Patents by Inventor Benoit Amstatt

Benoit Amstatt 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: 20230268460
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optoelectronic device having a substrate and, on a first face of the substrate, at least one stack, in a longitudinal direction, of at least one injection layer of a first type of carriers and an active layer. The method including formation of a growth mask on the first face of the substrate, the growth mask having an opening in the longitudinal direction through which the first face is exposed, formation, from the exposed zone of the substrate, of the injection layer of the first type of carriers within the opening, formation of the active layer on the injection layer, within the opening, such that the active layer is confined in the opening and does not extend outside of the opening. One or more embodiment also relates to an optoelectronic device having an active layer confined in an opening of a growth mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Benoit AMSTATT, Pierre TCHOULFIAN, Jerome NAPIERALA
  • Patent number: 10886427
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device including a support having a rear surface and a front surface opposite each other, a plurality of nucleation conductive strips forming first polarization electrodes, an intermediate insulating layer covering the nucleation conductive strips, a plurality of diodes, each of which having a first, three-dimensional doped region and a second doped region, and a plurality of top conductive strips forming second polarization electrodes and resting on the intermediate insulating layer, each top conductive strip being disposed in such a way as to be in contact with the second doped regions of a set of diodes of which the first doped regions are in contact with different nucleation conductive strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: ALEDIA, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Florian Dupont, Benoit Amstatt, Vincent Beix, Thomas Lacave, Philippe Gilet, Ewen Henaff, Berangere Hyot, Hubert Bono
  • Patent number: 10801129
    Abstract: A nucleation structure for the epitaxial growth of three-dimensional semiconductor elements, including a substrate including a monocrystalline material forming a growth surface, a plurality of intermediate portions made of an intermediate crystalline material epitaxied from the growth surface and defining an upper intermediate surface, and a plurality of nucleation portions, made of a material including a transition metal forming a nucleation crystalline material, each epitaxied from the upper intermediate surface, and defining a nucleation surface suitable for the epitaxial growth of a three-dimensional semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ALEDIA
    Inventors: Benoit Amstatt, Florian Dupont, Ewen Henaff, Berangere Hyot
  • Patent number: 10636653
    Abstract: The process for growing at least one semiconductor nanowire (3), said growth process comprising a step of forming, on a substrate (1), a nucleation layer (2) for the growth of the nanowire (3) and a step of growth of the nanowire (3). The step of formation of the nucleation layer (2) comprises the following steps: deposition onto the substrate (1) of a layer of a transition metal (4) chosen from Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta; nitridation of at least a part (2) of the transition metal layer so as to form a transition metal nitride layer having a surface intended for growing the nanowire (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ALEDIA
    Inventors: Bérangère Hyot, Benoit Amstatt, Marie-Françoise Armand, Florian Dupont
  • Patent number: 10340138
    Abstract: The electronic device comprises a substrate (1), at least one semiconductor wire element (2) formed by a nitride of a group III material and an electroconductive layer (3) interposed between the substrate (1) and said at least one semiconductor wire element (2). Said at least one semiconductor wire element (2) extends from said electroconductive layer (3), and the electroconductive layer (3) comprises a carbide of zirconium or a carbide of hafnium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ALEDIA
    Inventors: Florian Dupont, Benoit Amstatt, Bérangère Hyot
  • Publication number: 20190172970
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device including a support having a rear surface and a front surface opposite each other, a plurality of nucleation conductive strips forming first polarization electrodes, an intermediate insulating layer covering the nucleation conductive strips, a plurality of diodes, each of which having a first, three-dimensional doped region and a second doped region, and a plurality of top conductive strips forming second polarization electrodes and resting on the intermediate insulating layer, each top conductive strip being disposed in such a way as to be in contact with the second doped regions of a set of diodes of which the first doped regions are in contact with different nucleation conductive strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: ALEDIA, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Florian DUPONT, Benoit AMSTATT, Vincent BEIX, Thomas LACAVE, Philippe GILET, Ewen HENAFF, Berangere HYOT, Hubert BONO
  • Publication number: 20190153619
    Abstract: A nucleation structure for the epitaxial growth of three-dimensional semiconductor elements, including a substrate including a monocrystalline material forming a growth surface, a plurality of intermediate portions made of an intermediate crystalline material epitaxied from the growth surface and defining an upper intermediate surface, and a plurality of nucleation portions, made of a material including a transition metal forming a nucleation crystalline material, each epitaxied from the upper intermediate surface, and defining a nucleation surface suitable for the epitaxial growth of a three-dimensional semiconductor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ALEDIA
    Inventors: Benoit AMSTATT, Florian DUPONT, Ewen HENAFF, Berangere HYOT
  • Patent number: 9991342
    Abstract: The electronic device comprises a substrate (1), at least one semiconductor nanowire (2) and a buffer layer (3) interposed between the substrate (1) and said nanowire (2). The buffer layer (3) is at least partly formed by a transition metal nitride layer (9) from which extends the nanowire (2), said transition metal nitride being chosen from: vanadium nitride, chromium nitride, zirconium nitride, niobium nitride, molybdenum nitride, hafnium nitride or tantalum nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ALEDIA
    Inventors: Bérangère Hyot, Benoit Amstatt, Marie-Françoise Armand, Florian Dupont
  • Publication number: 20170345652
    Abstract: The electronic device comprises a substrate (1), at least one semiconductor wire element (2) formed by a nitride of a group III material and an electroconductive layer (3) interposed between the substrate (1) and said at least one semiconductor wire element (2). Said at least one semiconductor wire element (2) extends from said electroconductive layer (3), and the electroconductive layer (3) comprises a carbide of zirconium or a carbide of hafnium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ALEDIA
    Inventors: Florian Dupont, Benoit Amstatt, Bérangère Hyot
  • Patent number: 9728679
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprises a substrate; pads on a surface of the substrate; semiconductor elements, each element resting on a pad; a portion covering at least the lateral sides of each pad, the portion preventing the growth of the semiconductor elements on the lateral sides; and a dielectric region extending in the substrate from the surface and connecting, for each pair of pads, one of the pads in the pair to the other pad in the pair. A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: ALEDIA, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES
    Inventors: Nathalie Dechoux, Benoit Amstatt, Philippe Gilet
  • Patent number: 9698011
    Abstract: The process for growing at least one semiconductor nanowire (3), said growth process comprising a step of forming, on a substrate (1), a nucleation layer (2) for the growth of the nanowire (3) and a step of growth of the nanowire (3). The step of formation of the nucleation layer (2) comprises the following steps: deposition onto the substrate (1) of a layer of a transition metal (4) chosen from Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta; nitridation of at least a part (2) of the transition metal layer so as to form a transition metal nitride layer having a surface intended for growing the nanowire (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Berangere Hyot, Benoit Amstatt, Marie-Francoise Armand
  • Patent number: 9679966
    Abstract: The electronic device comprises a substrate (1), at least one semiconductor nanowire (2) and a buffer layer (3) interposed between the substrate (1) and said nanowire (2). The buffer layer (3) is at least partly formed by a transition metal nitride layer (9) from which extends the nanowire (2), said transition metal nitride being chosen from: vanadium nitride, chromium nitride, zirconium nitride, niobium nitride, molybdenum nitride, hafnium nitride or tantalum nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Berangere Hyot, Benoit Amstatt, Marie-Francoise Armand
  • Patent number: 9559256
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing at least one semiconductor structure, and a component including a structure formed with the method, the method including: providing a substrate including at least one semiconductor silicon surface; forming an amorphous silicon carbide layer in contact with at least one part of the semiconductor silicon surface; forming the at least one semiconductor structure in contact with the silicon carbide layer, the structure including at least one part, as a contact part, in contact with the surface of the silicon carbide layer, which includes gallium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Benoit Amstatt, Bruno-Jules Daudin
  • Publication number: 20160141451
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing at least one semiconductor structure, and a component including a structure formed with the method, the method including: providing a substrate including at least one semiconductor silicon surface; forming an amorphous silicon carbide layer in contact with at least one part of the semiconductor silicon surface; forming the at least one semiconductor structure in contact with the silicon carbide layer, the structure including at least one part, as a contact part, in contact with the surface of the silicon carbide layer, which includes gallium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Benoit AMSTATT, Bruno-Jules DAUDIN
  • Publication number: 20150295041
    Abstract: The electronic device comprises a substrate (1), at least one semiconductor nanowire (2) and a buffer layer (3) interposed between the substrate (1) and said nanowire (2). The buffer layer (3) is at least partly formed by a transition metal nitride layer (9) from which extends the nanowire (2), said transition metal nitride being chosen from: vanadium nitride, chromium nitride, zirconium nitride, niobium nitride, molybdenum nitride, hafnium nitride or tantalum nitride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ALEDIA
    Inventors: Bérangère Hyot, Benoit Amstatt, Marie-Françoise Armand, Florian Dupont
  • Publication number: 20150279672
    Abstract: The process for growing at least one semiconductor nanowire (3), said growth process comprising a step of forming, on a substrate (1), a nucleation layer (2) for the growth of the nanowire (3) and a step of growth of the nanowire (3). The step of formation of the nucleation layer (2) comprises the following steps: deposition onto the substrate (1) of a layer of a transition metal (4) chosen from Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta; nitridation of at least a part (2) of the transition metal layer so as to form a transition metal nitride layer having a surface intended for growing the nanowire (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: ALEDIA, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Bérangère Hyot, Benoit Amstatt, Marie-Françoise Armand, Florian Dupont
  • Publication number: 20140117308
    Abstract: The electronic device comprises a substrate (1), at least one semiconductor nanowire (2) and a buffer layer (3) interposed between the substrate (1) and said nanowire (2). The buffer layer (3) is at least partly formed by a transition metal nitride layer (9) from which extends the nanowire (2), said transition metal nitride being chosen from: vanadium nitride, chromium nitride, zirconium nitride, niobium nitride, molybdenum nitride, hafnium nitride or tantalum nitride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Berangere Hyot, Benoit Amstatt, Marie-Francoise Armand
  • Publication number: 20140120637
    Abstract: The process for growing at least one semiconductor nanowire (3), said growth process comprising a step of forming, on a substrate (1), a nucleation layer (2) for the growth of the nanowire (3) and a step of growth of the nanowire (3). The step of formation of the nucleation layer (2) comprises the following steps: deposition onto the substrate (1) of a layer of a transition metal (4) chosen from Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta; nitridation of at least a part (2) of the transition metal layer so as to form a transition metal nitride layer having a surface intended for growing the nanowire (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Berangere Hyot, Benoit Amstatt, Marie-Francoise Armand