Patents Assigned to A L'Energie Atomique
  • Publication number: 20210090933
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a device includes:—a) a first step for the formation of a temporary structure that comprises electroluminescent structures separated by trenches and comprising an electroluminescent face, the electroluminescent structures being bonded by means of a bond layer on a temporary substrate; b) an assembly step bringing the electroluminescent structures into contact with a host face of a host substrate; and c) a step for removal of the temporary substrate; wherein the bond layer, that comprises an electrically conducting organic polymer material at least partially transparent to light radiation, is at least partly kept after step c) and forms an electrode common to the light emitting faces, with a thickness of more than 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Bertrand CHAMBION
  • Publication number: 20210090880
    Abstract: A method for etching at least one layer of a gallium nitride (GaN)-based material is provided, the method including: providing the GaN-based layer having a front face; and at least one cycle including the following successive steps: modifying, by implanting hydrogen (H)- and/or helium (He)-based ions, at least some of a thickness of the GaN-based layer to form in the layer at least one modified portion extending from the front face, the implanting being carried out from a plasma, the modifying by implanting being carried out such that the modified portion extends from the front face and over a depth greater than 3 nm; oxidizing at least some of the modified portion by exposing the layer to an oxygen-based plasma, to define in the layer, at least one oxidized portion and at least one non-oxidized portion; and etching the oxidized portion selectively at the non-oxidized portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Nicolas POSSEME, Frédéric LE ROUX
  • Publication number: 20210090884
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mixed substrate having, on a main face of a support substrate, a first region and a second region, includes a) providing a starting substrate which comprises an intermediate layer, consisting of the second material, and the support substrate; b) forming a mask which comprises an aperture delimiting the first region; c) forming a cavity; and d) forming the first region by epitaxially growing the first material in a single crystal form in the cavity The method includes step c1), performed before step d), of forming a protective layer, made of an amorphous material, overlaying the flank of the cavity and leaving the bottom of said cavity exposed to the external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Heimanu NIEBOJEWSKI
  • Publication number: 20210091758
    Abstract: Phase and/or amplitude modulation device, comprising a TORP signal generator, and further including, during a phase modulation or a phase and amplitude modulation, a generator of a phase-modulated periodic signal of frequency FPRP applied to a control input of the power supply circuit of the TORP generator, and/or including, during an amplitude modulation or a phase and amplitude modulation: 2P TORP generators, a thermometric code generator on 2P bits coding an amplitude modulation, a TORP generator control circuit, applying or not, to the control input of the TORP generator power supply, the periodic signal of frequency FPRP depending on the bits of the thermometric code signal, and a processing circuit coupled to the outputs of the TORP generators, and configured to produce a linear combination of signals outputted by the TORP generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: José-Luis GONZALEZ JIMENEZ
  • Patent number: 10953207
    Abstract: In a surgical drain system formed with two or more branches, exudate flow from a patient's wound is directed between two branches with the respective filling and emptying times determined in order to identify the presence of a blockage in the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Sofradim, CEA (Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives)
    Inventors: Yves Bayon, Dagmar Guyader, Maxime Gougis, Séverine Vignoud, Frederic Bottausci, Pascal Mailley
  • Patent number: 10955735
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image projection system (200) configured to implement colour projection comprising: a first matrix device (210) with an emissive display for transmitting a first and a second colour component of a colour image, wherein each pixel is adapted to transmit at the wavelengths associated with the first colour component and the wavelengths associated with the second colour component; and a second matrix device (220) with an emissive display for transmitting a third colour component (221) of the colour image. The colour image projector according to the invention offers both good energy efficiency and a small footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, THALES
    Inventors: Francois Templier, Francois-Henri Luc
  • Patent number: 10954832
    Abstract: A cooling system for cooling a circuit of a first fluid of a turbomachine, the cooling system including a refrigerant fluid circuit including a first heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the refrigerant fluid and air, a second heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the refrigerant fluid and the first fluid, an expander located downstream from the first heat exchanger and upstream from the second heat exchanger in the flow direction of the refrigerant fluid, and a compressor located downstream from the second heat exchanger and upstream from the first heat exchanger; the cooling system further includes a third heat exchanger of the first fluid and air type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Samer Maalouf, Nawal Jaljal, Pierre Dumoulin, Nicolas Tauveron
  • Patent number: 10957539
    Abstract: A process includes the successive steps of: a) providing first and second substrates, each including a first surface and an opposite, second surface, lateral edges connecting the first and second surfaces, b) bonding the first substrate to the second substrate by direct bonding with the first surfaces of the first and second substrates so as to form a bonding interface (IC), and making the lateral edges of the first and second substrates hydrophobic on either side of the bonding interface (IC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Frank Fournel, Vincent Larrey, Christophe Morales, Marwan Tedjini
  • Patent number: 10957996
    Abstract: A connector made of an electrically insulating material that will electrically connect a main conductor and a secondary conductor, the connector including a central section extending along a longitudinal direction, a main part and a secondary part defining a main channel and a secondary channel respectively, parallel to the longitudinal direction and separated by the central section, the connector also includes electrical connection devices made of an electrically conducting material, designed to electrically connect the main conductor and the secondary conductor as soon as they are inserted in the main channel and in the secondary channel respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Bruno Truong, Ghislain Despesse
  • Patent number: 10954118
    Abstract: A device with a membrane comprising a support, a membrane made of a polymer material suspended on said support and at least one actuating module arranged opposite a face of the membrane and separate from said membrane, said actuating module comprising at least one actuator comprising at least one piezoelectric material and a beam connected to the support and separate from the membrane, the piezoelectric material being connected to the beam, such that, when a difference in electric potential is applied to the piezoelectric material, a bimetal effect appears between the piezoelectric material and the beam deforming the beam in the direction of the membrane, causing the deformation of the membrane, said device also comprising at least one electrostatic actuator configured for compressing at least one part of the membrane on the at least one part of the actuating module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Fabrice Casset, Pauline Poncet
  • Patent number: 10958060
    Abstract: The photovoltaic installation being intended to supply an electric current (i), the method comprises the steps of measuring (e0) values representative of the electric current (i) supplied by the photovoltaic installation; adjusting (e2) a variable current jump threshold (s(ti)) according to measured values; detecting (e3) a current jump with an amplitude greater than a current jump threshold adjusted according to values measured before the jump; and detecting (e5) an electric arc based on the detection of a current jump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, SOCOMEC
    Inventors: Nicolas Chaintreuil, Stéphane Siat, Christian Kern
  • Patent number: 10955457
    Abstract: A method for analyzing faults affecting a transmission line network includes at least one line segment having a plurality of ends, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring, at at least two ends of the line network, a measurement of a signal being propagated in the network, applying a time reversal to each signal measurement, for each segment of the line network, constructing a cost function dependent on the time and the distance from a point of the segment to an end of the network, searching for at least one extremum of the cost function over all of the segments of the line network and retaining the coordinates of the extremum, deducing therefrom the presence of a fault at a position and an instant of occurrence that are given by the coordinates of the extremum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jaume Benoit, Antoine Dupret
  • Patent number: 10957639
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a part incorporating a transistor provided with a control electrode and with first and second electrodes. The electronic component includes first, second, and third electrical connection terminals extending on a connection face of the part incorporating the transistor, the first electrical connection terminal being electrically linked with the first electrode, the second electrical connection terminal being electrically linked with the second electrode and the third electrical connection terminal being electrically linked with the control electrode. The electronic component includes a first set of electrically conductive fingers and a second set of electrically conductive fingers, the fingers of the first and second sets of fingers being interdigitated, at the level of the connection face, to form at least a part of a capacitive component. The fingers of the first set of fingers are electrically linked to the first electrical connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Benoit Thollin, Thibault Catelain
  • Patent number: 10957743
    Abstract: A matrix-array optoelectronic device includes a substrate on which a matrix array of what are called bottom electrodes is deposited; an active structure, which is preferably continuous and organic, arranged above the matrix-array of bottom electrodes, the structure being suitable for detecting light; and at least one what is called top electrode lying above the active structure, the top electrode being transparent to the light emitted or detected by the active structure; and at least one conductive element that is borne by the substrate without interposition of the active structure and that is connected to the top electrode by at least one vertical interconnection, the conductive element having an electrical conductivity greater than that of the top electrode. The device may also comprise a layer made of scintillator material, the layer being fastened to the top electrode, so as to form an x-ray imager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ISORG, TRIXELL
    Inventors: Mohammed Benwadih, Jean-Marie Verilhac, Simon Charlot, Jérôme Joimel, Pierre Rohr
  • Publication number: 20210078060
    Abstract: A flatness roller includes a body having at least one cavity opening onto an outer surface of the body through a plurality of slots, two successive slots defining a lamella between them, each lamella being connected to the body by two connection portions. The flatness roller also includes at least one optical fibre having at least one strain sensor having a measurement axis. Each strain sensor is housed in a cavity and attached at a connection portion of a lamella, the measurement axis forming an angle less than or equal to 20° with a plane orthogonal to the axis of revolution of the body. Each strain sensor is configured to send an optical response wave representative of a strain of the strain sensor according to the measurement axis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Sylvain MAGNE, Nicolas LEGRAND
  • Publication number: 20210080559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for estimating a distance between nodes of an LPWA network. A first node (a second node resp.) successively transmits a narrow band signal at a plurality of carrier frequencies (421). The second (the first resp.) node receives the transmitted signals and demodulates them into baseband (422). Complex values representative of a forward-backward function of the transmission channel between two nodes are obtained (423) from the baseband demodulated signals. These complex values are then provided to a previously supervisingly trained neural network (425), the neural network giving an estimation of the distance separating the first node and the second node. The present invention also relates to a method for estimating the position of a node in an LPWA network using said distance estimation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Florian WOLF, Sébastien DE RIVAZ, François DEHMAS, Mohamed SANA
  • Publication number: 20210082983
    Abstract: An image sensor including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photodetector coupled to a control circuit, the photodetector being formed inside and on top of a first semiconductor substrate, and the control circuit including at least one first MOS transistor formed inside and on top of a second semiconductor substrate arranged on the first substrate, the sensor being intended to be illuminated on the side of the surface of the first substrate opposite to the second substrate, the sensor further comprising a shield arranged between the first and second substrates and extending over substantially the entire surface of the sensor, said shield including at least one electrically-conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: Lina Kadura, François Andrieu, Perrine Batude, Christophe Licitra
  • Publication number: 20210083601
    Abstract: A device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy including a support (2), a structure (S1) suspended to the support through embedding by a first longitudinal end (4.1) and including a mass (M) fastened to a second longitudinal end (4.2), two layers of piezoelectric material (12, 14) extending between the first longitudinal end (4.1) and second longitudinal end (4.2) of the structure (S1) and disposed so that, when the mass (M) moves, the layers are flexurally deformed, electrodes (E1, E2) on either side of the layer of piezoelectric material (12, 14), wherein the structure (S1) includes transverse elements (16, 18) integral with the layers of piezoelectric material (12, 14) extending transversely relative to the longitudinal direction (X) of the structure over a length at least equal to half the transverse dimension (L) of the layers of piezoelectric material (12, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE SAVOIE MONT BLANC
    Inventors: David GIBUS, Adrien BADEL, Olivier FREYCHET, Pierre GASNIER
  • Patent number: 10950491
    Abstract: A useful layer is layered onto a support by a method that includes the steps of forming an embrittlement plane by implanting light elements into a first substrate, so as to form a useful layer between such plane and one surface of the first substrate; applying the support onto the surface of the first substrate so as to form an assembly to be fractured; applying a heat treatment for embrittling the assembly to be fractured; and initiating and propagating a fracture wave into the first substrate along the embrittlement plane. The fracture wave is initiated in a central area of the embrittlement plane and the propagation speed of the wave is controlled so that the velocity thereof is sufficient to cause the interactions of the fracture wave with acoustic vibrations emitted upon the initiation and/or propagation thereof, if any, are confined to a peripheral area of the useful layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: Soitec, COMMISSARIAT Á L'ÈNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Didier Landru, Nadia Ben Mohamed, Oleg Kononchuk, Frederic Mazen, Damien Massy, Shay Reboh, Francois Rieutord
  • Patent number: 10945666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device intended for being attached to the skin of a user, the device being substantially planar and including at least one flexible area in which the device can be bent relative to an axis located in the plane of the device, and in which components sensitive to bending are placed, the device including means for limiting the bending such as to limit the bending of said at least one flexible area of the device relative to at least one axis located in the plane of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Nicolas Karst, Fabrice Emieux, Simon Perraud