Patents by Inventor Ammar Kouki

Ammar Kouki 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: 20180005101
    Abstract: A system and method for calibrating an RFID reader and for detecting an RFID tagged object when positioned in an environment having a metallic structure that is shakable with respect to an antenna loop of the RFID reader. The method determines a first current level for the antenna loop that allows detection of an RFID tag when the metallic structure is not shaking but that does not allow detection of the RFID tag when the metallic structure is shaking. The method further establishes a second current level that is lower than the first current level for the antenna loop and that allows detection of the RFID tag as the objects pass through the opening when the metallic structure is shaking or not. An operating current of the antenna loop is set according to the established second current, for post-calibration RFID tag reading using the RFID reader in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ammar KOUKI, Jebali CHOKRI
  • Patent number: 8358182
    Abstract: There is described a duplexer comprising: a dielectric substrate having a circuit-receiving surface and an opposite surface; a ground structure deposited on the circuit-receiving surface or the opposite surface; a first filter connectable to a first terminal and having a first frequency bandpass; a second filter connectable to a second terminal and having a second frequency bandpass different from the first frequency bandpass, the first filter and the second filter each having at least one filter section deposited on the circuit-receiving surface; and an uncovered coupling circuit connectable to a third terminal and deposited on the circuit-receiving surface between the first filter and the second filter, the coupling circuit being spaced apart from the first and second filter by a coupling gap and configured for electromagnetically coupling the first filter and the second filter together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Ecole de Technologie Superieure
    Inventors: Ammar Kouki, Ahmed El-Zayat
  • Publication number: 20110032050
    Abstract: There is described a duplexer comprising: a dielectric substrate having a circuit-receiving surface and an opposite surface; a ground structure deposited on the circuit-receiving surface or the opposite surface; a first filter connectable to a first terminal and having a first frequency bandpass; a second filter connectable to a second terminal and having a second frequency bandpass different from the first frequency bandpass, the first filter and the second filter each having at least one filter section deposited on the circuit-receiving surface; and an uncovered coupling circuit connectable to a third terminal and deposited on the circuit-receiving surface between the first filter and the second filter, the coupling circuit being spaced apart from the first and second filter by a coupling gap and configured for electromagnetically coupling the first filter and the second filter together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Ammar Kouki, Ahmed El-Zayat
  • Publication number: 20070015468
    Abstract: An active cancellation unit is disclosed for improving the noise cancellation between a transmitter and a receiver which are connected to an antenna using a duplexer, the unit comprising a coupler sampling a signal to transmit provided by the transmitter, a cancellation duplexer having characteristics similar to the duplexer and receiving the sampled signal to provide a simulated signal and an active component receiving the simulated signal and providing an amplified signal having a phase 180 degree shifted with respect to the simulated signal; and a coupler for injecting the simulated signal at the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Ammar Kouki, Christian Talbot