Patents by Inventor Cédric Ducros
Cédric Ducros 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).
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Patent number: 11329240Abstract: An infrared photodetector including a stack of layers on a substrate having an active area made of organic semiconductor materials capable of converting an infrared radiation into an electric signal and including, in said stack and/or on the substrate, a single layer at least partially filtering visible light.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignees: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, ISORGInventors: Alexandre Pereira, Cédric Ducros, Wilfrid Schwartz
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Publication number: 20200227573Abstract: The invention concerns an optronic device (1), comprising: a glass substrate (2) having opposed and textured first and second surfaces (21, 22); an electrically conductive material (3) continuous and formed on the second surface (22) of the glass substrate; a photovoltaic sensor thin film (4) formed on the electrically conductive material (3); the texturing of the first surface (21) of the glass substrate is configured to have a weighted optical reflection in the visible spectrum of less than 3%; the texturing of the second surface (22) of the glass substrate is configured to diffuse the light transmitted from the substrate to the transparent electrode (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energies Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Cedric DUCROS, Nicolas Dunoyer, Emmanuel Ollier, Helga Szambolics
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Publication number: 20200181557Abstract: Photobioreactor for culturing a photosynthetic microorganism, comprising: an enclosure comprising a light-collecting wall and defining a culture chamber for containing a culture medium containing at least the photosynthetic microorganism, the light-collecting wall being transparent to infrared radiation and to visible radiation, and an optical filter for filtering irradiation radiation directed toward the culture chamber, the optical filter being transparent to radiation in the visible and containing a thermochromic compound, the optical filter being transparent to infrared radiation at a temperature at least 10° C. below the transition temperature of the thermochromic compound and having an optical transmittance to infrared radiation of 20% or less at a temperature at least 10° C. above the transition temperature of the thermochromic compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: Cédric DUCROS
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Publication number: 20200183052Abstract: The invention relates to a scattering and conductive anti-reflection surface, comprising a continuous electrically conductive material of variable thickness deposited on a textured surface so as to render the assembly anti-reflective and scattering.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Helga SZAMBOLICS, Cedric DUCROS, Nicolas DUNOYER, Emmanuel OLLIER
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Publication number: 20180159058Abstract: An infrared photodetector including a stack of layers on a substrate having an active area made of organic semiconductor materials capable of converting an infrared radiation into an electric signal and including, in said stack and/or on the substrate, a single layer at least partially filtering visible light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicants: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, ISORGInventors: Alexandre Pereira, Cédric Ducros, Wilfrid Schwartz
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Patent number: 9963775Abstract: Multilayer material comprising a zirconium-based substrate covered with a multilayer coating, the multilayer coating comprising metallic layers composed of identical or different substances chosen from chromium, a chromium alloy or a ternary alloy of the Nb—Cr—Ti system. Such a material has improved resistance to oxidation in accident conditions of a nuclear reactor. The invention also relates to a multilayer coating, a part composed wholly or partly of the multilayer material or of the multilayer coating, as well as the method for manufacturing the multilayer material such as for example a magnetron cathodic sputtering process.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: COMMISARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Marion Le Flem, Cédric Ducros, Frédéric Sanchette
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Patent number: 9952360Abstract: A textured reflector for a solar cell of thin film type is produced by deposition of a metal film on a support through openings of a mask. The mask is formed by a thin film formed by coplanar and preferably joined balls, the gaps between the balls forming the openings of the mask. The thin film is further advantageously formed by balls made from silica or from polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Cédric Ducros, Helga Szambolics
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Patent number: 9040141Abstract: This method for texturing a DLC coating comprises depositing a single layer of balls or spheres on the free surface of the DLC coating; dry-etching the DLC coating using oxygen plasma; and lastly, cleaning the surface of said coating by eliminating the balls or spheres.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Caroline Chouquet, Cédric Ducros, Jérôme Gavillet, Frédéric Sanchette
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Publication number: 20150109694Abstract: A textured reflector for a solar cell of thin film type is produced by deposition of a metal film on a support through openings of a mask. The mask is formed by a thin film formed by coplanar and preferably joined balls, the gaps between the balls forming the openings of the mask. The thin film is further advantageously formed by balls made from silica or from polymer material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Cédric Ducros, Helga Szambolics
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Publication number: 20150050521Abstract: Multilayer material comprising a zirconium-based substrate covered with a multilayer coating, the multilayer coating comprising metallic layers composed of identical or different substances chosen from chromium, a chromium alloy or a ternary alloy of the Nb—Cr—Ti system. Such a material has improved resistance to oxidation in accident conditions of a nuclear reactor. The invention also relates to a multilayer coating, a part composed wholly or partly of the multilayer material or of the multilayer coating, as well as the method for manufacturing the multilayer material such as for example a magnetron cathodic sputtering process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Marion LE FLEM, Cédric DUCROS, Frédéric SANCHETTE
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Patent number: 8709547Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a super-slippery thin-layer film or coating for enhancing the lubrication capacity of a part to be subjected to great friction and wear. The film of the invention for improving the lubrication capacity of parts to be subjected to important friction and wear includes at least: a layer (3) of a hard material selected from titanium nitride (TiN), chromium nitride (CrN), titanium carbide (TiC), chromium carbide (CrC), tungsten carbide (W2C) and tungsten carbide-carbon composites (WC/C), alumina (AI2O3), molybdenum sulphide (MoS2), and materials of the hydrogenated amorphous carbon type (a: CH), the layer including on one surface thereof a series of dips and protrusions; and a layer (4) of an oleophilic material. The invention can particularly be used in the field of mechanics.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Cedric Ducros, Jerome Gavillet
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Publication number: 20130092230Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate comprising at least one scattering film made of a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) and to a process for manufacturing such a substrate. It also relates to a solar cell comprising such a substrate. The substrate according to the invention comprises a layer of spherical particles made of a material chosen from dielectric and transparent conductive oxides, the layer being coated with a TCO film and the diameters of said spherical particles belonging to at least two populations of different diameters. The invention is applicable in particular to solar cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Alexandre Pereira, Cedric Ducros, Zoe Tebby
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Patent number: 8367207Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrogenated amorphous carbon coating and to a method for the production thereof. It also relates to devices having such a coating. The method of the invention consists in producing a hydrogenated amorphous carbon coating comprising at least two layers of hydrogenated amorphous carbon, each of said layers having chemical compositions and physical and mechanical properties that are identical, and with thicknesses that are identical or different. The coating of the invention finds many applications, in particular in the mechanical field for parts subject to considerable wear and rubbing problems. It may also be applicable, in particular, in the field of surgical implants and in the MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) field.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternative, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Caroline Chouquet, Cédric Ducros, Frédéric Sanchette
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Patent number: 8288196Abstract: A process for fabricating a silicon-based thin-film photovoltaic cell, applicable for example in the energy generation field. The fabrication process includes a) depositing a p-doped or n-doped amorphous silicon film, the X-ray diffraction spectrum of which has a line centered at 28° that has a mid-height width, denoted by a, such that 4.7°?a<6.0°, on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Cedric Ducros, Frederic Sanchette, Christophe Secouard
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Publication number: 20120183731Abstract: This method for texturing a DLC coating comprises depositing a single layer of balls or spheres on the free surface of the DLC coating; dry-etching the DLC coating using oxygen plasma; and lastly, cleaning the surface of said coating by eliminating the balls or spheres.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Caroline Chouquet, Cédric Ducros, Jérôme Gavillet, Frédéric Sanchette
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Publication number: 20110223711Abstract: A process for fabricating a silicon-based thin-film photovoltaic cell, applicable for example in the energy generation field. The fabrication process includes a) depositing a p-doped or n-doped amorphous silicon film, the X-ray diffraction spectrum of which has a line centered at 28° that has a mid-height width, denoted by a, such that 4.7°?a<6.0°, on a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Cédric Ducros, Frédéric Sanchette, Christophe Secouard
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Publication number: 20110192521Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a super-slippery thin-layer film or coating for enhancing the lubrication capacity of a part to be subjected to great friction and wear. The film of the invention for improving the lubrication capacity of parts to be subjected to important friction and wear includes at least: a layer (3) of a hard material selected from titanium nitride (TiN), chromium nitride (CrN), titanium carbide (TiC), chromium carbide (CrC), tungsten carbide (W2C) and tungsten carbide-carbon composites (WC/C), alumina (AI2O3), molybdenum sulphide (MoS2), and materials of the hydrogenated amorphous carbon type (a:CH), the layer including on one surface thereof a series of dips and protrusions; and a layer (4) of an oleophilic material. The invention can particularly be used in the field of mechanics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALTInventors: Cedric Ducros, Jerome Gavillet
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Publication number: 20110076476Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrogenated amorphous carbon coating and to a method for the production thereof. It also relates to devices having such a coating. The method of the invention consists in producing a hydrogenated amorphous carbon coating comprising at least two layers of hydrogenated amorphous carbon, each of said layers having chemical compositions and physical and mechanical properties that are identical, and with thicknesses that are identical or different. The coating of the invention finds many applications, in particular in the mechanical field for parts subject to considerable wear and rubbing problems. It may also be applicable, in particular, in the field of surgical implants and in the MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) field.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Caroline Chouquet, Cédric Ducros, Frédéric Sanchette
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Publication number: 20100187774Abstract: This method for producing a seal barrier for a micro component comprising a stack of two thin sealing layers involves forming a fusible interlayer between two sealing layers, said fusible interlayer having a melting temperature which is lower than that of the two sealing layers and melting said interlayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Frédéric SANCHETTE, Cédric Ducros, Steve Martin
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Patent number: 7670689Abstract: The sulfidation resistance of a silver-base material coating is further improved by making a concentration gradient of silver, oxygen and of one or more oxidizable alloying elements that may be present in the material, from the free surface of the coating up to a depth comprised between 10 nm and 1 ?m and more particularly between 100 nm and 1 ?m. Thus, the coating comprises a stack of one main layer made from silver-base material and of one oxidized thin film. The thin film, with a thickness comprised between 10 nm and 1 ?m, thus presents a decreasing silver concentration gradient from the interface between the thin film and the main layer to the free surface of the thin film. Deposition of the coating on a support can be achieved by two successive physical vapor deposition steps, and more particularly by magnetron cathode sputtering.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Denis Camel, Laurent Bedel, Frédéric Sanchette, Cédric Ducros