Patents by Inventor Stéphane Pineau

Stéphane Pineau 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: 9455729
    Abstract: A method is for rejecting spurs within a chip containing analog and digital functions. The spurs may be timed by a clock signal derived from the output frequency of a high frequency phase locked loop. Original analog rejection bandwidths associated with operation of analog functions may be determined, and then original spurs associated with operation of the digital functions and capable of directly or indirectly affecting the original analog rejection bandwidths may be identified. A final analog rejection bandwidth may be determined based on the original analog rejection bandwidths, and final spurs may be obtained based on the original spurs. A frequency shift of the output frequency of the high frequency phase locked loop to effectuate a rejection of the final spurs from the final analog rejection bandwidth may be determined, and the high frequency phase locked loop may be controlled to shift the output frequency by the frequency shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventors: Didier Harnay, Stephane Pineau, Francois Sittler
  • Patent number: 9439224
    Abstract: A mobile telephony radiocommunication management process, with first time slots and second time slots being provided independently of each other, said process comprising the default selection of first time slots for transmitting/receiving first bursts corresponding to these first time slots, and in the case of a first time slot at least partially overlapping with a second time slot, choosing the first time slot or the second time slot, for respectively transmitting/receiving the first burst corresponding to the first time slot or receiving the second burst corresponding to the second time slot, with this choice being made so as to minimize the number of second bursts received for a given result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Didier Harnay, Stephane Pineau, Samuel Rousselin
  • Publication number: 20150077165
    Abstract: A method is for rejecting spurs within a chip containing analog and digital functions. The spurs may be timed by a clock signal derived from the output frequency of a high frequency phase locked loop. Original analog rejection bandwidths associated with operation of analog functions may be determined, and then original spurs associated with operation of the digital functions and capable of directly or indirectly affecting the original analog rejection bandwidths may be identified. A final analog rejection bandwidth may be determined based on the original analog rejection bandwidths, and final spurs may be obtained based on the original spurs. A frequency shift of the output frequency of the high frequency phase locked loop to effectuate a rejection of the final spurs from the final analog rejection bandwidth may be determined, and the high frequency phase locked loop may be controlled to shift the output frequency by the frequency shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventors: Didier Harnay, Stephane Pineau, Francois Sittler
  • Publication number: 20120082143
    Abstract: A mobile telephony radiocommunication management process, with first time slots and second time slots being provided independently of each other, said process comprising the default selection of first time slots for transmitting/receiving first bursts corresponding to these first time slots, and in the case of a first time slot at least partially overlapping with a second time slot, choosing the first time slot or the second time slot, for respectively transmitting/receiving the first burst corresponding to the first time slot or receiving the second burst corresponding to the second time slot, with this choice being made so as to minimize the number of second bursts received for a given result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Didier Harnay, Stéphane Pineau, Samuel Rousselin
  • Patent number: 5544155
    Abstract: A synchronization method includes selecting, at a mobile station, at least one periodic pseudorandom sequence (PN) which corresponds to, and is synchronized with, the reference sequence transmitted by a base station on a pilot channel, and received by the mobile station over a propagation path, this operation being carried out regardless of the frequency deviation between the transmitter and the receiver. Various possible sequences are tested by calculating the quantities E[s(t).multidot.s*(t-.tau.)] and E[s(t).multidot.s*(t)], where E[.multidot.] designates the mean value calculated over a predetermined integration time, .tau. designates a predetermined delay, and s(t)=r(t).multidot.c(t) designates the product of the received base band signal r(t) and the value (c(t)) of the tested sequence, and by calculating the ratio .vertline.E[s(t).multidot.s*(t-.tau.)][.vertline./Es(t).multidot.s*(t)]. The sequence under test is selected if the ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Matra Communication
    Inventors: Philippe Lucas, Philippe Mege, Stephane Pineau