Patents by Inventor Cedric THOMAS

Cedric THOMAS 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: 20230420225
    Abstract: A substrate processing method in a substrate processing apparatus includes (a) supplying a process gas that contains a gas containing halogen other than fluorine and a gas containing oxygen, to a processing container in which a stage is disposed, the stage being configured to place thereon a workpiece having an etching target film, (b) performing plasma processing on the workpiece by first plasma generated from the process gas under first plasma generation conditions, (c) performing plasma processing on the workpiece by second plasma generated from the process gas under second plasma generation conditions in which a condition of radio-frequency power and a processing time are different from those in the first plasma generation conditions, and other conditions are the same, and (d) repeating (b) and (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tejung HUANG, Shuhei OGAWA, Cedric THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20230268161
    Abstract: A method for processing a substrate includes: supplying a pulsed source RF signal to an antenna disposed above a chamber, the pulsed source RF signal including a plurality of source cycles each having a source operating state and a source non-operating state after the source operating period; and supplying a pulsed bias RF signal to a lower electrode disposed in a substrate support provided in the chamber, the pulsed bias RF signal including a plurality of bias cycles having a same pulse frequency as that of the plurality of source cycles, each bias cycle having a bias operating state during a bias operating period and a bias non-operating state during a bias non-operating period after the bias operating period. A transition timing to the bias operating state in each bias cycle is delayed with respect to a transition timing to the source operating state in a corresponding source cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Cedric THOMAS, Shihchin LEE
  • Publication number: 20210358715
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a plasma processing chamber; a substrate support disposed in the plasma processing chamber; a source RF generator coupled to the plasma processing chamber, and configured to generate a pulse source RF signal including a plurality of source cycles; and a bias RF generator coupled to the substrate support, and configured to generate a pulse bias RF signal. A transition timing to the bias operating state in each bias cycle is delayed with respect to a transition timing to the source operating state in a corresponding source cycle, the source non-operating period overlaps with the bias non-operating period, and the bias operating period in each bias cycle overlaps with the source operating period in the next source cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Cedric THOMAS, Shihchin LEE
  • Publication number: 20210050785
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a switched-mode power supply having a first operating phase during which the output node of the switched-mode power supply is coupled by an on switch to a source of a first reference voltage. The first operating phase is followed by a second operation phase during which the output node of the switched-mode power supply is in a high impedance state. While in the second operating phase, a capacitor connected to the output node of the switched-mode power supply at least partially discharges into a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Sebastien ORTET, Didier DAVINO, Cedric THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20210028687
    Abstract: The process for starting a power supply circuit which includes a switched-mode power supply is performed using: a first phase during which, if an output voltage of the switched-mode power supply is lower than a first voltage, the switched-mode power supply operates in pulse width modulation mode to increase its output voltage up to said first voltage; and when the output voltage has reached the first voltage, a second phase during which the switched-mode power supply operates in a bypass mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Sebastien ORTET, Cedric THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20200291893
    Abstract: A thrust reverser cascade for an aircraft nacelle includes a plurality of blades having a first and a second surface, the blades being connected to members connected to attachment flanges for attaching the thrust reverser cascade to the nacelle. At least one of the surfaces of the blades is covered with at least one layer of fibers, each layer including a plurality of fiber pieces which are pre-impregnated with resin. The fiber pieces are superimposed on one another, positioned parallel to the aerodynamic surface of the blade and oriented in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: SAFRAN, Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Géraldine OLIVEUX, Bertrand DESJOYEAUX, Cedric THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20200130292
    Abstract: A material of pre-impregnated woven fibers for a part is in the form of a fibrous mat having at least one layer of several pieces of fibrous fabric pre-impregnated with resin. At least one portion of the fabric has a low-shrinkage contexture. The pieces of fabric are positioned parallel with the plane (X, Y) of the fibrous mat and orientated in different directions in the plane (X, Y).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: SAFRAN, Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Bertrand DESJOYEAUX, Géraldine OLIVEUX, Cedric THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20200119644
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a switched-mode power supply having a first operating phase during which the output node of the switched-mode power supply is coupled by an on switch to a source of a first reference voltage. The first operating phase is followed by a second operation phase during which the output node of the switched-mode power supply is in a high impedance state. While in the second operating phase, a capacitor connected to the output node of the switched-mode power supply at least partially discharges into a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Sebastien ORTET, Didier DAVINO, Cedric THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20150377282
    Abstract: A method for producing by pultrusion a hollow main body of a rotary movement transmission shaft made of a composite material, the method including: impregnating a reinforcement; arranging a reinforcing fabric around a pultrusion chuck to wrap the pultrusion chuck, the fabric including circumferential fibers arranged in planes orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the chuck; and then depositing the impregnated reinforcement around the reinforcing fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Cedric THOMAS, Patrick DUNLEAVY, Wouter BALK