Patents by Inventor Thierry Lamy

Thierry Lamy 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).

  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ION BEAM SPUTTERING
    Publication number: 20140090973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for depositing a selected material on a substrate by means of ion beam sputtering, which include a plurality of targets of a selected material, each of which is bombarded by an ion beam, the lateral dimensions of each of the ion beams being less than one tenth of the lateral dimensions of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Pascal Sortais, Thierry Lamy
  • Low-power gaseous plasma source
    Patent number: 8664862
    Abstract: A plasma source includes a first rod forming a quarterwave antenna, surrounded by at least one parallel rod forming a coupler and which is substantially the same length as the first rod, set to a reference potential, the coupler rods being evenly distributed radially about the first rod, at a distance of around one-fifth to one-twentieth of the quarter of the wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Pascal Sortais, Thierry Lamy
  • LOW-POWER GASEOUS PLASMA SOURCE
    Publication number: 20110260621
    Abstract: A plasma source includes a first rod forming a quarterwave antenna, surrounded by at least one parallel rod forming a coupler and which is substantially the same length as the first rod, set to a reference potential, the coupler rods being evenly distributed radially about the first rod, at a distance of around one-fifth to one-twentieth of the quarter of the wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Pascal Sortais, Thierry Lamy