Patents Assigned to Time Reversal Communications
  • Patent number: 9614288
    Abstract: A device (10) for receiving and/or emitting an electromagnetic wave, comprising a medium (11) of dielectric material, a plurality of passive resonant elements (12) incorporated inside said medium, the plurality of passive resonant elements (12) comprising a frequency band-gap, two neighbor passive resonant elements belonging to the plurality being spaced apart from each other of a first distance lower than ?/4, and at least one active resonant element (13) incorporated inside said plurality, said active resonant element (13) having a second structure different from a first structure of the passive resonant elements (12), so that said active resonant element (13) has at least a second resonance frequency comprised inside the frequency band-gap of said plurality of passive elements (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: TIME REVERSAL COMMUNICATIONS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Geoffroy Lerosey, Christian Leray, Fabrice Lemoult, Julien De Rosny, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink
  • Patent number: 9065181
    Abstract: A device for receiving and/or emitting an electromagnetic wave having a free space wavelength ?0 comprised between 1 mm and 10 cm, comprising a medium (11) of solid dielectric material and the free space wavelength ?0 corresponding to a wavelength ? inside the medium, a plurality of conductor elements (12) incorporated inside the medium and spaced apart from each other of a distance lower than ?/10, and one antenna element (13). The conductor elements form small loop elements. A tuned conductor element among the conductor elements has a first end at a distance from the antenna element which is lower than ?/10, and has an electric resonance frequency corresponding to the wavelength ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: Time Reversal Communications, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Julien De Rosny, Geoffroy Lerosey, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink, Fabrice Lemoult
  • Patent number: 8976078
    Abstract: A device for receiving and/or emitting an electromagnetic wave having a free space wavelength ?0 comprised between 1 mm and 10 cm, comprising a medium (11) of solid dielectric material and the free space wavelength ?0 corresponding to a wavelength ? inside the medium, a plurality of conductor elements (12) incorporated inside the medium and spaced apart from each other of a distance lower than ?/10, and one antenna element (13). The conductor elements are not loop elements. A tuned conductor element among the conductor elements has a first end at a distance from the antenna element which is lower than ?/10, and has a length Hwire adapted to generate an electromagnetic resonance in the tuned conductor element corresponding to the wavelength ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignees: Time Reversal Communications, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS
    Inventors: Julien De Rosny, Geoffroy Lerosey, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink, Fabrice Lemoult
  • Patent number: 8687726
    Abstract: A method for transmitting digital data on a communication channel, between a transmitter base comprising N transmission antennas and K receivers. A signal carrier of frequency f0 and M sub-carriers of index m are used, adapted to transport K streams of digital data sk in parallel between the transmitter base and each receiver. The method comprises a step in which N.M complex symbols tn(m) are calculated from K.M symbols sk(m), by t n ? ( m ) = ? k = 1 K ? ? k · H k , n * ? ( m ) · s k ? ( m ) , where * denotes a complex conjugate, Hk,n(m) is a complex value estimating the transfer function of the communication channel between the transmission antenna n and the receiving antenna k at a corresponding frequency of the sub-carrier m, and ?k is a normalization coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Time Reversal Communications, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Julien De Rosny, Geoffroy Lerosey, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink
  • Publication number: 20140062821
    Abstract: A device (10) for receiving and/or emitting an electromagnetic wave, comprising a medium (11) of dielectric material, a plurality of passive resonant elements (12) incorporated inside said medium, the plurality of passive resonant elements (12) comprising a frequency band-gap, two neighbour passive resonant elements belonging to the plurality being spaced apart from each other of a first distance lower than ?/4, and at least one active resonant element (13) incorporated inside said plurality, said active resonant element (13) having a second structure different from a first structure of the passive resonant elements (12), so that said active resonant element (13) has at least a second resonance frequency comprised inside the frequency band-gap of said plurality of passive elements (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS, TIME REVERSAL COMMUNICATIONS
    Inventors: Geoffroy Lerosey, Christian Leray, Fabrice Lemoult, Julien De Rosny, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink
  • Publication number: 20120280886
    Abstract: A device for receiving and/or emitting an electromagnetic wave having a free space wavelength ?0 comprised between 1 mm and 10 cm, comprising a medium (11) of solid dielectric material and the free space wavelength ?0 corresponding to a wavelength ? inside the medium, a plurality of conductor elements (12) incorporated inside the medium and spaced apart from each other of a distance lower than ?/10, and one antenna element (13). The conductor elements are not loop elements. A tuned conductor element among the conductor elements has a first end at a distance from the antenna element which is lower than ?/10, and has a length Hwire adapted to generate an electromagnetic resonance in the tuned conductor element corresponding to the wavelength ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, Time Reversal Communications
    Inventors: Julien De Rosny, Geoffroy Lerosey, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink, Fabrice Lemoult
  • Publication number: 20120212388
    Abstract: A device for receiving and/or emitting an electromagnetic wave having a free space wavelength ?0 comprised between 1 mm and 10 cm, comprising a medium (11) of solid dielectric material and the free space wavelength ?0 corresponding to a wavelength ? inside the medium, a plurality of conductor elements (12) incorporated inside the medium and spaced apart from each other of a distance lower than ?/10, and one antenna element (13). The conductor elements form small loop elements. A tuned conductor element among the conductor elements has a first end at a distance from the antenna element which is lower than ?/10, and has an electric resonance frequency corresponding to the wavelength ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, Time Reversal Communications
    Inventors: Julien De Rosny, Geoffroy Lerosey, Arnaud Tourrin, Mathias Fink, Fabrice Lemoult
  • Publication number: 20120207234
    Abstract: A method for transmitting digital data on a communication channel, between a transmitter base comprising N transmission antennas and K receivers. A signal carrier of frequency f0 and M sub-carriers of index m are used, adapted to transport K streams of digital data sk in parallel between the transmitter base and each receiver. The method comprises a step in which N.M complex symbols tn(m) are calculated from K.M symbols sk(m), by t n ? ( m ) = ? k = 1 K ? ? k · H k , n * ? ( m ) · s k ? ( m ) , where * denotes a complex conjugate, Hk,n(m) is a complex value estimating the transfer function of the communication channel between the transmission antenna n and the receiving antenna k at a corresponding frequency of the sub-carrier m, and ?k is a normalization coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique-CNRS-, Time Reversal Communications
    Inventors: Julien De Rosny, Geoffroy Lerosey, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink