Patents by Inventor Bertrand Dubus

Bertrand Dubus 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: 11894830
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes at least one transducer; two acoustic reflectors disposed on either side of the at least one transducer so as to form a cavity, each acoustic reflector comprising an array of electrodes in the form of lines parallel with each other, each array comprising a subset of electrodes connected to a reference potential denoted mass defining a first connection type, and a subset of electrodes that are not connected to any potential, i.e. that have a floating connection defining a second connection type; at least one switching circuit configured to modify the distribution of the connections of at least one part of the electrodes of each array between the different connection types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: THALES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, SOITEC SA, YNCREA HAUTS DE FRANCE ISEN LILLE, UNIVERSITE DE LILLE, ECOLE CENTRALE DE LILLE, UNIVERSITE POLYTECHNIQUE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE
    Inventors: Thi Mai Pham Colomban, Claude Prévot, Paolo Martins, Anne-Christine Hladky-Hennion, Bertrand Dubus, Marianne Sagnard, Thierry Laroche, Sylvain Ballandras, Charles Croenne
  • Publication number: 20220060173
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device: includes at least one transducer; two acoustic reflectors disposed on either side of the at least one transducer so as to form a cavity, each acoustic reflector comprising an array of electrodes in the form of lines parallel with each other, each array comprising a subset of electrodes connected to a reference potential denoted mass defining a first connection type, and a subset of electrodes that are not connected to any potential, i.e. that have a floating connection defining a second connection type; at least one switching circuit configured to modify the distribution of the connections of at least one part of the electrodes of each array between the different connection types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Thi Mai PHAM COLOMBAN, Claude PRÉVOT, Paolo MARTINS, Anne-Christine HLADKY- HENNION, Bertrand DUBUS, Marianne SAGNARD, Thierry LAROCHE, Sylvain BALLANDRAS, Charles CROENNE
  • Patent number: 8212324
    Abstract: A Micro Electro Mechanical Systems resonance device includes a substrate, and an input electrode, connected to an alternating current source having an input frequency. The device also includes an output electrode, and at least one anchoring structure, connected to the substrate. The device further includes a vibratile structure connected to an anchoring structure by at least one junction, having a natural acoustic resonant frequency. The vibration under the effect of the input electrode, when it is powered, generates, on the output electrode, an alternating current wherein the output frequency is equal to the natural frequency. The vibratile structure and/or the anchoring structure includes a periodic structure. The periodic structure includes at least first and second zones different from each other, and corresponding respectively to first and second acoustic propagation properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Gregory Caruyer, Karim Segueni, Pascal Ancey, Bertrand Dubus
  • Patent number: 7804383
    Abstract: A coupled Lamb wave resonator filter includes first and second Lamb wave resonators. The first Lamb wave resonator includes a first resonant layer, and first and second electrodes on opposite sides of the first resonant layer. The second Lamb wave resonator includes a second resonant layer, and third and fourth electrodes on opposite sides of the second resonant layer. One of the sides of the first resonant layer belongs to a plane parallel to a plane corresponding to one of the sides of the second resonant layer. Both planes pass through the third and fourth electrodes of the second Lamb wave resonator. A periodic lattice acoustically couples the first and second resonant layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Alexandre Volatier, Pascal Ancey, Bertrand Dubus
  • Publication number: 20090289314
    Abstract: A Micro Electro Mechanical Systems resonance device includes a substrate, and an input electrode, connected to an alternating current source having an input frequency. The device also includes an output electrode, and at least one anchoring structure, connected to the substrate. The device further includes a vibratile structure connected to an anchoring structure by at least one junction, having a natural acoustic resonant frequency. The vibration under the effect of the input electrode, when it is powered, generates, on the output electrode, an alternating current wherein the output frequency is equal to the natural frequency. The vibratile structure and/or the anchoring structure includes a periodic structure. The periodic structure includes at least first and second zones different from each other, and corresponding respectively to first and second acoustic propagation properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Gregory CARUYER, Karim Segueni, Pascal Ancey, Bertrand Dubus
  • Patent number: 7586391
    Abstract: A switchable filter may include a first acoustic resonator including first electrodes, and a first resonant layer between the first electrodes and having electrostrictive material. The switchable filter may further include a second acoustic resonator including second electrodes, and a second resonant layer between the second electrodes and having electrostrictive material. The second acoustic resonator may be acoustically coupled with the first acoustic resonator. At least one of the first electrodes and at least one of the second electrodes may be arranged between the first resonant layer and the second resonant layer. The electrostrictive material may adjust a resonance and a filter switching of the first and second acoustic resonators as a function of a control voltage applied to terminals of the first and second acoustic resonators. Two electrodes from one of the first electrodes and the second electrodes may be filter input electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Alexandre Volatier, Pascal Ancey, Bertrand Dubus
  • Publication number: 20080129416
    Abstract: A switchable filter may include a first acoustic resonator including first electrodes, and a first resonant layer between the first electrodes and having electrostrictive material. The switchable filter may further include a second acoustic resonator including second electrodes, and a second resonant layer between the second electrodes and having electrostrictive material. The second acoustic resonator may be acoustically coupled with the first acoustic resonator. At least one of the first electrodes and at least one of the second electrodes may be arranged between the first resonant layer and the second resonant layer. The electrostrictive material may adjust a resonance and a filter switching of the first and second acoustic resonators as a function of a control voltage applied to terminals of the first and second acoustic resonators. Two electrodes from one of the first electrodes and the second electrodes may be filter input electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Alexandre VOLATIER, Pascal Ancey, Bertrand Dubus
  • Publication number: 20080048804
    Abstract: A coupled Lamb wave resonator filter includes first and second Lamb wave resonators. The first Lamb wave resonator includes a first resonant layer, and first and second electrodes on opposite sides of the first resonant layer. The second Lamb wave resonator includes a second resonant layer, and third and fourth electrodes on opposite sides of the second resonant layer. One of the sides of the first resonant layer belongs to a plane parallel to a plane corresponding to one of the sides of the second resonant layer. Both planes pass through the third and fourth electrodes of the second Lamb wave resonator. A periodic lattice acoustically couples the first and second resonant layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Alexandre Volatier, Pascal Ancey, Bertrand Dubus