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).
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Patent number: 12361255Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS France, STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SASInventors: Franck Montaudon, Julien Goulier
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Publication number: 20250080072Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Franck MONTAUDON, Mounir BOULEMNAKHER, Julien GOULIER
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Patent number: 12132495Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: Microelectronics France, STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SASInventors: Julien Goulier, Franck Montaudon
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Publication number: 20230385593Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Franck Montaudon, Julien Goulier
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Publication number: 20230223948Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Julien Goulier, Franck Montaudon
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Patent number: 8787852Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: ST-Ericsson SAInventors: Philippe Cathelin, Christian Izquierdo, Franck Montaudon, Andreas Kaiser
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Publication number: 20130281039Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: ST-ERICSSON SAInventors: Philippe Cathelin, Christian Izquierdo, Franck Montaudon, Andreas Kaiser
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Patent number: 7962949Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: Pierre Busson, Daniel Saias, Frederic Paillardet, Franck Montaudon
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Publication number: 20040257480Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.Inventors: Pierre Busson, Daniel Saias, Frederic Paillardet, Franck Montaudon