Patents by Inventor Eric Delagnes

Eric Delagnes 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: 8934593
    Abstract: The invention provides a device including a binary pulse input signal converter, the output of which is connected to a counter and to a delay line that includes a plurality of delay elements. The counter and the delay line also receive a clock signal as an input. The delay line is combined with a sampler and analog memory that includes a plurality of storage cells that receive the input signal as input. Each element of the a delay line includes an output connected to a corresponding storage cell of the analog so as to sequentially control the sampling and storage of the input signal in the storage cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomqiue et aux Energies Alternatives, Universite Paris-SUD 11
    Inventors: Dominique Breton, Eric Delagnes, Jean-Francois Genat
  • Publication number: 20120187996
    Abstract: The invention provides a device including a binary pulse input signal converter, the output of which is connected to a counter and to a delay line that includes a plurality of delay elements. The counter and the delay line also receive a clock signal as an input. The delay line is combined with a sampler and analog memory that includes a plurality of storage cells that receive the input signal as input. Each element of the a delay line includes an output connected to a corresponding storage cell of the analog so as to sequentially control the sampling and storage of the input signal in the storage cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Dominique Breton, Eric Delagnes, Jean-Francois Genat
  • Patent number: 7884748
    Abstract: The invention provides an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) of the single ramp type, comprising a ramp generator (101), a clock (102), a digital counter (103) timed by the clock (102), and at least one channel (101, . . . , 10i, . . . , 10n) for data processing, the or each channel comprising a comparator (201, . . . , 20i, . . . , 20n) having an input connected to the ramp generator (101) and the output of which causes for each conversion cycle the storage of the current counter value as a coarse conversion data. According to the present invention, the or each channel (101, . . . , 10i, . . . , 10n) further comprises a delay-chain time interpolator (401, . . . , 40i, . . . , 40n, 501, . . . , 50i, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventor: Eric Delagnes
  • Publication number: 20100026545
    Abstract: The invention provides an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) of the single ramp type, comprising a ramp generator (101), a clock (102), a digital counter (103) timed by the clock (102), and at least one channel (101, . . . , 10i, . . . , 10n) for data processing, the or each channel comprising a comparator (201, . . . , 20i, . . . , 20n) having an input connected to the ramp generator (101) and the output of which causes for each conversion cycle the storage of the current counter value as a coarse conversion data. According to the present invention, the or each channel (101, . . . , 10i, . . . , 10n) further comprises a delay-chain time interpolator (401, . . . , 40i, . . . , 40n, 501, . . . , 50i, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Eric Delagnes
  • Patent number: 7589988
    Abstract: An analog sampler for continuous recording and read-out of analog data carried by a bus comprises an array of recording cells aranged in L rows and C columns. Each cell has an analog input coupled to the write bus and an analog output coupled to a read bus. The cells of a column are recorded sequentially, whereas the cells of another column already recorded are read-out simultaneously. A constant number of columns separates the write column from the read column. The system is looped so that writing and read-out go on indefinitely in a continuous way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Dominique Breton, Eric Delagnes
  • Publication number: 20080298109
    Abstract: An analog sampler (1) for continuous recording and read-out of analog data carried by a bus (5) comprises an array (10) of recording cells (2) arranged in L rows (13) and C columns (12). Each cell (2) has an analog input (3) coupled to the write bus (5) and an analog output (103) coupled to a read bus (4) through commutation means (21, 25) having respectively a control digital input (23, 26). The cells of a column are recorded sequentially, whereas the cells of another column already recorded are read-out simultaneously. A constant number of columns separates the write column from the read column. The system is looped so that writing and read-out go on indefinitely in a continuous way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Dominique Breton, Eric Delagnes
  • Patent number: 6859375
    Abstract: An analog sampler for recording analog data carried by a bus includes an array of recording cells arranged in rows and columns. Each cell has an analog input coupled to the bus by a switch having a controlling digital input. A delay line is associated with each column, coupled to a shift register. Successive outputs of the line are coupled to each of the digital inputs of the cells of the column such that at any moment there is no more than one switch of a single recording switch. The signal is thus not disrupted by noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Dominique Breton, Eric Delagnes
  • Publication number: 20040114409
    Abstract: An analog sampler (1) for recording analog data carried by a bus (5) comprises an array (10) of recording cells (2) arranged in rows (13) and columns (12). Each cell (2) has an analog input (3) coupled to the bus (5) by means of a switch (21a) having a controlling digital input (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Dominique Breton, Eric Delagnes