for spreading the spectrum of a received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Thierry Meziache
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN A MAIN ELEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE A NFC CONTROLLER, AND A SET OF AT LEAST TWO AUXILIARY ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20140036723
    Abstract: Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler, Thierry Meziache
  • ADAPTATION OF AN ANTENNA CIRCUIT FOR A NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20130328736
    Abstract: A method for adapting an antenna circuit including at least one first capacitive element and an inductive element in series, and at least one second capacitive element having a first electrode connected between the first capacitive element and the inductive element, wherein data representative of the voltage of said first electrode are applied to the second electrode of the second capacitive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Thierry Meziache, Oleksandor Zhuk
  • METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DIGITAL INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF FRAMES WITH POSSIBLY ENCRYPTED PARITY BITS, AND CORRESPONDING TRANSCEIVER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130315263
    Abstract: The information bits and the parity bits are encrypted in a microcontroller and transmitted on a bus to a transceiver head which forms the frames to be transmitted on a channel from encrypted information bits and from encrypted parity bits received on the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventor: Thierry MEZIACHE