Patents by Inventor Marc Thevenot

Marc Thevenot 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: 9819198
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic system including a radiative electromagnetic emitter for emitting an activation signal including sequentially an energy supply signal followed by an identification signal, the power of the energy supply signal being at least ten times greater than the power of the identification signal, further including an interface connected to an energy supply source; an electric load; a circuit for deactivating a placing of electric load on standby, including: a receiver including a reception interface, a rectifier configured to generate a DC activation voltage on the basis of an activation signal, a switch configured to selectively connect/disconnect to the load from the energy supply, an identification circuit configured to extract an identifier of the activation signal and configured to apply the activation voltage as closure control signal for turning off the switch if a match of the identifier is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Ecole Centrale De Lyon, Universite Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, Institut National Des Sciences Appiquees De Lyon, University De Limoges, Centre National De La Recherch
    Inventors: Christian Vollaire, Marc Thevenot, Vlad Marian, Cyrille Menudier
  • Publication number: 20150069850
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic system including a radiative electromagnetic emitter for emitting an activation signal including sequentially an energy supply signal followed by an identification signal, the power of the energy supply signal being at least ten times greater than the power of the identification signal, further including an interface connected to an energy supply source; an electric load; a circuit for deactivating a placing of electric load on standby, including: a receiver including a reception interface, a rectifier configured to generate a DC activation voltage on the basis of an activation signal, a switch configured to selectively connect/disconnect to the load from the energy supply, an identification circuit configured to extract an identifier of the activation signal and configured to apply the activation voltage as closure control signal for turning off the switch if a match of the identifier is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicants: Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, Centre National De La Recherch Scientifique, University De Limoges, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees De Lyon
    Inventors: Christian Vollaire, Marc Thevenot, Vlad Marian, Cyrille Menudier
  • Patent number: 8164542
    Abstract: An antenna uses a photonic forbidden band (PFB) material in which, by default, a surface (26) for injecting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves in a resonance cavity of the antenna (8) has at least a width or a length of a diameter higher than or equal to the wavelength of the working frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Régis Chantalat, Patrick Dumon, Bernard Jecko, Thierry Monediere, Marc Thevenot
  • Patent number: 8149180
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves at a working frequency fT, that comprises a resonator with a filtering (49) coating that covers the major portion of the upper face of a reflector (22) located inside a cavity (36), the coating (40) being capable of removing all the electromagnetic waves having a frequency fT, and propagating in a direction parallel to the upper face of the reflector, without removing all the electromagnetic waves having a frequency fT and propagating in a direction perpendicular to the upper face of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Universite de Limoges
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Bernard Jecko, Thierry Monediere, Regis Chantalat, Cyrille Menudier, Patrick Dumon
  • Publication number: 20100321261
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves at a working frequency f?, that comprises a resonator with a filtering (49) coating that covers the major portion of the upper face of a reflector (22) located inside a cavity (36), the coating (40) being capable of removing all the electromagnetic waves having a frequency f? and propagating in a direction parallel to the upper face of the reflector, without removing all the electromagnetic waves having a frequency f? and propagating in a direction perpendicular to the upper face of the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES, UNIVERSITE DE LIMOGES
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Bernard Jecko, Thierry Monediere, Regis Chantalat, Cyrille Menudier, Patrick Dumon
  • Publication number: 20100026606
    Abstract: An antenna uses a photonic forbidden band (PFB) material in which, by default, a surface (26) for injecting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves in a resonance cavity of the antenna (8) has at least a width or a length of a diameter higher than or equal to the wavelength of the working frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES
    Inventors: Regis Chantalat, Patrick Dumon, Bernard Jecko, Thierry Monediere, Marc Thevenot
  • Patent number: 7411564
    Abstract: A frequency multiband antenna includes a photonic bandgap material having at least one band gap, one single periodicity defect of the bandgap material so as to produce several narrow bandwidths within the at least one band gap of the bandgap material, and an excitation device capable of transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves within the narrow bandwidths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Centre National d'Etudes Spatiles
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Régis Chantalat, Bernard Jecko, Ludovic Leger, Thierry Monediere, Patrick Dumon
  • Patent number: 7242368
    Abstract: A multibeam antenna includes: a photonic bandgap material (20) having at least one band gap; at least one periodicity defect so as to produce at least one narrow bandwidth inside the at least one band gap of the photonic bandgap material, and excitation elements (50 to 43) for enabling electromagnetic waves to be received inside the at least one narrow bandwidth. The excitation elements are mutually arranged so as to generate radiating spots (46 to 49) partly overlapping on one surface of the photonic bandgap material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Régis Chantalat, Bernard Jecko, Ludovic Leger, Thierry Monediere, Patrick Dumon
  • Patent number: 7233299
    Abstract: A system includes a device for focusing electromagnetic waves, and a multiple-beam antenna. The antenna includes: a photonic bandgap material (20) having at least one band gap, at least one periodicity defect (36) of the photonic bandgap material so as to produce at least one narrow bandwidth within the bandgap material, and excitation elements (40 to 43) for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves within the at least one narrow bandwidth, the elements being arranged relative to one another so as to produce overlapping radiating spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Régis Chantalat, Bernard Jecko, Ludovic Leger, Thierry Monediere, Patrick Dumon, Hervé Legay
  • Publication number: 20060132378
    Abstract: The invention concerns a multibeam antenna comprising: a photonic bandgap material (20) having at least one band gap; at least on e periodicity defect so as to produce at least one narrow bandwidth inside said at least one band gap of said photonic bandgap material, and excitation elements (50 to 43) for enabling electromagnetic waves to be received inside said at least one narrow bandwidth. The excitation elements are mutually arranged so as to generate radiating spots (46 to 49) partly overlapping on one surface of the photonic bandgap material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Regis Chantalat, Bernard Jecko, Ludovic Leger, Thierry Monediere, Patrick Dumon
  • Publication number: 20060125713
    Abstract: A system includes a device for focusing electromagnetic waves, and a multiple-beam antenna. The antenna includes: a photonic bandgap material (20) having at least one band gap, at least one periodicity defect (36) of the photonic bandgap material so as to produce at least one narrow bandwidth within the bandgap material, and excitation elements (40 to 43) for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves within the at least one narrow bandwidth, the elements being arranged relative to one another so as to produce overlapping radiating spots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Regis Chantalat, Bernard Jecko, Ludovic Leger, Thierry Monediere, Patrick Dumon, Herve Legay
  • Publication number: 20060097917
    Abstract: A frequency multiband antenna comprising: a photonic bandgap material (142) having at least one band gap, one single periodicity defect (156) of the bandgap material so as to produce several narrow bandwidths within the at least one band gap of the bandgap material, and an excitation device (160, 162) capable of transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves within the narrow bandwidths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Regis Chantalat, Bernard Jecko, Ludovic Leger, Thierry Monediere, Patrick Dumon
  • Patent number: 6975269
    Abstract: A broadband or multiband antenna for microwaves, optical transmission or mobile telephones in which a reflector plane and at least one radiating element disposed in the vicinity of the reflector plane are provided. An assembly of defective PFB material elements is superposed on the reflector plane and the radiating element. Each defective PFB material element is substantially plane, parallel to the reflector, and presents at least one characteristic of magnetic permeability, of dielectric permittivity, and/or of thickness in the direction perpendicular to the reflector that differs from one defective PFB material element to another. The assembly forms a leaky resonant cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Bernard Jecko, Cyril Cheype, Cédric Serier, Marc Thevenot, Thierry Monediere
  • Publication number: 20040189529
    Abstract: The invention concerns a broadband or multiband antenna for microwaves, comprising a reflector plane (R) and at least a radiating element (ER) arranged proximate to the reflector plane (R). A assembly of photonic forbidden band material default elements is superimposed on the reflector plane (R) and the radiating element (ER). Each photonic forbidden band material default element is substantially planar, parallel to the reflector (R) and has at least a characteristic of magnetic permeability of dielectric permittivity and/or thickness in the direction perpendicular to the reflector (R) different from one element of photonic forbidden band material to the next. The assembly forms a leaky resonant cavity. The invention is applicable to mobile telephone systems, or optical path transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Bernard Jecko, Cyril Cheype, Cedric Serier, Marc Thevenot, Thierry Monediere
  • Patent number: 6549172
    Abstract: An antenna includes a probe capable of transforming electrical energy into electromagnetic energy and inversely. It further includes an assembly of elements made of at least two materials different in permittivity and/or permeability and/or conductivity within which the probe is arranged, the arrangement of the elements in the assembly ensuring radiation and spatial and frequency filtering of the electromagnetic waves produced or received by the probe, which filtering allows in particular one or several operating frequencies (f) of the antenna inside a frequency band gap (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Marc Thevenot, Bernard Jean-Yves Jecko, Alain Jean-Louis Reineix
  • Patent number: 6456254
    Abstract: The invention provides a reflector forming a parabolic antenna, the reflector being characterized by the fact that it is made up of n contiguous layers of dielectric material defined by n+1 surfaces having distinct parabolic equations and shaped to define a common electromagnetic focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Alain Reineix, Marc Thevenot, Bernard Jecko