Patents by Inventor Bruno ALLARD

Bruno ALLARD 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: 12292462
    Abstract: This disclosure describes circuits and techniques for determining inductance on an electrical line. In some examples, a method comprises charging a capacitor in time steps to a voltage level; counting a number of the time steps to the voltage level, wherein the number of the time steps defines a coarse measurement inductance of the electrical line; measuring a charging rate associated with charging the capacitor within a measurement window that is defined at the voltage level, wherein the charging rate associated with charging the capacitor within the measurement window defines a fine measurement of the inductance of the electrical line; and outputting an indication of the number of time steps and an indication of the charging rate associated with charging the capacitor within the measurement window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Infineon Technologies AG, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Institute National Des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifque
    Inventors: Koami Kpoto, Andre Mourrier, Guy Clerc, Bruno Allard, Federico Bribiesca Argomedo
  • Publication number: 20240310421
    Abstract: This disclosure describes circuits and techniques for determining inductance on an electrical line. In some examples, a method comprises charging a capacitor in time steps to a voltage level; counting a number of the time steps to the voltage level, wherein the number of the time steps defines a coarse measurement inductance of the electrical line; measuring a charging rate associated with charging the capacitor within a measurement window that is defined at the voltage level, wherein the charging rate associated with charging the capacitor within the measurement window defines a fine measurement of the inductance of the electrical line; and outputting an indication of the number of time steps and an indication of the charging rate associated with charging the capacitor within the measurement window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Koami Kpoto, Andre Mourrier, Guy Clerc, Bruno Allard, Federico BRIBIESCA ARGOMEDO
  • Publication number: 20220329157
    Abstract: A device for converting an input DC voltage into an output DC voltage having a predetermined value, includes a set of elementary components comprising: an input voltage source; two output nodes; and a plurality of energy-storing elements, each consisting of one battery or of a plurality of batteries connected in series or in parallel. The converting device further comprises a switching matrix, configured to connect the elementary components to one another in a periodic cycle composed of a plurality of phases so that, for each cycle: Each phase is associated with one different connection configuration chosen so that, in each energy-storing element, the amount of charge at the start of the cycle is equal to the amount of charge at the end of the cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gaël PILLONNET, Bruno ALLARD, Carlos-Augusto BERLITZ, Sami OUKASSI