Patents by Inventor Franceso Coromina Pi

Franceso Coromina Pi 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: 5812088
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beam forming network for radiofrequency antennas and applying to the input signals a two-dimensional hexagonal discrete Fourier transform in order to control radiating elements for generating multiple beams. The number of inputs and outputs is equal to N.sub.t with N.sub.t =R.times.N.sup.2, R and N being integers. A first circuit layer comprises a row of N.sup.2 cells each having R inputs and R outputs, each cell receiving a signal present at one of said N.sub.t inputs and applying to the signals present at its R inputs a one-dimensional R.times.R discrete Fourier transform, and a second circuit layer comprises R independent sets of cells each having N inputs and N outputs, each set including a first row and a second row of N cells, each cell applying to the signals present at its N inputs a one-dimensional R.times.R discrete Fourier transform.The invention also concerns a hardware structure for a network of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Agence Spatiale Europeenne
    Inventors: Franceso Coromina Pi, Javier Ventura-Traveset Bosch, Mike Yarwood, Wolfgang Bosch