Patents by Inventor Frédéric Mazen

Frédéric Mazen 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: 9761607
    Abstract: A method for producing a microelectronic device is provided, including forming on an insulating layer of a semi-conductor on insulator type substrate, a first semi-conductor block covered with a first strain zone configured to induce a compressive strain in the first block and a second semi-conductor block covered with a second strain zone configured to induce a tensile strain in the second block, the first block and the second block each being formed of a lower region based on amorphous semi-conductor material, covered with an upper region of crystalline semi-conductor material in contact with one of the strain zones; and recrystallizing the lower region of the first and second blocks while using the upper region of crystalline material as starting zone for a recrystallization front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Shay Reboh, Perrine Batude, Sylvain Maitrejean, Frederic Mazen
  • Patent number: 9698289
    Abstract: A method for detaching a self-supporting layer of silicon of crystalline orientation <100>, particularly with the aim of applications in the field of photovoltaics, wherein the method includes the steps of: a) Implanting ionic species in a substrate made of silicon having a crystalline orientation <100> so as to create an embrittlement plane in the substrate, delimiting on both sides a self-supporting layer and a negative of the substrate, and b) Applying a heat treatment to the substrate implanted at step a) with a temperature ramp greater than 30° C./s so as to detach the self-supporting layer of silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Carole Braley, Frédéric Mazen
  • Patent number: 9589830
    Abstract: A method for transferring a useful layer onto a support includes the following processes: formation of a fragilization plane through the implantation of light species into a first substrate in such a way as to form a useful layer between this plane and a surface of the first substrate; application of the support onto the surface of the first substrate to form an assembly to be fractured having two exposed sides; thermal fragilization treatment of the assembly to be fractured; and initiation and self-sustained propagation of a fracture wave in the first substrate along the fragilization plane. At least one of the sides of the assembly to be fractured is in close contact, over a contact zone, with an absorbent element suitable for capturing and dissipating acoustic vibrations emitted during the initiation and/or propagation of the fracture wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: Soitec, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Didier Landru, Oleg Kononchuk, Nadia Ben Mohamed, Damien Massy, Frederic Mazen, Francois Rieutord
  • Publication number: 20160300927
    Abstract: Method including the steps consisting in: forming source and drain semiconductor blocks comprising a first layer based on a first crystalline semiconductor material surmounted by a second layer (16) based on a second crystalline semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material, making amorphous and selectively doping the second layer (16) by means of one or more implantation(s), carrying out a recrystallisation of the second layer and an activation of dopants by means of at least one thermal annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Shay REBOH, Perrine BATUDE, Frederic MAZEN, Benoit SKLENARD
  • Patent number: 9427948
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flexible structure including implanting ionic species in first and second source substrates so as to form first and second embrittlement regions respectively, delimiting first and second thin films, providing a flexible substrate, the stiffness R of which is less than or equal to 107 GPa·?m3, securing the first and second thin films to the first and second faces of the flexible substrate respectively so as to form a stack including the flexible structure delimited by the first and second embrittlement regions, the flexible structure having a stiffening effect suitable for allowing transfers of the first and second thin films, and applying a thermal budget so as to transfer the first and second thin films onto the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: COMMISSARIATE A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Hubert Moriceau, Maxime Argoud, Frank Fournel, Frederic Mazen, Christophe Morales
  • Patent number: 9343375
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a transistor on a layer made of a first crystalline semiconducting material to make a channel, deposited on a dielectric layer, the method including the following steps: epitaxial growth of zones made of a second semiconducting material on the layer made of a first crystalline semiconducting material, so as to form source and drain blocks with the layer made of a first crystalline semiconducting material on each side of the channel, the second semiconducting material having a lattice parameter different from that of the first semiconducting material, in-depth amorphization of part of zones made of a second semiconducting material so as to keep only one layer of second crystalline semiconducting material on the surface of the source and drain blocks, and amorphization of zones of the layer made of a first semiconducting material located under zones made of a second semiconducting material, recrystallization of the source and drain blocks such that the second semiconducting material i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventors: Perrine Batude, Frederic Mazen, Shay Reboh, Benoit Sklenard
  • Patent number: 9246006
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a transistor is provided, including amorphization and doping, by one or more localized implantations, of given regions of source and drain blocks based on crystalline semi-conductor material disposed on an insulating layer of a semi-conductor on insulator substrate, the implantations being carried out so as to conserve at a surface of said blocks zones of crystalline semi-conductor material on regions of amorphous semi-conductor material; and recrystallization of at least one portion of said given regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, STMICROELECTRONICS SA
    Inventors: Perrine Batude, Frederic Mazen, Benoit Sklenard, Shay Reboh
  • Publication number: 20160020153
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a transistor on a layer made of a first crystalline semiconducting material to make a channel, deposited on a dielectric layer, the method including the following steps: epitaxial growth of zones made of a second semiconducting material on the layer made of a first crystalline semiconducting material, so as to form source and drain blocks with the layer made of a first crystalline semiconducting material on each side of the channel, the second semiconducting material having a lattice parameter different from that of the first semiconducting material, in-depth amorphisation of part of zones made of a second semiconducting material so as to keep only one layer of second crystalline semiconducting material on the surface of the source and drain blocks, and amorphisation of zones of the layer made of a first semiconducting material located under zones made of a second semiconducting material, recrystallisation of the source and drain blocks such that the second semiconducting material i
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Perrine BATUDE, Frederic MAZEN, Shay REBOH, Benoit SKLENARD
  • Patent number: 9201023
    Abstract: This system for measuring the propagation of a zone of separation between a first portion and a second portion of at least one substrate includes: a module for emitting at least two incident beams each of which illuminates a separate point on the substrate, the at least two incident beams being able to pass through the first portion and the zone of separation and meet the second portion in such a way that each of them generates at least one first emergent beam Fe originating from the interface between the first portion and the zone of separation, and at least one second emergent beam originating from the interface between the zone of separation and the second portion; a detecting module for detecting light intensity values resulting from interference between the first and second emergent beams; and a computer for determining the conditions of the propagation of the zone of separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Frédéric Mazen, François Rieutord, Jean-Daniel Penot, Philippe Montmayeul
  • Publication number: 20150303098
    Abstract: A method for transferring a useful layer onto a support includes the following processes: formation of a fragilization plane through the implantation of light species into a first substrate in such a way as to form a useful layer between this plane and a surface of the first substrate; application of the support onto the surface of the first substrate to form an assembly to be fractured having two exposed sides; thermal fragilization treatment of the assembly to be fractured; and initiation and self-sustained propagation of a fracture wave in the first substrate along the fragilization plane. At least one of the sides of the assembly to be fractured is in close contact, over a contact zone, with an absorbent element suitable for capturing and dissipating acoustic vibrations emitted during the initiation and/or propagation of the fracture wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Didier Landru, Oleg Kononchuk, Nadia Ben Mohamed, Damien Massy, Frederic Mazen, Francois Rieutord
  • Patent number: 9105688
    Abstract: A process for forming a layer (26) of semiconductor material from a substrate (20), or donor substrate, made of the same semiconductor material is described, comprising: formation in said donor substrate of a high lithium concentration zone (22), with a concentration between 5×1018 atoms/cm3 and 5×1020 atoms/cm3, then a hydrogen implantation (24) in the donor substrate, in, or in the vicinity of, the high lithium concentration zone, application of a stiffener (19) with the donor substrate, application of a thermal budget to result in the detachment of the layer (34) defined by the implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Aurelie Tauzin, Frederic Mazen
  • Publication number: 20150194550
    Abstract: A method for detaching a self-supporting layer of silicon of crystalline orientation <100>, particularly with the aim of applications in the field of photovoltaics, wherein the method includes the steps of: a) Implanting ionic species in a substrate made of silicon having a crystalline orientation <100> so as to create an embrittlement plane in the substrate, delimiting on both sides a self-supporting layer and a negative of the substrate, and b) Applying a heat treatment to the substrate implanted at step a) with a temperature ramp greater than 30° C./s so as to detach the self-supporting layer of silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Carole Braley, Frédéric Mazen
  • Publication number: 20150179665
    Abstract: Method for producing a microelectronic device comprising: a) the formation on an insulating layer of a semi-conductor on insulator type substrate, a first semi-conductor block covered with a first strain zone adapted to induce a compressive strain in said first block and a second semi-conductor block covered with a second strain zone adapted to induce a tensile strain in said second block, the first block and the second block each being formed of a lower region based on amorphous semi-conductor material, covered with an upper region of crystalline semi-conductor material in contact with one of said strain zones, b) the re-crystallization of said lower region of said first block and of said second block while using said upper region of crystalline material as starting zone for a recrystallization front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
    Inventors: Shay REBOH, Perrine BATUDE, Sylvain MAITREJEAN, Frederic MAZEN
  • Publication number: 20150055122
    Abstract: This system for measuring the propagation of a zone of separation between a first portion and a second portion of at least one substrate includes: a module for emitting at least two incident beams each of which illuminates a separate point on the substrate, the at least two incident beams being able to pass through the first portion and the zone of separation and meet the second portion in such a way that each of them generates at least one first emergent beam Fe originating from the interface between the first portion and the zone of separation, and at least one second emergent beam originating from the interface between the zone of separation and the second portion; a detecting module for detecting light intensity values resulting from interference between the first and second emergent beams; and a computer for determining the conditions of the propagation of the zone of separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Frèdèric MAZEN, François RIEUTORD, Jean-Daniel PENOT, Philippe MONTMAYEUL
  • Publication number: 20150044828
    Abstract: A Method for manufacturing a transistor comprising: a) amorphization and doping, by means of one or more localised implantation(s), of given regions of source and drain blocks based on crystalline semi-conductor material lying on an insulating layer of a semi-conductor on insulator substrate, the implantation(s) being carried out so as to conserve at the surface of said blocks zones of crystalline semi-conductor material on the regions of amorphous semi-conductor material, b) recrystallization of at least one portion of said given regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicants: COMMISARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT, STMICROELECTRONICS SA
    Inventors: Perrine BATUDE, Frederic Mazen, Benoit Sklenard
  • Patent number: 8778775
    Abstract: A method for preparing a thin layer of GaN from a starting substrate in which at least one thick surface area extending along a free face of the starting substrate includes GaN, where the method includes bombarding the free face of the substrate with helium and hydrogen atoms, the helium being implanted first into the thickness of the thick surface area and the hydrogen being implanted thereafter, and where the helium and hydrogen doses each vary between 1.1017 atoms/cm2 and 4.1017 atoms/cm2. The starting substrate is subjected to a rupture process in order to induce the separation, relative to a residue of the starting substrate, of the entire portion of the thick area located between the free face and the helium and hydrogen implantation depth. The helium is advantageously implanted in a dose at least equal to that of hydrogen, and can also be implanted alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Aurélie Tauzin, Jérôme Dechamp, Frédéric Mazen, Florence Madeira
  • Publication number: 20140113434
    Abstract: A process for forming a layer (26) of semiconductor material from a substrate (20), or donor substrate, made of the same semiconductor material is described, comprising: formation in said donor substrate of a high lithium concentration zone (22), with a concentration between 5×1018 atoms/cm3 and 5×1020 atoms/cm3, then a hydrogen implantation (24) in the donor substrate, in, or in the vicinity of, the high lithium concentration zone, application of a stiffener (19) with the donor substrate, application of a thermal budget to result in the detachment of the layer (34) defined by the implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux ene alt
    Inventors: Aurelie Tauzin, Frederic Mazen
  • Patent number: 8293620
    Abstract: A method of implanting atoms and/or ions into a substrate, including: a) a first implantation of ions or atoms at a first depth in the substrate, to form a first implantation plane, b) at least one second implantation of ions or atoms at a second depth in the substrate, which is different from the first depth, to form at least one second implantation plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, S.O.I. TEC Silicon On Insulator Technologies
    Inventors: Thomas Signamarcheix, Chrystel Deguet, Frederic Mazen
  • Publication number: 20110129988
    Abstract: A method of implanting atoms and/or ions into a substrate, including: a) a first implantation of ions or atoms at a first depth in the substrate, to form a first implantation plane, b) at least one second implantation of ions or atoms at a second depth in the substrate, which is different from the first depth, to form at least one second implantation plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT, S.O.I. TEC SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Thomas Signamarcheix, Chrystel Deguet, Frederic Mazen
  • Patent number: 7943402
    Abstract: A method of characterizing an ion implantation process, the method including a first step of producing a PN junction degraded by the ion implantation of species, the species implantation being obtained by the ion implantation process to be characterized; a second step of measuring a parameter representative of an electrical conduction of the degraded PN junction and a dispersion of the parameter on a surface on which the degraded PN junction is produced, the parameter and the dispersion forming a reference parameter and a reference dispersion, the first and second steps being repeated in time so as to follow the evolution of the parameter representative of electrical conduction with relation to the reference parameter and the dispersion of the representative parameter with relation to the reference dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Frédéric Milesi, Frédéric Mazen