Patents by Inventor Benoit BERTRAND

Benoit BERTRAND 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: 20220199889
    Abstract: A method for manipulating a group of quantum dots of a quantum dots matrix, called target group, each target group including a quantum dot and containing a charged particle, the matrix being connected to a reservoir of charged particles, each target group being defined by a potential barrier, each charged particle being a carrier of a charge and spin, the method including, for each target group, a total isolation procedure of the target group relative to the other quantum dots, the potential barrier separating the target group of quantum dots of the matrix adjacent to the target group being configured so that the charged particle(s) contained in the target group cannot cross the potential barrier in order to be moved to the adjacent quantum dots or to the reservoir even when such a transition is authorised from an energy standpoint; and maintaining the target group in the completely isolated regime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Pierre-André MORTEMOUSQUE, Tristan MEUNIER, Benoit BERTRAND, Baptiste JADOT, Matias URDAMPILLETA
  • Patent number: 11088259
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an electronic component with multiple quantum islands is provided, including supplying a substrate on which rests a nanowire made of semiconductor material not intentionally doped, the nanowire having at least two main control gates resting thereon so as to form respective qubits in the nanowire under the two main control gates, the two main control gates being separated by a groove, top and lateral faces of the two main control gates and a bottom of the groove being covered by a dielectric layer; depositing a conductive material in the groove and on the top of the two main control gates; and planarizing down to the dielectric layer on the top of the two main control gates, so as to obtain an element made of conductive material self-aligned between the main control gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Louis Hutin, Sylvain Barraud, Benoit Bertrand, Maud Vinet
  • Patent number: 10903349
    Abstract: An electronic component with multiple quantum islands is provided, including a substrate on which rests a nanowire made of semiconductor material not intentionally doped; two main control gates resting on the nanowire so as to form respective qubits in the nanowire, the two main control gates being separated by a groove, and bottom and lateral faces of the groove are covered by a dielectric layer; an element made of conductive material formed on the dielectric layer in the groove; a carrier reservoir that is offset with respect to the nanowire, the element made of the conductive material being separated from the carrier reservoir by another dielectric layer such that the element made of the conductive material is coupled to the carrier reservoir by field effect. A method of fabricating an electronic component with multiple quantum islands is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Louis Hutin, Sylvain Barraud, Benoit Bertrand, Maud Vinet
  • Publication number: 20190371926
    Abstract: An electronic component with multiple quantum islands is provided, including a substrate on which rests a nanowire made of semiconductor material not intentionally doped; two main control gates resting on the nanowire so as to form respective qubits in the nanowire, the two main control gates being separated by a groove, and bottom and lateral faces of the groove are covered by a dielectric layer; an element made of conductive material formed on the dielectric layer in the groove; a carrier reservoir that is offset with respect to the nanowire, the element made of the conductive material being separated from the carrier reservoir by another dielectric layer such that the element made of the conductive material is coupled to the carrier reservoir by field effect. A method of fabricating an electronic component with multiple quantum islands is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Louis HUTIN, Sylvain BARRAUD, Benoit BERTRAND, Maud VINET
  • Publication number: 20190371908
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an electronic component with multiple quantum islands is provided, including supplying a substrate on which rests a nanowire made of semiconductor material not intentionally doped, the nanowire having at least two main control gates resting thereon so as to form respective qubits in the nanowire under the two main control gates, the two main control gates being separated by a groove, top and lateral faces of the two main control gates and a bottom of the groove being covered by a dielectric layer; depositing a conductive material in the groove and on the top of the two main control gates; and planarizing down to the dielectric layer on the top of the two main control gates, so as to obtain an element made of conductive material self-aligned between the main control gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Louis HUTIN, Sylvain BARRAUD, Benoit BERTRAND, Maud VINET