Patents by Inventor Serge CONTAL

Serge CONTAL 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: 20240007974
    Abstract: A communication device includes a power amplifier configured to amplify a signal being emitted on a frequency channel; a variable voltage source to supply a bias voltage of the amplifier; a memory comprising software code and a processor which, when executing the software code, causes the device to adjust the bias voltage according to the frequency channel or a modulation of the signal; the processor adapted to produce, from pre-programmed data and as a function of the at least one parameter, a control signal that is representative of the adjusted value of the bias voltage; the pre-programmed data being such that for a given frequency channel, a bias voltage produced for a first modulation defined by a constellation comprising a first number of points is greater than a bias voltage produced for a second modulation comprising a second number of points that is greater than the first number of points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Serge CONTAL
  • Patent number: 11532865
    Abstract: Antenna comprising a fastening body bearing an electrically conductive circuit having at least one signal input segment and one radiating segment, the fastening body comprising two positioning portions defining therebetween a passage dimensioned to receive one edge of a PCB carrier, the input segment being borne by one of the positioning portions in order to extend facing one face of said carrier and the body comprising means for clamping the carrier against one of the positioning portions. Electronic circuit and item of electronic equipment comprising such an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventors: Romain Dejardin, Serge Contal
  • Patent number: 11489260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiofrequency transmission device comprising an electrical board, a transmission line, and an electroconductive fastening element which is intended to fasten the electrical board to a support, the transmission line being electrically coupled to the fastening element such that the fastening element forms at least one first radiating portion of an antenna arranged so as to emit and/or receive radiofrequency signals travelling along the transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Serge Contal
  • Publication number: 20220174674
    Abstract: A method for selecting a wireless communication channel between a wireless access point of a communication network and a station, the method being executed in the wireless access point device of the communication network, the method including locally obtaining, from the wireless access point, at least a first information item representing a first electromagnetic environment within range of the wireless access point, obtaining, from a remote server, at least a second information item representing a second electromagnetic environment around the wireless access point, then selecting the communication channel by virtue of the first information item and the second information item, and configuring a radio interface of the wireless access point to implement wireless communications with the station in the selected channel. Also, a wireless access point device executing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventors: Samira MAPAR, Serge CONTAL, Elyes BEN HAMIDA
  • Publication number: 20210288407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiofrequency transmission device comprising an electrical board, a transmission line, and an electroconductive fastening element which is intended to fasten the electrical board to a support, the transmission line being electrically coupled to the fastening element such that the fastening element forms at least one first radiating portion of an antenna arranged so as to emit and/or receive radiofrequency signals travelling along the transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Serge CONTAL
  • Publication number: 20210143521
    Abstract: Antenna comprising a fastening body bearing an electrically conductive circuit having at least one signal input segment and one radiating segment, the fastening body comprising two positioning portions defining therebetween a passage dimensioned to receive one edge of a PCB carrier, the input segment being borne by one of the positioning portions in order to extend facing one face of said carrier and the body comprising means for clamping the carrier against one of the positioning portions. Electronic circuit and item of electronic equipment comprising such an antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Romain DEJARDIN, Serge CONTAL
  • Publication number: 20190200412
    Abstract: A management device equips a communicating apparatus including at least one radio interface and at least one physical interface. This device includes its own analyzing system, in the event that a peripheral is connected to the physical interface, to determine a mapping of the quality of radio communications on this radio interface, and a processor suitable for comparing this determined mapping to another mapping of the quality of radio communications on the radio interface in the absence of a peripheral connected to the physical interface, and, in the event of a deterioration in the quality of radio communications as a result of this connection, to trigger a modification of a first current operating configuration of the radio interface based on the determined mapping or a second current operating configuration of the physical interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Serge CONTAL, Alexis GRAUL, Laurent TRICAUD