Patents by Inventor Nicolas Boisbouvier

Nicolas Boisbouvier 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: 8264304
    Abstract: A microwave device of the slot-line type with a photonic band gap structure, including at least: a first substrate in a dielectric material having a first permittivity ?r1, a second substrate in a dielectric material having a second permittivity ?r2, and between the two substrates, a conductive layer in which at least one slot-line is engraved, with, on the face of the first and second substrates opposite the face in contact with the conductive layer, facing the slot-line, periodic metal patterns. A compact filtering structure is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Ali Louzir, Françoise Le Bolzer, Anne-Claude Tarot, Kouroch Mahdjoubi
  • Patent number: 7864132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active photonic band gap antenna. In this case, the photonic band gap structure is constituted by metal rods, some of which are discontinuous, namely composed of sections of rods connected by a switching element such as a PIN diode. According to the invention, only one rod in a row of rods seen from the radiating source is discontinuous. The antenna pattern can be controlled at a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Ali Louzir, Françoise Le Bolzer, Anne-Claude Tarot, Kouroch Mahdjoubi
  • Patent number: 7864126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission/reception antenna with diversity of radiation comprising on a substrate at least a first and a second radiating elements connected by a network of feeder lines to a transmission/reception circuit of electromagnetic signals, wherein the network is constituted by a first feeder line connected to a first radiating element and by a set of two second feeder lines each connected by means of a switching element to the second radiating element in such a manner as to supply the two radiating elements in phase or in phase opposition, the set of the two second feeder lines being connected to the first feeder line by a third feeder line, the first and third feeder lines being connected by a feeder line common to the transmission/reception circuit of electromagnetic signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Jean-Francois Pintos, Philippe Minard
  • Patent number: 7719478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photonic band gap antennas. This antenna comprises according to a plane of directions x, y, a radiating source and a photonic band gap structure constituted by parallel metal rods, the rods repeating themselves nx times in the direction x and ny times in the direction y. The height of the rods seen from the radiating source is increasing. The invention is able to control the radiation pattern of the antenna in the vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Ali Louzir, Françoise Le Bolzer, Anne-Claude Tarot, Kouroch Mahdjoubi
  • Publication number: 20090303128
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optically reconfigurable multi-element device. An optical matrix formed by a set of optical elements, such as elements of OLED type, makes it possible to actuate a matrix of photoconductive elements, which will allow connection to be made between the various elements of the device to be reconfigured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Philippe Minard, Nicolas Boisbouvier, Christophe Prat
  • Publication number: 20090121953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission/reception antenna with diversity of radiation comprising on a substrate at least a first and a second radiating elements connected by a network of feeder lines to a transmission/reception circuit of electromagnetic signals, wherein the network is constituted by a first feeder line connected to a first radiating element and by a set of two second feeder lines each connected by means of a switching element to the second radiating element in such a manner as to supply the two radiating elements in phase or in phase opposition, the set of the two second feeder lines being connected to the first feeder line by a third feeder line, the first and third feeder lines being connected by a feeder line common to the transmission/reception circuit of electromagnetic signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Jean-Francois Pintos, Philippe Minard
  • Publication number: 20090096695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active photonic band gap antenna. In this case, the photonic band gap structure is constituted by metal rods, some of which are discontinuous, namely composed of sections of rods connected by a switching element such as a PIN diode. According to the invention, only one rod in a row of rods seen from the radiating source is discontinuous. The antenna pattern can be controlled at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Ali Louzir, Francoise Le Bolzer, Anne-Claude Tarot, Kouroch Mahdjoubi
  • Patent number: 7420518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a planar antenna carried by a substrate comprising a slot in the form of a closed curve dimensioned to operate at a given frequency, supplied by a feeder line intersecting the slot at a point known as an excitation point, characterized in that at least two short circuits in parallel on the slot are positioned with respect to the excitation point so as to match the impedance to the excitation point and/or the polarization of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir
  • Publication number: 20080191962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to photonic band gap antennas. This antenna comprises according to a plane of directions x, y, a radiating source and a photonic band gap structure constituted by parallel metal rods, the rods repeating themselves nx times in the direction x and ny times in the direction y. The height of the rods seen from the radiating source is increasing. The invention is able to control the radiation pattern of the antenna in the vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Ali Louzir, Francoise Le Bolzer, Anne-Claude Tarot, Kouroch Mahdjoubi
  • Patent number: 7355554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a photonic bandgap structure on a slot-type microwave device which is produced on a metallized substrate. According to the invention, periodically-spaced patterns are formed on the surface of the aforementioned substrate opposite the surface comprising the slot. The invention is suitable for slot-type antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Françoise Le Bolzer, Ali Louzir, Anne-Claude Tarot, Kouroch Mahdjoubi
  • Publication number: 20070097005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a photonic bandgap structure on a slot-type microwave device which is produced on a metallized substrate. According to the invention, periodically-spaced patterns are formed on the surface of the aforementioned substrate opposite the surface comprising the slot. The invention is suitable for slot-type antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Francoise Le Bolzer, Ali Louzir, Anne-Claude Tarot, Kouroch Mahdjoubi
  • Publication number: 20060152425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a planar antenna carried by a substrate comprising a slot in the form of a closed curve dimensioned to operate at a given frequency, supplied by a feeder line intersecting the slot at a point known as an excitation point, characterized in that at least two short circuits in parallel on the slot are positioned with respect to the excitation point so as to match the impedance to the excitation point and/or the polarization of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Nicolas Boisbouvier, Philippe Minard, All Louzir