Patents by Inventor Bruno Reig
Bruno Reig 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).
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Patent number: 11990678Abstract: A stack for fabricating an integrated circuit intended to perform an electromagnetic-lens function for a reconfigurable transmitarray antenna, the stack including in succession: a substrate that includes a set of first active components configured to generate a phase shift, and that has first and second opposite surfaces, the first active components being integrated monolithically into the substrate; a metal layer, forming a ground plane on the first surface of the substrate; a layer of a cured polymer, formed on the metal layer; vias that are electrically insulated from the metal layer and that are arranged to electrically connect pairs of planar antennas, each electrically connected pair of planar antennas including first and second planar antennas that are aligned along the normal to the first and second surfaces of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Gabriel Pares, Antonio Clemente, Bruno Reig
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Publication number: 20240122083Abstract: A switch based on a phase change material including: a region in said phase change material that couples the first and second conductive electrodes of the switch; and a waveguide including a first end in line with a face of the region in said phase change material and a second end, opposed to the first end, designed to be illuminated by a laser source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AltermativesInventors: Antonio Clemente, Benoît Charbonnier, Cécilia Dupre, Bruno Reig
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Publication number: 20240114809Abstract: A radio-frequency switch able to establish or break transmission of a radio-frequency signal, the switch including a first conductive finger, a second conductive finger, transmission of the radio-frequency signal taking place between the first conductive finger and the second conductive finger, at least one conductive electrode and a layer made of a PCM material having a lower surface and an upper surface. The first and second conductive fingers are spaced apart by a non-zero distance and in contact with the lower surface of the PCM layer. The conductive electrode is in contact with the upper surface of the PCM layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Thierry CLARET, Bruno REIG, Denis MERCIER
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Publication number: 20240023468Abstract: The present description concerns a switch based on a phase-change material comprising: a region of the phase-change material; a heating element electrically insulated from the region of the phase-change material; and one or a plurality of pillars extending in the region of the phase-change material, the pillar(s) being made of a material having a thermal conductivity greater than that of the phase-change material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS SAInventors: Alain FLEURY, Stephane MONFRAY, Philippe CATHELIN, Bruno REIG, Vincent PUYAL
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Publication number: 20240023465Abstract: The present description concerns a switch based on a phase-change material comprising: a region of the phase-change material; a heating element electrically insulated from the region of the phase-change material; and one or a plurality of pillars extending in the region of the phase-change material, the pillar(s) being made of a material having a thermal conductivity greater than that of the phase-change material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, STMICROELECTRONICS SA, STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASInventors: Bruno REIG, Vincent PUYAL, Stephane MONFRAY, Alain FLEURY, Philippe CATHELIN
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Publication number: 20240023467Abstract: The present description concerns a switch based on a phase-change material comprising: a region of the phase-change material; a heating element electrically insulated from the region of the phase-change material; and one or a plurality of pillars extending in the region of the phase-change material, the pillar(s) being made of a material having a thermal conductivity greater than that of the phase-change material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Stephane MONFRAY, Alain FLEURY, Bruno REIG
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Publication number: 20230129840Abstract: The present description concerns a transmitarray or reflectarray cell (105), comprising at least two switches made of a phase-change material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Samara GHARBIEH, Antonio CLEMENTE, Bruno REIG
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Publication number: 20220384963Abstract: A stack for fabricating an integrated circuit intended to perform an electromagnetic-lens function for a reconfigurable transmitarray antenna, the stack including in succession: a substrate that includes a set of first active components configured to generate a phase shift, and that has first and second opposite surfaces, the first active components being integrated monolithically into the substrate; a metal layer, forming a ground plane on the first surface of the substrate; a layer of a cured polymer, formed on the metal layer; vias that are electrically insulated from the metal layer and that are arranged to electrically connect pairs of planar antennas, each electrically connected pair of planar antennas including first and second planar antennas that are aligned along the normal to the first and second surfaces of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Gabriel PARES, Antonio CLEMENTE, Bruno REIG
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Publication number: 20220123727Abstract: An electromechanical device includes a piezoelectric support delimited by a surface, or by two surfaces parallel to each other, and, on this support, a resonator for elastic waves propagating parallel to the surface or surfaces, the resonator including two reflectors that delimit the resonator and which are reflective for the waves, several interfacing transducers, to generate the waves from an electrical signal, and several transducers for controlling the resonance frequency, each transducer including a first electrode and a second electrode that are interdigitated, the transducers being arranged along the propagation path followed by the waves in the resonator, with, along the path, an alternation between interfacing transducer and tuning transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Alexandre REINHARDT, Bruno REIG, Axel SAUVAGE
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Patent number: 10644067Abstract: An RF switch provided with a first region based on a phase change material disposed between a first conductive element and a second conductive element and state control means for said first region, the switch being further provided with at least one first decoupling switch provided with a second region of phase change material.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Bruno Reig, Alexandre Leon, Damien Saint-Patrice
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Patent number: 10629361Abstract: An inductance device includes a coil provided with at least one electrically conductive turn having a first portion of turn formed on a face of a first substrate, and a second portion of turn. A first end of the first portion is electrically connected to a first end of the second portion by a conductive connection, and the coil has a longitudinal axis, around which the at least one turn is formed, which is perpendicular to a dimension in thickness of the first substrate. The second portion is formed on a face of a second substrate different from the first substrate, with the face of the first substrate facing the face of the second substrate, with the conductive connection extending into an interstitial space located between the face of the first substrate and the face of the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Jean-Louis Pornin, Gabriel Pares, Bruno Reig
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Patent number: 10532924Abstract: A packaging structure including at least one hermetically sealed cavity in which at least one microelectronic device is arranged, the cavity being formed between a substrate and at least one cap layer through which several release holes are formed. Several separated portions of metallic material are provided such that each of the separated portions of metallic material is arranged on the cap layer above and around one of the release holes and forms an individual and hermetical plug of said one of the release holes. At least one diffusion barrier layer including at least one non-metallic material is arranged on the cap layer and forms a diffusion barrier against an atmosphere outside the cavity at least around the release holes. Parts of the diffusion barrier layer are not covered by the portions of metallic material.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, EPCOS AGInventors: Damien Saint-Patrice, Arnoldus Den Dekker, Marcel Giesen, Gudrun Henn, Jean-Louis Pornin, Bruno Reig
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Patent number: 10529515Abstract: Selector switch provided with: a structure based on at least one phase change material placed between a first conducting element and a second conducting element, the phase change material being capable of changing state, means of heating the phase change material provided with at least one first heating electrode and at least one other heating electrode, the structure based on a phase change material being configured to form a confined active zone of the phase change material at a distance from the conducting elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Gabriele Navarro, Damien Saint-Patrice, Alexandre Leon, Vincent Puyal, Bruno Reig
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Patent number: 10414648Abstract: Method for making a cavity, comprising steps to: make a hole in a cover covering a sacrificial portion on a substrate; make a first layer on the cover, either in a first configuration covering a first region of the cover around the hole, or in a second configuration surrounding a first region of the cover around the hole; deposit a second layer covering the cover and the first layer and with, in a first configuration a low adhesion force between the first and second layers, or in a second configuration a low adhesion force between the second layer and the first region; etch the second layer, forming a flap of which a first part does not hermetically close or seal the hole, and of which a second end is fixed to a second region of the cover; etch the sacrificial portion; close the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Bruno Reig, Damien Saint-Patrice
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Publication number: 20190088721Abstract: An RF switch provided with a first region based on a phase change material disposed between a first conductive element and a second conductive element and state control means for said first region, the switch being further provided with at least one first decoupling switch provided with a second region of phase change material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Bruno REIG, Alexandre LEON, Damien SAINT-PATRICE
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Patent number: 9941592Abstract: Unit cell including a receive antenna, a transmit antenna, and including first and second radiation surfaces separated from each other by a separation area, a phase-shift circuit comprising switches, each having an on, respectively off, state, wherein the corresponding switch allows, respectively blocks, the flowing of a current between the first and second radiation surfaces; a ground plane; a first printed circuit board including a first surface provided with the receive antenna, and a second opposite surface provided with the ground plane; a wafer of a semiconductor material including a first surface provide with first and second radiation surfaces and wherein the switches are formed in the separation area, monolithically with the transmit antenna.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Antonio Clemente, Laurent Dussopt, Bruno Reig
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Patent number: 9934922Abstract: RF commutator including: a phase change material (7) arranged between a first conducting element (2) and a second conducting element (4), means of heating (11, 13) the phase change material provided with a first electrode (11) and a second electrode (13), the means of heating being capable of modifying the state of the phase change material (7) by injection of an electrical activation signal between the first electrode and the second electrode, at least one given electrode (11, 13) among the first electrode (11) and second electrode (13) comprising a conducting part (15a) arranged between the first conducting element (2) and the second conducting element (4), zones of the phase change material being laid out between the first conducting element (2) and the second conducting element (4) and being arranged on either side of this conducting part (15a).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Bruno Reig, Alexandre Leon, Gabriele Navarro, Vincent Puyal, Damien Saint-Patrice
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Patent number: 9908773Abstract: A method for packaging a microelectronic device in an hermetically sealed cavity and managing an atmosphere of the cavity with a dedicated hole, including making said cavity between a support and a cap layer such that a sacrificial material and the device are arranged in the cavity; removing the sacrificial material through at least one release hole, and hermetically sealing the release hole; making a portion of wettable material on the cap layer, around a blind hole or a part of said outside surface corresponding to a location of said dedicated hole; making a portion of fuse material on the portion of wettable material; making the dedicated hole by etching the cap layer; and reflowing the portion of fuse material with a controlled atmosphere, forming a bump of fuse material which hermetically plugs said dedicated hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, EPCOS AGInventors: Damien Saint-Patrice, Arnoldus Den Dekker, Marcel Giesen, Florent Greco, Gudrun Henn, Jean-Louis Pornin, Bruno Reig
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Publication number: 20180005786Abstract: Selector switch provided with: a structure based on at least one phase change material placed between a first conducting element and a second conducting element, the phase change material being capable of changing state, means of heating the phase change material provided with at least one first heating electrode and at least one other heating electrode, the structure based on a phase change material being configured to form a confined active zone of the phase change material at a distance from the conducting elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Gabriele NAVARRO, Damien SAINT-PATRICE, Alexandre LEON, Vincent PUYAL, Bruno REIG
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Patent number: 9824825Abstract: The invention relates to a variable-capacitance electrical capacitor comprising a first electrode and a second electrode facing the first electrode and a zone of a dielectric material arranged between said first and second electrodes characterized in that the second electrode is formed at least on one hand of a primary electrode made of an electrically conductive material and, at least on the other, of an additional electrode comprising a state-change material, the primary electrode and the additional electrode facing the first electrode, said state-change material being arranged at least partially in contact with the primary electrode and configured to alternatively adopt a high-resistivity state wherein the additional electrode is electrically insulated from the primary electrode and a low-resistivity state wherein the additional electrode is in electrical conduction with the primary electrode so as to vary the electrically active surface area of the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Bruno Reig, Jean-Claude Bastien