Abstract: A SOI substrate is covered by a semiconductor material pattern which comprises a dividing pattern made from electrically insulating material. The dividing pattern is coated by one or more semiconductor materials. The semiconductor material pattern is covered by a gate electrode which faces the dividing pattern. The semiconductor material pattern and the gate pattern are covered by a covering layer. The substrate is eliminated to access the source/drain regions. A second covering layer is deposited and access vias are formed to access the source/drain regions and gate electrode.

Abstract: This sensor (1) includes an assembly of thermoelectric layers, a support member (2) including at least one first and one second metallic connector pins (30, 31), first and second metal connectors arranged to electrically connect the support member (2) respectively to a first connection pad and a second connection pad, an external package (8) including a first surface (8a) and a second opposite surface (8b) intended to be respectively connected to a hot source and to a cold source, a first via (80) connecting the first surface (8a) to each first connector pin (30), a second via (81) connecting the second surface (8b) to each second connector pin (31), and the support member (2) includes thermal conductors between the connector pins (30, 31) and the metal connectors.

Abstract: A device for sampling and transporting nano-objects for analysis thereof. A cassette portion of the device includes two parts with mutual assembly mechanisms between them including a clipping mechanism configured not to be accessible from outside in assembled position of the parts. Therefore, any inopportune opening of the cassette and thus extraction of the sampling filter accommodated in the cassette somewhere else than the place intended for the analysis are avoided.

Abstract: The photoluminescence internal quantum efficiency of nanoparticles formed in all or part of a nanocrystal of AgxMyM?zS0.5x+y+1.5z (I) type, including at least the stages in: (1) having available nanoparticles formed in all or part of a nanocrystal, the chemical composition of which corresponds to the formula (I): AgxMyM?zS0.5x+y+1.5z (I); the nanoparticles being functionalized at the surface by an organic ligand L1 different from a ligand of phosphine type; wherein the nanocrystals having the chemical composition of formula (I) are prepared beforehand via a process employing only a single stage of heat treatment; and (2) bringing together the nanoparticles and at least one ligand compound L2 of phosphine type of general formula PR3 (II), or its oxidized form O?PR3 (II?), under conditions favorable to an exchange, at least in part, of the organic ligands L1 by said ligands of phosphine type L2.

Abstract: The invention concerns an optoelectronic device (40) comprising: a substrate (14); a first layer (42) covering the substrate, the first layer having a thickness greater than or equal to 15 nm and comprising a first material having an extinction coefficient greater than or equal to 3 for any wavelength between 380 and 650 nm; a second layer (18) covering and in contact with the first layer, the second layer having a thickness less than or equal to 20 nm and comprising a second material having a refraction index of between 1 and 3 and an extinction coefficient less than or equal to 1.5 or any wavelength between 380 and 650 nm; and conical or frustoconical wire semiconductor elements (24) each having a light-emitting diode stack (DEL), being in contact with the second layer.

Abstract: A plastic scintillator material, a plastic scintillator prepared by shaping the material, a detection portal, and a method for discrimination a signal due to fast neutrons. The plastic scintillator material including a polymeric matrix into which is incorporated at least one fluorescent compound at a mass concentration greater than or equal to 10% by mass of the total mass of the material. The polymeric matrix comprises a crosslinked polymer obtainable by polymerization of a mixture comprising at least one aromatic monomer and at least one monomer which is a crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl diacrylate, an alkyl dimethacrylate, and a mixture thereof, and molar proportions of the crosslinking monomer and of the aromatic monomer in the mixture are from 10% to 50% and from 90% to 50%, respectively.

Abstract: Gyrometer including a substrate and an inertial mass suspended above the substrate, the inertial mass including an excitation part and a detection part, means of moving the excitation part is movable in at least one direction contained in the plane of the inertial mass, and capacitive detection device detecting movement of the detection part outside the plane of the mass. The capacitive detection device includes comprising at least one suspended electrode, located above the detection part located facing the substrate so as to form a variable capacitor with the detection part, the electrode being held above the detection part by at least one pillar passing through the inertial mass.

Abstract: A converter including a transducer layer which moves anchoring points to deform a piezoelectric diaphragm by bending. The converter includes a rigid arm between each anchoring point and a point for securing to the piezoelectric diaphragm to which it is attached, the rigid arm being tensioned between the anchoring point and the securing point and configured to transform movement of the anchoring points into a movement that deforms the piezoelectric diaphragm between bent and less bent positions. The securing point is located at the mid-point when the ends of the piezoelectric diaphragm are secured, with no degree of freedom, in a frame, and the securing point is located at one end of the piezoelectric diaphragm when the mid-point is secured, with no degree of freedom, in the frame.

Abstract: A system for converting energy, comprising a first device comprising a deformable enclosure containing thermo-reactive molecules suitable for deforming the enclosure when their temperature exceeds a threshold temperature, and a second pyroelectric and/or piezoelectric device making contact with the enclosure.

Abstract: A method of producing a microelectronic device in a substrate comprising a first semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer and a second semiconductor layer, comprising the following steps: etching a trench through the first semiconductor layer, the dielectric layer and a part of the thickness of the second semiconductor layer, thus defining, in the first semiconductor layer, one active region of the microelectronic device, ionic implantation in one or more side walls of the trench, at the level of the second semiconductor layer, modifying the crystallographic properties and/or the chemical properties of the implanted semiconductor, etching of the implanted semiconductor such that at least a part of the trench extends under a part of the active region, —filling of the trench with a dielectric material, forming an isolation trench surrounding the active region and comprising portions extending under a part of the active region.

Abstract: A screen comprising a transparent panel and a photon-generating layer in order to form each luminous pixel visible through the transparent panel, this layer being housed behind the transparent panel. There is a human/machine interface able to control the photon-generating layer in order to modify the display of an image by the screen. The interface includes a localizing device for localizing a movable permanent magnet able to be moved directly by hand by a human being in front of the panel, this device comprising for this purpose. The interface also includes a network of magnetometers comprising N tri-axis magnetometers mechanically connected to one another with no degree of freedom in order to maintain a known distance between each of these magnetometers, where N is a whole number higher than or equal to five.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the use, as an active electrode material, of compounds comprising at least one entity of formula (I): in which the phenyl group is substituted with one to four identical or different substituent(s) R, chosen from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom chosen from fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine, a —C(?S)—S—C+ group, an —O—C+ group, an —S—C+ group, C+ being an alkali cation chosen from Li+, Na+ and K+, a (C1-C 12) alkyl radical, a (C2-C12) alkenyl radical, a (C6-C14) aryl or heteroaryl radical; or two vicinal substituents R that can, if appropriate, be linked to each other to together form a 3- to 7-membered ring optionally including another heteroatom chosen from N, O or S; in the base or salt form; and the tautomeric forms of same. It also concerns an electrode material, an electrode and a lithium, sodium or potassium secondary battery, obtained from these compounds.

Abstract: An optical receiver of an optical link having: a photodiode coupled between a detection node and a first supply voltage rail, the photodiode being adapted to receive an optical clock signal including pulses; a switch coupled between the detection node and a second supply voltage rail; and a first transistor coupled by its main conducting nodes between the second supply voltage rail and a first output node and having its control node coupled to the detection node, wherein the switch is controlled based on a voltage at the first output node.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hybrid non-volatile memory device includes forming first conductive pads; depositing a first conductive layer on a second area of the substrate; etching the first conductive layer to obtain second conductive pads, the second conductive pads having a section at their base smaller than at their top; protecting the upper face of the second conductive pads; oxidizing the substrate so that an insulating material layer covers the upper face of the first conductive pads and sides of the second conductive pads; depositing an oxide layer at the tops of the first conductive pads, resulting in memory elements of a first type supported by the first conductive pads; and forming memory elements of a second type at the tops of the second conductive pads. Each memory element of the second type is supported by one of the second conductive pads.

Abstract: A resistive random access memory device includes a first electrode made of inert material; a second electrode made of soluble material, and a solid electrolyte, the first and second electrodes being respectively in contact with one of the faces of the electrolyte, the second electrode to supply mobile ions circulating in the solid electrolyte to the first electrode to form a conductive filament between the first and second electrodes when a voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, the solid electrolyte including a region made of a first metal oxide that is doped by a second metal, distinct from the first metal and able to form a second metal oxide, the second metal selected such that the first metal oxide doped by the second metal has a band gap energy less than or equal to that of the first metal oxide not doped by the second metal.

Abstract: An asynchronous integrated circuit is designed from a library of cells comprising at least one cell having parameters of signal propagation between a first terminal and a second terminal and between the second terminal and a third terminal depending on the parameter of signal propagation between the first and the third terminal. A synchronous integrated circuit corresponding to the asynchronous integrated circuit is synthesized using said cell to represent a portion of the asynchronous circuit, said cell being rated by a dummy clock signal. The synthesized integrated circuit is verified using the parameter of signal propagation between the first terminal and the third terminal to simulate the operation of said portion of the asynchronous circuit.

Abstract: This method for estimating patterns (M?PF,D?PF) to be printed by means of electron-beam lithography, comprises the following steps: printing (100), in a resin, a set of calibration patterns (MCF, DCF); measuring (120) characteristic dimensions (CD) of this set; supplying an estimation (140) of the point spread function (PSF) based on the characteristic dimensions (CD) measured; estimating (160) the patterns (M?PF,D?PF) to be printed by convoluting the point spread function (PSF) supplied with an initial value of the patterns (MPF,DPF). Furthermore, each calibration pattern printed includes a central zone exposed to the electron beam and a plurality of surrounding concentric zones with rotational symmetry. The characteristic dimensions measured are characteristic dimensions (CD) of the central zones of the patterns.

Abstract: A method for producing a photovoltaic cell including the following successive steps: i) providing a substrate including a p/n photovoltaic junction, successively covered by a transparent conductive oxide layer, a first layer made from electrically insulating material and a second layer made from metallic material; ii) performing localised heat treatment by laser irradiation under conditions enabling the electrically insulating material and the metallic material to be made to react locally to form a seed layer, made from a metal-charged glassy compound, the seed layer being electrically connected to the p/n junction by way of the transparent conductive oxide layer; iii) performing removal of the second layer of metallic material; iv) performing formation of an electric contact on the seed layer by electrochemical deposition.

Abstract: A locating device for determining a distance of an RFID tag with respect to an interface between two media comprising an inductive coupling antenna and a sensor for determining a distance between the antenna and the interface. There is an energizing circuit configured to energize the antenna to generate an electromagnetic field with various successive amplitude values and a detection device for detecting an electromagnetic field response from the RFID tag. There is a processing circuit configured to determine several pairs of information, each pair including: a distance between the antenna and the interface and a minimum electromagnetic field value detected by the detection device from the RFID tag at the determined distance between the antenna and the interface. The processing circuit also evaluates the distance between the RFID tag and the interface as a function of the several pairs.

Abstract: The method of producing a device having batteries includes the following successive steps performed on a support substrate: providing a support substrate including a first electrically conducting layer forming a main surface, simultaneously forming a plurality of batteries on the first electrically conducting layer, testing operation of the plurality of batteries to discriminate between a first group of functional batteries and a second group of defective batteries, forming a second electrically conducting layer electrically insulated from the first electrically conducting layer, the second electrically conducting layer and the first electrically conducting layer being configured to connect only the functional batteries in parallel.