Patents by Inventor Laurent C. Perraud

Laurent C. Perraud 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: 6825713
    Abstract: A system for estimating the bandwidth of a baseband filter that produces a phase shift on arriving analog signals is disclosed. The system comprises means for generating a digital reference clock signal and means for converting the digital reference clock signal into an analog reference clock signal to be input to the baseband filter. Phase comparison means are coupled to the baseband filter for comparing the digital reference clock signal to the analog reference clock signal phase shifted through the baseband filter. A digital pulsed signal that is representative of the phase shift is generated, and digital circuit means connected to the phase comparison means convert the digital pulsed signal into a digital value, the digital value being proportional to the phase shift of the baseband filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Benoist, Pascal Conteaux, Laurent C. Perraud, Christophe Pinatel, Nicolas Sornin
  • Publication number: 20030154231
    Abstract: A system for estimating the bandwidth of a baseband filter that produces a phase shift on arriving analog signals is disclosed. The system comprises means for generating a digital reference clock signal and means for converting the digital reference clock signal into an analog reference clock signal to be input to the baseband filter. Phase comparison means are coupled to the baseband filter for comparing the digital reference clock signal to the analog reference clock signal phase shifted through the baseband filter. A digital pulsed signal that is representative of the phase shift is generated, and digital circuit means connected to the phase comparison means convert the digital pulsed signal into a digital value, the digital value being proportional to the phase shift of the baseband filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Frederic Benoist, Pascal Conteaux, Laurent C. Perraud, Christophe Pinatel, Nicolas Sornin
  • Patent number: 6518903
    Abstract: A Sigma Delta A/D converter architecture which allows the multiplexed conversion of several high bandwidth analog signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent C. Perraud, Jean-Olivier Plouchart, Mehmet Soyuer, Nicolas Sornin