Patents by Inventor Franck Hellard

Franck Hellard 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: 7580496
    Abstract: A circuit for receiving digital data arriving in series comprising a circuit for generating a reference dock and a circuit for oversampling the received data memorizing the samples sampled at the rate of several clocks phase-shifted with respect to the reference clock, the oversampling circuit comprising means for selecting and providing as output data samples representative of the received data and, further, a detection circuit identifying the variations of the phase shift between the reference clock edges and the transitions of the received data by analyzing the memorized samples, the detection circuit controlling a frequency variation of the reference dock when the phase shift variations repeat over several sampling cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, SA
    Inventors: Roland Marbot, Franck Hellard
  • Patent number: 6975173
    Abstract: A device for transforming a periodic input signal into an output signal of distinct frequency, comprising two adjustable delay means receiving the input signal, a multiplexer selecting the output signal of one or the other of the delay means, control means for, according to whether the output signal frequency must be smaller or greater than the input signal frequency, increasing or decreasing at the rate of the input signal, or at a multiple of this rate, the delay of the selected delay means, and controlling a minimum or maximum delay for the delay means which has not been selected, and a phase comparator adapted to changing the multiplexer selection when the transitions of the signals output by the delay means corresponding to a same transition of the input signal are offset by a duration greater than or equal to one period of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Marbot, Franck Hellard
  • Publication number: 20040247045
    Abstract: A circuit for receiving digital data arriving in series comprising a circuit for generating a reference dock and a circuit for oversampling the received data memorizing the samples sampled at the rate of several clocks phase-shifted with respect to the reference clock, the oversampling circuit comprising means for selecting and providing as output data samples representative of the received data and, further, a detection circuit identifying the variations of the phase shift between the reference clock edges and the transitions of the received data by analyzing the memorized samples, the detection circuit controlling a frequency variation of the reference dock when the phase shift variations repeat over several sampling cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roland Marbot, Franck Hellard
  • Publication number: 20040056690
    Abstract: A device for transforming a periodic input signal into an output signal of distinct frequency, comprising two adjustable delay means receiving the input signal, a multiplexer selecting the output signal of one or the other of the delay means, control means for, according to whether the output signal frequency must be smaller or greater than the input signal frequency, increasing or decreasing at the rate of the input signal, or at a multiple of this rate, the delay of the selected delay means, and controlling a minimum or maximum delay for the delay means which has not been selected, and a phase comparator adapted to changing the multiplexer selection when the transitions of the signals output by the delay means corresponding to a same transition of the input signal are offset by a duration greater than or equal to one period of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Marbot, Franck Hellard