Patents by Inventor Andre Bremond
Andre Bremond 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).
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Patent number: 8687329Abstract: A structure for protecting a circuit connected to first and second rails of a telephone connection against overvoltages, including: first and second diodes in anti-series between the first and second rails; a first capacitor in parallel with a first resistor between a first node common to the first and second diodes and a low voltage reference node; and a protection element capable of removing fast overvoltages between any of the rails and the low reference voltage node when these overvoltages exceed a first threshold associated with the voltage of the first node.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Tours) SASInventors: Cédric Appere, André Bremond, Christian Ballon
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Publication number: 20110299204Abstract: A structure for protecting a circuit connected to first and second rails of a telephone connection against overvoltages, including: first and second diodes in anti-series between the first and second rails; a first capacitor in parallel with a first resistor between a first node common to the first and second diodes and a low voltage reference node; and a protection element capable of removing fast overvoltages between any of the rails and the low reference voltage node when these overvoltages exceed a first threshold associated with the voltage of the first node.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Tours) SASInventors: Cédric Appere, André Bremond, Christian Ballon
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Patent number: 7746618Abstract: A circuit for protecting electronic equipment intended to be connected to at least one first conductor of a communication line, including, between this first conductor and a second conductor of the line or the ground to which is connected the equipment to be protected, at least one first branch including, in series, a first capacitive element and a first voltage-threshold triggering element, a first resistive element being connected in parallel with the first capacitive element.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: André Bremond, Cédric Appere
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Publication number: 20080049369Abstract: A circuit for protecting an electronic equipment intended to be connected to at least one first conductor of a communication line, comprising, between this first conductor and a second conductor of the line or the ground to which is connected the equipment to be protected, at least one first branch comprising, in series, a first capacitive element and a first voltage-threshold triggering element, a first resistive element being connected in parallel on the first capacitive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: Andre Bremond, Cedric Appere
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Patent number: 7005941Abstract: A high-frequency coupler for extracting a secondary signal representative of a main signal carried by a conductive line, including two series-coupled, respectively high-pass and low-pass, filters, and the input of which is intended to be connected to said line while its output is intended to provide the secondary signal, the filters being sized so that the sum of their respective attenuations is substantially constant over the coupler passband, and so that their respective cut-off frequencies are in said passband.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: André Bremond, François Dupont
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Patent number: 6879686Abstract: An interface circuit including a galvanic isolation barrier between a transmission line and a user equipment, and a detector for detecting, independently from a transmission, the idle or busy state of the line.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2001Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: Fabrice Guitton, André Bremond
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Patent number: 6850400Abstract: A series device for protection against a heating of aparallel protection element of an equipment of a telephone line, including a bi-directional cut-off element, of normally on state and placed in series with the parallel protection element, a temperature detection element, and a switching element adapted to turning off the cut-off element when the temperature detected by the detection element exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2001Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: André Bremond, Philippe Merceron
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Publication number: 20030224753Abstract: A high-frequency coupler for extracting a secondary signal representative of a main signal carried by a conductive line, comprising two series-associated, respectively high-pass and low-pass, filters, and the input of which is intended to be connected to said line while its output is intended to provide the secondary signal, the filters being sized so that the sum of their respective attenuations is substantially constant over the coupler passband, and so that their respective cut-off frequencies are in said passband.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Andre Bremond, Francois Dupont
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Patent number: 6380847Abstract: The present invention relates to a control circuit of a vibrating membrane excited by a solenoid in series with a d.c. supply and a controlled switch. A capacitor is disposed across a series circuit including the solenoid and the switch associated with opening means in the vicinity of a zero crossing of the current in the inductance.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1998Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.Inventors: André Bremond, Philippe Merceron
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Publication number: 20020018330Abstract: A series device for protection against a heating of aparallel protection element of an equipment of a telephone line, including a bi-directional cut-off element, of normally on state and placed in series with the parallel protection element, a temperature detection element, and a switching element adapted to turning off the cut-off element when the temperature detected by the detection element exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: Andre Bremond, Philippe Merceron
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Publication number: 20010036263Abstract: An interface circuit including a galvanic isolation barrier between a transmission line and a user equipment, and a detector for detecting, independently from a transmission, the idle or busy state of the line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventors: Fabrice Guitton, Andre Bremond
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Patent number: 6292347Abstract: A circuit of electric arc generation from an A.C. voltage, includes circuitry for making the electric arc frequency substantially independent from possible amplitude variations of the A.C. voltage.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: André Bremond, Philippe Merceron
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Patent number: 5513060Abstract: An overvoltage protection circuit for a load having a determined resistance value is connected to a supply line with a predetermined polarity. An overvoltage detector is connected across the line. A first switch, normally on, is located in series with a conductor of the line and is controlled (i.e. switched to the off state) by the detector. A second switch, located in series with a resistance having the same determined value R, is disposed between the line conductors and is controlled by the detector in a complementary manner to the first switch.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1994Date of Patent: April 30, 1996Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.Inventor: Andre Bremond
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Patent number: 5233497Abstract: A protection device against overvoltages liable to occur between two supply terminals (A, B) comprises between the terminals, on the one hand, a thyristor (Th) and, on the other hand, first and second zener diodes in series. The anode of the first diode (D1) is connected to the cathode of the thyristor and the cathode of the second diode (D2) is connected to the anode of the thyristor, and a third zener diode (D3) is placed between the thyristor gate and the junction (10) of the first and second diodes. The third diode has an avalanche voltage higher than that of the first diode.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1991Date of Patent: August 3, 1993Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.Inventors: Andre Bremond, Robert Pezzani, Albert Senes