Patents by Inventor Gilles Horowitz

Gilles Horowitz 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).

  • Thin-layer field-effect transistors with MIS structure whose insulator and semiconductor are made of organic materials
    Patent number: 5347144
    Abstract: A thin-layer field-effect transistor (TFT) with an MIS structure includes a thin semiconductor layer between a source and a drain. The thin semiconductor layer is in contact with one surface of a thin layer made of insulating material, and in contact by its other surface with a conducting grid. The semiconductor is composed of at least one polyconjugated organic compound with a specific molecular weight. The polyconjugated organic compound or polyconjugated organic compounds contain at least 8 conjugated bonds and have a molecular weight of no greater than approximately 2,000. The thin layer of insulating material is made of an insulating organic polymer having a dielectric constant of at least equal to 5. The transistor is useful as a switching or amplifying element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Francis Garnier, Gilles Horowitz, Denis Fichou