Patents by Inventor Christophe Gaquière

Christophe Gaquière 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: 10326191
    Abstract: A spatial power combiner includes several inputs to which are respectively linked a plurality of transmission lines, and an output. A body defines a cavity and the plurality of transmission lines pass longitudinally through the cavity and are disposed around an absorbent member also extending longitudinally in the cavity. A power amplification set includes the spatial power combiner and an amplification structure at the input of the spatial power combiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: MICROWAVE CHARACTERIZATION CENTER, UNIVERSITE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES LILLE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Hadrien Theveneau, Matthieu Werquin, Christophe Gaquière
  • Patent number: 9859999
    Abstract: A system for measuring the attenuation of electromagnetic shielding of an infrastructure as a function of the frequency, including a transmitter of a white noise signal with a constant power over a frequency band between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency, a signal receiver, the transmitter and the receiver being capable of sending a signal and receiving a signal across the infrastructure, the receiver including a filter module capable of applying sliding filter on the received signal between the minimum frequency and the maximum frequency, and a double synchronous detection module capable of double synchronous detection on a signal output by the filter module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Joly, Sylvain Jonniau, Matthieu Werquin, Nicolas Vellas, Christophe Gaquiere, Benjamin Choteau
  • Publication number: 20170149113
    Abstract: A spatial power combiner includes several inputs to which are respectively linked a plurality of transmission lines, and an output. A body defines a cavity and the plurality of transmission lines pass longitudinally through the cavity and are disposed around an absorbent member also extending longitudinally in the cavity. A power amplification set includes the spatial power combiner and an amplification structure at the input of the spatial power combiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Hadrien THEVENEAU, Matthieu WERQUIN, Christophe GAQUIÈRE
  • Publication number: 20170111129
    Abstract: A system for measuring the attenuation of electromagnetic shielding of an infrastructure as a function of the frequency, including a transmitter of a white noise signal with a constant power over a frequency band between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency, a signal receiver, the transmitter and the receiver being capable of sending a signal and receiving a signal across the infrastructure, the receiver including a filter module capable of applying sliding filter on the received signal between the minimum frequency and the maximum frequency, and a double synchronous detection module capable of double synchronous detection on a signal output by the filter module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe JOLY, Sylvain JONNIAU, Matthieu WERQUIN, Nicolas VELLAS, Christophe GAQUIERE, Benjamin CHOTEAU
  • Publication number: 20160139258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable imaging device 1 comprising a housing 2 and a microwave sensor 3 mounted in the housing 2. The device 1 also comprises first connection means for connecting the imaging device 1 to movement measuring means 4, and second connection means for connecting the imaging device 1 to a processor unit 5. During movement of the housing 2, the processor unit 5 is configured to act in iterative manner to form a microwave image by: detecting a determined movement of the detection zone of the sensor 3; adding an additional pixel to the microwave image, which pixel is positioned relative to the preceding pixel as a function of said detected movement; and giving said additional pixel a value of the signal of the sensor. The invention also provides an imaging system including such an imaging device 1 and a corresponding imaging method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Nicolas VELLAS, Nicolas THOUVENIN, Christophe GAQUIERE, Sylvain JONNIAU, Florent CLEMENCE, Matthieu WERQUIN
  • Patent number: 8525113
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable radiometric imaging device and to a corresponding method, finding a particular application in detecting articles carried by passengers or contained in baggage, for example in airports and train stations. The device includes a plurality of receiver antennas for picking up electromagnetic radiation from a plurality of parts of a body or an article and converting them into a plurality of signals representative of said radiation, a plurality of receiver modules associated with the antennas for receiving the signals representative of the radiation and converting them into a plurality of electrical signals, and a digital processor unit for responding to the electrical signals to create one or more digital signals representative of the electromagnetic radiation for display on a display as an image of the body or article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microwave Characterization Center
    Inventors: Matthieu Werquin, Nicolas Thouvenin, Simon Vandenbrouck, Christophe Gaquiere, Frederic Bue-Erkmen, Nicolas Vellas
  • Patent number: 7936233
    Abstract: The invention concerns a coaxial automatic impedance adaptor characterized in that it comprises two slugs and has only a lateral translational movement along an axis Ox. The double slug tuner principle is based on the movement of two line segments of different characteristics of 50 O inside a closed cylinder on either side of standard connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CRNS, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - USTL
    Inventors: Nicolas Vellas, Christophe Gaquière, Frédéric Bue, Damien Ducatteau
  • Patent number: 7795988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compact automatic impedance adapter in a waveguide, characterised in that the impedance is controlled by plungers, filling the entire guide with a magic-tee coupler plane E/plane H modifying the electrical and magnetic field, one plunger modifying the electrical field (E) in the guide and the second modifying the magnetic field (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Univerisite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille-USTL
    Inventors: Frederic Bue, Christophe Gaquiere, Nicolas Vellas, Damien Ducatteau
  • Publication number: 20090146757
    Abstract: The invention concerns a coaxial automatic impedance adaptor characterized in that it comprises two slugs and has only a lateral translational movement along an axis Ox. The double slug tuner principle is based on the movement of two line segments of different characteristics of 50 O inside a closed cylinder on either side of standard connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS-, UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE -USTL-
    Inventors: Nicolas Vellas, Christophe Gaquiere, Frederic Bue, Damien Ducatteau
  • Publication number: 20080218286
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compact automatic impedance adapter in a waveguide, characterised in that the impedance is controlled by plungers, filling the entire guide with a magic-tee coupler plane E/plane H modifying the electrical and magnetic field, one plunger modifying the electrical field (E) in the guide and the second modifying the magnetic field (H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE- CNRS
    Inventors: Frederic Bue, Christophe Gaquiere, Nicolas Vellas, Damien Ducatteau