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Michel Sotom
Also filed as: SOTOM MICHEL
35 granted patents·3 pending applications·480 citations·filing 1992–2020
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38 records- 0186US5896212AWavelength division multiplexing optical communication networkALCATEL NV·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 20, 1999·65 cites·2 claims
- 0284US5796501AWavelength division multiplexing optical communication networkALCATEL NV·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 18, 1998·63 cites·7 claims
- 0376US9748648B2Distributed feeding device for antenna beamformingTHALES SA·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 29, 2017·4 cites·21 claims
- 0471US6859623B2Wavelength allocation scheme and WDM equipmentCIT ALCATEL·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 22, 2005·19 cites·8 claims
- 0565US9942632B2Photonic radiofrequency signal cross-connect and frequency conversion device and space-borne telecommunications payload comprising such a deviceTHALES SA·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 10, 2018·2 cites·12 claims
- 0665US5781326AApparatus for shaping binary optical signals, and use thereof to modify said signalsALSTHOM CGE ALCATEL·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 14, 1998·35 cites·14 claims
- 0764US9967047B2Method and device for optical transmission at adaptive effective ratesTHALES SA·Filed 2014·Granted May 8, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 0864US6038045AApparatus for adding and dropping wavelength multiplex channelsCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 14, 2000·29 cites·9 claims
- 0964US5570218AOptical switching matrixALCATEL NV·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 29, 1996·34 cites·5 claims
- 1061US6370295B2Switch modules, a switch matrix including such modules, and a non-blocking modular switch network including such a matrixCIT ALCATEL·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 9, 2002·6 cites·9 claims
- 1159US7200334B2System for transmitting digital signals in a space vehicleCIT ALCATEL·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 3, 2007·5 cites·13 claims
- 1259US5978129AWavelength converter for binary optical signalsCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 2, 1999·28 cites·10 claims
- 1355US6307658B1Method and apparatus for decompressing pulses making up a binary optical signalCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 23, 2001·19 cites·10 claims
- 1454US5485297AOptical switching matrixALCATEL NV·Filed 1992·Granted Jan 16, 1996·19 cites·3 claims
- 1554US5327423AMethod and a network for transmitting messages in frequency channelsALCATEL NV·Filed 1992·Granted Jul 5, 1994·18 cites·4 claims
- 1653US7158726B2Backbone interface, a terminal interface for communications in a space vehicle, and a communications network comprising such interfacesCIT ALCATEL·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 2, 2007·2 cites·10 claims
- 1752US5953142AVariable delay apparatus for optical signalsCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 14, 1999·30 cites·5 claims
- 1851US5537239AOptical transmission network with a switching matrixALCATEL NV·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 16, 1996·17 cites·5 claims
- 1950US6771906B1Optical line distribution frameCIT ALCATEL·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 3, 2004·3 cites·12 claims
- 2050US5301052ACommunication method and network using optical fibers with frequency multiplexingALCATEL NV·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 5, 1994·15 cites·10 claims
- 2149US6433902B1Optical switchCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 13, 2002·12 cites·7 claims
- 2244US9651738B2Distributed feeding circuit for antenna beamforming arrayTHALES SA·Filed 2014·Granted May 16, 2017·0 cites·21 claims
- 2343US6043931AOptical transmission system with dynamic compensation of the power transmittedCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 28, 2000·13 cites·7 claims
- 2442US6356371B1Method and a circuit for concatenating binary information, and use in optical packet transmissionCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 12, 2002·10 cites·16 claims
- 2540US10951322B2Dual-band photonic device and method for converting frequencyTHALES SA·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 16, 2021·0 cites·11 claims
- 2639US10979149B2Device and system for coherently recombining multi-wavelength optical beamsTHALES SA·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 13, 2021·0 cites·9 claims
- 2738US2001038731A1Protected optical switching matrixCIT ALCATEL·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 2838US2002034357A1Amplifier unit for a wavelength-division multiplex transmission system and also a method for amplifying optical signalsCIT ALCATEL·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 2937US5367396AOptical frequency marking method and different frequency channel communication network using itALCATEL NV·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 22, 1994·8 cites·6 claims
- 3034US5319489AMethod and apparatus for relative positioning of a frequency, in particular an optical frequencyALCATEL NV·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 7, 1994·4 cites·8 claims
- 3133US10003400B2Inter-satellite communication device, associated satellite and associated constellation of satellitesTHALES SA·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 19, 2018·0 cites·14 claims
- 3233US2013094817A1System of at Least One Assembly Comprising at Least One Integrated Circuit, the Said Integrated Circuits Being Interconnected According to a Matrix Architecture, Featuring at Least One Optical InterconnectionTHALES SA·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3332US11444693B2Free space optical FSO space data transmission system in the infrared wavelength domainTHALES SA·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 13, 2022·0 cites·17 claims
- 3432US6151146AMethod and apparatus for shaping a binary signalCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 21, 2000·5 cites·10 claims
- 3531US6498665B1System for adding/dropping wavelength division multiplexed optical signalsCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 24, 2002·4 cites·10 claims
- 3631US5307191ACommunications method and network with frequency allocationALCATEL NV·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 26, 1994·4 cites·6 claims
- 3729US6334010B1Protected optical switching matrixCIT ALCATEL·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 25, 2001·4 cites·5 claims
- 3829US5687021AMethod and device for combining optical signalsALCATEL NV·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 11, 1997·1 cites·12 claims
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