Patents by Inventor Gerard Firmain

Gerard Firmain 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: 5146190
    Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit for switching a microwave output signal over to a first or a second output. The circuit has: two amplifiers receiving, at input, two parts, substantially equal in power, of an input signal, a coupler having two inputs connected to the outputs of the amplifiers and two outputs forming the outputs of the switching circuit, controllable phase-shifting means to place the signals injected at input of the coupler in phase or in phase opposition and to obtain the output signal sometimes at one output of the coupler and sometimes at the other output. The device can be applied to antenna switching circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Thomson Tubes Electroniques
    Inventor: Gerard Firmain