Abstract: An RF signal detection device, including: a first threshold crossing detection circuit comprising an input coupled to an input of the RF signal detection device; a first energy detection circuit comprising an input coupled to the input of the RF signal detection device; a second threshold crossing detection circuit comprising an input coupled to an output of the first energy detection circuit; and further including a control circuit configured to: carry out, by the first threshold crossing detection circuit, detection of at least a first threshold crossing frequency in a predetermined RF frequency band; and carry out, by the first energy detection circuit, energy detection in the predetermined RF frequency band; and carry out, by the second threshold crossing detection circuit, detection of at least a second threshold crossing frequency of a first energy signal delivered as an output from the first energy detection circuit; and determine, at least from the first and second threshold crossing frequencies an

Abstract: A system for generating a radio frequency signal phase-locked to a reference signal. Such a system includes a rotary travelling wave oscillator including a conductive ring and a plurality of sustaining amplifying cells electrically connected to the ring; a programmable multiplexer device designed to electrically connect an input port of the system to an amplifying cell that can be selected from the cells of the plurality. The system is designed so that the oscillator generates the locked radio frequency signal when the reference signal is injected at the input port of the system. A phase difference between the radio frequency signal and the reference signal is a function of the amplifying cell to which the input port is electrically connected via the programming of the multiplexer device.

Abstract: A multichannel transmit and/or receive system, each channel includes a DAC and a sigma-delta modulator the transfer function of which is expressed thus: OUT(z)=IN(z)·FTS(z)+Q(z)·FTB(z), where OUT is the output signal of the sigma-delta modulator, IN is the input signal of the sigma-delta modulator, FTS is the transfer function of the input signal, Q is the quantization noise and FTB is the transfer function of the quantization noise, the second terms of the transfer function of the sigma-delta modulator only being distinct from one another for two channels Vi, Vj, in order to decorrelate the quantization noise of distinct channels, the first term of said transfer function for channel Vi being equal to the first term of said transfer function for channel Vj.

Abstract: A multichannel transmitter device includes, on each channel: a transmission processing channel designed to process an input signal and comprising a predistortion block applying a predistortion to the input signal on the basis of predistortion coefficients, a DAC, a first analogue filter, a power amplifier and a sigma-delta encoder between the predistortion block and the digital-to-analogue converter and designed to carry out notably a quantization of the predistortion block; a return channel associated with the transmission processing channel and comprising a block for estimating predistortion coefficients so as to estimate predistortion coefficients on the basis of the input signal and of a feedback signal; the transmitter device wherein the block for estimating predistortion coefficients is designed to estimate the predistortion coefficients on the basis of at least the input signal and of a signal resulting from the subtraction, from the feedback signal, of a signal representing the quantization noise resu

Abstract: An RF signal detection device, including: a first threshold crossing detection circuit comprising an input coupled to an input of the RF signal detection device; a first energy detection circuit comprising an input coupled to the input of the RF signal detection device; a second threshold crossing detection circuit comprising an input coupled to an output of the first energy detection circuit; and further including a control circuit configured to: carry out, by the first threshold crossing detection circuit, detection of at least a first threshold crossing frequency in a predetermined RF frequency band; and carry out, by the first energy detection circuit, energy detection in the predetermined RF frequency band; and carry out, by the second threshold crossing detection circuit, detection of at least a second threshold crossing frequency of a first energy signal delivered as an output from the first energy detection circuit; and determine, at least from the first and second threshold crossing frequencies an

Abstract: A device and a method for determining the arrival time of a UWB signal including at least one pulse modulated at a carrier frequency. The receiver includes a frequency translation stage for translating the UWB signal to a first intermediate frequency and a second intermediate frequency. In an integration stage, the signals translated to the first intermediate frequency and to the second intermediate frequency are integrated on a time window to give a first integration result and a second integration result respectively. The phase deviation is determined between the first and second integration results and from this phase deviation, the arrival time of the UWB signal is deduced.

Abstract: The invention concerns an analog to digital conversion and filtering circuit comprising: an input for receiving an analog input signal; an asynchronous continuous-time analog to digital converter adapted to generate, based on the analog input signal, a digital continuous-time signal; a feedback path comprising a digital continuous-time filter adapted to generate a filtered signal to be combined with the analog input signal, the digital continuous-time filter being adapted to generate the filtered signal by: filtering out at least one first frequency range of the digital continuous-time signal; and amplifying at least one second frequency range of the digital continuous-time signal.

Abstract: A programmable, quantization error spectral shaping, alias-free asynchronous analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The ADC can be used for clock-less, continuous-time digital signal processing in receivers with modest Signal to Noise-plus-Distortion Ratio (SNDR) requirements and a tight power budget.

Abstract: A programmable, quantization error spectral shaping, alias-free asynchronous analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The ADC can be used for clock-less, continuous-time digital signal processing in receivers with modest Signal to Noise-plus-Distortion Ratio (SNDR) requirements and a tight power budget.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of estimating the time of arrival of a UWB pulse contained in an RF signal using a double quadrature receiver. The time of arrival is obtained from an estimate of the phase of the RF signal ((?RF(?))) relative to the local oscillator signal in the first stage of the quadrature mix, and an estimate of the phase of the baseband signal ((?BB(?)) relative to the first/second signal of the orthogonal base used in the second stage of the quadrature mix.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for continuous-time digital signal processing and signal representation are disclosed. This includes a continuous-time analog-to-digital converter that is configured to receive an analog signal and convert it to a continuous-time digital signal without using a clock or any type of sampling. This A/D conversion can include a per-level representation and a per-edge representation of the analog signal to produce a digital signal. The digital signal can then be processed in a continuous-time signal processor. The continuous time signal representation and processing can have benefits such a providing filters in high frequency applications where sampling is not practical.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining the arrival time of a UWB signal including at least one pulse modulated at a carrier frequency. The receiver includes a frequency translation stage for translating the UWB signal to a first intermediate frequency and a second intermediate frequency. In an integration stage, the signals translated to the first intermediate frequency and to the second intermediate frequency are integrated on a time window to give a first integration result and a second integration result respectively. The phase deviation is determined between the first and second integration results and from this phase deviation, the arrival time of the UWB signal is deduced.

Abstract: A method for configuring an electrical circuit comprising several functional blocks having characteristic quantities of the same type and the values whereof are mutually proportional, the functional blocks being built by means of at least one set of electrical elements of a similar type and means for connecting said electrical elements to one another and/or to the rest of the electrical circuit according to different connection configurations, comprising the steps consisting of: measuring a value of a parameter of the electrical circuit for each of a set of connection configurations tested, selection, from among the coupling configurations tested, of one configuration for which the value of the measured parameter corresponds to the case where the mismatch between the values of the characteristic quantities of at least one pair of functional blocks is the smallest, and positioning the connecting means according to the configuration selected.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for continuous-time digital signal processing and signal representation are disclosed. This includes a continuous-time analog-to-digital converter that is configured to receive an analog signal and convert it to a continuous-time digital signal without using a clock or any type of sampling. This A/D conversion can include a per-level representation and a per-edge representation of the analog signal to produce a digital signal. The digital signal can then be processed in a continuous-time signal processor. The continuous time signal representation and processing can have benefits such a providing filters in high frequency applications where sampling is not practical.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of estimating the time of arrival of a UWB pulse contained in an RF signal using a double quadrature receiver. The time of arrival is obtained from an estimate of the phase of the RF signal ((?RF(?))) relative to the local oscillator signal in the first stage of the quadrature mix, and an estimate of the phase of the baseband signal ((?BB(?)) relative to the first/second signal of the orthogonal base used in the second stage of the quadrature mix.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for continuous-time digital signal processing and signal representation are disclosed. This includes a continuous-time analog-to-digital converter that is configured to receive an analog signal and convert it to a continuous-time digital signal without using a clock or any type of sampling. This A/D conversion can include a per-level representation and a per-edge representation of the analog signal to produce a digital signal. The digital signal can then be processed in a continuous-time signal processor. The continuous time signal representation and processing can have benefits such a providing filters in high frequency applications where sampling is not practical.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for continuous-time digital signal processing and signal representation are disclosed. This includes a continuous-time analog-to-digital converter that is configured to receive an analog signal and convert it to a continuous-time digital signal without using a clock or any type of sampling. This A/D conversion can include a per-level representation and a per-edge representation of the analog signal to produce a digital signal. The digital signal can then be processed in a continuous-time signal processor. The continuous time signal representation and processing can have benefits such a providing filters in high frequency applications where sampling is not practical.

Abstract: A method for configuring an electrical circuit comprising several functional blocks having characteristic quantities of the same type and the values whereof are mutually proportional, the functional blocks being built by means of at least one set of electrical elements of a similar type and means for connecting said electrical elements to one another and/or to the rest of the electrical circuit according to different connection configurations, comprising the steps consisting of: measuring a value of a parameter of the electrical circuit for each of a set of connection configurations tested, selection, from among the coupling configurations tested, of one configuration for which the value of the measured parameter corresponds to the case where the mismatch between the values of the characteristic quantities of at least one pair of functional blocks is the smallest, and positioning the connecting means according to the configuration selected.

Abstract: A method for digital compensation of nonlinearities in a communication system that includes a transmitter, a transmission channel and a receiver, including: estimating the nonlinearities induced by the transmitter and/or the receiver, from at least one learning sequence received at the receiver and distorted by the nonlinearities, and compensating for the nonlinearities distorting a signal received at the receiver based on the estimating of the nonlinearities.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for compensating the non-linearity of a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (A2) with quantization at N levels comprising a digital-to-analog converter (24). The method comprises a calibrating step which consists in transforming the multibit sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (A2) into a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter with quantization at three levels, then at two levels. The correction values of each level to be corrected are accurately measured. The method also comprises a normal functioning phase which consists, when the sigma-delta an analog-to-digital converter (A2) is operating with quantization at N levels, in producing an instantaneous correction of errors of the analog-to-digital converter (24) using said correction values.