Patents by Inventor Ghislain Boiron
Ghislain Boiron 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: 10860910Abstract: A near-field magnetically coupled anti-counterfeiting tag including a sacrificial conductive track crossing a sacrificial zone of the tag. Each segment of the sacrificial track crossing the sacrificial zone is split longitudinally into a plurality of sub-segments, the sub-segments being in electrical contact with each other at the ends of the segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: WISEKEY SEMICONDUCTORSInventors: Ghislain Boiron, Tania Guidet, Nicolas Gassend
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Publication number: 20190114522Abstract: A near-field magnetically coupled anti-counterfeiting tag including a sacrificial conductive track crossing a sacrificial zone of the tag. Each segment of the sacrificial track crossing the sacrificial zone is split longitudinally into a plurality of sub-segments, the sub-segments being in electrical contact with each other at the ends of the segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: WISeKey SemiconductorsInventors: Ghislain BOIRON, Tania GUIDET, Nicolas GASSEND
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Patent number: 9934460Abstract: An NFC tag includes a foldable substrate in the form of a tape; an antenna located at a first end of the tape; a capacitor connected to the antenna, located at the first end of the tape; an impedance, in particular a capacitor, located at a second end of the tape; and conductive tracks running along the tape to connect the impedance to the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: WISEKEY SEMICONDUCTORSInventors: Jean-Pierre Enguent, Ghislain Boiron, Pierre Pic, Tania Guidet
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Patent number: 9893889Abstract: A near field magnetically coupled anti-counterfeiting tag comprises a control microcircuit configured to implement a basic function and a cryptographic function; a sacrificial conductive track located across a sacrificial area of the tag; and a circuit for detecting continuity of the sacrificial track, cooperating with the microcircuit to implement the basic function without implementing the cryptographic function when the sacrificial track is broken.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: WISEKEY SEMICONDUCTORSInventors: Jean-Pierre Enguent, Ghislain Boiron, Pierre Pic
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Publication number: 20170203895Abstract: A near field magnetically coupled contactless device includes a foldable substrate in the form of a tape; two metal surfaces located facing each other on opposite sides of the substrate in a region of interest of the substrate, configured such that a piercing of the region of interest causes a permanent short circuit between the two metal surfaces; and a circuit configured to detect a short circuit between the two metal surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: WISEKEY SEMICONDUCTORSInventors: Pierre PIC, Jean-Pierre ENGUENT, Mikaël DUBREUCQ, Ghislain BOIRON
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Publication number: 20170193347Abstract: An NFC tag includes a foldable substrate in the form of a tape; an antenna located at a first end of the tape; a capacitor connected to the antenna, located at the first end of the tape; an impedance, in particular a capacitor, located at a second end of the tape; and conductive tracks running along the tape to connect the impedance to the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: WISEKEY SEMICONDUCTORSInventors: Jean-Pierre ENGUENT, Ghislain BOIRON, Pierre PIC, Tania GUIDET
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Publication number: 20170195120Abstract: A near field magnetically coupled anti-counterfeiting tag comprises a control microcircuit configured to implement a basic function and a cryptographic function; a sacrificial conductive track located across a sacrificial area of the tag; and a circuit for detecting continuity of the sacrificial track, cooperating with the microcircuit to implement the basic function without implementing the cryptographic function when the sacrificial track is broken.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: WISEKEY SEMICONDUCTORSInventors: Jean-Pierre ENGUENT, Ghislain BOIRON, Pierre PIC
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Publication number: 20170183135Abstract: A near field magnetically coupled contactless device, comprises a foldable substrate in the form of a tape; an antenna circuit tuned to a nominal frequency, including an antenna and a capacitor connected to the antenna; a sacrificial impedance connected to the antenna circuit to contribute to the tuning of the antenna circuit to the nominal frequency; and a sacrificial structure comprising a conductive track connecting the sacrificial impedance to the antenna circuit, configured in meanders occupying a region of interest of the substrate such that a piercing of the region of interest severs the conductive track.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: WISEKEY SEMICONDUCTORSInventors: Pierre PIC, Jean-Pierre ENGUENT, Mikaël DUBREUCQ, Ghislain BOIRON
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Publication number: 20160004949Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an object integrating a contactless microcircuit, the method including steps of: forming an antenna coil in the shape of a spiral from a first face of a medium, forming on the medium first and second conducting pads respectively coupled to internal and external ends of the spiral of the antenna coil, connecting the connection terminals of the microcircuit to third and fourth conducting pads, and fixing the microcircuit onto the medium by arranging opposite one another the first and the third conducting pad, and opposite one another the second and the fourth conducting pad, the first to fourth conducting pads forming two capacitors mounted in series with the antenna coil, the antenna coil and the first and second conducting pads being formed by inserting a conducting wire into the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Ghislain BOIRON, Jean-Pierre ENGUENT, Pierre PIC
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Patent number: 9218562Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a contactless microcircuit antenna coil, including steps of: depositing a first electrically conducting layer on a first face of a wafer, and forming in the first layer an antenna coil in a spiral having several turns, including an internal turn coupled to an internal contact pad and an external turn coupled to an external contact pad, the external turn following the entire contour of antenna coil except for a zone through which a conducting path coupling the external contact pad to the external turn can pass, the external and internal contact pads of the antenna coil being formed in a central zone of the external turn, the antenna coil having a bypass zone in which each turn bypasses the external contact pad.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: INSIDE SECUREInventors: Ghislain Boiron, Pierre Pic
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Publication number: 20150356397Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an object integrating a contactless microcircuit, the method including steps of: forming an antenna coil in the shape of a spiral on a first face of a medium, fixing the microcircuit onto the medium, forming on the medium first and second conducting pads respectively coupled to ends internal and external to the spiral of the antenna coil, connecting the connection terminals of the microcircuit to third and fourth conducting pads, and fixing the microcircuit onto the medium, by arranging opposite one another the first and the third conducting pad, and opposite one another the second and the fourth conducting pad, so as to form two capacitors mounted in series with the antenna coil, the first or second conducting pad including a non-conducting window opposite which the microcircuit is placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Ghislain BOIRON, Jean-Pierre ENGUENT, Pierre PIC
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Publication number: 20150186769Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a contactless microcircuit antenna coil, including steps of: depositing a first electrically conducting layer on a first face of a wafer, and forming in the first layer an antenna coil in a spiral having several turns, including an internal turn coupled to an internal contact pad and an external turn coupled to an external contact pad, the external turn following the entire contour of antenna coil except for a zone through which a conducting path coupling the external contact pad to the external turn can pass, the external and internal contact pads of the antenna coil being formed in a central zone of the external turn, the antenna coil having a bypass zone in which each turn bypasses the external contact pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Ghislain Boiron, Pierre Pic
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Patent number: D812598Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Inventors: Jean-Pierre Enguent, Ghislain Boiron