Patents by Inventor Lionel Rudant

Lionel Rudant 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: 20230198163
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radio frequency antenna (10) including an antenna array (12) operating at one wavelength and comprising: a powered dipole (14A) connected at an access point (15) to a radio frequency transmitter generating or receiving a wave at the wavelength, at least one coupled dipole (14C1, 14C2, 14C3) connected at an access point to a respective load (Z1, Z2, Z3), the powered dipole (14A) and each coupled dipole (14C1, 14C2, 14C3) including two strands extending from the access point (15), the access points (15) being arranged so as to form a polygon, the first strand of a dipole (14) extending along the second strand of a neighboring dipole (14) at a distance less than one tenth of the wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Lionel RUDANT, Lotfi BATEL, Christophe DELAVEAUD
  • Publication number: 20220231417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a directional antenna network adapted to operate in at least one predetermined frequency band, which comprises at least one pair of metal antennas (8,10) formed by a first metal antenna and a second metal antenna, the second metal antenna being sequentially rotated by a predetermined angle of rotation relative to the first metal antenna, a load circuit (6), with each metal antenna connected to said load circuit, and a monopole antenna (12), having a central position in the antenna network, connected to said load circuit (6). The metal antennas and the monopole antenna are arranged on a ground plane (4) and coupled, with the load circuit (6) being parameterized to provide radiation in which the monopole antenna (12) has a destructive contribution of a magnetic transverse radiation mode, whereby radiation by said at least one pair of metal antennas of selected circular polarization is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Lotfi BATEL, Lionel RUDANT
  • Patent number: 9917376
    Abstract: A method for generating an electromagnetic wave with an antenna array, the antenna array including at least one antenna, at least one circuit having parameters having an influence on the electromagnetic wave generated by the antenna array and connected to at least one antenna, and the method comprising: selecting a criterion to be met for the wave generated by the antenna array; determining desired decomposition coefficients of a wave in a basis giving the possibility of attaining the selected criterion; and calculating the parameters having an influence on the electromagnetic wave generated by the antenna array for each circuit of the antenna array so that the difference between the decomposition coefficients on the basis of the wave generated by the antenna array and the desired decomposition coefficients be minimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Kawtar Belmkaddem, Lionel Rudant
  • Patent number: 9813032
    Abstract: A negative impedance circuit including: a first and a second bipolar transistors having a common collector, a base of the first transistor being connected to an emitter of the second transistor; a third and a fourth bipolar transistors having a common collector, a base of the third transistor being connected with an emitter of the fourth transistor; and at least one first impedance formed of one or of a plurality of passive components coupling the common collector of the first and second transistors to the common collector of the third and fourth transistors, a base of the second transistor being coupled to the collector of the third and fourth transistors and a base of the fourth transistor being coupled to the collector of the first and second transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Lotfi Batel, Jean-François Pintos, Lionel Rudant
  • Publication number: 20170163224
    Abstract: A negative impedance circuit including: a first and a second bipolar transistors having a common collector, a base of the first transistor being connected to an emitter of the second transistor; a third and a fourth bipolar transistors having a common collector, a base of the third transistor being connected with an emitter of the fourth transistor, and at least one first impedance formed of one or of a plurality of passive components coupling the common collector of the first and second transistors to the common collector of the third and fourth transistors, a base of the second transistor being coupled to the collector of the third and fourth transistors and a base of the fourth transistor being coupled to the collector of the first and second transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Lotfi BATEL, Jean-François PINTOS, Lionel RUDANT
  • Patent number: 9634401
    Abstract: This antenna array includes at least one primary antenna, at least one secondary antenna and at least one load coupled to a secondary antenna. The load includes two separate components, a first component being a resistor and a second component being selected from an inductor or a capacitor. The antenna array can include one or more of the following characteristic features, taken into consideration individually or in accordance with any technically possible combinations: the first component has negative resistance; the second component has negative inductance or a negative capacitance; at least one load has an adjustable impedance. The antenna array may be used in a system, such as a vehicle, a terminal, a mobile telephone, a wireless network access point, a base station, or a radio frequency excitation probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Kawtar Belmkaddem, Lionel Rudant
  • Publication number: 20150054700
    Abstract: This antenna array includes at least one primary antenna, at least one secondary antenna and at least one load coupled to a secondary antenna. The load includes two separate components, a first component being a resistor and a second component being selected from an inductor or a capacitor. The antenna array can include one or more of the following characteristic features, taken into consideration individually or in accordance with any technically possible combinations: the first component has negative resistance; the second component has negative inductance or a negative capacitance; at least one load has an adjustable impedance. The antenna array may be used in a system, such as a vehicle, a terminal, a mobile telephone, a wireless network access point, a base station, or a radio frequency excitation probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kawtar Belmkaddem, Lionel Rudant
  • Publication number: 20150054688
    Abstract: A method for generating an electromagnetic wave with an antenna array, the antenna array including at least one antenna, at least one circuit having parameters having an influence on the electromagnetic wave generated by the antenna array and connected to at least one antenna, and the method comprising: selecting a criterion to be met for the wave generated by the antenna array; determining desired decomposition coefficients of a wave in a basis giving the possibility of attaining the selected criterion; and calculating the parameters having an influence on the electromagnetic wave generated by the antenna array for each circuit of the antenna array so that the difference between the decomposition coefficients on the basis of the wave generated by the antenna array and the desired decomposition coefficients be minimal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Kawtar Belmkaddem, Lionel Rudant
  • Patent number: 8922434
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flat screen (E) that comprises an active pixel matrix (M), an electrode that is common to said pixels (C), and a conductive strip (R) preferably in the form of a ring that is connected to said common electrode and at least partially surrounds said active matrix, characterized in that at least one slot (F) defining an antenna is formed in said conducting strip. The invention also relates to a portable apparatus that comprises: such a flat screen (E); an electronic board including a floorplan (PM) parallel to the flat screen and electrically connected to the conductive strip of the same; a means for generating and/or detecting electric radiofrequency signals; and an excitation port (P) for the slot antenna (F) installed in the flat screen, and connected to said means for generating and/or detecting electric radiofrequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Christophe Prat, Lionel Rudant
  • Publication number: 20120019419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flat screen (E) that comprises an active pixel matrix (M), an electrode that is common to said pixels (C), and a conductive strip (R) preferably in the form of a ring that is connected to said common electrode and at least partially surrounds said active matrix, characterised in that at least one slot (F) defining an antenna is formed in said conducting strip. The invention also relates to a portable apparatus that comprises: such a flat screen (E); an electronic board including a floorplan (PM) parallel to the flat screen and electrically connected to the conductive strip of the same; a means for generating and/or detecting electric radiofrequency signals; and an excitation port (P) for the slot antenna (F) installed in the flat screen, and connected to said means for generating and/or detecting electric radiofrequency signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Christophe Prat, Lionel Rudant
  • Patent number: 8094082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polarization diversity multi-antenna system comprising a first slot type antenna (20) and at least one second patch type antenna (30), said first and second antennas sharing the same ground plane (10), the slot of the first antenna being laid out in said ground plane and the patch of the second antenna being at least partly plumb with said slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Lionel Rudant, Christophe Delaveaud
  • Patent number: 7911396
    Abstract: The invention concerns a meandered antenna comprising: a first meandered conductive element including a plurality of arms, two consecutive arms forming a meander; a second conductive element forming with the first conductive element a radiating two-wired line, the second conductive element including a plurality of arms engaged each between two consecutive arms of the first conductive element. The antenna is characterized in that it is designed to operate without ground element, in particular without ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Radiall
    Inventor: Lionel Rudant
  • Publication number: 20090273528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polarization diversity multi-antenna system comprising a first slot type antenna (20) and at least one second patch type antenna (30), said first and second antennas sharing the same ground plane (10), the slot of the first antenna being laid out in said ground plane and the patch of the second antenna being at least partly plumb with said slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Lionel Rudant, Christophe Delaveaud
  • Publication number: 20080284657
    Abstract: The invention concerns a meandered antennae comprising: a first meandered conductive element including a plurality of arms, two consecutive arms forming a meander; a second conductive elements forming with the first conductive elements a radiating two-wired line, the second conductive element including a plurality of arms engaged each between two consecutive arms of the first conductive element. The antenna is characterized in that it is designed to operate without ground element, in particular without ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Radiall
    Inventor: Lionel Rudant