Abstract: An electrical activity monitoring device based on an RFID sensor device attachable to a power cable of an electrical device for monitoring the electrical status of the electrical device. The device comprises an antenna element which performs the dual functions of magnetically coupling with an electrical pulse generated in the power cable in response to a change of electrical power state of the electrical device and to wirelessly transmit data to an RFID reader. An electrical activity monitoring apparatus is also provided for monitoring the electrical status of at least one electrical device connected to a power supply network by a respective power cable provided with an RFID sensor device. The electrical activity monitoring apparatus comprises an RFID reader for communicating with the RFID sensor device.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting microwave signals is suggested. The apparatus comprises an antenna for sending and receiving electromagnetic waves a circuit for detecting microwave signals and the signalization stage for generating an indication signal. In addition to that a method for detecting the presence of microwave signals is proposed.

Abstract: An electrical activity sensor attachable to a power cable of an electrical device for detecting an impulse generated in the power cable in response to a change in electrical power state of the electrical device, the electrical activity sensor comprising an antenna assembly comprising an antenna element operable to magnetically couple with an electrical pulse generated in the power cable to induce an electrical signal in response to a change in electrical power state of the electrical device; and at least one dipole type antenna configured operate as a half wave dipole in the operating frequency range of the antenna element and to magnetically couple to the antenna element wherein the dipole type conductor is operable to wirelessly transmit data representative of the power state change of the electrical device to a remote reader.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of resending at least one digital signal, comprising a step of reception by cable of the signal comprising signaling information, a step of resending of this signal at a resend frequency by an antenna, and also comprising a step of selecting the resend frequency as a function of the signaling information; a step of transposing the signal into the selected frequency of the resend signal and a step of monitoring and adjusting the frequency of the resend signal as a function of the selected frequency of the resend signal.

Abstract: An electrical activity sensor device for monitoring the electrical status of an electrical device, the device comprising: a power cable for supplying power to an electrical device from a power supply network, the power cable being fitted with an in-line switch enabling the electrical device to be switched between electrical power states; wherein: the antenna element is operable to transfer the identification data to the power cable; and the power cable is operable to operate as an antenna when the electrical device is switched on to transmit identification data wirelessly from a sensor device attached to the cable to a reader device.

Abstract: An electrical activity monitoring device based on a sensor device attachable to a power cable of an electrical device for monitoring the electrical status of the electrical device. The device comprises an antenna element which performs the dual functions of magnetically coupling with an electrical pulse generated in the power cable in response to a change of electrical power state of the electrical device and to transmit data to a reader via the power cable. An electrical activity monitoring apparatus is also provided for monitoring the electrical status of at least one electrical device connected to a power supply network by a respective power cable provided with a sensor device. The electrical activity monitoring apparatus comprises a reader and a reader-power line interface device.

Abstract: The proposed process makes it possible to noticeably and dynamically increase the operational frequency band of a wideband emission/reception device without performance degradation, this thanks to the implementation of a particular architecture and a judicious distribution of the technical constraints over the analogue and digital sub-assemblies of a user terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an antenna operating in a given frequency band, from a dual-band antenna. According to the method, the dual-band antenna is a broadband slot antenna that receives and/or transmits electromagnetic signals at a first frequency and at a second higher frequency. The antenna is powered by a single power supply line, and the free end of the power supply line is connected, by a connection means that can be opened or closed, to at least one means for rejecting one of the frequencies. This invention can be used in producing generic electronic boards.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the transmission and/or reception of signals in an MIMO system consisting of: a MIMO module consisting of N inputs/outputs to deliver or receive N signals, where N?2, an antenna system for transmitting or receiving said N signals, said system consisting of at least one antenna with M angular sectors in a horizontal plane, said M angular sectors sensitively not covering each other and together forming a global angular sector of 360°, and switching means, mounted between the MIMO module and the antenna system, to connect P angular sectors of said multi-sector antenna, where 1?P<M, with each of the N inputs/outputs of the MIMO module according to a switching diagram determined using control means in accordance with a criterion representing the quality of the reception of signals by said device or another device.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to digital communications, and more particularly, to a method and a device for sharing wireless transmission of first data and wireless reception of second data and an apparatus implementing the method.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting microwave signals is suggested. The apparatus comprises an antenna for sending and receiving electromagnetic waves a circuit for detecting microwave signals and the signalization stage for generating an indication signal. In addition to that a method for detecting the presence of microwave signals is proposed. The method comprises the following steps receiving and detecting the microwave signal; correlating the received microwave signal with the previously stored microwave signal; generating an indication signal if the correlation between the received and the stored microwave signals exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: The present invention suggests an apparatus for detecting the operation status of a fluorescent light source. The apparatus comprises an antenna for receiving and sending electromagnetic waves. The apparatus further comprises a modulation frequency correlator and a signal generator for generating an indication signal. According to a second aspect the present invention proposes a method for detecting the operation status of a fluorescent light source. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an electromagnetic wave; detecting a modulation of the received electromagnetic wave; correlating the modulation frequency of the received electromagnetic wave with a predetermined frequency; generating an indication signal if a correlation between the modulation frequency and the predetermined frequency is detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal for the broadband transmission of video, audio or data signals in a domestic environment. It applies more specifically in the scope of terminals operating according to the standard IEEE 802.11n and employing simultaneously several frequency channels in a predetermined band of frequencies, for example the 5 GHz WiFi band. The terminal comprises M antennas, a MIMO device able to generate MIMO signals in said predetermined frequency band from baseband signals or conversely, said MEMO device being able to process N MIMO signals simultaneously, and a switching device to connect the MIMO device to the M antennas.

Abstract: This invention concerns a repeater for radio frequency signals having a channel filter and an active filter connected to the channel filter output. The active filter covers the channels adjacent to the channel filter and includes an amplifier and; two bandpass filters in parallel connected as a negative feedback loop around the amplifier. The first bandpass filter covers the lower adjacent channels and the second bandpass filter covers the higher adjacent channels. The invention notably applies to the development of domestic repeaters for mobile terminals meeting the DVB-H digital television standard.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for receiving signals in a MIMO system comprising: m signal receiver channels, where m is greater than 1; an antenna system constituted either by n directive antennae n>m, each antenna being able to receive signals in one of its own angular sectors, the angular sectors of the n antennae essentially not overlapping each other and together thrilling a total angular sector of 360 degrees, or a multi-sector antenna with n angular sectors n>m the n angular sectors essentially not overlapping each other and having a distinct access; and switching means to associate with each signal receiver channel an antenna from among the n antennae according to a switching schema selected by control means, the switching schema being selected from a plurality of switching schemas of a switching matrix according to a criterion representing the quality of the reception of the signals by said signal receiver channels.

Abstract: The invention concerns a system of antennas on the same support. Each antenna is connected to a first port for the emission/reception in a first frequency band, and to a second port for the emission/reception in a second frequency band. The invention consists in a specific dimensioning of the support, such that the difference of the perimetric lengths separating the median points is a function of the half wavelength ?/2 modulo k ?, k positive integer, where ? is the wavelength corresponding to a working frequency fr.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multimedia mobile terminal capable of transmitting and receiving signals compliant with several standards in the UHF band. It comprises: a receiver receiving a first signal compliant with a first standard in a first frequency band, a first transmitter capable of transmitting a second signal compliant with a second standard in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band and partially intersecting the first frequency band, wherein, between the receiver and the antenna, a calibrated band-rejection filter comprising at least one variable element enabling the selection of a rejection frequency by the control voltage of said variable element. a filtering control element to store the control voltage values and the associated rejecting frequency values determined during a calibration procedure and to transmit according to the second frequency of the first transmitter the stored control voltage of said variable element of said band-rejection filter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high rejection stop band filter and a diplexer using such filters. The stop band filter comprises on a substrate with a ground plane, a transmission line extending between an input and an output and comprises several resonators formed of “stubs” in printed open circuit embedded into the transmission line, the resonators being positioned in parallel together and interconnected in series in the same direction or head to tail. The filters are particularly useful in mobile devices operating in two concurrent frequency bands.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a band rejection filter. The band rejection filter includes a first signal transmission channel called a direct channel and a second signal transmission channel called a secondary channel. The direct channel and the secondary channel being designed to introduce at a first rejection frequency a phase difference of 180° between the signal circulating via the direct channel and the signal circulating via the secondary channel. Additionally, the secondary channel includes a filtering element for which the cut-off frequency is different from the first rejection frequency in a way to create a second rejection frequency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple-port dual-band antenna system and the associated interface formed by DPDT or SPDT switches, that can be integrated on one and the same multi-layer structure.