Patents Assigned to Saint-Gobain Lumilog
  • Publication number: 20200381249
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for fabricating a group 13 nitride semiconductor substrate (5) comprising the following steps of: a) deposition of at least one monocrystalline layer (5b) by epitaxial growth (10) on a starting substrate, said monocrystalline laser having an upper face having structural defects that do not pass all the way through (6); b) deposition, by epitaxial growth (30, 35), of at least one continuous polycrystalline layer (5c); c) separation (40) of the starting substrate (1); d) rectification (50) by removing at least one layer thickness corresponding to the thickness of the one or more deposited polycrystalline lasers (5c), the one or more polycrystalline layers (5c) thus being removed with the exception of the zones of the subjacent monocrystalline layer (5b) corresponding to the structural defects that do not pass all the way through (6) that said one or more polycrystalline layers (5c) fill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN LUMILOG
    Inventors: Bernard BEAUMONT, Jean-Pierre FAURIE
  • Patent number: 10604864
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of wafers of nitrides of element (13) (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) from a self-supported crystal of nitride of element (13), extending longitudinally along a main axis orthogonal to a growth face of the crystal and passing through the centre of said growth face, the crystal (10) having a truncation angle with a non-zero value, remarkable in that the method comprises a phase of cutting the self-supported crystal along the transverse cutting planes of the crystal in order to obtain wafers of nitride of element (13), each wafer including a front face having a non-zero truncation angle in the vicinity of the centre of the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Lumilog
    Inventors: Bernard Beaumont, Vianney Le Roux, Jason Cole
  • Patent number: 10497833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing process of semiconductor material of element III nitride from a starting substrate, the process comprising: the formation of an intermediate layer based on silicon on a starting substrate, said intermediate layer comprising at least two adjacent zones of different crystalline orientations, especially a monocrystalline zone and an amorphous or poly-crystalline zone, growth via epitaxy of a layer of element III nitride on said intermediate layer, the intermediate layer being intended to be vaporised spontaneously during the step consisting of growing the layer of element III nitride via epitaxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN LUMILOG
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Faurie, Bernard Beaumont
  • Patent number: 10181399
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semi-conducting material including a layer of nitride of a group 13 element comprising active areas for manufacturing electronic components, and inactive areas, the active and inactive areas extending on a front face of the layer of nitride, the method comprising steps consisting of: using a mask comprising a plurality of apertures each defining an active area pattern on the initial substrate, growing the layer of nitride, receiving a theoretical pattern pitch corresponding to a desired distance between two adjacent active area patterns on the front face of the layer of nitride, calculating at least one mask pitch different from the theoretical pattern pitch for compensating shifts in the active area patterns, the mask pitch corresponding to a distance between two adjacent apertures of the protective mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Lumilog
    Inventors: Bernard Beaumont, Jean-Pierre Faurie
  • Publication number: 20180155852
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of wafers of nitrides of element (13) (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) from a self-supported crystal of nitride of element (13), extending longitudinally along a main axis orthogonal to a growth face of the crystal and passing through the centre of said growth face, the crystal (10) having a truncation angle with a non-zero value, remarkable in that the method comprises a phase of cutting the self-supported crystal along the transverse cutting planes of the crystal in order to obtain wafers of nitride of element (13), each wafer including a front face having a non-zero truncation angle in the vicinity of the centre of the front face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Lumilog
    Inventors: Bernard Beaumont, Vianney Le Roux, Jason Cole
  • Patent number: 9882087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing process of semiconductor material of element III nitride from a starting substrate, the process comprising: the formation of an intermediate layer based on silicon on a starting substrate, said intermediate layer comprising at least two adjacent zones of different crystalline orientations, especially a monocrystalline zone and an amorphous or poly-crystalline zone, growth via epitaxy of a layer of element III nitride on said intermediate layer, the intermediate layer being intended to be vaporised spontaneously during the step consisting of growing the layer of element III nitride via epitaxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN LUMILOG
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Faurie, Bernard Beaumont
  • Publication number: 20170342594
    Abstract: The invention concerns a reactor for chemical vapour deposition from first and second precursor gases, the reactor comprising: —a chamber including top and bottom walls and a side wall linking the top and bottom walls, —a support intended for receiving at least one substrate, mounted inside the chamber, and —at least one system for injecting precursor gases, the system comprising an injection head including at least one nozzle for supplying the first precursor gas (41) in a main direction of axis A-A?, the at least one nozzle including: a precursor gas supply conduit (321), and an outlet member (322) generating a substantially annular 43 vortex flow (44) around axis A-A?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Lumilog
    Inventors: Bernard Beaumont, Manivannane Pourouchottamane
  • Publication number: 20170213719
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semi-conducting material including a layer (50) of nitride of a group 13 element comprising active areas (52) for manufacturing electronic components, and inactive areas (51), the active and inactive areas extending on a front face (53) of the layer of nitride of a group 13 element, the concentration of crystal defects in the active areas being less than the concentration of defects in the inactive areas, the method comprising steps consisting of: using a mask for forming on an initial substrate (10): first regions for growing active areas and second regions (11) for growing inactive areas, the mask comprising a plurality of apertures each defining an active area pattern on the initial substrate, and growing (700) the layer of nitride of group 13 element comprising the active and inactive areas on the first and second regions, remarkable in that the method further comprises the following steps: receiving a theoretical pattern pitch, the theoretical
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Lumilog
    Inventors: Bernard Beaumont, Jean-Pierre Faurie