Patents by Inventor Véronique Tournier

Véronique Tournier 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: 8217719
    Abstract: A variable gain amplifier having an input node, a variable current source including a control input coupled to the input node, first and second branches coupled in parallel between a first supply terminal and the variable current source, the first and second branches defining a differential pair arranged to be controlled by first and second differential gain signals and having first and second output terminals, one of the output terminals including an output node of the variable gain amplifier; and a potential divider having a middle node coupled to the first and second output terminals, wherein the middle node is also coupled to the input node by a capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Touzard, Véronique Tournier
  • Publication number: 20100289583
    Abstract: A variable gain amplifier having an input node, a variable current source including a control input coupled to the input node, first and second branches coupled in parallel between a first supply terminal and the variable current source, the first and second branches defining a differential pair arranged to be controlled by first and second differential gain signals and having first and second output terminals, one of the output terminals including an output node of the variable gain amplifier; and a potential divider having a middle node coupled to the first and second output terminals, wherein the middle node is also coupled to the input node by a capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Touzard, Véronique Tournier
  • Publication number: 20090261903
    Abstract: A variable gain amplifier having an input node, a variable current source including a control input coupled to the input node, first and second branches coupled in parallel between a first supply terminal and the variable current source, the first and second branches defining a differential pair arranged to be controlled by first and second differential gain signals and having first and second output terminals, one of the output terminals including an output node of the variable gain amplifier; and a potential divider having a middle node coupled to the first and second output terminals, wherein the middle node is also coupled to the input node by a capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Touzard, Veronique Tournier
  • Patent number: 6111742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of implementing an intermetallic capacitor in a multiple layer integrated circuit including, on a P-type substrate, at least five levels of metallization. The method includes letting remain, on either side of portions of end metallization levels of the capacitor, at least one portion of a biasable level distinct from the substrate and from the last metallization level, and biasing, at least above the capacitor and to the potential of the substrate, the two biasable portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Bonhoure, Veronique Tournier