Patents by Inventor André Lhorte

André Lhorte 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).

  • Patent number: 8269252
    Abstract: A structure including at least two neighboring components, capable of operating at high frequencies, formed in a thin silicon substrate extending on a silicon support and separated therefrom by an insulating layer, the components being laterally separated by insulating regions. The silicon support has, at least in the vicinity of its portion in contact with the insulating layer, a resistivity greater than or equal to 1,000 ohms.cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Simonnet, André Lhorte, Patrick Poveda
  • Patent number: 7692262
    Abstract: A vertical rectifying and protection power diode, formed in a lightly-doped semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, resting on a heavily-doped substrate of the first conductivity type, having a first ring-shaped region, of the first conductivity type more heavily-doped than the layer and more lightly doped than the substrate, surrounding an area of the layer and extending to the substrate; and a second ring-shaped region, doped of the second conductivity type, extending at the surface of the first region and on either side thereof; a first electrode having a thin layer of a material capable of forming a Schottky diode with the layer, resting on the area of the layer and on at least a portion of the second ring-shaped region with which it forms an ohmic contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Morand, Emmanuel Collard, André Lhorte
  • Publication number: 20080237785
    Abstract: A structure including at least two neighboring components, capable of operating at high frequencies, formed in a thin silicon substrate extending on a silicon support and separated therefrom by an insulating layer, the components being laterally separated by insulating regions. The silicon support has, at least in the vicinity of its portion in contact with the insulating layer, a resistivity greater than or equal to 1,000 ohms.cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Simonnet, Andre Lhorte, Patrick Poveda
  • Publication number: 20050006662
    Abstract: A vertical rectifying and protection power diode, formed in a lightly-doped semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, resting on a heavily-doped substrate of the first conductivity type, having a first ring-shaped region, of the first conductivity type more heavily-doped than the layer and more lightly doped than the substrate, surrounding an area of the layer and extending to the substrate; and a second ring-shaped region, doped of the second conductivity type, extending at the surface of the first region and on either side thereof; a first electrode having a thin layer of a material capable of forming a Schottky diode with the layer, resting on the area of the layer and on at least a portion of the second ring-shaped region with which it forms an ohmic contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Morand, Emmanuel Collard, Andre Lhorte
  • Patent number: 6576973
    Abstract: A vertical Schottky diode including an N-type silicon carbide layer of low doping level formed by epitaxy on a silicon carbide substrate of high doping level. The periphery of the active area of the diode is coated with a P-type epitaxial silicon carbide layer. A trench crosses the P-type epitaxial layer and penetrates into at least a portion of the height of the N-type epitaxial layer beyond the periphery of the active area. The doping level of the P-type epitaxial layer is chosen so that, for the maximum voltage that the diode is likely to be subjected to, the equipotential surfaces corresponding to approximately ¼ to ¾ of the maximum voltage extend up to the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Collard, André Lhorte
  • Publication number: 20020020893
    Abstract: A monolithic assembly of a vertical fast diode with at least one additional vertical component, in which the fast diode is formed by an N-type substrate in one surface of which an N+-type continuous region is formed and in the other surface of which a P+-type discontinuous region is formed. The bottom surface of the assembly is coated with a single metallization. The other vertical component is, for example, a diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventor: ANDRE LHORTE
  • Publication number: 20010054715
    Abstract: A vertical Schottky diode including an N-type silicon carbide layer of low doping level formed by epitaxy on a silicon carbide substrate of high doping level. The periphery of the active area of the diode is coated with a P-type epitaxial silicon carbide layer. A trench crosses the P-type epitaxial layer and penetrates into at least a portion of the height of the N-type epitaxial layer beyond the periphery of the active area. The doping level of the P-type epitaxial layer is chosen so that, for the maximum voltage that the diode is likely to be subjected to, the equipotential surfaces corresponding to approximately ¼ to ¾ of the maximum voltage extend up to the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Emmanuel Collard, Andre Lhorte