Patents by Inventor Guillaume Cogniard

Guillaume Cogniard 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: 7369071
    Abstract: A mixer receiving a first analog signal and a first digital signal, corresponding to a succession, at a first frequency, of first messages each comprising a first number of bits, and providing a second analog signal, comprises an analog-to-digital converter of the first analog signal into a second digital signal, corresponding to a succession, at a second frequency greater than the first one, of second messages having a second number of bits smaller than the first one; a digital-to-digital converter of the second digital signal into a third one corresponding to a succession, at the second frequency, of third messages having the first number of bits; an interpolation unit providing a fourth digital signal corresponding to a succession, at the second frequency, of fourth messages having the first number of bits; an adder providing the sum of the third and fourth digital signals; and an output digital-to-analog converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Dolphin Integration
    Inventors: Jean-François Pollet, Guillaume Cogniard
  • Patent number: 7283078
    Abstract: A converter of a digital signal into a pulse-width modulated signal, comprising a first conversion unit receiving, at a first frequency, successive digital signals each having one of a first determined number of values, and providing first intermediary signals, at the first frequency, each having one of a second determined number of values smaller than the first determined number; a unit performing a decimation of the first intermediary signals to provide second intermediary signals at a second frequency equal to the first frequency divided by the second determined number minus one; and a second conversion unit providing at the second frequency, from the second intermediary signals, a two-state pulse-width modulated signal having a minimum duration in one of the two states which is equal to the inverse of the first frequency, the first conversion unit receiving the pulse-width modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Dolphin Integration
    Inventors: Frédéric Poulet, Guillaume Cogniard
  • Publication number: 20070052572
    Abstract: A mixer receiving a first analog signal and a first digital signal, corresponding to a succession, at a first frequency, of first messages each comprising a first number of bits, and providing a second analog signal, comprises an analog-to-digital converter of the first analog signal into a second digital signal, corresponding to a succession, at a second frequency greater than the first one, of second messages having a second number of bits smaller than the first one; a digital-to-digital converter of the second digital signal into a third one corresponding to a succession, at the second frequency, of third messages having the first number of bits; an interpolation unit providing a fourth digital signal corresponding to a succession, at the second frequency, of fourth messages having the first number of bits; an adder providing the sum of the third and fourth digital signals; and an output digital-to-analog converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pollet, Guillaume Cogniard
  • Publication number: 20060279355
    Abstract: A converter of a digital signal into a pulse-width modulated signal, comprising a first conversion unit receiving, at a first frequency, successive digital signals each having one of a first determined number of values, and providing first intermediary signals, at the first frequency, each having one of a second determined number of values smaller than the first determined number; a unit performing a decimation of the first intermediary signals to provide second intermediary signals at a second frequency equal to the first frequency divided by the second determined number minus one; and a second conversion unit providing at the second frequency, from the second intermediary signals, a two-state pulse-width modulated signal having a minimum duration in one of the two states which is equal to the inverse of the first frequency, the first conversion unit receiving the pulse-width modulated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Frederic Poulet, Guillaume Cogniard