Abstract: A device for measuring a physical quantity, including at least a transceiver unit for electromagnetic waves, an antenna-sensor including a sensor integrated into a target antenna having at least one excitation port, the antenna-sensor having a variable impedance with electromagnetic transduction, the measuring device being configured, per predetermined frequency band and independently of the angular difference between the transmission and reception of waves, for measuring the electromagnetic response of the antenna-sensor at least from an ellipticity rate of an electromagnetic field backscattered by the antenna-sensor, the ellipticity rate characterizing the polarization of the electromagnetic field configured to be measured by the transceiver unit, the electromagnetic response being representative, by electromagnetic transduction, of the at least one physical quantity to be measured.

Abstract: A device for measuring a physical quantity, including at least a transceiver unit for electromagnetic waves, an antenna-sensor including a sensor integrated into a target antenna having at least one excitation port, the antenna-sensor having a variable impedance with electromagnetic transduction, the measuring device being configured, per predetermined frequency band and independently of the angular difference between the transmission and reception of waves, for measuring the electromagnetic response of the antenna-sensor at least from an ellipticity rate of an electromagnetic field backscattered by the antenna-sensor, the ellipticity rate characterizing the polarization of the electromagnetic field configured to be measured by the transceiver unit, the electromagnetic response being representative, by electromagnetic transduction, of the at least one physical quantity to be measured.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for detecting at least one species present in a fluid, preferably for detecting at least one circulating cell or aggregate of cells present in a human or animal biological fluid, and in particular circulating tumour cells (CTC) present in a blood fluid, the detection system comprising means (20) for filtering the fluid, the filtering means (20) comprising a filtering membrane (21), the filtrating membrane comprising at least one pore (22) designed to retain a species of a given type present in the fluid, the filtration means (20) further comprising at least one opening (23) designed to ensure, during operation within the fluid, the continuous circulation of the biological fluid, even when the at least one pore (22) is occupied.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for estimating the agricultural yield of a cultivated plot comprising a plurality of crops, the system comprising: —a radar unit (1) having: —a radar (11) configured to acquire at least one image of the cultivated plot, said radar operating in the field of frequency-modulated continuous waves; —a focusing unit (12) configured to focus a radar beam in an acquisition direction; a processing unit (2) configured to carry out steps of: acquiring (E1), for each position of the radar; processing (E2) the acquired image to extract therefrom at least one data item representative of the yield of the cultivated plot; determining (E3) the yield of the cultivated crop on the basis of the extracted data.

Abstract: The invention concerns a helical antenna comprising a shape of revolution and a plurality of radiating strands helically wound around the shape of revolution, characterized in that each radiating strand is defined by a repetition of a fractal pattern comprising segments formed by a sinusoidal curve.

Abstract: The invention concerns a helical antenna comprising a shape of revolution and a plurality of radiating strands helically wound around the shape of revolution, characterised in that each radiating strand is defined by a repetition of a fractal pattern comprising segments formed by a sinusoidal curve.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna comprising a plurality of metallic elements (10, 20, 30, 40), said metallic elements (10, 20, 30, 40) being in point contact (11, 21, 31, 41) with a ground plane (M) and equally distributed about a central axis of symmetry (D) of the antenna, perpendicular to the ground plane (M). The antenna of the invention is characterized in that each metallic element extends from the point contact at a non-zero angle of inclination (q) to said ground plane (M) and in that the ground plane (M) includes at least one cavity (80-83, 84-87) so that, in operation, the antenna matching is better in a specified frequency band than when the ground plane (M) has no cavities.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna of the helix type, comprising a plurality of radiating strands wound in a helix in an axisymmetric form (15), characterized in that each radiating strand is made up of at least one reference pattern (MR1, MR2, MR3) defined by an analytic function defined in a reference frame, the axis of the abscissae of which is the director axis of the radiating strands and is a periodic function of (I) or (II) and Ak correspond respectively to the frequency and to the amplitude of the sinusoid of index k.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna of the helix type, comprising a plurality of radiating strands wound in a helix in an axisymmetric form (15), characterized in that each radiating strand is made up of at least one reference pattern (MR1, MR2, MR3) defined by an analytic function defined in a reference frame, the axis of the abscissae of which is the director axis of the radiating strands and is a periodic function of (I) or (II) and Ak correspond respectively to the frequency and to the amplitude of the sinusoid of index k.

Abstract: The invention relates to a helix antenna comprising a plurality of radiating elements wound helically in an axisymmetric shape (15), characterized in that each radiating element comprises a repetition of the same pattern, which is defined by an at least second-order fractal (F1, F1? F2, F2?, F3, F3?, F4, F5).

Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna comprising a plurality of metallic elements (10, 20, 30, 40), said metallic elements (10, 20, 30, 40) being in point contact (11, 21, 31, 41) with a ground plane (M) and equally distributed about a central axis of symmetry (D) of the antenna, perpendicular to the ground plane (M). The antenna of the invention is characterized in that each metallic element extends from the point contact at a non-zero angle of inclination (q) to said ground plane (M) and in that the ground plane (M) includes at least one cavity (80-83, 84-87) so that, in operation, the antenna matching is better in a specified frequency band than when the ground plane (M) has no cavities.