Patents by Inventor Philippe Minard

Philippe Minard 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: 7924236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable compact antenna formed from a first dipole type element operating in a first frequency band and comprising a first and at least one second conductive arm, differentially supplied, the first arm or cold arm forming at least one cover for an electronic card and the second arm or hot arm being constituted by a U-shaped conductive element realized on an insulating substrate. Further, a radiating element with bends is realized between the branches of the U-shaped element and is dimensioned to operate in a second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Thomas Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pintos, Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir
  • Patent number: 7889138
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data transmission system comprising an antenna provided with a monopole radiating element held in place by an earth plane provided with a conducting surface. According to the invention, the radiating element is located facing the surface of the earth plane so as to interact with the latter in order to improve its performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pintos, Jean-Luc Robert, Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir
  • 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: 7853222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switch with selective isolation and also to a switching device with selective isolation for multimedia terminals. The switch formed by 2 transistors (T1, T2) is feedback controlled by a feedback control signal V tune at a pre-defined frequency thus guaranteeing the selective isolation at this frequency. The switching device for switching the transmission/receiver channels of a multimedia terminal is formed by selective isolation switches that can be integrated using MMIC technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Philippe Minard, Jean-Yves Le Naour
  • Publication number: 20100245207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-sector radiating device intended to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic signals, comprising at least, arranged on a plane substrate: a first set of antennas, with: a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, arranged in the opposite manner to the first antenna, a fourth antenna, arranged in the opposite manner to the second antenna, the antennas being longitudinal radiation slot type antennas, said antennas each presenting a bisector, wherein the radiating device comprises a switching circuit capable of activating one or more of the antennas, and notably all the antennas of the first set of antennas, —and in that the bisectors of the opposed antennas on the substrate are not combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir
  • Publication number: 20100240301
    Abstract: This invention concerns a repeater for radio frequency signals. The repeater at least includes: a channel filter; an active filter connected to the channel filter output, covering the channels adjacent to the channel filter comprising: an amplifier the output of which forms the output of the said filter; two bandpass filters in parallel connected as a negative feedback loop around the amplifier, with a first bandpass filter covering the lower adjacent channels and a second bandpass filter covering the higher adjacent channels. The repeater can also include: a circuit converting the radio frequency signal into an intermediate frequency, with the channel filter filtering the signal converted into an intermediate frequency; a circuit converting the signal into an intermediate frequency at its original frequency. The invention notably applies to the development of domestic repeaters for mobile terminals meeting the DVB-H digital television standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Philippe Minard
  • Patent number: 7796090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact multiband antenna constituted by a first dipole type element comprising a first conductive arm connected to a second conductive arm having the shape of a box, mounted on a ground plane, the first and the second arms being supplied differentially and a second element of the slot type realized on said ground plane in the extension of said second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Jean-François Pintos, Ali Louzir, Philippe Gilberton
  • Publication number: 20100225553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna system comprising on a substrate, at least a first and a second printed radiating elements, each supplied by a feed line, with, between the two radiating elements, at least one transmission line comprising a first extremity and a second extremity. The first and the second extremities of the transmission line are respectively coupled to the first and the second radiating elements according to a coupling function with a ratio 1:b, b>1 and a phase ?, linked to the physical difference between the radiating elements, the length of the transmission line bringing a phase difference ? such that ? compensates for ?. The invention applies to antennas compatible with WIFI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Jean-Francois Pintos, Philippe Chambelin
  • Publication number: 20100220015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a very compact antenna system with a diversity order of 2. An antenna system with a diversity order of 2 integrated on an electronic card comprising a first radiating element of F-inverted type with a first extremity connected to a ground plane, a second extremity free and a conductive power supply part, a second radiating element of F-inverted type with a first extremity connected to a ground plane, a second extremity free and a conductive power supply part, characterized in that the free extremities of the first and second radiating elements are opposite one another and are separated by a projecting element of the ground plane. Application in electronic cards for multi-standard communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pintos, Philippe Minard, Jean-Luc Le Bras
  • Publication number: 20100207837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diversity antennas system comprising at least two antennas of the dipole type each formed by a first and a second conductive arm, supplied differentially wherein the two antennas comprise a common arm called first arm forming at least one cover for an electronic card and each one a second arm mounted in rotation at one extremity of the first arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Jean-François Pintos, Ali Louzir, Philippe Gilberton, Jean-Luc Robert, Corinne Nicolas
  • Patent number: 7746191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an element of transition between a waveguide and a transition line on a substrate. The element of transition comprises a securing flange on the substrate, the flange being dimensioned so that at least, in the direction microstrip line, the width d of the flange is selected in such a manner as to shift the resonant modes away from the useful band. The invention is used particularly for circuits using SMD techniques at millimeter frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Dominique Lo Hine Tong, Philippe Minard, Corinne Nicolas, Ali Louzir, Julian Thevenard, Jean-Philippe Coupez, Christian Person
  • Patent number: 7737902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planar antenna realised on a substrate comprising a slot of closed form dimensioned to operate at a given frequency in a short-circuit plane of at least one feed-line. The perimeter of the slot being designed such that p=k?s where k is a whole number greater than 1 and ?s the guided wavelength in the slot, the antenna comprising at least one first feed-line placed in an open circuit zone of the slot and a second feed-line placed at a distance d=(2n+1)?s/4 from the first line, where n is an integer greater than or equal to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Franck Thudor, Françoise Le Bolzer, Philippe Minard
  • Publication number: 20100127951
    Abstract: A multi-antenna system feed device and a terminal including such a device is suggested. The device includes at least: a set of Wilkinson combiners, a branch of a combiner feeding an antenna, with the branches connected as inputs to a feed point; a set of switches connected between the antennas and the combiners with each switch switching a combiner branch to its corresponding antenna with the antenna being connected to the line when the switch is closed; A branch feeding an antenna, for instance, will be common to two consecutive combiners of the system. The suggested multi-antenna system feed device applies in particular to the extension of multi-antenna or sector antenna systems, used especially in devices with Multiple Inputs/Outputs of the MiMo type and more specifically to mesh network architectures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir
  • Publication number: 20100045438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for integrating an identifier circuit in a data medium formed by at least one dielectric substrate covered by a conductive layer, the conductive layer comprising a part receiving data and a part without data. The method consists in etching in the part without data of the conductive layer, at least one resonating slot forming an antenna and coupling an integrated circuit to the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pintos, Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir
  • Patent number: 7642968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable compact antenna comprising a first radiating element of the dipole type, operating in a first frequency band and formed by a first and at least one second conductive arm supplied differentially, the first arm, called cold arm, forming at least one cover for an electronic card wherein the second arm, called hot arm, is extended by a conductive wire element, the length of the assembly formed by the first arm, the second arm and the wire element being chosen to provide an operation in a second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Jean-François Pintos, Ali Louzir
  • Patent number: 7642980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a slot type antenna with integrated amplifiers, comprising a substrate S featuring a ground plane G, a longitudinal radiation open slot antenna, a power divider connected to a feeder line, an amplifier connected to each of the outputs of the power divider, such that the amplifiers are supplied in phase opposition, the output of the amplifiers being connected to a power combination circuit directly coupled to the excitation point of the slot type antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Ali Louzir, Dominique Lo Hine Tong, Philippe Minard, Loic Marnat
  • 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: 20090231222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable compact antenna formed from a first dipole type radiating element operating in a first frequency band and comprising a first and at least one second conductive arm, differentially supplied, the first arm, referred to as cold arm, forming at least one cover for an electronic card and the second arm, referred to as hot arm, being linked to the cold arm at the level of the supply. According to the invention, the hot arm comprises at least one slot resonating in a second frequency band such as the GSM band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Philippe Minard, Jean-Francois Pintos, Ali Louzir
  • Patent number: 7589688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact planar antenna containing, on a substrate featuring at least one ground plane, a radiating slot forming at least one folded strand with parallel strand parts. The antenna contains at least one means of phase inversion between two successive strand parts, the means of phase inversion being positioned on the strand in such a manner that the field components of the parallel strand parts are added together. The use of phase inversion means makes it possible to reduce the dimensions of the antenna, facilitating its integration on a card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-François Pintos, Philippe Minard, Ali Louzir
  • Publication number: 20090219219
    Abstract: The invention consists of an antenna array, for the reception of two frequency bands, comprising two pairs of radiating elements and an network for excitation of these elements for the reception of one of the bands. The radiating elements are positioned so as to free the center of the array to allow colocalized reception of the other band. The excitation network comprises hybrid elements so as to introduce a certain phase shift between the radiating elements allowing a dual circular polarization. This network must comply with two constraints: The phase shift introduced between the hybrids must be equal to the phase shift of the hybrid modulo 2k? k integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Pintos, Philippe Minard, Philippe Chambelin