Patents by Inventor Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ

Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ 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).

  • Publication number: 20240047201
    Abstract: A method for producing a vertical component comprising with the basis of a III-N material, comprising providing platelets made of the III-N material obtained by epitaxy on pads, the platelets comprise at least first and second layers doped and stacked on one another in a vertical direction. The method further includes the production of a first electrode and the production of a second electrode located on the platelet and configured such that a current passing from one electrode to the other passes through at least the second layer in all of its thickness, the thickness being taken in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy FEUILLET, Thierry BOUCHET, Matthew CHARLES, Roy DAGHER, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20220359479
    Abstract: A method for obtaining mesas that are made at least in part of a nitride (N), the method includes providing a stack comprising a substrate and at least the following layers disposed in succession from the substrate a first layer, referred to as the flow layer, and a second, crystalline layer, referred to as the crystalline layer; forming pads by etching the crystalline layer and at least one portion of the flow layer such that: —each pad includes at least: —a first section, referred to as the flow section, formed by at least one portion of the flow layer, and a second, crystalline section, referred to as the crystalline section, framed by the crystalline layer and overlying the flow section, the pads are distributed over the substrate so as to form a plurality of sets of pads; and epitaxially growing a crystallite on at least some of said pads and continuing the epitaxial growth of the crystallites until the crystallites carried by the adjacent pads of the same set coalesce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy FEUILLET, Blandine ALLOING, Hubert BONO, Roy DAGHER, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ, Matthew CHARLES, Julien BUCKLEY, Rene ESCOFFIER
  • Publication number: 20220199853
    Abstract: A method for producing an optoelectronic device having nitride-based microLEDs includes providing an assembly having at least one growth substrate and a nitride structure, where the nitride structure has a semipolar nitride layer that includes an active stack and crystallites extending from facets of the growth substrate with a crystalline orientation {111} to the first face of the semipolar nitride layer and providing an integrated control circuit featuring electric connection pads. The assembly is placed on the integrated control circuit, the growth substrate and the crystallites are removed, and trenches are formed in the stack so as to delimit a plurality of islets, each islet being configured to form a microLED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy FEUILLET, François TEMPLIER, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ, Philippe VENNEGUES
  • Patent number: 11139167
    Abstract: A method making it possible to obtain, on an upper surface of a crystalline substrate, a semipolar layer of nitride material comprising any one from among gallium, aluminium or indium, the method comprises the following steps: obtaining, on the upper surface of the crystalline substrate, a plurality of parallel grooves which extend in a first direction, one of the two opposite facets exhibiting a crystal orientation; etching a plurality of parallel slices which extend in a second direction that has undergone a rotation with respect to the first direction of the grooves in such a way as to obtain individual facets exhibiting a crystal orientation; epitaxial growth of the material from the individual facets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Michel El Khoury Maroun, Guy Feuillet, Philippe Vennegues, Jesus Zuniga Perez
  • Publication number: 20210164126
    Abstract: A process for obtaining a nitride (N) layer preferably obtained from at least one of gallium (Ga), indium (In) and aluminium (Al), may include: on a stack including a substrate and at least the following layers successively disposed from the substrate: a creep layer having a glass transition temperature, Tglass transition, and a crystalline layer, forming pads by etching the stack so that each pad includes at least a creep segment formed by at least a portion of the creep layer, and a crystalline segment formed by the crystalline layer; and growing by epitaxy a crystallite on each of the pads and continuing the epitaxial growth of the crystallites so as to form the nitride layer. The epitaxial growth may be carried out at a temperature Tepitaxy, such that Tepitaxy?k1×Tglass transition, with k1 being 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy FEUILLET, Blandine ALLOING, Virginie BRANDLI, Benoit MATHIEU, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ
  • Patent number: 10892378
    Abstract: A method is provided for obtaining a semi-polar nitride layer obtained from a gallium and nitrogen based material on an upper surface of a crystalline substrate of cubic symmetry, including: etching parallel grooves from the upper surface having two opposed inclined facets, one having a crystalline orientation <111>; forming a mask above the upper surface such that the facets having <111> orientation are not masked; and then forming the layer by epitaxial growth from the non-masked facets, including: a first epitaxial growth phase to form a seed in parallel grooves; interrupting the first phase when the seed has an inclined facet having a crystalline orientation 0001 and an upper facet having a crystalline semi-polar orientation 1011; a surface treatment step including modifying an upper portion of the seed to include silicon; and a second epitaxial growth phase from the inclined facet, continuing until coalescence of seeds of adjacent parallel grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy Feuillet, Michel El Khoury Maroun, Philippe Vennegues, Jesus Zuniga Perez
  • Patent number: 10651341
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device including first and second active regions suitable for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation and containing a first semiconductor material that predominantly contains a first compound selected from Compounds III-V, Compounds II-VI, and mixtures of same. The first active regions have a first polarity, and the second active regions have a second polarity different from the first polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Aledia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Benoît Amstatt, Sylvia Scaringella, Jesus Zuniga-Perez
  • Patent number: 10553426
    Abstract: A process allowing at least one semipolar layer of nitride to be obtained, which layer is obtained from a least one among gallium, indium and aluminum on a top surface of a single-crystal layer based on silicon, wherein the process comprises the following steps: etching, from the top surface of the single-crystal layer, a plurality of parallel grooves comprising at least two opposite inclined facets, at least one of two opposite facets having a crystal orientation; masking the top surface of the single-crystal layer such that the facets having a crystal orientation are not masked; and epitaxial growth of the semipolar layer of nitride from the not masked facets; wherein the etching is carried out on a stack comprising the single-crystal layer and at least one stop layer that is surmounted by the single-crystal layer and wherein the etching etches the single-crystal layer selectively with respect to the stop layer so that the etching stops on contact with the stop layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy Feuillet, Michel El Khoury Maroun, Philippe Vennegues, Jesus Zuniga Perez
  • Publication number: 20190363219
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device including first and second active regions suitable for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation and containing a first semiconductor material that predominantly contains a first compound selected from Compounds III-V, Compounds II-VI, and mixtures of same. The first active regions have a first polarity, and the second active regions have a second polarity different from the first polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicants: Aledia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Benoît Amstatt, Sylvia Scaringella, Jesus Zuniga-Perez
  • Patent number: 10424692
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device including first, and second active regions suitable for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation and containing a first semiconductor material that predominantly contains a first compound selected from Compounds III-V, Compounds II-VI, and mixtures of same. The first active regions have a first polarity, and the second active regions have a second polarity different from the first polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: Aledia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Benoît Amstatt, Sylvia Scaringella, Jesus Zuniga-Perez
  • Publication number: 20190081204
    Abstract: A subject matter of the invention relates to a method for obtaining at least one semi-polar layer (480) of nitride (N) on an upper surface of a crystalline layer (300), the method comprising the steps of: etching parallel grooves (320) starting from the upper surface of the crystalline substrate (300), each groove (320) comprising at least one facet (310) having a crystalline orientation {111}; forming a mask (331) such that the facets (311) opposite to said facets (310) having a crystalline orientation {111} are masked and that said facets (310) having a crystalline orientation {111} are not masked; at least one first epitaxial growth phase, carried out from said non-masked facets (310) in such a way as to form a seed (440); interruption of the first epitaxial growth phase when said seed (440) has an inclined facet (442) having a crystalline orientation (0001) and an upper facet (441) having a crystalline orientation (1011); a surface treatment step comprising a modification of an upper portion of the see
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicants: COMMISSARIA A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy FEUILLET, Michel EL KHOURY MAROUN, Philippe VENNEGUES, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20180330941
    Abstract: A process allowing at least one semipolar layer of nitride to be obtained, which layer is obtained from a least one among gallium, indium and aluminum on a top surface of a single-crystal layer based on silicon, wherein the process comprises the following steps: etching, from the top surface of the single-crystal layer, a plurality of parallel grooves comprising at least two opposite inclined facets, at least one of two opposite facets having a crystal orientation; masking the top surface of the single-crystal layer such that the facets having a crystal orientation are not masked; and epitaxial growth of the semipolar layer of nitride from the not masked facets; wherein the etching is carried out on a stack comprising the single-crystal layer and at least one stop layer that is surmounted by the single-crystal layer and wherein the etching etches the single-crystal layer selectively with respect to the stop layer so that the etching stops on contact with the stop layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Guy FEUILLET, Michel EL KHOURY MAROUN, Philippe VENNEGUES, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20180277717
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device including first and second active regions suitable for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation and containing a first semiconductor material that predominantly contains a first compound selected from Compounds III-V, Compounds II-VI, and mixtures of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicants: Aledia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Benoît AMSTATT, Sylvia SCARINGELLA, Jesus ZUNIGA-PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20180182622
    Abstract: A method making it possible to obtain, on an upper surface of a crystalline substrate, a semipolar layer of nitride material comprising any one from among gallium, aluminium or indium, the method comprises the following steps: obtaining, on the upper surface of the crystalline substrate, a plurality of parallel grooves which extend in a first direction, one of the two opposite facets exhibiting a crystal orientation; etching a plurality of parallel slices which extend in a second direction that has undergone a rotation with respect to the first direction of the grooves in such a way as to obtain individual facets exhibiting a crystal orientation; epitaxial growth of the material from the individual facets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Michel EL KHOURY MAROUN, Guy FEUILLET, Philippe VENNEGUES, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ