Abstract: Method for producing a microelectronic device formed from a stack of supports (W) each provided with one or more electronic components (C) and comprising a conductive structure (170, 470) formed from a first blind conductive via (171b, 472) and a second blind conductive via (171a, 473) with a greater height, the first via and the second via being connected together.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 7, 2014
Publication date:
February 12, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Abstract: Electrochemical system comprising a fuel cell comprising a stack (2) of electrochemical cells electrically connected to one another by bipolar plates (A, B, C) interposed between two successive electrochemical cells of the stack, where said stack (2) is positioned between two terminal plates (4), where said stack extends in a longitudinal axis (Z), where said electrochemical system comprises means for supplying the cells with reactive fluids, means of circulation of a heat-transfer fluid through the stack, and at least one induction heating system comprising a pair of inductors facing a lateral face of the stack, where the currents flowing in the two inductors flow in opposite directions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 14, 2014
Publication date:
February 5, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an interconnection pad on a conducting element comprising an upper face and a side wall; the method being executed from a substrate at least the upper face of which is insulating; the conducting element going through at least an insulating portion of the substrate, the method being characterized in that it comprises the sequence of the following steps: a step of embossing the conducting element, a step of forming, above the upper insulating face of the substrate, a stack of layers comprising at least one electrically conducting layer and one electrically resistive layer, a step of partially removing the electrically resistive layer, a step of electrolytic growth on the portion of the electrically conducting layer so as to form at least one interconnection pad on said conducting element.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 24, 2014
Publication date:
January 29, 2015
Applicants:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT, STMICROELECTRONICS SA
Abstract: A structure (100) for encapsulating at least one microdevice (104) produced on and/or in a substrate (102) and positioned in at least one cavity (110) formed between the substrate and a cap (106) rigidly attached to the substrate, in which the cap includes at least: one layer (112) of a first material, one face of which (114) forms an inner wall of the cavity, and mechanical reinforcement portions (116) rigidly attached at least to the said face of the layer of the first material, partly covering the said face of the layer of the first material, and having gas absorption and/or adsorption properties, and in which the Young's modulus of a second material of the mechanical reinforcement portions is higher than that of the first material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 15, 2014
Publication date:
January 29, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Inventors:
Xavier BAILLIN, Bernard DIEM, Jean-Philippe POLIZZI, Andre ROUZAUD
Abstract: A method for selecting a router node in a LLN (Low power and Lossy Network) type telecommunication network wherein, upon receipt by a router node of a data packet from a host node or an adherence request to a multicast group from a host node, the router node transmits to a root node a MER_Request request of configuration as a multicast router node to serve the host node, and upon receipt of the MER_Request request, the root node determines, from an association table, a configuration of the router node and transmits to the router node a MER_Reply reply message including the determined configuration.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 5, 2013
Publication date:
January 29, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Inventors:
Christophe Janneteau, Mounir Kellil, Nicolas Riou
Abstract: A device comprising a substrate comprising at least one microelectronic and/or nanoelectronic structure comprising at least one sensitive portion and one fluid channel (2) defined between said substrate and a cap (6), where said fluid channel (2) comprises at least two apertures to provide a flow in said channel, where said microelectronic and/or nanoelectronic structure is located within the fluid channel, where said cap is assembled with the substrate at an assembly interface, where said device comprises electrical connections between said microelectronic and/or nanoelectronic structure and the exterior of the fluid channel (2), where said electrical connections (8) are formed by vias made through the substrate (4) directly below the microelectronic and/or nanoelectronic structure, and in electrical contact with said microelectronic and/or nanoelectronic structure.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2014
Publication date:
January 22, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Abstract: A system for analyzing a gas mixture, including at least one chromatography column, a mechanism injecting the mixture into the column, and a mechanism detecting compound(s) forming the gas mixture, the detection mechanism including at least one detector of nanosensor type of an outlet of the column and a detector of nanosensor type in the column, capable of detecting passage of the compounds. It is then possible to determine the velocity of each of the compounds within the system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 29, 2014
Publication date:
January 22, 2015
Applicants:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT, California Institute of Technology
Inventors:
Pierre PUGET, Edward B. MYERS, Michael L. ROUKES
Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasound imaging method for imaging a part (1), characterised by the implementation of the following steps: selecting a first sub-region ({tilde over (Z)}) of the part from a first image (IA(Z)) of a region (Z) of the part (1), determining, for each point of the first selected sub-region ({tilde over (Z)}), the times of flight (TijA({tilde over (Z)})) corresponding to the paths according to a first reconstruction mode (A) going through the point from a transmitter i to a receiver j for a set of M*N transmitter-receiver couples of an ultrasound signal; determining a second sub-region of the part, a point (P) of the region belonging to the second sub-region when a time of flight (TijB(P)) of the path according to a second reconstruction mode (B) going through the point (P) from a transmitter i to a receiver j of said set of M*N transmitter-receiver couples coincides with a time of flight (TA({tilde over (Z)})) of a path according to the first reconstruction mode from a transmitt
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 16, 2014
Publication date:
January 22, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Inventors:
Philippe BREDIF, Ekaterina IAKOVLEVA, Sylvain CHATILLON
Abstract: A device for detecting an acceleration in one direction and a speed of rotation along one direction, including a support and two structures mechanically coupled to each other in opposite phase and suspended relative to the support, each of the structures including: an excitation mass; an excitation mechanism configured to move the excitation mass in a given direction; an inertial mass suspended to the excitation mass; a detector connected to the inertial mass to be displaced by same, and the detector connected to the support; a mechanism for detecting displacement of the inertial mass; and a controller controlling the excitation mechanism and processing signals delivered by the detecting mechanism.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 14, 2013
Publication date:
January 15, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Abstract: A method for producing a microelectronic device including a plurality of light emitting diodes each including a wire of nanometric or micrometric size, the method including: growing the nanowires from a growth substrate; forming at least one dielectric layer on a transfer substrate distinct from the growth substrate; and penetration by the nanowires in the dielectric layer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 23, 2013
Publication date:
January 8, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Abstract: A method for depositing particles onto a substrate, or a running substrate, including: (a) making a compact film of particles floating on a carrier liquid provided in a transfer area having an outlet of particles laid out facing the substrate; (b) depositing a substance on the compact film of particles, in the transfer area; (c) transferring, through the outlet of particles and onto the substrate, the compact film of particles coated with the substance; and then (d) removing the substance to carry away with the substance the particles of the film which adhere to the substance, to generate at least one recessed area within the film deposited on the substrate.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 8, 2013
Publication date:
January 8, 2015
Applicant:
Commissariat a l' energie atomique et aux ene alt
Inventors:
Olivier Dellea, Philippe Coronel, Simon Frederic Desage, Pascal Fugier
Abstract: A semi-conducting structure, configured to receive an electromagnetic radiation and to transform the electromagnetic radiation into an electric signal, including: a first zone and a second zone of a same conductivity type and of same elements; a barrier zone, provided between the first and second zones, for acting as a barrier to majority carriers of the first and second zones on a barrier thickness, the barrier zone having its lowest bandgap energy defining a barrier proportion; and a first interface zone configured to interface the first zone and the barrier zone on a first interface thickness, the first interface zone including a composition of elements which is varied from a proportion corresponding to that of the first material to the barrier proportion, the first interface thickness being at least equal to half the barrier thickness.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 2, 2013
Publication date:
January 8, 2015
Applicant:
Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux ene alt
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for multiple access to a frequency band of a communication channel of a communication network with carrier sense and collision avoidance, the said frequency band being divided into a set of sub-bands, comprising: at a source node: detection of the availability of the communication channel and transmission to a destination node of a request message for authorisation to send data on the communication channel (RTS NS0, RTS NS1, RTS NS2) sent over one or more sub-bands (SBi, SB1, SB0), at the destination node: detection of simultaneous request messages for authorisation to send data on the communication channel (RTS NS0, RTS NS1, RTS NS2) transmitted by a plurality of source nodes (NS0, NS1, NS2) over a plurality of sub-bands (SBi, SB1, SB0), and transmission of a message authorising the sending of data on the communication channel by at least one source node among the said plurality of source nodes (CTS NS0, CTS NS0&NS1).
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 30, 2014
Publication date:
January 8, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic field measurement device, including a detector (4) configured to measure the amplitude of an output signal at a harmonic of an oscillation frequency of an excitation source, said amplitude being proportional to the magnetic field (B) to be measured, characterised in that it comprises an excitation circuit configured to associate with a principal excitation source (B1cos?t) oscillating at a principal oscillation frequency at least one secondary excitation source (B2cos(?/3t+?2)) oscillating at a secondary oscillation frequency that is a fraction of the principal oscillation frequency, said fraction being odd if said harmonic is odd, and even if said harmonic is even.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 7, 2014
Publication date:
January 8, 2015
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Inventors:
Matthieu LE PRADO, Francois BERTRAND, Marie-Constance CORSI, Elisabeth DELEVOYE, Sophie MORALES
Abstract: A device for converting heat energy into electrical energy including cells, the cells including: a first cavity with one wall for contacting a heat source; a second cavity with one wall for contacting a cold source; a primary channel between the first cavity and the second cavity transporting a fluid as liquid drops, the primary channel providing transport of liquid fluid drops from the second cavity to the first cavity; at least one secondary channel between the first cavity and the second cavity transporting the fluid as a gas; a piezoelectric material provided in one of the cavities; and a fluid as a liquid and gas contained within the cell.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 13, 2013
Publication date:
January 1, 2015
Applicants:
Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux ene alt, STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS
Inventors:
Emmanuel Ollier, Stephane Monfray, Thomas Skotnicki, Ulrich Soupremanien
Abstract: A high temperature steam electrolysis or fuel cell electric power generating facility, including at least two electrochemical reactors fluidly connected in series to each other by their cathode compartment(s). At least one heat exchanger is arranged between two reactors in series, a primary circuit of the heat exchanger being connected to an external heat source configured to provide heat to fluid(s) at an outlet of an upstream reactor prior to be introduced at an inlet of a downstream reactor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 9, 2013
Publication date:
January 1, 2015
Applicant:
Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux ene alt
Abstract: A device for non-linear conversion of first infrared signal into a second infrared signal with a wavelength that is less than that of the first infrared signal by means of four-wave mixing, which includes at least one portion of SiGe arranged on at least one first layer of material with a refractive index which is less than that of silicon, a germanium concentration in the portion of SiGe which varies continuously between a first value and a second value which is greater than the first value, in a direction which is approximately perpendicular to a face of the first layer on which the portion of SiGe is arranged, and in which a summital part of the portion of SiGe where the germanium concentration is equal to the second value is in contact with a gas and/or a material with a refractive index which is less than that of the silicon.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 18, 2014
Publication date:
December 25, 2014
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Abstract: A method for transferring objects onto a substrate, or running substrate, the objects to be transferred being placed in a transfer area containing a carrier liquid forming a conveyor, the objects being held by a compact film of particles floating on the carrier liquid of the transfer area, within which the objects are displaced with the film of particles to be transferred onto the substrate, making at least one connector on at least one of the objects, the connector being made by a substance comprising a polymerizable compound, put in contact with the object arranged within the transfer area, and then by polymerization of the substance.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 8, 2013
Publication date:
December 25, 2014
Applicant:
Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux ene alt
Inventors:
Olivier Dellea, Phillippe Coronel, Nicolas Dreuilles, Pascal Fugier
Abstract: A pump devoid of mobile mechanical parts and including a tank with a sleeve for dispensing fluid that remains fully open, but of which an inside capillary is too thin to allow for dispensing of fluid when idle. Recourse is therefore made to a resonator device with a piezoelectric exciter, that produces vibrations, in particular bending, of the sleeve to oblige the fluid to flow through it at a determined flow rate that depends on characteristics of the pump and of excitation. The assembly can be miniaturized and used as an implantable device, for example for treatment of hearing pathologies, to deliver a drug, or, in certain embodiments, also take samples of ambient fluid. A remote energy supply is possible.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 21, 2012
Publication date:
December 25, 2014
Applicant:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
Inventors:
Elisabeth Delevoye, Jean-Pierre Nikolovski
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transistor comprising the preparation of a stack of layers of the semiconductor on insulator type comprising at least one substrate on which an insulating layer and an initial semiconductor layer are successively disposed. The method includes the formation of at least one oxide pad extending from a top face of the insulating layer, the formation of an additional layer made from semiconductor material covering the oxide pad and intended to form a channel for the transistor, the formation of a gate stack above the oxide pad, and the formation of a source and drain on either side of the gate stack.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 11, 2014
Publication date:
December 18, 2014
Applicants:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT, STMICROELECTRONICS SA, STMICROELECTRONICS (Crolles 2) SAS