Patents by Inventor Eric Souchard

Eric Souchard 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: 9112451
    Abstract: An electronic radio system for power amplification of a radiofrequency signal having an electronic circuit having at least one in-service amplifier component, a detector measuring at least one electrical parameter of the in-service amplifier component, having at least the intensity of the electric current supplying the in-service amplifier component, a power attenuator adjusting the output power of the electronic circuit, and a programmable circuit receiving and transmitting commands to control the modules of the radio electronic system. The programmable circuit furthermore includes means for obtaining at least one measurement value relating to the intensity of the electric current supplying said in-service amplifier component of said detector and means for controlling said power attenuator in the case where at least one measurement value obtained exceeds a predetermined threshold value corresponding thereto. The invention also relates to an associated electronic circuit protection method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Pierre Bertram, Yannick Menard, Christophe Desevedavy, Eric Souchard
  • Publication number: 20140118064
    Abstract: An electronic radio system for power amplification of a radiofrequency signal having an electronic circuit having at least one in-service amplifier component, a detector measuring at least one electrical parameter of the in-service amplifier component, having at least the intensity of the electric current supplying the in-service amplifier component, a power attenuator adjusting the output power of the electronic circuit, and a programmable circuit receiving and transmitting commands to control the modules of the radio electronic system. The programmable circuit furthermore includes means for obtaining at least one measurement value relating to the intensity of the electric current supplying said in-service amplifier component of said detector and means for controlling said power attenuator in the case where at least one measurement value obtained exceeds a predetermined threshold value corresponding thereto. The invention also relates to an associated electronic circuit protection method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Pierre Bertram, Yannick Menard, Christophe Desevedavy, Eric Souchard
  • Patent number: 8593190
    Abstract: A frequency generator generating an output signal having a predetermined output frequency, including: a local oscillator generating a reference signal having a reference frequency, and a phase-locked loop, the phase-locked loop provided with a controlled oscillator generating the output signal having the output frequency as a function of the signal at its input, and a comparator providing a signal to the controlled oscillator as a function of a phase and/or frequency comparison of a first comparison signal based on an input signal applied to a first input of the phase-locked loop with a second comparison signal based on the output signal, the frequency generator further including at least one harmonic generator generating, from the reference signal, a harmonic signal including a predetermined harmonic of the reference signal, the frequency generator applying the harmonic signal of one of the harmonic generators to the first input of the phase-locked loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Eric Souchard, Pierre Bertram
  • Publication number: 20130241611
    Abstract: A frequency generator generating an output signal having a predetermined output frequency, including: a local oscillator generating a reference signal having a reference frequency, and a phase-locked loop, the phase-locked loop provided with a controlled oscillator generating the output signal having the output frequency as a function of the signal at its input, and a comparator providing a signal to the controlled oscillator as a function of a phase and/or frequency comparison of a first comparison signal based on an input signal applied to a first input of the phase-locked loop with a second comparison signal based on the output signal, the frequency generator further including at least one harmonic generator generating, from the reference signal, a harmonic signal including a predetermined harmonic of the reference signal, the frequency generator applying the harmonic signal of one of the harmonic generators to the first input of the phase-locked loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Eric SOUCHARD, Pierre BERTRAM
  • Patent number: 5508659
    Abstract: A frequency synthesizer with very short acquisition times. With a single loop there is associated a direct digital synthesizer whose signal is injected into the loop by means of a mixer. The adjustment of the loop is done on Np.Fr and the adjustment of the digital synthesis is done on (Ns+)Fr with Np, Ns, K and M as integers, Np being greater than Ns, 0.ltoreq.K<M, M as a fixed value and where Fr is a reference frequency. The mixture makes it possible to obtain, as a synthesis frequency, (Ns+Np+)Fr. The acquisition time of the digital synthesis is negligible and that of the loop is greatly reduced since it synthesizes steps that are multiples of Fr and not of as with a standard single loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Elie Brunet, Jean-Noel Brasselet, Eric Souchard