Patents by Inventor Cyrille Tilhac

Cyrille Tilhac 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: 7852174
    Abstract: A negative capacitances circuit includes first and second branches connected between a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage. The first branch includes, in series, a first biasing resistor, a first diode, a first bipolar transistor, and a first current source. The second branch includes, in series, a second biasing resistor, a second diode, a second bipolar transistor, and a second current source. The first transistor has a base coupled to a collector of the second transistor and to one input, and the second transistor has a base coupled to a collector of the first transistor and to another input. A capacitor is connected between the emitter of said first transistor and the emitter of said second transistor. A linearization resistor is coupled in parallel between the two emitters of said first and said second transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Andreia Cathelin, Stephane Razafimandimby, Cyrille Tilhac
  • Patent number: 7683742
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes: an acoustic resonator of BAW or SAW type, said resonator having a series resonance frequency and a parallel resonance frequency; an active circuit which is coupled in parallel to said acoustic resonator, said active circuit having a negative capacity acting on the parallel resonance frequency of said resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Andreia Cathelin, Stephane Razafimandimby, Cyrille Tilhac
  • Patent number: 7525400
    Abstract: A band pass filtering circuit based on a quadripole includes a serial branch having a first acoustic resonator presenting a frequency of resonance and a frequency of anti-resonance and mounted in serial with a first capacitor; a parallel branch having a second acoustic resonator resulting from the same manufacturing process as the first resonator and mounted in parallel with a second capacitor of identical value to that the first capacitor. The filtering circuit is particularly but not exclusively adapted to the realization of integrated filtering circuits used in mobile telephony.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Carpentier, Cyrille Tilhac
  • Publication number: 20080088393
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes: an acoustic resonator of BAW or SAW type, said resonator having a series resonance frequency and a parallel resonance frequency; an active circuit which is coupled in parallel to said acoustic resonator, said active circuit having a negative capacity acting on the parallel resonance frequency of said resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.A.
    Inventors: Andreia Cathelin, Stephane Razafimandimby, Cyrille Tilhac
  • Publication number: 20080088390
    Abstract: A negative capacity circuit comprising: a first branch connected between a first reference voltage and a second voltage reference, said first branch comprising, in series, a first biasing resistor, a first diode, a collector-emitter junction of a first bipolar transistor and a first current source; a second branch connected between said first reference voltage (Vdd) and said second reference voltage, said second branch comprising, in series, a second biasing resistor, a second diode, a collector-emitter junction of a second bipolar transistor and a second current source, said first transistor having a base terminal which is coupled to the collector terminal of said second transistor and to one input, and said second transistor having a base terminal which is coupled to the collector terminal of said first transistor and to another input; a capacitor connected between the emitter terminal of said first bipolar transistor and the emitter terminal of said second bipolar transistor; a linearization resistor which
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.A.
    Inventors: Andreia Cathelin, Stephane Razafimandimby, Cyrille Tilhac
  • Patent number: 7274274
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator circuit to be integrated into a semiconductor product including: a resonator comprising first and second resonant frequencies; an inductive resistor tuned to said second resonant frequency so as to cancel the latter and to allow tuning of the resonator to said first resonant frequency; an tunable capacitive tuning element allowing to tune the resonator to said first frequency. A method is also provided for manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising an acoustic component allowing sufficient control of resonator characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-François Carpentier, Cyrille Tilhac, Didier Belot
  • Publication number: 20070030099
    Abstract: A band pass filtering circuit based on a quadripole includes a serial branch having a first acoustic resonator presenting a frequency of resonance and a frequency of anti-resonance and mounted in serial with a first capacitor; a parallel branch having a second acoustic resonator resulting from the same manufacturing process as the first resonator and mounted in parallel with a second capacitor of identical value to that the first capacitor. The filtering circuit is particularly but not exclusively adapted to the realization of integrated filtering circuits used in mobile telephony.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Carpentier, Cyrille Tilhac
  • Publication number: 20050174199
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator circuit to be integrated into a semiconductor product including: a resonator comprising first and second resonant frequencies; an inductive resistor tuned to said second resonant frequency so as to cancel the latter and to allow tuning of the resonator to said first resonant frequency; an tunable capacitive tuning element allowing to tune the resonator to said first frequency. A method is also provided for manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising an acoustic component allowing sufficient control of resonator characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Carpentier, Cyrille Tilhac, Didier Belot