Patents by Inventor Philippe Chanclou

Philippe Chanclou 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: 20250004204
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a coupling system between a multi-core optical fiber (MCF) and a set of at least one single-core optical fiber (SCF), each single-core fiber of the set being coupled with a separate core of the multi-core fiber, the coupling system comprising: a gradient-index lens (GRIN-L), positioned between the multi-core fiber and the at least one single-core fiber; a first gradient-index fiber section coupled at the end of the multi-core fiber to form a first microlensed end (GRIN-MCF); for each single-core fiber of said set, a second gradient-index fiber section coupled at the end of the single-core fiber to form a second microlensed end (GRIN-SCF); the first and second microlensed ends being coupled on either side of the lens with a radial offset of one relative to the other defined according to a core parameter of the multi-core fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventor: Philippe CHANCLOU
  • Patent number: 12136945
    Abstract: An optronic transceiver module is disclosed. The optronic transceiver module includes an m to n main optical coupler capable of splitting a downlink signal into n downlink optical signals of the same power to be transmitted in n optical fibres, a first uplink optical coupler capable of splitting an uplink signal into two optical signals split according to a predetermined reference power ratio and delivering a low-power signal and a high-power signal, a first power measurement photodiode delivering a power measurement associated with a first low-power signal, the main optical coupler being capable of aggregating the high-power optical signal and a second uplink optical signal representative of an optical signal received via a second optical fibre, into an aggregated uplink optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20240236932
    Abstract: A method for receiving an uplink reference signal sent by a mobile terminal to a network entity through a radio unit connected to an antenna, and used to geolocate the mobile terminal. The method is implemented by the network entity and includes: recording, by way of time of arrival of the reference signal, a time obtained by adding a delay, called a waiting delay, to the time at which the reference signal was sent by the radio unit, the waiting delay being larger in value than a transmit path time of a comparison signal, between the radio unit and the network entity; and sending a message to a geolocation server, including information relating to the recorded time of arrival.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Patent number: 12028115
    Abstract: A device for coherent detection of data transported in an optical incoming useful signal. The device includes: a first incoming single-mode optical fibre, injecting the incoming useful signal; a second incoming single-mode optical fibre, injecting an optical signal of optical frequency substantially equal to that of the incoming useful signal, referred to as an oscillation signal, a signal mixer in which one of the signals from the first or second fibre is separated into two signals having orthogonal polarisations, and where the other one of the signals from the first or second fibre is mixed with the two separate signals, producing a mixed signal; a detector of the transported data present in the mixed signal; and an amplitude modulator configured to modulate the oscillation signal before it enters the mixer, the modulation pattern having repetitive pulses of the same interval as a symbol time of the incoming useful signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Philippe Chanclou, Gaël Simon
  • Publication number: 20240137905
    Abstract: A method for receiving an uplink reference signal sent by a mobile terminal to a network entity through a radio unit connected to an antenna, and used to geolocate the mobile terminal. The method is implemented by the network entity and includes: recording, by way of time of arrival of the reference signal, a time obtained by adding a delay, called a waiting delay, to the time at which the reference signal was sent by the radio unit, the waiting delay being larger in value than a transmit path time of a comparison signal, between the radio unit and the network entity; and sending a message to a geolocation server, including information relating to the recorded time of arrival.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20240118378
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a downlink reference signal from a network entity to a mobile terminal via a radio unit connected to an antenna, used to geolocate the mobile terminal. The method is implemented by the radio unit and includes: receiving the reference signal from the network entity and destined for the mobile terminal; and transmitting the reference signal to the mobile terminal upon expiry of a delay period with respect to the transmission time of the reference signal by the network entity. The delay period has a value greater than a transmission travel time of a comparison signal between the network entity and the radio unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20240077569
    Abstract: A method for transmitting signals used to estimate the position of a user terminal. The method includes: transmitting a first signal between a network entity and the user terminal by traveling through a radio unit, the first signal being intended to enable a measurement relating to a transmission travel time between the network entity and the user terminal via the radio unit; and transmitting a second signal between the network entity and the radio unit, the second signal being intended to enable a measurement of a transmission travel time between the network entity and the radio unit; wherein at least one value of a transmission condition of the second signal, termed the second value, is dependent on a value of a transmission condition of the first signal, termed the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Philippe CHANCLOU
  • Patent number: 11888513
    Abstract: An optronic transceiver module capable of implementing an optical bidirectional communication of the point to point type via at least one main optical fibre is disclosed. The optronic transceiver module includes a first optical module for supervising an uplink signal received via the main optical fibre delivering a first supervision result, a first optical module for switching the bidirectional communication via the main optical fibre to a bidirectional communication via a backup optical fibre, and vice versa, the first optical switching module being controlled by the first optical supervision module depending on the first supervision result delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20230403076
    Abstract: A method for equalization in an access network of passive optical network type. The method includes, for a given optical distribution network connecting a given input port of an optical line termination to a given plurality of optical network units: for at least one of the optical network units of the given plurality, obtaining a distance between the optical line termination and the optical network unit; determining a representative distance associated with the given optical distribution network, according to the one or more distances obtained; determining at least one equalization parameter, according to the representative distance; and equalizing transmission channels within the given optical distribution network, according to the at least one equalization parameter, each of the transmission channels connecting the given port of the optical line termination to one of the optical network units of the given plurality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Gael Simon, Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20220416885
    Abstract: An optronic transceiver module capable of implementing an optical bidirectional communication of the point to point type via at least one main optical fibre is disclosed. The optronic transceiver module includes a first optical module for supervising an uplink signal received via the main optical fibre delivering a first supervision result, a first optical module for switching the bidirectional communication via the main optical fibre to a bidirectional communication via a backup optical fibre, and vice versa, the first optical switching module being controlled by the first optical supervision module depending on the first supervision result delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20220416887
    Abstract: An optronic transceiver module is disclosed. The optronic transceiver module includes an m to n main optical coupler capable of splitting a downlink signal into n downlink optical signals of the same power to be transmitted in n optical fibres, a first uplink optical coupler capable of splitting an uplink signal into two optical signals split according to a predetermined reference power ratio and delivering a low-power signal and a high-power signal, a first power measurement photodiode delivering a power measurement associated with a first low-power signal, the main optical coupler being capable of aggregating the high-power optical signal and a second uplink optical signal representative of an optical signal received via a second optical fibre, into an aggregated uplink optical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Patent number: 11454762
    Abstract: A device for inserting a plurality of optical beams into a single-mode optical fibre, a guiding structure of which is composed of a core with a first refractive index, a cladding with a second refractive index, and a coating with a third refractive index. The device includes an optical mixer configured to insert, into the single-mode optical fibre, the plurality of optical beams, at least one of which has a distribution of its radial and angular electromagnetic amplitude with a maximum amplitude peak in the cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20220271844
    Abstract: A device for coherent detection of data transported in an optical incoming useful signal. The device includes: a first incoming single-mode optical fibre, injecting the incoming useful signal; a second incoming single-mode optical fibre, injecting an optical signal of optical frequency substantially equal to that of the incoming useful signal, referred to as an oscillation signal, a signal mixer in which one of the signals from the first or second fibre is separated into two signals having orthogonal polarisations, and where the other one of the signals from the first or second fibre is mixed with the two separate signals, producing a mixed signal; a detector of the transported data present in the mixed signal; and an amplitude modulator configured to modulate the oscillation signal before it enters the mixer, the modulation pattern having repetitive pulses of the same interval as a symbol time of the incoming useful signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Philippe Chanclou, Gaël Simon
  • Patent number: 11398869
    Abstract: A device for coherently detecting data in an optical signal, called a useful signal, received over a first single-mode optical fibre. The device includes: a second single-mode optical fibre that receives an oscillation optical signal; a polarization-managing device that receives as input either, in a first case, the oscillation optical signal, or, in a second case, the useful signal, and that delivers as output two separate signals, over two single-mode optical guides. The coherently detecting device is configured so that a set of the three signals, which consists of the two separate signals and of either, in the first case, the useful signal, or, in the second case, the oscillation signal, is presented to a single photodiode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20220149952
    Abstract: A device for coherently detecting data in an optical signal, called a useful signal, received over a first single-mode optical fibre. The device includes: a second single-mode optical fibre that receives an oscillation optical signal; a polarization-managing device that receives as input either, in a first case, the oscillation optical signal, or, in a second case, the useful signal, and that delivers as output two separate signals, over two single-mode optical guides. The coherently detecting device is configured so that a set of the three signals, which consists of the two separate signals and of either, in the first case, the useful signal, or, in the second case, the oscillation signal, is presented to a single photodiode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20200326479
    Abstract: A device for inserting a plurality of optical beams into a single-mode optical fibre, a guiding structure of which is composed of a core with a first refractive index, a cladding with a second refractive index, and a coating with a third refractive index. The device includes an optical mixer configured to insert, into the single-mode optical fibre, the plurality of optical beams, at least one of which has a distribution of its radial and angular electromagnetic amplitude with a maximum amplitude peak in the cladding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Philippe CHANCLOU
  • Patent number: 10454582
    Abstract: A transmission system includes: an optical transmission module capable of modulating a first digital radio signal in order to obtain a first optical signal; an optical reception module capable of receiving a second optical signal and demodulating same in order to obtain a demodulated radio signal; and a digitizing module capable of digitizing the demodulated radio signal in order to obtain a second digital radio signal. The transmission module includes: a module for adding a first management signal to the first digital radio signal, the rate of the first management signal being less than that of the first digital radio signal. The optical digitizing module includes an extraction module capable of extracting a second management signal from the demodulated radio signal, the rate of the second management signal being less than that of the second digital radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Anna Pizzinat, Philippe Chanclou
  • Patent number: 10230475
    Abstract: A method is provided for generating a plurality of electrical signals from polychromatic optical signals extracted from a set of optical fibers, a polychromatic signal including a plurality of predetermined wavelengths. An electrical signal is generated by using predetermined wavelengths. The method includes: grouping the extracted optical signals together into a polychromatic optical signal beam; separating the polychromatic signal beam into a plurality of monochromatic optical signal beams; and converting the plurality of separated monochromatic optical signal beams into the plurality of electrical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Philippe Chanclou, Fabienne Saliou, Bertrand Le Guyader
  • Patent number: 10070209
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic transceiver device comprising a first optical connector (OC1) capable of connection to a first bidirectional optical fiber (OF1), and a second optical connector (OC2) capable of connection to a second bidirectional optical fiber (OF2), the device further comprising: an insertion-extraction module (ADM) capable of: extracting a wavelength (?Rx) from a plurality of wavelengths constituting a first optical signal received by the first optical connector (OC1) and transmitting the first optical signal without the extracted wavelength to the second optical connector (OC2); inserting a wavelength (?Tx) into a second optical signal received by the second optical connector (OC2) and transmitting the second optical signal with the inserted wavelength to the first optical connector (OC1); an electric-optical conversion module (EC1) capable of providing the insertion-extraction module with the wavelength (?Tx) inserted into the second optical signal from an incoming electric sig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventor: Philippe Chanclou
  • Publication number: 20180115368
    Abstract: A transmission system includes: an optical transmission module capable of modulating a first digital radio signal in order to obtain a first optical signal; an optical reception module capable of receiving a second optical signal and demodulating same in order to obtain a demodulated radio signal; and a digitizing module capable of digitizing the demodulated radio signal in order to obtain a second digital radio signal. The transmission module includes: a module for adding a first management signal to the first digital radio signal, the rate of the first management signal being less than that of the first digital radio signal. The optical digitizing module includes an extraction module capable of extracting a second management signal from the demodulated radio signal, the rate of the second management signal being less than that of the second digital radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Anna Pizzinat, Philippe Chanclou