Patents by Inventor Eric Butaud

Eric Butaud 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: 12424995
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure comprising a thin layer transferred onto a support provided with a charge trapping layer, the method comprising the following steps: —preparing the support comprising forming the trapping layer on a base substrate, the trapping layer having a hydrogen concentration of less than 10{circumflex over (?)}18 at/cm{circumflex over (?)}; —joining the support to a donor substrate by way of a dielectric layer having a hydrogen concentration of less than 10{circumflex over (?)}20 at/cm{circumflex over (?)}3 or comprising a barrier preventing the diffusion of hydrogen toward the trapping layer or having low hydrogen diffusivity; —removing part of the donor substrate to form the thin layer; the manufacturing method exposing the structure to a temperature below a maximum temperature of 1000° C. The present disclosure also relates to a structure obtained at the end of this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: SOITEC
    Inventors: Isabelle Bertrand, Alexis Drouin, Isabelle Huyet, Eric Butaud, Morgane Logiou
  • Publication number: 20250194423
    Abstract: A method for correcting the thickness of a piezoelectric layer arranged on a piezoelectric-on-insulator substrate comprises: measuring the thickness of at least one intermediate layer located between the piezoelectric layer and a carrier substrate; measuring the thickness of the piezoelectric layer; based on the measurements of the thickness of the at least one intermediate layer and of the piezoelectric layer and on a numerical model of at least one property of the piezoelectric layer as a function of a plurality of pairs of thicknesses of the piezoelectric layer and of the at least one intermediate layer, computing a thickness correction for the piezoelectric layer with a view to obtaining a target value for each property; and applying the thickness correction to the piezoelectric layer using a milling process in a topographically discriminating manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Alexis Drouin, Cédric Charles-Alfred, Isabelle Huyet, Eric Butaud
  • Publication number: 20240397825
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hybrid structure for a surface-acoustic-wave device comprising a useful layer of piezoelectric material joined to a carrier substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the useful layer; the hybrid structure comprising an intermediate layer located between the useful layer and the carrier substrate, the intermediate layer being a structured layer formed from at least two different materials comprising a plurality of periodic motifs in the plane of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Oleg Kononchuk, Eric Butaud, Eric Desbonnets
  • Patent number: 12108678
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hybrid structure for a surface-acoustic-wave device comprising a useful layer of piezoelectric material joined to a carrier substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the useful layer; the hybrid structure comprising an intermediate layer located between the useful layer and the carrier substrate, the intermediate layer being a structured layer formed from at least two different materials comprising a plurality of periodic motifs in the plane of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SOITEC
    Inventors: Oleg Kononchuk, Eric Butaud, Eric Desbonnets
  • Publication number: 20240030883
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric structure comprises providing a substrate of piezoelectric material, providing a carrier substrate, depositing a dielectric bonding layer at a temperature lower than or equal to 300° C. on a single side of the substrate of piezoelectric material, a step of joining the substrate of piezoelectric material to the carrier substrate via the dielectric bonding layer, a thinning step for forming the piezoelectric structure, which comprises a layer of piezoelectric material joined to a carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Arnaud Castex, Laurence Doutre-Roussel, Eric Butaud, Brice Tavel
  • Publication number: 20220247374
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure comprising a thin layer transferred onto a support provided with a charge trapping layer, the method comprising the following steps: —preparing the support comprising forming the trapping layer on a base substrate, the trapping layer having a hydrogen concentration of less than 10{circumflex over (?)}18 at/cm{circumflex over (?)}; —joining the support to a donor substrate by way of a dielectric layer having a hydrogen concentration of less than 10{circumflex over (?)}20 at/cm{circumflex over (?)}3 or comprising a barrier preventing the diffusion of hydrogen toward the trapping layer or having low hydrogen diffusivity; —removing part of the donor substrate to form the thin layer; the manufacturing method exposing the structure to a temperature below a maximum temperature of 1000° C. The present disclosure also relates to a structure obtained at the end of this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Isabelle Bertrand, Alexis Drouin, Isabelle Huyet, Eric Butaud, Morgane Logiou
  • Publication number: 20220158080
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hybrid structure for a surface-acoustic-wave device comprising a useful layer of piezoelectric material joined to a carrier substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the useful layer; the hybrid structure comprising an intermediate layer located between the useful layer and the carrier substrate, the intermediate layer being a structured layer formed from at least two different materials comprising a plurality of periodic motifs in the plane of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Oleg Kononchuk, Eric Butaud, Eric Desbonnets
  • Patent number: 11335847
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hybrid structure for a surface-acoustic-wave device comprising a useful layer of piezoelectric material joined to a carrier substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the useful layer; the hybrid structure comprising an intermediate layer located between the useful layer and the carrier substrate, the intermediate layer being a structured layer formed from at least two different materials comprising a plurality of periodic motifs in the plane of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Oleg Kononchuk, Eric Butaud, Eric Desbonnets
  • Publication number: 20190036007
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hybrid structure for a surface-acoustic-wave device comprising a useful layer of piezoelectric material joined to a carrier substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the useful layer; the hybrid structure comprising an intermediate layer located between the useful layer and the carrier substrate, the intermediate layer being a structured layer formed from at least two different materials comprising a plurality of periodic motifs in the plane of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Soitec
    Inventors: Oleg KONONCHUK, Eric BUTAUD, Eric DESBONNETS
  • Patent number: 9911641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate, characterized in that it comprises providing at least one donor semiconductor substrate comprising at least one useful silicon layer; inspecting the donor substrate via an inspecting machine in order to detect whether the useful layer contains emerging cavities of a size larger than or equal to a critical size, said critical size being strictly smaller than 44 nm; and manufacturing a semiconductor substrate comprising at least part of the useful layer of the donor substrate if, considering cavities of a size larger than or equal to the critical size, the density or number of cavities in the useful layer of the donor substrate is lower than or equal to a critical defect density or number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Francois Boedt, Roland Brun, Olivier Ledoux, Eric Butaud
  • Publication number: 20140346639
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate, characterized in that it comprises providing at least one donor semiconductor substrate comprising at least one useful silicon layer; inspecting the donor substrate via an inspecting machine in order to detect whether the useful layer contains emerging cavities of a size larger than or equal to a critical size, said critical size being strictly smaller than 44 nm; and manufacturing a semiconductor substrate comprising at least part of the useful layer of the donor substrate if, considering cavities of a size larger than or equal to the critical size, the density or number of cavities in the useful layer of the donor substrate is lower than or equal to a critical defect density or number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Francois Boedt, Roland Brun, Olivier Ledoux, Eric Butaud