Patents by Inventor Franck Montaudon

Franck Montaudon 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: 12361255
    Abstract: In an embodiment an electronic device includes a first electronic circuit having a capacitive element with a variable capacitance, wherein the first electronic circuit is configured to couple the capacitive element to an antenna, to measure, by successive iterations, a first analog signal representative of a variation of an instantaneous electric power received by the antenna or representative of the instantaneous electric power received by the antenna and to modify the capacitance of the capacitive element until an amplitude of the instantaneous electric power received by the antenna is a maximum, wherein the antenna is configured to capture an amplitude-modulated electromagnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS France, STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventors: Franck Montaudon, Julien Goulier
  • Publication number: 20250080072
    Abstract: An amplification circuit includes an amplifier circuit (provided by an operational amplifier) that amplifies a signal to be demodulated. A feedback loop of the amplification circuit has a resistance value that is controlled to discretely vary according to a level of an output node of the amplifier circuit. A comparison of the output level with respect to one or a plurality of thresholds, which define out-of-saturation operating ranges of the amplifier circuit, drives selection of the resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
    Inventors: Franck MONTAUDON, Mounir BOULEMNAKHER, Julien GOULIER
  • Patent number: 12132495
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an electronic device connected to an antenna. The electronic device delivers a first amplitude-modulated analog signal of a signal captured by the antenna, the capture signal associated with an electromagnetic field exhibiting intervals at a minimum level. The electronic device includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit delivers a second analog signal by rectification and filters the first analog signal. The second circuit delivers a first binary signal based on the demodulation of the second analog signal. The third circuit couples the antenna to a resistor during each pause. The resistance value of the resistor depends on the maximum amplitude of the electromagnetic field before the pause.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: Microelectronics France, STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Julien Goulier, Franck Montaudon
  • Publication number: 20230385593
    Abstract: In an embodiment an electronic device includes a first electronic circuit having a capacitive element with a variable capacitance, wherein the first electronic circuit is configured to couple the capacitive element to an antenna, to measure, by successive iterations, a first analog signal representative of a variation of an instantaneous electric power received by the antenna or representative of the instantaneous electric power received by the antenna and to modify the capacitance of the capacitive element until an amplitude of the instantaneous electric power received by the antenna is a maximum, wherein the antenna is configured to capture an amplitude-modulated electromagnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Franck Montaudon, Julien Goulier
  • Publication number: 20230223948
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an electronic device connected to an antenna. The electronic device delivers a first amplitude-modulated analog signal of a signal captured by the antenna, the capture signal associated with an electromagnetic field exhibiting intervals at a minimum level. The electronic device includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit delivers a second analog signal by rectification and filters the first analog signal. The second circuit delivers a first binary signal based on the demodulation of the second analog signal. The third circuit couples the antenna to a resistor during each pause. The resistance value of the resistor depends on the maximum amplitude of the electromagnetic field before the pause.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Julien Goulier, Franck Montaudon
  • Patent number: 8787852
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a direct path block with an input and an output, and a feedback block with an input and an output, the input of the direct path block being adapted to receive a multi-channel input signal with a given frequency range and the output of the direct path block being adapted to output an output signal with a base band frequency range, the output of the direct path block being coupled to the input of the feedback block and the input of the direct path block being coupled to the output of the feedback block. The direct path block comprises a first transposing unit (4) adapted to transpose the input signal to the base band frequency range and the feedback block comprises a filtering unit (3) adapted to filter the transposed signal at the output of the direct path block, a second transposing unit (5) adapted to transpose the filtered signal to the given frequency range and to feed back the transposed signal at the input of the direct path block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventors: Philippe Cathelin, Christian Izquierdo, Franck Montaudon, Andreas Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20130281039
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a direct path block with an input and an output, and a feedback block with an input and an output, the input of the direct path block being adapted to receive a multi-channel input signal with a given frequency range and the output of the direct path block being adapted to output an output signal with a base band frequency range, the output of the direct path block being coupled to the input of the feedback block and the input of the direct path block being coupled to the output of the feedback block. The direct path block comprises a first transposing unit (4) adapted to transpose the input signal to the base band frequency range and the feedback block comprises a filtering unit (3) adapted to filter the transposed signal at the output of the direct path block, a second transposing unit (5) adapted to transpose the filtered signal to the given frequency range and to feed back the transposed signal at the input of the direct path block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Philippe Cathelin, Christian Izquierdo, Franck Montaudon, Andreas Kaiser
  • Patent number: 7962949
    Abstract: A dual-conversion tuner firstly upconverts so as to place itself outside the receive band and then downconverts with zero intermediate frequency. A filter of the surface acoustic wave type is disposed between the two frequency transposition stages of the tuner. After baseband filtering, the signals are digitized then processed in a digital block comprising a channel decoding module. With the exception of the surface acoustic wave filter, the components are entirely embodied in integrated fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Busson, Daniel Saias, Frederic Paillardet, Franck Montaudon
  • Publication number: 20040257480
    Abstract: A dual-conversion tuner firstly upconverts so as to place itself outside the receive band and then downconverts with zero intermediate frequency. A filter of the surface acoustic wave type is disposed between the two frequency transposition stages of the tuner. After baseband filtering, the signals are digitized then processed in a digital block comprising a channel decoding module. With the exception of the surface acoustic wave filter, the components are entirely embodied in integrated fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Busson, Daniel Saias, Frederic Paillardet, Franck Montaudon