Patents by Inventor Wilfried DEMENITROUX

Wilfried DEMENITROUX 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: 11955999
    Abstract: A device for controlling the efficiency of a scanning active antenna includes at least two transmission paths Txi, a transmission path comprising a phase control module, and a power stage at the output of which a radiating element is arranged, comprising at least: a voltage modulator located upstream of the power stage of each of the radiating elements, a control device transmitting a PWM drain voltage control signal configured so as to manage the gain of a power stage in accordance with a predefined first bias law and to control the phase applied to the drain of the power stage in accordance with a second bias law.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Wilfried Demenitroux, Nicolas Berthou, Olivier Jardel
  • Patent number: 11705868
    Abstract: A system for adapting the voltage of a drain of a power stage includes at least two transmission paths TXa, a transmission path comprising a resistive element (1n), a phase control module (2n), and a power stage (3n) at the output of which a radiating element (En) is arranged, comprising at least: a device (5n) for determining the value of a reflected power Pr, the value of an incident power Pi in a power stage, and the ratio of the powers R, an analogue device (6n) configured so as to pulse width-modulate the difference signal, a switching cell (7n) receiving a low-power PWM signal and designed to generate a power signal PWMa that is transformed, by a low-pass filter (8n), into a bias signal for biasing the power stage in accordance with a predefined bias control law.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Wilfried Demenitroux, Nicolas Berthou, Olivier Jardel
  • Publication number: 20230051307
    Abstract: A radiofrequency device includes at least the following elements: an antenna, linked to a first transmission channel or reception channel selection device K1, followed by a front-end stage whose output is linked to a second transmission channel or reception channel selection device K2, a group of filters connected between the second selection device K2 and a third transmission channel or reception channel selection device K3, the third selection device K3 is connected to a transceiver, the transceiver comprises a converter part, wherein the group of filters comprises N filters having distinct frequency bands BN in a given bandwidth BT, the group of filters is linked to a manager selecting at least one of the filters Fj of the group of filters in order to attenuate a first type of disturbing signals P1, in the vicinity of the centre frequency of the channel to be received, the transceiver comprises a stage comprising a variable filter, the variable filter is configured in order to eliminate a second type of di
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves MAILLOUX, Wilfried DEMENITROUX, Nicolas BERTHOU
  • Publication number: 20220200644
    Abstract: A device for controlling the efficiency of a scanning active antenna includes at least two transmission paths Txi, a transmission path comprising a phase control module, and a power stage at the output of which a radiating element is arranged, comprising at least: a voltage modulator located upstream of the power stage of each of the radiating elements, a control device transmitting a PWM drain voltage control signal configured so as to manage the gain of a power stage in accordance with a predefined first bias law and to control the phase applied to the drain of the power stage in accordance with a second bias law.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Wilfried DEMENITROUX, Nicolas BERTHOU, Olivier JARDEL
  • Publication number: 20220200536
    Abstract: A system for adapting the voltage of a drain of a power stage includes at least two transmission paths TXa, a transmission path comprising a resistive element (1n), a phase control module (2n), and a power stage (3n) at the output of which a radiating element (En) is arranged, comprising at least: a device (5n) for determining the value of a reflected power Pr, the value of an incident power Pi in a power stage, and the ratio of the powers R, an analogue device (6n) configured so as to pulse width-modulate the difference signal, a switching cell (7n) receiving a low-power PWM signal and designed to generate a power signal PWMa that is transformed, by a low-pass filter (8n), into a bias signal for biasing the power stage in accordance with a predefined bias control law.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Wilfried DEMENITROUX, Nicolas BERTHOU, Olivier JARDEL
  • Patent number: 10727883
    Abstract: Operating in a low frequency band and a high frequency band, the device includes at least a first amplification module capable of operating in the high band, the amplification of which is modulated according to a tracking of the envelope of the input signal of the device, capable of being linked at the output to an antenna adapted to the high band; a second amplification module capable of operating in the low band and of performing the envelope tracking; a switch switching the output of the second amplification module to an antenna adapted to the low band, when the amplification device is operating in the low band; to the first amplification module to control the drain voltage of the first module according to the envelope tracking, when the amplification device is operating in the high band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Wilfried Demenitroux, Nicolas Berthou, Stéphane Miquel, Lucas Mandica
  • Publication number: 20200212946
    Abstract: Operating in a low frequency band and a high frequency band, the device includes at least a first amplification module capable of operating in the high band, the amplification of which is modulated according to a tracking of the envelope of the input signal of the device, capable of being linked at the output to an antenna adapted to the high band; a second amplification module capable of operating in the low band and of performing the envelope tracking; a switch switching the output of the second amplification module to an antenna adapted to the low band, when the amplification device is operating in the low band; to the first amplification module to control the drain voltage of the first module according to the envelope tracking, when the amplification device is operating in the high band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Wilfried DEMENITROUX, Nicolas BERTHOU, Stéphane MIQUEL, Lucas MANDICA