Patents by Inventor Cedric Huyghebaert

Cedric Huyghebaert 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: 9337273
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided comprising a bilayer graphene comprising a first and a second adjacent graphene layer, and a first electrically insulating layer contacting the first graphene layer, the first electrically insulating layer comprising an electrically insulating material, and a substance suitable for creating free charge carriers of a first type in the first graphene layer, the semiconductor device further comprising an electrically insulating region contacting the second graphene layer and suitable for creating free charge carriers of a second type, opposite to the first type, in the second graphene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Amirhasan Nourbakhsh, Mirco Cantoro, Cedric Huyghebaert, Mark Heyns, Stefan DeGendt
  • Publication number: 20160032475
    Abstract: A cluster of non-collapsed nanowires, a template to produce the same, methods to obtain the template and to obtain the cluster by using the template, and devices comprising the cluster are described. The cluster and the template both have an interconnected region and an interconnection-free region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: IMEC VZW, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventors: Cedric Huyghebaert, Alaa Abd-Elnaiem, Philippe Vereecken
  • Publication number: 20150079399
    Abstract: A method for transferring a graphene layer from a metal substrate to a second substrate is provided comprising: providing a graphene layer on the metal substrate, adsorbing hydrogen atoms on the metal substrate by passing protons through the graphene layer, treating the metal substrate having adsorbed hydrogen atoms thereon in such a way as to form hydrogen gas from the adsorbed hydrogen atoms, thereby detaching the graphene layer from the metal substrate, transferring the graphene layer to the second substrate, and optionally reusing the metal substrate by repeating the aforementioned steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Cedric Huyghebaert, Philippe M. Vereecken, Geoffrey Pourtois
  • Publication number: 20140363744
    Abstract: A solid-state battery cell includes an anode, a cathode, and a solid electrolyte matrix. At least the anode or the cathode may include an active electrode material having pores. Further, an inner surface of the pores may be coated with a first surface-ion diffusion enhancement coating. The solid electrolyte matrix may further include an electrically insulating matrix for a solid electrolyte. The electrically insulating matrix may have pores or passages and an inner surface of the pores or the passages may be coated with a second surface-ion diffusion enhancement coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Philippe M. Vereecken, Cedric Huyghebaert
  • Patent number: 8872230
    Abstract: A tunnel Field Effect Transistor is provided comprising an interface between a source and a channel, the source side of this interface being a layer of a first crystalline semiconductor material being substantially uniformly doped with a metal to the solubility level of the metal in the first crystalline material and the channel side of this interface being a layer of this first crystalline semiconductor material doped with this metal, the concentration decreasing towards the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: IMEC
    Inventors: Anne S. Verhulst, Thomas Hantschel, Wilfried Vandervorst, Cedric Huyghebaert
  • Publication number: 20130313522
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided comprising a bilayer graphene comprising a first and a second adjacent graphene layer, and a first electrically insulating layer contacting the first graphene layer, the first electrically insulating layer comprising an electrically insulating material, and a substance suitable for creating free charge carriers of a first type in the first graphene layer, the semiconductor device further comprising an electrically insulating region contacting the second graphene layer and suitable for creating free charge carriers of a second type, opposite to the first type, in the second graphene layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicants: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. LEUVEN R&D, IMEC
    Inventors: Amirhasan Nourbakhsh, Mirco Cantoro, Cedric Huyghebaert, Marc Heyns, Stefan De Gendt
  • Patent number: 8576614
    Abstract: A tunnel transistor is provided including a drain, a source and at least a first gate for controlling current between the drain and the source, wherein the first sides of respectively the first and the second gate dielectric material are positioned substantially along and substantially contact respectively the first and the second semiconductor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Marc Heyns, Cedric Huyghebaert, Anne S. Verhulst, Daniele Leonelli, Rita Rooyackers, Wim Dehaene
  • Publication number: 20130064005
    Abstract: A tunnel transistor is provided comprising a drain, a source and at least a first gate for controlling current between the drain and the source, wherein the first sides of respectively the first and the second gate dielectric material are positioned substantially along and substantially contact respectively the first and the second semiconductor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. LEUVEN R&D, IMEC
    Inventors: Marc Heyns, Cedric Huyghebaert, Anne S. Verhulst, Daniele Leonelli, Rita Rooyackers, Wim Dehaene
  • Patent number: 8252659
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to method for producing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate (1), comprising active components on the surface of said substrate, depositing a top layer (2) of dielectric material on the surface of said substrate or on other dielectric layers present on said surface, etching at least one first opening (7) at least through said top layer, filling said opening(s) at least with a first conductive material (8), and performing a first CMP step, to form said first conductive structures (3,26), etching at least one second opening (13) at least through said top layer, filling said opening(s) at least with a second conductive material (10), and performing a second CMP step, to form said second conductive structures (4,24), wherein the method comprises the step of depositing a common CMP stopping layer (5,25) on said dielectric top layer, before the steps of etching and filling said first opening(s), so that said same CMP stopping layer is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: IMEC
    Inventors: Cedric Huyghebaert, Jan Vaes, Jan Van Olmen
  • Publication number: 20100133660
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to method for producing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate (1), comprising active components on the surface of said substrate, depositing a top layer (2) of dielectric material on the surface of said substrate or on other dielectric layers present on said surface, etching at least one first opening (7) at least through said top layer, filling said opening(s) at least with a first conductive material (8), and performing a first CMP step, to form said first conductive structures (3,26), etching at least one second opening (13) at least through said top layer, filling said opening(s) at least with a second conductive material (10), and performing a second CMP step, to form said second conductive structures (4,24), wherein the method comprises the step of depositing a common CMP stopping layer (5,25) on said dielectric top layer, before the steps of etching and filling said first opening(s), so that said same CMP stopping layer is
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: IMEC
    Inventors: Cedric Huyghebaert, Jan Vaes, Jan Van Olmen