Patents by Inventor Vincent Laude

Vincent Laude 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: 11171606
    Abstract: This oscillator comprises: a source generating an incident optical wave at a pulsation frequency ?; an optomechanical resonator, having optical resonances at the pulsation frequency ? and mechanical resonances at a frequency f1 and generating, from the incident optical wave, emergent optical waves at the pulsation frequencies ? and ??2?f1, and an acoustic wave at frequency f1; and, a photodiode delivering a useful signal at frequency f1 from the emergent waves. This oscillator further comprises: an acoustic propagation means for propagating the acoustic wave over a distance in order to produce a delayed acoustic wave; a means for converting the delayed acoustic wave into a delay signal at the frequency f1; and, a control loop, processing the delay signal in order to obtain a control signal applied to the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: THALES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS
    Inventors: Daniel Dolfi, Sylvain Combrie, Loic Morvan, Remy Braive, Isabelle Robert, Jean-Charles Beugnot, Sarah Benchabane, Vincent Laude
  • Publication number: 20210058033
    Abstract: This oscillator comprises: a source generating an incident optical wave at a pulsation frequency ?; an optomechanical resonator, having optical resonances at the pulsation frequency ? and mechanical resonances at a frequency f1 and generating, from the incident optical wave, emergent optical waves at the pulsation frequencies ? and ??2?f1, and an acoustic wave at frequency f1; and, a photodiode delivering a useful signal at frequency f1 from the emergent waves. This oscillator further comprises: an acoustic propagation means for propagating the acoustic wave over a distance in order to produce a delayed acoustic wave; a means for converting the delayed acoustic wave into a delay signal at the frequency f1; and, a control loop, processing the delay signal in order to obtain a control signal applied to the source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: Thales, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université de Paris
    Inventors: Daniel DOLFI, Sylvain COMBRIE, Loic MORVAN, Remy BRAIVE, Isabelle ROBERT, Jean-Charles BEUGNOT, Sarah BENCHABANE, Vincent LAUDE
  • Patent number: 8138856
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device comprising a piezoelectric layer on an omnidirectional acoustic mirror and excitation and/or reception means on a surface of said piezoelectric layer, capable of exciting waves in a band gap of the acoustic mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Franche Comte
    Inventors: Abdelkrim Khelif, Abdelkrim Choujaa, Vincent Laude
  • Publication number: 20110133859
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device comprising a piezoelectric layer on an omnidirectional acoustic mirror and excitation and/or reception means on a surface of said piezoelectric layer, capable of exciting waves in a band gap of the acoustic mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE COMTE
    Inventors: Abdelkrim KHELIF, Abdelkrim CHOUJAA, Vincent LAUDE
  • Patent number: 7880563
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device comprising a piezoelectric layer on an omnidirectional acoustic mirror and excitation and/or reception means on a surface of said piezoelectric layer, capable of exciting waves in a band gap of the acoustic mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Franche Comte
    Inventors: Abdelkrim Khelif, Abdelkrim Choujaa, Vincent Laude
  • Publication number: 20080211602
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device comprising a piezoelectric layer on an omnidirectional acoustic mirror and excitation and/or reception means on a surface of said piezoelectric layer, capable of exciting waves in a band gap of the acoustic mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Abdelkrim Khelif, Abdelkrim Choujaa, Vincent Laude
  • Patent number: 7126251
    Abstract: The invention relates to interfaces acoutics wave components made of lithium tantalate. Two substrate make up the filter have the same cut and the same crystal orientation, the invention gives the best cut angles in particular for optimizing the electromechanical coupling coefficient that determines the final performance characteristics of the component produced. Curves giving the variations of the coupling coefficient an the attenuation as a function of the cut angles and of the direction of propagation are provided. The values of the main acoustic characteristics of the component for these optimum cut angles are also given. The application of this type of device are, on the on hand, uses as a passive component such a resonator or a filter or a delay line, or as an integrated device, either in a measurement chain or in any array of devices operating according to the principle of recognition of the device by a phase code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Marc Solal, Serge Calisti, Vincent Laude, Sylvain Ballandras, Serge Camou, Thomas Pastureaud
  • Publication number: 20050162048
    Abstract: The invention relates to interface acoustic wave components made of lithium tantalate. In the case in which the two substrates making up the filter have the same cut and the same crystal orientation, the invention gives the best cut angles in particular for optimizing the electromechanical coupling coefficient that determines the final performance characteristics of the component produced. Curves giving the variations of the coupling coefficient and the attenuation as a function of the cut angles and of the direction of propagation are provided. The values of the main acoustic characteristics of the component for these optimum cut angles are also given. The applications of this type of device are, on the one hand, uses as a passive component such a resonator or a filter or a delay line, or as an integrated device, either in a measurement chain or in an array of devices operating according to the principle of recognition of the device by a phase code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Marc Solal, Serge Calisti, Vincent Laude, Sylvain Ballandras, Serge Camou, Thomas Pastureaud