Abstract: A capacitive logic cell with complementary control, including a variable-capacitance electromechanical device having a fixed part and a mobile part, the electromechanical device comprising first, second, third and fourth electrodes mounted on the fixed part, and a fifth electrode mounted on the mobile part, the first electrode being connected to a terminal for supplying a first input logic signal, the second electrode being connected to a terminal for supplying a second input logic signal, complementary to the first input logic signal, the third electrode being connected to a terminal for supplying a first output logic signal, and the fourth electrode being connected to a terminal for supplying a second output logic signal, complementary to the first output logic signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for diagnosing the operation of a photovoltaic module string. The method involves acquiring a series of current and voltage measurements forming a current versus voltage curve, known as the I(V) curve, and the steps of: transforming (46) into polar coordinates, each pair of current and voltage values of the I(V) curve, calculating (48-54) parameters of a first electrical model and second electrical model each approximating said I(V) curve, as well as a first cost representative of a deviation between said first model and said I(V) curve, and a second cost representative of a deviation between said second model and said I(V) curve, using a distance metric in the polar coordinate space, selecting (56) an electrical estimation model for estimating the I(V) curve and diagnosing (58) operation based on this selected electrical estimation model.

Abstract: The monitoring device is configured for monitoring a converter comprising a first and a second input terminals, two output terminals, a first filter branch connected between the input terminals, a second filter branch connected in parallel with the first branch, two switching branches connected in parallel with the second branch, each switching branch including two switching half-branches connected in series and in an intermediate point forming an output terminal. The monitoring device comprises a detection impedance configured for being connected between the first and the second branches, and a detection module configured for comparing the voltage across the detection impedance with a predefined threshold, then for generating a detection signal as soon as said voltage is greater than said threshold.

Abstract: A method is for depositing a thin tungsten and/or molybdenum sulfide film on a substrate chemically, under vacuum.

Abstract: Method for diagnosing and predicting the lifespan of lead-based batteries, especially lead-based batteries intended to store standby power. The invention essentially consists in a new method for diagnosing lead-acid batteries and advantageously for estimating their remaining lifespans, the batteries more particularly being intended for standby storage applications. The method is based on a combination of continuous monitoring measurements with integration of the over-charging current (computation of the over-charging Ah applied to the battery from its installation) and of periodic measurements under DC current of the internal resistance of the battery using short discharging periods with a constant current or a constant power.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device including a crystalline semiconductor layer based on GeSn and including a pin junction. This formed semiconductor layer includes a base portion; a single-crystal intermediate portion having an average value xpi1 of proportion of tin less than xps1, thus forming a barrier region against charge carriers flowing in an upper portion; and the single-crystal upper portion including a homogeneous medium with a proportion of tin xps1, and vertical structures having an average value xps2 of proportion of tin greater than xps1, thus forming regions for emitting or for receiving infrared radiation.

Abstract: This electrical energy converter comprises: a first bridge comprising at least a first switching branch between two terminals of an input voltage and including two first switches connected at a first midpoint; a second bridge comprising at least a second switching branch between two terminals of an output voltage and including two second switches connected at a second midpoint; at least one piezoelectric assembly connected between respective first and second midpoints; and at least one switching aid circuit connected to a respective midpoint and configured to, via the flow of a previously received current, discharge a parasitic capacitance of a switch of the bridge to which it is connected, and respectively charge a parasitic capacitance of another switch of said bridge.

Abstract: The invention concerns an electronic device for controlling a converter from an input voltage to at least one output voltage, comprising a first bridge comprising two first switching branches, each between two terminals of the input voltage and comprising two first switches connected at a first midpoint; at least one second bridge comprising two second switching branches, each between two terminals of the output voltage and comprising two second switches connected at a second midpoint; at least one pair of first and second piezoelectric assemblies, each connected between respective first and second midpoints, distinct from one piezoelectric assembly to the other. The control device commands, during a respective resonance cycle of the piezoelectric assemblies, a switching of each of the switches to alternate phases at substantially constant voltage across the piezoelectric assemblies and phases at substantially constant load across said piezoelectric assemblies.

Abstract: An elementary cell for a two-dimensional array of quantum dots, said elementary cell extending along a main plane and including: a plurality of sites occupied by quantum dots capable of confining at least one spin qubit and including at least: a first quantum dot, a second quantum dot adjacent to the first quantum dot in a first direction of the main plane, and a third quantum dot adjacent to the first quantum dot in a second direction of the main plane; and a first blocking site adjacent to the second and third quantum dots, towards which a spin qubit cannot be displaced.

Abstract: A composite material made of an amorphous (bi)metal sulfide nanoparticles directly linked, through coordinate covalent bonds, to a sulfur-containing polymer and a method of preparation of the composite material. The composite material can also be used as a catalyst for hydrogen production. Finally, a proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser and a photoelectrochemical cell, can both including the composite material.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging device, including: a transfer substrate including electric connection elements; an array of pixels, each including a monolithic elementary chip bonded and electrically connected to elements of electric connection of the transfer substrate, and a direct conversion X photon detector electrically connected to the elementary chip, wherein, in each pixel, the elementary chip includes an integrated circuit for reading from the detector of the pixel.

Abstract: A converter of an input voltage into at least one output voltage, including a pair of first and second piezoelectric assemblies; a first bridge including two first switching branches each having at least one first switch; a second bridge including two second switching branches each having at least one second switch; each piezoelectric assembly including a first end connected to the first bridge and a second end connected to the second bridge; each first switch being connected between a terminal of the input voltage and a first end; each second switch being connected between a terminal of the output voltage and a second end.

Abstract: An automated system for preparing a biological sample containing biological species, and including a support plate wherein one or more through-wells are made, each through-well having two opposite accesses, a first access and a second access, the first access being separated from the second access by a filter-forming porous wall against which the biological sample that is to undergo lysis may be placed, and, for each well: a first mobile member, that can be actuated to move translationally along the axis of the well so as to become inserted across the first access thereof, a second mobile member, that can be actuated to move translationally along the axis of the well so as to become inserted across the second access thereof, stimulation means of mechanical and/or thermal type for stimulating each first mobile member and/or each second mobile member and/or the support plate.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging device, including: a transfer substrate including electric connection elements; an array of pixels, each including a monolithic elementary chip bonded and electrically connected to elements of electric connection of the transfer substrate, and a photodiode formed on the transfer substrate and electrically connected to the elementary chip; and a scintillator coating the pixel array, wherein, in each pixel, the elementary chip includes an integrated circuit for reading from the pixel photodiode.

Abstract: Substrates may include a useful layer affixed to a support substrate. A surface of the useful layer located on a side of the useful layer opposite the support substrate may include a first region and a second region. The first region may have a first surface roughness, may be located proximate to a geometric center of the surface, and may occupy a majority of an area of the surface. The second region may have a second, higher surface roughness, may be located proximate to a periphery of the surface, and may occupy a minority of the area of the surface.

Abstract: A method of controlling first and second switches of a switching cell, including measuring a current flowing through the first switch when the first switch is controlled to the off state, and setting a switching dead time according to the measurement.

Abstract: A photonic circuit with a hybrid III-V on silicon or silicon-germanium active section, that comprises an amplifying medium with a III-V heterostructure (1, QW, 2) and an optical wave guide. The wave guide comprises a coupling section (31) facing a central portion of the amplifying medium, a propagation section (34, 35) and a modal transition section (32, 33) arranged between the coupling section and the propagation section. In the modal transition section, the optical wave guide widens progressively from the propagation section towards the coupling section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting a gaseous species by photoacoustic effect. The device comprises a substrate, inside which a cavity is formed. A light source is disposed on the substrate, in such a way that a part of the substrate extends between the light source and the cavity. The device is arranged in such a way that the light, emitted by the light source, is propagated through the substrate, before reaching the cavity.

Abstract: A device for measuring a physical quantity, including at least a transceiver unit for electromagnetic waves, an antenna-sensor including a sensor integrated into a target antenna having at least one excitation port, the antenna-sensor having a variable impedance with electromagnetic transduction, the measuring device being configured, per predetermined frequency band and independently of the angular difference between the transmission and reception of waves, for measuring the electromagnetic response of the antenna-sensor at least from an ellipticity rate of an electromagnetic field backscattered by the antenna-sensor, the ellipticity rate characterizing the polarization of the electromagnetic field configured to be measured by the transceiver unit, the electromagnetic response being representative, by electromagnetic transduction, of the at least one physical quantity to be measured.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device manufacturing method including the steps of: a) forming an active diode stack including first and second of opposite conductivity types; b) forming an integrated control circuit including a plurality of elementary control cells each including at least one MOS transistor; c) after steps a) and b), transferring the integrated control circuit onto the upper surface of the active diode stack; and d) after step c), forming trenches extending vertically through the integrated control circuit and emerging into or onto the first layer and delimiting a plurality of pixels each including a diode and an elementary control cell.