Patents by Inventor Antoine Hue

Antoine Hue 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: 8285236
    Abstract: A method may compensate for direct current (DC) offset in a radio frequency reception device. The method may include partitioning an analog portion of the reception device into a plurality of zones, for each zone, calibrating initial DC offset compensation to be applied within an operating range of a respective zone, the operating range of the other zones being limited to a threshold operating range, and determining DC offset compensation to be applied to the reception device throughout the operating range based on the basic DC offset compensations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, STMicroelectronics N.V., STMicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Hue, Gabriel Della-Monica, Florent Sibille
  • Patent number: 8254856
    Abstract: A method processes defects in a radio frequency transmission subsystem due to elements therein. The defects may include mismatch between two channels in phase quadrature in the transmission subsystem and a transposition signal leaking from a first frequency transposition stage of the transmission subsystem. The method may include calibration processing including estimating compensation parameters representative of the defects. The estimating may include delivering, into the transmission subsystem upstream of the elements creating the defects, a reference signal having a reference frequency, obtaining, downstream of the first transposition stage, of a resultant reference signal, and obtaining, from the resultant reference signal, of an approximate value for each compensation parameter. The method also may include compensating for the defects by injecting the approximate values into the transmission subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics N.V., STMicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Hue, Gabriel Della-Monica
  • Patent number: 8249208
    Abstract: A method for converting a sampling frequency of a digital signal sampled at a first sampling frequency includes receiving digital signal input samples, and forming output samples corresponding to a second sampling frequency based on the digital signal input samples and an interpolation filter. The first sampling frequency may be larger than the second sampling frequency. The method may further include delivering the output samples. Forming output samples includes, for each of the digital signal input samples, updating current values of N successive output samples with N contributions. The N contributions may be respectively calculated based on a value of a current input sample of the digital input samples weighted by values of N filter coefficients associated with the current input sample, N being fixed and identical for all the digital signal input samples regardless of a value of the conversion ratio between the first and second sampling frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventors: Samuel Dubouloz, Antoine Hue
  • Publication number: 20100046669
    Abstract: A method processes defects in a radio frequency transmission subsystem due to elements therein. The defects may include mismatch between two channels in phase quadrature in the transmission subsystem and a transposition signal leaking from a first frequency transposition stage of the transmission subsystem. The method may include calibration processing including estimating compensation parameters representative of the defects. The estimating may include delivering, into the transmission subsystem upstream of the elements creating the defects, a reference signal having a reference frequency, obtaining, downstream of the first transposition stage, of a resultant reference signal, and obtaining, from the resultant reference signal, of an approximate value for each compensation parameter. The method also may include compensating for the defects by injecting the approximate values into the transmission subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics N.V., STMicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS
    Inventors: Antoine HUE, Gabriel Della-Monica
  • Publication number: 20100020903
    Abstract: A method may compensate for direct current (DC) offset in a radio frequency reception device. The method may include partitioning an analog portion of the reception device into a plurality of zones, for each zone, calibrating initial DC offset compensation to be applied within an operating range of a respective zone, the operating range of the other zones being limited to a threshold operating range, and determining DC offset compensation to be applied to the reception device throughout the operating range based on the basic DC offset compensations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics SA, STMicroelectronics N.V., STMicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS
    Inventors: Antoine HUE, Gabriel DELLA-MONICA, Florent SIBILLE
  • Publication number: 20100022214
    Abstract: A method may compensate for direct current (DC) offset in a radio frequency reception device. The method may include partitioning an analog portion of the reception device into a plurality of zones, for each zone, calibrating initial DC offset compensation to be applied within an operating range of a respective zone, the operating range of the other zones being limited to a threshold operating range, and determining DC offset compensation to be applied to the reception device throughout the operating range based on the basic DC offset compensations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics SA, STMicroelectronics N.V., STMicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS
    Inventors: Antoine HUE, Gabriel Della-Monica, Florent Sibille
  • Publication number: 20090207959
    Abstract: A method for converting a sampling frequency of a digital signal sampled at a first sampling frequency includes receiving digital signal input samples, and forming output samples corresponding to a second sampling frequency based on the digital signal input samples and an interpolation filter. The first sampling frequency may be larger than the second sampling frequency. The method may further include delivering the output samples. Forming output samples includes, for each of the digital signal input samples, updating current values of N successive output samples with N contributions. The N contributions may be respectively calculated based on a value of a current input sample of the digital input samples weighted by values of N filter coefficients associated with the current input sample, N being fixed and identical for all the digital signal input samples regardless of a value of the conversion ratio between the first and second sampling frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics N.V.
    Inventors: Samuel Dubouloz, Antoine Hue