Patents by Inventor Eric Desbonnets

Eric Desbonnets 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: 12603629
    Abstract: A composite structure for an acoustic wave device comprising a heterostructure includes: a useful layer of piezoelectric material, having a first face and a second face, the first face being arranged at a first bonding interface on a support substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion less than that of the useful layer, wherein the composite structure further comprises a functional layer, an entire surface of which is arranged at a second bonding interface on the second face of the useful layer and having a coefficient of thermal expansion less than that of the useful layer. Methods are used for producing such a composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Pascal Guenard, Ionut Radu, Didier Landru, Eric Desbonnets
  • Publication number: 20260026321
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer semiconductor-on-insulator structure, comprising, successively from a rear face toward a front face of the structure: a semiconductor carrier substrate with high electrical resistivity, whose electrical resistivity is between 500 ?·cm and 30 k?·cm, a first electrically insulating layer, an intermediate layer, a second electrically insulating layer, which has a thickness less than that of the first electrically insulating layer, an active semiconductor layer, the multilayer structure comprises: at least one FD-SOI region, in which the intermediate layer is an intermediate first semiconductor layer, at least one RF-SOI region, adjacent to the FD-SOI region, in which the intermediate layer is a third electrically insulating layer, the RF-SOI region comprising at least one radiofrequency component plumb with the third electrically insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Yvan Morandini, Walter Schwarzenbach, Frédéric Allibert, Eric Desbonnets, Bich-Yen Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12476134
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer semiconductor-on-insulator structure, comprising, successively from a rear face toward a front face of the structure: a semiconductor carrier substrate with high electrical resistivity, whose electrical resistivity is between 500 ?·cm and 30 k?·cm, a first electrically insulating layer, an intermediate layer, a second electrically insulating layer, which has a thickness less than that of the first electrically insulating layer, an active semiconductor layer, the multilayer structure comprises: at least one FD-SOI region, in which the intermediate layer is an intermediate first semiconductor layer, at least one RF-SOI region, adjacent to the FD-SOI region, in which the intermediate layer is a third electrically insulating layer, the RF-SOI region comprising at least one radiofrequency component plumb with the third electrically insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Yvan Morandini, Walter Schwarzenbach, Frédéric Allibert, Eric Desbonnets, Bich-Yen Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12418120
    Abstract: A structure for radiofrequency applications includes a high-resistivity support substrate having a front face defining a main plane, a charge-trapping layer disposed on the front face of the support substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed on the charge-trapping layer, an active layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, at least one buried electrode disposed above or in the charge-trapping layer. The buried electrode comprises a conductive layer and a second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Eric Desbonnets, Bernard Aspar
  • 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: 12143093
    Abstract: A substrate for a surface acoustic wave device or bulk acoustic wave device, comprising a support substrate and an piezoelectric layer on the support substrate, wherein the support substrate comprises a semiconductor layer on a stiffening substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is closer to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the material of the piezoelectric layer than that of silicon, the semiconductor layer being arranged between the piezoelectric layer and the stiffening substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Marcel Broekaart, Thierry Barge, Pascal Guenard, Ionut Radu, Eric Desbonnets, Oleg Kononchuk
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11923239
    Abstract: Substrates for microelectronic radiofrequency devices may include a substrate comprising a semiconductor material. Trenches may be located in an upper surface of the substrate, at least some of the trenches including a filler material located within the respective trench. A resistivity of the filler material may be 10 kOhms·cm or greater. A piezoelectric material may be located on or above the upper surface of the substrate. Methods of making substrates for microelectronic radiofrequency devices may involve forming trenches in an upper surface of a substrate including a semiconductor material. A filler material may be placed in at least some of the trenches, and a piezoelectric material may be placed on or above the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Eric Desbonnets, Ionut Radu, Oleg Kononchuk, Jean-Pierre Raskin
  • Publication number: 20230378931
    Abstract: A substrate for a surface acoustic wave device or bulk acoustic wave device, comprising a support substrate and an piezoelectric layer on the support substrate, wherein the support substrate comprises a semiconductor layer on a stiffening substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is closer to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the material of the piezoelectric layer than that of silicon, the semiconductor layer being arranged between the piezoelectric layer and the stiffening substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Marcel Broekaart, Thierry Barge, Pascal Guenard, Ionut Radu, Eric Desbonnets, Oleg Kononchuk
  • Patent number: 11711065
    Abstract: A substrate for a surface acoustic wave device or bulk acoustic wave device, comprising a support substrate and an piezoelectric layer on the support substrate, wherein the support substrate comprises a semiconductor layer on a stiffening substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is closer to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the material of the piezoelectric layer than that of silicon, the semiconductor layer being arranged between the piezoelectric layer and the stiffening substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Marcel Broekaart, Thierry Barge, Pascal Guenard, Ionut Radu, Eric Desbonnets, Oleg Kononchuk
  • Publication number: 20220368036
    Abstract: A structure for radiofrequency applications includes a high-resistivity support substrate having a front face defining a main plane, a charge-trapping layer disposed on the front face of the support substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed on the charge-trapping layer, an active layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, at least one buried electrode disposed above or in the charge-trapping layer. The buried electrode comprises a conductive layer and a second dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Desbonnets, Bernard Aspar
  • Patent number: 11502428
    Abstract: A structure for radiofrequency applications includes a high-resistivity support substrate having a front face defining a main plane, a charge-trapping layer disposed on the front face of the support substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed on the charge-trapping layer, an active layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, at least one buried electrode disposed above or in the charge-trapping layer. The buried electrode comprises a conductive layer and a second dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Eric Desbonnets, Bernard Aspar
  • Publication number: 20220277988
    Abstract: Substrates for microelectronic radiofrequency devices may include a substrate comprising a semiconductor material. Trenches may be located in an upper surface of the substrate, at least some of the trenches including a filler material located within the respective trench. A resistivity of the filler material may be 10 kOhms·cm or greater. A piezoelectric material may be located on or above the upper surface of the substrate. Methods of making substrates for microelectronic radiofrequency devices may involve forming trenches in an upper surface of a substrate including a semiconductor material. A filler material may be placed in at least some of the trenches, and a piezoelectric material may be placed on or above the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Desbonnets, Ionut Radu, Oleg Kononchuk, Jean-Pierre Raskin
  • Patent number: 11367650
    Abstract: Substrates for microelectronic radiofrequency devices may include a substrate comprising a semiconductor material. Trenches may be located in an upper surface of the substrate, at least some of the trenches including a filler material located within the respective trench. A resistivity of the filler material may be 10 kOhms·cm or greater. A piezoelectric material may be located on or above the upper surface of the substrate. Methods of making substrates for microelectronic radiofrequency devices may involve forming trenches in an upper surface of a substrate including a semiconductor material. A filler material may be placed in at least some of the trenches, and a piezoelectric material may be placed on or above the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Eric Desbonnets, Ionut Radu, Oleg Kononchuk, Jean-Pierre Raskin
  • 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: 20220076992
    Abstract: A semiconductor-on-insulator multilayer structure, comprises: —a stack, called the back stack, of the following layers from a back side to a front side of the structure: a semiconductor carrier substrate the electrical resistivity of which is between 500 ?·cm and 30 k?·cm, a first electrically insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer, —at least one trench isolation that extends through the back stack at least down to the first electrically insulating layer), and that electrically isolates two adjacent regions of the multilayer structure, the multilayer structure being characterized in that it further comprises at least one FD-SOI first region, and at least one RF-SOI second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Soitec
    Inventors: Yvan Morandini, Walter Schwarzenbach, Frédéric Allibert, Eric Desbonnets, Bich-Yen Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20220076993
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer semiconductor-on-insulator structure, comprising, successively from a rear face toward a front face of the structure: a semiconductor carrier substrate with high electrical resistivity, whose electrical resistivity is between 500 ?·cm and 30 k?·cm, a first electrically insulating layer, an intermediate layer, a second electrically insulating layer, which has a thickness less than that of the first electrically insulating layer, an active semiconductor layer, the multilayer structure comprises: at least one FD-SOI region, in which the intermediate layer is an intermediate first semiconductor layer, at least one RF-SOI region, adjacent to the FD-SOI region, in which the intermediate layer is a third electrically insulating layer, the RF-SOI region comprising at least one radiofrequency component plumb with the third electrically insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yvan Morandini, Walter Schwarzenbach, Frédéric Allibert, Eric Desbonnets, Bich-Yen Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20210280990
    Abstract: A structure for radiofrequency applications includes a high-resistivity support substrate having a front face defining a main plane, a charge-trapping layer disposed on the front face of the support substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed on the charge-trapping layer, an active layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, at least one buried electrode disposed above or in the charge-trapping layer. The buried electrode comprises a conductive layer and a second dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Desbonnets, Bernard Aspar
  • Patent number: RE49365
    Abstract: A structure for radiofrequency applications includes: a support substrate of high-resistivity silicon comprising a lower part and an upper part having undergone a p-type doping to a depth D; a mesoporous trapping layer of silicon formed in the doped upper part of the support substrate. The depth D is less than 1 micron and the trapping layer has a porosity rate of between 20% and 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Oleg Kononchuk, William Van Den Daele, Eric Desbonnets