Patents by Inventor Caroline Rauer

Caroline Rauer 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).

  • Method for the treatment and direct bonding of a material layer
    Patent number: 9209068
    Abstract: A method for treating at least one first material layer including siloxane bonds, wherein at least one surface can be interlocked with a surface of a second material layer by direct bonding, the method including: at least one forced diffusion at a temperature greater than or equal to 30° C., at least in the first material layer, of chemical species including at least one pair of free electrons and at least one labile proton; and converting at least one portion of the siloxane bonds into silanol bonds in at least one portion of the first material layer extending from the surface to a depth greater than or equal to approximately 10 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Hubert Moriceau, Franck Fournel, Christophe Morales, Caroline Rauer
  • METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIRECT BONDING OF A MATERIAL LAYER
    Publication number: 20150194337
    Abstract: A method for treating at least one first material layer including siloxane bonds, wherein at least one surface can be interlocked with a surface of a second material layer by direct bonding, the method including: at least one forced diffusion at a temperature greater than or equal to 30° C., at least in the first material layer, of chemical species including at least one pair of free electrons and at least one labile proton; and converting at least one portion of the siloxane bonds into silanol bonds in at least one portion of the first material layer extending from the surface to a depth greater than or equal to approximately 10 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Commissariat a I'energie atomique et aux ene alt
    Inventors: Hubert Moriceau, Franck Fournel, Christophe Morales, Caroline Rauer