Patents by Inventor Alain Delpy

Alain Delpy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230244095
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thermo-optic component comprises the following steps: a) providing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate comprising: a surface layer made of single-crystal silicon, extending in a main plane and placed on a dielectric layer, itself placed on a carrier made of silicon, and at least one buried cavity, which is formed in the carrier and which opens under the dielectric layer, b) forming an optical waveguide extending in the main plane and comprising a core formed in the surface layer and encircled by an optical confinement layer including the dielectric layer, c) producing at least one heating element, on the optical waveguide, the heating element being positioned, in the main plane, plumb with a segment of the optical waveguide, or on either side of the segment, the heating element and the segment of the optical waveguide being located plumb with the at least one recessed buried cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Corrado Sciancalepore, Bruno Ghyselen, Alain Delpy, Céline Cailler, David Herisson, Aziz Alamidrissi
  • Publication number: 20230039295
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an image sensor, comprising: providing a receiver substrate comprising a base substrate and an active layer comprising pixels, each pixel comprising a doped region for collecting the electric charges generated in the pixel, the receiver substrate being devoid of metal interconnections, providing a donor substrate comprising a weakened zone limiting a monocrystalline semiconductor layer, bonding the donor substrate to the receiver substrate, detaching the donor substrate along the weakened zone, so as to transfer the semiconductor layer to the receiver substrate, implementing a finishing treatment on the transferred monocrystalline semiconductor layer, the finishing treatment comprising (i) thinning of the transferred monocrystalline semiconductor layer by sacrificial oxidation followed by chemical etching and (ii) smoothing of the transferred monocrystalline semiconductor layer by means of at least one rapid anneal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Walter Schwarzenbach, David Herisson, Alain Delpy