Patents by Inventor Martial Comminges

Martial Comminges 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).

  • Decoding of multiple data streams encoded using a block coding algorithm
    Patent number: 7725810
    Abstract: A system implemented for example in the form of an SoC comprises a first demodulator for generating a first data stream to be decoded, and a second demodulator for generating a second data stream to be decoded, and a block decoder. The block decoder comprises an input memory for storing blocks of data from the first data stream and blocks of data from the second data stream, and a block decoding unit for processing, from the input memory, the blocks of data from the first and second data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Laurent Paumier, Pascal Urard, Martial Comminges
  • DECODING OF MULTIPLE DATA STREAMS ENCODED USING A BLOCK CODING ALGORITHM
    Publication number: 20070094565
    Abstract: A system implemented for example in the form of an SoC comprises a first demodulator for generating a first data stream to be decoded, and a second demodulator for generating a second data stream to be decoded, and a block decoder. The block decoder comprises an input memory for storing blocks of data from the first data stream and blocks of data from the second data stream, and a block decoding unit for processing, from the input memory, the blocks of data from the first and second data streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Laurent Paumier, Pascal Urard, Martial Comminges
  • Digital filtering device
    Patent number: 5956262
    Abstract: A digital sample filtering device comprising storage device including ROM and RAM memory for storing in an interlaced manner, coefficients of at least two filters along with for each coefficient, data indicating to which of the filters the each coefficient belongs; a multiplier for multiplying at least one of the coefficients by a sample and an accumulator for adding the partial sums of the multiplication results for each of the filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Thomson multimedia S.A.
    Inventors: Martial Comminges, Francis Dell'ova, Frederic Paillardet
  • Accurate digital-to-analog converter
    Patent number: 5815103
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter that includes pairs of positive and negative current sources that are connected through switches to two differential output lines. The switches are controlled as a function of a digital data. Each pair of current sources includes a pair of transistors of an output stage of a transconductance amplifier. The transconductance amplifier receives a reference voltage at a non-inverting input, and receives at an inverting input, the voltage at the middle node of a bridge of resistors that is connected between the two differential out-put lines. The output of the converter is the voltage between the two differential output lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Martial Comminges, Francis Dell'Ova, Frederic Paillardet