Patents by Inventor Gilles de Villenaut

Gilles de Villenaut 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: 5943380
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for synchronizing the phase of a digital signal constituted by two digital components to be corrected defining two samples of a received signal at each symbol time, said apparatus serving to feed a regenerator for regenerating the signal in baseband by sampling and threshold decision-taking, said apparatus including: a first phase-locked loop (31) driven by a first broadband phase-error integrator (37), said first loop (31) being fed with the input signal (30) of the apparatus, and supplying a first phase error estimate (36); and an auxiliary second phase-locked structure (32) driven by re-processing means (38) for re-processing said first phase error estimate (36) established by said first phase-locked loop (31), and outputting a phase synchronized signal fed to an output regenerator (34) for regenerating the signal in baseband; said auxiliary second phase-locked structure (32) being fed with said input signal (30) of the apparatus via delay means (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Alcatel Telspace
    Inventors: Rossano Marchesani, Pierre Roux, Gilles de Villenaut