Patents Assigned to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
  • Publication number: 20230335566
    Abstract: The present description concerns a manufacturing method comprising, for each photodetector of an array of photodetectors of a light sensor, a use of a mask obtained by directed self-assembly of a block copolymer to form, by a first etch step, at least one first structure on the side of a first surface of the photodetector intended to receive light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Marios BARLAS, Quentin ABADIE
  • Publication number: 20230337454
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device that includes a substrate and a stack of organic layers that has at least one active layer arranged between a reflective surface and a semi-reflective surface arranged facing one another at a given distance and forming an optical cavity. The device includes at least three groups of pixels, each group of which is characterized by a cavity of a different optical length, the cavity having a number of bilayers arranged between the substrate and said stack of organic layers, each bilayer being formed of a first transparent and conductive layer of a first transparent and conductive material, and of a second transparent and conductive layer of a second transparent and conductive material, in direct contact with the first transparent and conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: MICROOLED, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Gunther HAAS, Benoit DUGRENIL, Sébastien GUILLAMET, Myriam TOURNAIRE, Tony MAINDRON
  • Publication number: 20230332289
    Abstract: A precursor diffusion device configured to diffuse a growth precursor towards an external growth surface included on an external growth member, the diffusion device including a container including at least one porous element having a porosity configured to allow or prevent the passage of a precursor fluid through a thickness of the porous element, the porous element being configured so that the precursor fluid which passes through the thickness of the porous element generates an aerosol by fragmentation of the precursor fluid, the aerosol being formed of droplets of the precursor fluid. Also, a method for depositing a layer on a growth surface by such a diffusion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Hicham MASKROT, Alexandre MICHAU, Olivier HERCHER
  • Patent number: 11791429
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lightweight photovoltaic module (1) comprising: a transparent first layer (2) forming the front face, photovoltaic cells (4), an assembly (3) encapsulating the photovoltaic cells (4), and a second layer (5), the encapsulating assembly (3) and the photovoltaic cells (4) being arranged between the first (2) and the second (5) layer. The invention is characterised in that the first layer (2) comprises a polymer material and has a thickness (e2) of less than 50 ?m, in that the second layer (5) comprises at least one composite material of the prepreg type containing polymer resin and fibres and has a areal weight of less than 150 g/m2, and in that the encapsulating assembly (3) has a maximum thickness (e3) of less than 150 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Julien Gaume, Thomas Guerin, Yannick Veschetti
  • Patent number: 11779921
    Abstract: A microfluidic device includes a single rigid support and a first unit having a first chamber of nonzero volume delimited by walls of the support. A filter separates the first chamber into a first space and a second space, a first channel made in the support and a second channel. The device also includes a second unit including a second chamber, a third channel. The device further includes a first fluidic transfer channel between the first chamber and the second chamber, made in the support and opening on the one hand into said second chamber and on the other hand at a first bypass node in the second channel. The device including first flow switching means arranged for selecting connection of the first chamber to the exterior only, via the second channel only or to the second chamber only, through the first transfer channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Thomas Bordy, Anne-Gaelle Bourdat, Remi Toutain, Caroline Paulus
  • Patent number: 11784504
    Abstract: A method for determining parameters of a simplified model of an energy storage system, including an energy storage device and a conversion device, the system being modelled by a complex model including models of the energy storage and conversion devices; the complex model receiving a setpoint power Pac_sp and a state of charge SOCp at input and providing the state of charge SOC of the storage device and the power Pac at the output of the storage device at output; the method including implementing simulations of the energy storage system using the complex model; calculating (a) a table of the variation in the state of charge of the system as a function of the setpoint power and of a state of charge, (b) a table of maximum power as a function of the state of charge; (c) a table of minimum power as a function of the state of charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Kangkana Bharadwaj, Franck Al Shakarchi, Franck Bourry
  • Patent number: 11780007
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing an aluminium alloy part by additive manufacturing comprising a step during which a layer of a mixture of powders is locally melted and then solidified, characterised in that the mixture of powders comprises: first particles comprising at least 80% by mass of aluminium and up to 20% by mass of one or more additional elements, and second yttria-stabilized zirconia particles, the mixture of powders comprising at least 1.5% by volume of second particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Mathieu Opprecht, Jean-Paul Garandet, Guilhem Roux, Mathieu Soulier
  • Patent number: 11784268
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module includes a transparent first layer forming the front side of the photovoltaic module; a plurality of photovoltaic cells placed side-by-side and electrically connected; a polymer encapsulating assembly able to encapsulate the plurality of photovoltaic cells between a lower portion and an upper portion; a second layer made of a composite material based on polymer resin and on fibres, the encapsulating assembly and the photovoltaic cells being located between the first and second layers, at least the first and second layers defining edges of the photovoltaic module, the plurality of photovoltaic cells being spaced apart by a non-zero distance DA from at least one edge of the photovoltaic module; the photovoltaic module further comprises a third layer made of a composite material based on polymer resin and on fibres, the layer being located below the plurality of photovoltaic cells and above the lower portion of the encapsulating assembly and forming at least one peripheral strip extending f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Thales, Concept Composites Auvergne 2CA
    Inventors: Julien Gaume, Rodolphe Chaix, Jean-Baptiste Billard, Thomas Guerin, Pierre Ruols
  • Patent number: 11780284
    Abstract: A vehicle including a controlled vertical position chassis, in order to be able to be moved into a low position supported on the ground, and, associated with each wheel, a suspension arm, an arm actuator, and a safety device capable of limiting the accidental lowering of the chassis, the device being able to adopt an active state wherein the rotation of the suspension arm can be limited, the device including an actuator, a cylinder of which is mounted on the chassis and a piston of which is mounted on the suspension arm, or vice versa, the actuator defining a first chamber connected to a first and a second fluid passage through the cylinder, the second passage being connected to a first fluid pipe fitted with a safety valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Valery Cervantes
  • Patent number: 11785391
    Abstract: A micrometric speaker includes a frame, an electromechanical transducer, and a mechanical-acoustic transducer comprising a rigid plate movably mounted in the frame. The electromechanical transducer comprises two piezoelectric actuators and two elastic strips. The frame comprises a central crossmember from which the two strips extend until engaging two lateral coupling edges of the mechanical-acoustic transducer, and the mechanical-acoustic transducer comprises two linearising springs each extending from one of the lateral edges to the rigid plate, to enable, during a deformation of the strips, a movement of the two lateral edges to the central crossmember and reduce the longitudinal constraints applied to the strips during their deformation due to their “recessed-guided” bending configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DU MANS
    Inventors: Romain Liechti, Fabrice Casset, Thierry Hilt, Stephane Durand
  • Publication number: 20230318263
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device, including: a laser source, including a semiconductor membrane, which rests on a first dielectric layer, and which is formed from a lateral segment doped n-type, a lateral segment doped p-type, and an optically active central segment located between and in contact with the doped lateral segments to form a lateral p-i-n junction lying parallel to the main plane. The semiconductor membrane is produced based on crystalline GaAs, the central segment includes GaAs-based quantum dots, and the doped lateral segments are produced based on AlxGa1-xAs with a proportion of aluminium x comprised between 0.05 and 0.30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Mattéo CHOBE, Karim HASSAN, Cécilia DUPRE
  • Publication number: 20230314486
    Abstract: A device for detecting the polarity of a current or voltage, the detection device including a circuit portion with a detection node configured to produce at the detection node a measurement voltage which is an image of a fraction of the detected current or voltage, and a detection circuit with transistor(s), coupled to the detection node, and provided with amplifier(s), with a comparator transistor having a source gate voltage which depends on the measurement voltage. The comparator transistor further includes a source set at a first fixed potential and a source-gate voltage which depends on the measurement voltage or a gate set at a second fixed potential and a source-gate voltage which depends on the measurement voltage, the detection circuit being configured to compare the measurement potential with a threshold and to output a binary detection signal indicating the polarity of the detected current or voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Dominique BERGOGNE, Frédéric ROTHAN
  • Publication number: 20230314386
    Abstract: A method is provided for characterizing a part includes: a) carrying out measurements using a sensor, the sensor being placed on the part or facing the part; b) forming at least one measurement matrix using the measurements performed in step a); c) using the matrix as input datum of a convolutional neural network including an extracting block, configured to extract features from each input datum; a classifying block, configured to classify the features extracted, the classifying block outputting to at least one node; and d) depending on each node, detecting the presence of a defect in the part. The neural network employed in step c) is established using the extracting block of another previously parametrized neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Clement FISHER, Olivier MESNIL, Roberto MIORELLI
  • Patent number: 11777735
    Abstract: A device and a method implemented by computer for authorizing, to a user having access rights granted by a first operator, a completely anonymous and secure access, with no trusted third-party, to a collaborative anonymization platform and/or to a service requiring privacy properties based on such a platform operated by various operators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Laurent, Alexis Olivereau
  • Patent number: 11774572
    Abstract: A method for measuring, using a radar or sonar, the velocity with respect to the ground of a carrier moving parallel to the ground, includes the following steps: a) orienting the line of sight of the radar or sonar toward the ground; b) emitting a plurality of radar or sonar signals (P1-PN) that are directed toward the ground, and acquiring respective echo signals (E1-EN); c) processing the acquired echo signals so as to obtain, for one or more echo delay values, a corresponding Doppler spectrum; d) for the or at least one the echo delay value, determining a high cut-off frequency of the corresponding Doppler spectrum; and e) computing the velocity of the carrier with respect to the ground on the basis of the one or more high cut-off frequencies. A system allowing such a method to be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jérémy Barra, Olivier Debicki, Suzanne Lesecq, Nicolas Mareau, Laurent Ouvry, Mykhailo Zarudniev
  • Publication number: 20230304970
    Abstract: A method for controlling a submersible environmental sensor, the sensor including a support having a face which includes a sensitive zone configured to receive at least one species of interest (SOI), anti-fouling means configured to cause at least the sensitive zone to vibrate, and detection means for detecting a presence of the SOI on the sensitive zone, the detection means and the anti-fouling means being carried by the support, wherein the anti-fouling means includes actuators configured to cause the medium to vibrate in a standing mode with a wavelength 3-20 times the size of the SOI to confine the SOI on the sensitive zone, includes activating the anti-fouling means in a de-fouling mode, stopping the anti-fouling means, activating the anti-fouling means to confine the SOI in the sensitive zone, and stopping the anti-fouling means. The method also includes activating the detection means and stopping the detection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Fabrice CASSET, Thomas ALAVA
  • Patent number: 11769785
    Abstract: A process includes providing electronic chips, the chips having been diced beforehand and each including a stack including a matrix-array of pixels, an interconnect layer, first layer, joining the electronic chips to a carrier substrate, so as to leave a spacing region between the chips; forming a redistribution layer having lateral ends extending into each spacing region; forming metal pillars on the lateral ends; moulding a material including first segments, facing the first layers, second segments which are separate from the first segments, and which extend around the metal pillars; the first and second segments being coplanar; applying a heat treatment, the formed material being chosen so that the stack is curved with a convex shape; the second segments remaining coplanar at the end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Bertrand Chambion, Jean-Philippe Colonna
  • Patent number: 11763206
    Abstract: A method and a device for multi-class classification of an application relative to a classification of a transport mode by machine learning, including: (a) sensors configured to measure at successive instants physical quantities specific to said application, and (b) a microprocessor configured to: (b1) acquire said successive measurements from the sensors to calculate predictors from physical quantities of said measurements, (b2) construct continuous series (aj) of samples, each sample being a vector formed of a predetermined number of predictors, (b3) break down each series (aj) of samples into a set of sequences (Sk) each corresponding to a specific class among a set of predetermined classes, (b4) under-sample the sequences associated with the classes among said set of predetermined classes while conserving for each selected sequence a predetermined fraction of samples of said sequence, thereby forming classes associated with balanced samples, and (b5) construct a classifier (F) from said balanced samples b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Andrea Vassilev
  • Publication number: 20230290633
    Abstract: A method for producing, on a structure based on a material III-V, of a dielectric layer, the method comprising producing a first dielectric film by ALD by carrying out a plurality of first cycles, each comprising at least: one injection in the reaction chamber of a precursor based on a first material and one injection in the reaction chamber of a water or ozone-based precursor; and producing, on the first dielectric film, a second dielectric film by plasma-enhanced ALD by carrying out a plurality of second cycles, each comprising at least: one injection in the reaction chamber of a precursor based on a second material and one injection in the reaction chamber of an oxygen or nitrogen based precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Maxime LEGALLAIS, Bassem SALEM, Thierry BARON, Romain GWOZIECKI, Marc PLISSONNIER
  • Patent number: 11758816
    Abstract: A method for producing a piezoelectric transducer device is provided, including a membrane including at least one silicon and/or silicon nitride layer; a piezoelectric layer including at least one piezoelectric material with crystalline perovskite structure and arranged on the membrane; first and second electrodes electrically in contact with the piezoelectric layer; and in which the piezoelectric layer is in direct contact with the silicon and/or silicon nitride layer, or in which the piezoelectric layer is in contact with the silicon and/or silicon nitride layer solely through one or more metal layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventor: Gwenael Le Rhun