Patents by Inventor Gilles Nataf

Gilles Nataf 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: 9728673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a light-emitting diode, characterized in that the method comprises a step of preparing a light-emitting layer (20) on a front face of a support (10), said emitting layer comprising at least two adjacent quantum wells (21, 22, 23) emitting at different wavelengths, said quantum wells (21, 22, 23) being in contact with the front face of the support. According to the invention, the step in which the light-emitting layer is deposited comprises a sub-step consisting in locally varying the temperature of a rear face of the support opposite the front face such that the front face of the support comprises at least two zones at different temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Gilles Nataf, Philippe De Mierry, Sébastien Chenot
  • Publication number: 20160005918
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a light-emitting diode, characterised in that the method comprises a step of preparing a light-emitting layer (20) on a front face of a support (10), said emitting layer comprising at least two adjacent quantum wells (21, 22, 23) emitting at different wavelengths, said quantum wells (21, 22, 23) being in contact with the front face of the support. According to the invention, the step in which the light-emitting layer is deposited comprises a sub-step consisting in locally varying the temperature of a rear face of the support opposite the front face such that the front face of the support comprises at least two zones at different temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Gilles Nataf, Philippe De Mierry, Sébastien Chenot
  • Patent number: 7488385
    Abstract: The invention concerns the preparation of gallium nitride films by epitaxy with reduced defect density levels. It concerns a method for producing a gallium nitride (GaN) film by epitaxial deposition of GaN. The invention is characterized in that it comprises at least a step of epitaxial lateral overgrowth and in that it comprises a step which consists in separating part of the GaN layer from its substrate by embrittlement through direct ion implantation in the GaN substrate. The invention also concerns the films obtainable by said method as well as the optoelectronic and electronic components provided with said gallium nitride films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Lumilog
    Inventors: Hacène Lahreche, Gilles Nataf, Bernard Beaumont
  • Patent number: 7282381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of self-supporting substrates comprising element III nitrides. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of producing a self-supporting substrate comprising a III-nitride, in particular, gallium nitride (GaN), which is obtained by means of epitaxy using a starting substrate. The invention is characterised in that it consists in depositing a single-crystal silicon-based intermediary layer by way of a sacrificial layer which is intended to be spontaneously vaporised during the III-nitride epitaxy step. The inventive method can be used, for example, to produce a flat, self-supporting III-nitride layer having a diameter greater than 2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Eric Pascal Feltin, Zahia Bougrioua, Gilles Nataf
  • Publication number: 20070072396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of self-supporting substrates comprising element III nitrides. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of producing a self-supporting substrate comprising a III-nitride, in particular, gallium nitride (GaN), which is obtained by means of epitaxy using a starting substrate. The invention is characterised in that it consists in depositing a single-crystal silicon-based intermediary layer by way of a sacrificial layer which is intended to be spontaneously vaporised during the III-nitride epitaxy step. The inventive method can be used, for example, to produce a flat, self-supporting III-nitride layer having a diameter greater than 2?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS)
    Inventors: Eric Feltin, Zahia Bougrioua, Gilles Nataf
  • Publication number: 20050217565
    Abstract: The invention concerns the preparation of gallium nitride films by epitaxy with reduced defect density levels. It concerns a method for producing a gallium nitride (GaN) film by epitaxial deposition of GaN. The invention is characterized in that it comprises at least a step of epitaxial lateral overgrowth and in that it comprises a step which consists in separating part of the GaN layer from its substrate by embrittlement through direct ion implantation in the GaN substrate. The invention also concerns the films obtainable by said method as well as the optoelectronic and electronic components provided with said gallium nitride films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Hacene Lahreche, Gilles Nataf, Bernard Beaumont
  • Patent number: 6802902
    Abstract: A process for producing an epitaxial layer of gallium nitride (GaN). A film of a dielectric whose thickness is about one monolayer is formed on a surface of a substrate. A continuous gallium nitride layer is then deposited on the dielectric film at a temperature sufficiently low to suppress island formation of the gallium nitride. The deposited gallium nitride layer is annealed at a temperature sufficiently high to promote island formation of the gallium nitride. An epitaxial regrowth with gallium nitride at the end of a spontaneous in situ formation of islands of gallium nitride then takes place. This method makes it possible to avoid having to use ex situ etching of masks by photolitographiy or chemical ethching techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Lumilog
    Inventors: Bernard Beaumont, Pierre Gibart, Jean-Claude Guillaume, Gilles Nataf, Michel Vaille, Soufien Haffouz
  • Publication number: 20020152952
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxial layer characterised in that it consists in depositing on a substrate a dielectric layer acting as a mask and depositing on the masked gallium nitride, by epitaxial deposit, so as to induce the deposit of gallium nitride patterns and the anisotropic lateral growth of said patterns, the lateral growth being pursued until the different patterns coalesce. The deposit of the gallium nitride patterns can be carried out ex-situ by dielectric etching on in-situ by treating the substrate for coating it with a dielectric film whereof the thickness is of the order of one angstrom. The invention also concerns the gallium nitride layers obtained by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Bernard Beaumont, Pierre Gibart, Jean-Claude Guillaume, Gilles Nataf, Michel Vaille, Soufien Haffouz
  • Patent number: 6325850
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxial layer characterised in that it consists in depositing on a substrate a dielectric layer acting as a mask and depositing on the masked gallium nitride, by epitaxial deposit, so as to induce the deposit of gallium nitride patterns and the anisotropic lateral growth of said patterns, the lateral growth being pursued until the different patterns coalesce. The deposit of the gallium nitride patterns can be carried out ex-situ by dielectric etching or in-situ by treating the substrate for coating it with a dielectric film whereof the thickness is of the order of one angstrom. The invention also concerns the gallium nitride layers obtained by said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Bernard Beaumont, Pierre Gibart, Jean-Claude Guillaume, Gilles Nataf, Michel Vaille, Soufien Haffouz