Patents by Inventor Enrico Laurin

Enrico Laurin 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: 6830951
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a light sensor device in a standard CMOS process, including at least the following phases: implanting active areas on a semiconductor substrate to obtain at least a first, a second and a third integrated region of corresponding photosensors; forming a stack of layers of different thickness and refractive index layers over the photosensors to provide an interferential filter for said photosensors. The stack is obtained by a deposition of a first oxide stack including a first, a second and a third oxide layer over at least one photosensor; moreover, this third oxide layer is obtained by a deposition step of an protecting undoped premetal dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Enrico Laurin, Matteo Bordogna, Oreste Bernardi
  • Publication number: 20030087486
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a light sensor device in a standard CMOS process, including at least the following phases: implanting active areas on a semiconductor substrate to obtain at least a first, a second and a third integrated region of corresponding photosensors; forming a stack of layers of different thickness and refractive index layers over the photosensors to provide an interferential filter for said photosensors. The stack is obtained by a deposition of a first oxide stack including a first, a second and a third oxide layer over at least one photosensor; moreover, this third oxide layer is obtained by a deposition step of an protecting undoped premetal dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Enrico Laurin, Matteo Bordogna, Oreste Bernardi
  • Patent number: 6538267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a light sensor device in a standard CMOS process, including, implanting active areas on a semiconductor substrate to obtain a first integrated region of a corresponding photosensor; and forming a stack of layers having different thickness and refractive index layers over the photosensor to provide interferential filters for the same photosensor. At least one of the above mentioned layers is formed by a transparent metallic oxide having a high refraction index and a corresponding high dielectric constant. In this manner, due to the transparency of the high refraction index material, the design of interferential resonators is rendered more flexible making possible the use of a stack of layers including more than one high refraction index layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Matteo Bordogna, Enrico Laurin, Oreste Bernardi
  • Patent number: 6352876
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a light sensor device in a standard CMOS process, including, implanting active areas on a semiconductor substrate to obtain a first integrated region of a corresponding photosensor; and forming a stack of layers having different thickness and refractive index layers over the photosensor to provide interferential filters for the same photosensor. At least one of the above mentioned layers is formed by a transparent metallic oxide having a high refraction index and a corresponding high dielectric constant. In this manner, due to the transparency of the high refraction index material, the design of interferential resonators is rendered more flexible making possible the use of a stack of layers including more than one high refraction index layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Matteo Bordogna, Enrico Laurin, Oreste Bernardi
  • Publication number: 20020019070
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a light sensor device in a standard CMOS process, including at least the following phases: implanting active areas on a semiconductor substrate to obtain at least a first, a second and a third integrated region of corresponding photosensors; forming a stack of layers of different thickness and refractive index layers over the photosensors to provide an interferential filter to said photosensors. The stack is obtained by a deposition of a first oxide stack including a first, a second and a third oxide layer over at least one photosensor; moreover, this third oxide layer is obtained by a deposition step of an protecting undoped premetal dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: ENRICO LAURIN, MATTEO BORDOGNA, ORESTE BERNARDI
  • Publication number: 20020011638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a light sensor device in a standard CMOS process, including, implanting active areas on a semiconductor substrate to obtain a first integrated region of a corresponding photosensor; and forming a stack of layers having different thickness and refractive index layers over the photosensor to provide interferential filters for the same photosensor. At least one of the above mentioned layers is formed by a transparent metallic oxide having a high refraction index and a corresponding high dielectric constant. In this manner, due to the transparency of the high refraction index material, the design of interferential resonators is rendered more flexible making possible the use of a stack of layers including more than one high refraction index layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Matteo Bordogna, Enrico Laurin, Oreste Bernardi
  • Patent number: 5663080
    Abstract: A process for producing integrated circuits including the steps of: selectively growing field insulating regions of insulating material extending partly inside a substrate having a given type of conductivity; depositing a polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate; shaping the polycrystalline silicon layer through a mask; and selectively implanting ions of the same conductivity type as the substrate, using the shaping mask, through the field insulating regions. The implanted ions penetrate the substrate and form channel stopper regions beneath the field insulating regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, S.r.L.
    Inventors: Manlio Sergio Cereda, Giancarlo Ginami, Enrico Laurin, Andrea Ravaglia
  • Patent number: 5486487
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a low-capacitance programmed cell structure for read-only memory circuits comprises a field-effect transistor having conventional source and drain regions separated by a channel region overlaid by the gate of the transistor. This ROM memory cell is programmed by a channel implant extending only from the source region for a selected distance into the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Ginami, Enrico Laurin, Silvia Lucherini, Bruno Vajana