Patents by Inventor Sébastien M. PALUD

Sébastien M. PALUD 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).

  • Surface-wave antenna, antenna array and use of an antenna or an antenna array
    Patent number: 10797398
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna designed to emit and/or receive surface waves with a decametric, hectometric or kilometric central wavelength ?0, characterised in that it comprises at least one horizontal wire aerial element of between 0.5?0 and ?0 in length, and at least three vertical wire aerial elements of the same length between 0.03?0 and 0.1?0, arranged in a same plane and each comprising an upper end and a lower end, said upper ends being connected to the horizontal wire aerial element, said lower ends being designed to be connected to a conducting medium having a substantially horizontal surface. The invention also relates to an antenna, an antenna array and a use of an antenna or of an antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: UNVERSITE DE RENNES 1, TDF
    Inventors: Mathilde Bellec, Jean-Yves Laurent, Sébastien M. Palud, Pierre-Yves Jezequel, Franck Colombel, Stéphane Avrillon
  • SURFACE-WAVE ANTENNA, ANTENNA ARRAY AND USE OF AN ANTENNA OR AN ANTENNA ARRAY
    Publication number: 20190165477
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna designed to emit and/or receive surface waves with a decametric, hectometric or kilometric central wavelength ?0, characterised in that it comprises at least one horizontal wire aerial element of between 0.5?0 and ?0 in length, and at least three vertical wire aerial elements of the same length between 0.03?0 and 0.1?0, arranged in a same plane and each comprising an upper end and a lower end, said upper ends being connected to the horizontal wire aerial element, said lower ends being designed to be connected to a conducting medium having a substantially horizontal surface. The invention also relates to an antenna, an antenna array and a use of an antenna or of an antenna array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicants: TDF, UNIVERSITE DE RENNES 1
    Inventors: Mathilde BELLEC, Jean-Yves LAURENT, Sébastien M. PALUD, Pierre-Yves JEZEQUEL, Franck COLOMBEL, Stéphane AVRILLON