Patents by Inventor Jean-Yves Le Naour

Jean-Yves Le Naour 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).

  • Publication number: 20120257654
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Philippe Gilberton, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Patrick Fontaine
  • Patent number: 8265211
    Abstract: The method of improving the carrier-to-noise ratio for a receiver with diversity, and the associated device, consists, after extracting, by phase shifting, the noise component of the signals to be demodulated, in optimizing the cancellation of the useful component via a feedback loop acting on the phase shifter and in summing the noise component in phase and in phase opposition with these signals to improve the carrier-to-noise ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Jean-François Pintos
  • Publication number: 20120183096
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Le Naour, Jacques Perraudeau, Vincent Demoulin
  • Publication number: 20120114071
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Philippe Gilberton, Jean-Yves Le Naour
  • Publication number: 20120098722
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Jean-François Pintos, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Philippe Minard
  • Publication number: 20110291773
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual-response stopband filter as well as to a filtering device comprising such a filter. The dual-response stopband filter comprises between the input terminal and the filter output a first direct channel and a second channel, known as a secondary channel, coupled with the first channel and forming a resonant element. The filter further comprises, integrated on the first direct channel, a selective low-pass filter to reject a first selected frequency band and, integrated on the second channel a variable capacitor to form the stopband filter of a second frequency band that can be determined. The switching device is associated with the first channel to switch the low-pass filter and the second channel to switch the stopband filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Dominique Lo Hine Tong, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Ali Louzir, Raafat Lababidi
  • Publication number: 20110187619
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Philippe Chambelin, Jean-Luc Robert
  • Patent number: 7953191
    Abstract: The gain control method for the RF and IF amplification stages of a bursty data frame reception system enables, following a step for evaluating the received signal strength, the gain adjustment step of the RF amplification stage to be temporarily deferred until a frame structure symbol is received, during which the gain adjustment step of the IF amplification stage takes place simultaneously with that of the RF gain, while retaining an overall gain linearly dependent on the input signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Vincent Demoulin, Olivier Mocquard, Samuel Guillouard, Franck Thudor, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Jacques Perraudeau
  • Patent number: 7853222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switch with selective isolation and also to a switching device with selective isolation for multimedia terminals. The switch formed by 2 transistors (T1, T2) is feedback controlled by a feedback control signal V tune at a pre-defined frequency thus guaranteeing the selective isolation at this frequency. The switching device for switching the transmission/receiver channels of a multimedia terminal is formed by selective isolation switches that can be integrated using MMIC technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Philippe Minard, Jean-Yves Le Naour
  • Publication number: 20100240301
    Abstract: This invention concerns a repeater for radio frequency signals. The repeater at least includes: a channel filter; an active filter connected to the channel filter output, covering the channels adjacent to the channel filter comprising: an amplifier the output of which forms the output of the said filter; two bandpass filters in parallel connected as a negative feedback loop around the amplifier, with a first bandpass filter covering the lower adjacent channels and a second bandpass filter covering the higher adjacent channels. The repeater can also include: a circuit converting the radio frequency signal into an intermediate frequency, with the channel filter filtering the signal converted into an intermediate frequency; a circuit converting the signal into an intermediate frequency at its original frequency. The invention notably applies to the development of domestic repeaters for mobile terminals meeting the DVB-H digital television standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Philippe Minard
  • Patent number: 7697888
    Abstract: The invention proposes an upgradable product capable of covering two sub-bands. An outdoor unit comprises, on the uplink, a switchable oscillator coupled to a waveguide featuring a removable cover enabling the said waveguide to be converted into a band rejector filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Le Naour, Dominique Lo Hine Tong, Philippe Chambelin
  • Publication number: 20090257535
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of compensating the Doppler effect for a mobile receiver. This method consists in producing a phase-locked loop based on the signal to be demodulated to correct the frequency control of the tuner element and thus the drift due to the Doppler effect. The invention also relates to a receiver implementing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Jean-Francois Pintos
  • Publication number: 20090153425
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Le Naour, Ali Louzir, Philippe Minard, Jean-Luc Robert, Francoise Le Bolzer
  • Patent number: 7536160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wideband phase shift device. A phase shift ? is introduced on the fixed frequency local oscillator. The principle of the invention is to realise a double translation of the input signals. The phase variation introduced at the level of the local oscillator has a positive value on one of the translated signals and a negative value on the other. The signals are recombined at the reception frequency with a phase difference of 2 ? so as to maximise the amplitude of the signal at the output of the summator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Le Naour, Jean-Luc Robert, Ali Louzir
  • Patent number: 7436250
    Abstract: The invention proposes a filtering device having a frequency response which is symmetrical, using asymmetrical filters coupled by transposition means. The advantageous characteristics of the asymmetrical filters are retained and the faults associated with the asymmetry are eliminated. The asymmetrical filters are, for example, quartz filters. The invention also proposes an external transmission and reception unit, using the filtering device with the application of the filtering method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Le Naour, Jean-Luc Robert, Olivier Mocquard
  • Publication number: 20080205509
    Abstract: For a simultaneous dual-band reception or transmission of video signals and data in a domestic environment, a terminal in a communication system is made up of a front end module connected to digital processing circuits via a circuit designed for MIMO techniques. At least two antennas linked to the terminal are broadband and dual-access, each of the accesses corresponding to a path for receiving or transmitting signals in a first or a second frequency band. The front end module comprises first switches connected to the paths for receiving or transmitting signals in the first frequency band, and second switches connected to the paths for receiving or transmitting signals in the second frequency band. It also comprises selective high-pass filters in the paths for receiving or transmitting signals in the highest frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Le Naour, Dominique Lo Hine Tong, Philippe Chambelin
  • Patent number: 7398062
    Abstract: The invention proposes a transmission system using a reference subcarrier to synchronize a local oscillator 104. The reference subcarrier can be placed at various locations of the band allotted to an operator. The external unit 1 of the reception device comprises frequency-wise selection means 107 which make it possible to select the synchronization subcarrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Olivier Mocquard, Jean-Yves Le Naour
  • Patent number: 7355496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a FINLINE type microwave band-pass filter comprising a waveguide provided with an insulating substrate placed in an E plane of the guide and comprising on at least one of the surfaces, conductive inserts electrically connected to the internal surfaces of the guide which support the substrate and which determine by their dimensions and their positioning on the substrate a Chebyshev type filter response curve. The filter includes at least one cavity in perpendicular short circuit to the substrate, the positioning and the dimensions of the cavity determining a transmission zero on the filter response curve for attenuating the frequencies situated around this zero. Such a filter is used in particular in transmission terminals operating in the Ka band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Dominique Lo Hine Tong, Charline Guguen, François Baron, Jean-Yves Le Naour
  • Patent number: 7343139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for converting frequencies comprising a local oscillator of fixed frequency and a first mixer with two inputs and an output, a first input receiving the signal to be converted and a second input receiving the signal arising from the local oscillator. It further comprises a second mixer with two inputs and an output, a first input receiving the signal arising from the phase-shifted local oscillator and the second input receiving a dc signal whose value is dependent on the power of the residual spectral component at the output of an adder receiving as input the signals arising from the first and from the second mixer(s) and giving as output a transposed signal. The invention applies in particular in terminals operating in the Ka band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Dominique Lo Hine Tong, Jean-Luc Robert, Jean-Yves Le Naour
  • Publication number: 20080012783
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switch with selective isolation and also to a switching device with selective isolation for multimedia terminals. The switch formed by 2 transistors (T1, T2) is feedback controlled by a feedback control signal V tune at a pre-defined frequency thus guaranteeing the selective isolation at this frequency. The switching device for switching the transmission/receiver channels of a multimedia terminal is formed by selective isolation switches that can be integrated using MMIC technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Philippe Minard, Jean-Yves Le Naour