Patents by Inventor Hugues Leininger

Hugues Leininger 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: 10199413
    Abstract: A color image sensor including an array of pixels is formed in a semiconductor layer having a back side that receives an illumination. Insulated conductive walls penetrate into the semiconductor layer from the back side and separate the pixels from one another. For each pixel, a color pixel penetrates into from 5 to 30% of a thickness of the semiconductor layer from the back side and occupies at least 90% of the surface area delimited by the walls. An electrically-conductive layer extends from the lateral wall of the filter all the way to the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS SA, STMICROELECTRONICS(CROLLES 2) SAS
    Inventors: Axel Crocherie, Jean-Pierre Oddou, Stéphane Allegret-Maret, Hugues Leininger
  • Publication number: 20180102387
    Abstract: A color image sensor including an array of pixels is formed in a semiconductor layer having a back side that receives an illumination. Insulated conductive walls penetrate into the semiconductor layer from the back side and separate the pixels from one another. For each pixel, a color pixel penetrates into from 5 to 30% of a thickness of the semiconductor layer from the back side and occupies at least 90% of the surface area delimited by the walls. An electrically-conductive layer extends from the lateral wall of the filter all the way to the walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Axel Crocherie, Jean-Pierre Oddou, Stéphane Allegret-Maret, Hugues Leininger
  • Patent number: 9859319
    Abstract: A color image sensor including an array of pixels is formed in a semiconductor layer having a back side that receives an illumination. Insulated conductive walls penetrate into the semiconductor layer from the back side and separate the pixels from one another. For each pixel, a color pixel penetrates into from 5 to 30% of a thickness of the semiconductor layer from the back side and occupies at least 90% of the surface area delimited by the walls. An electrically-conductive layer extends from the lateral wall of the filter all the way to the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventors: Axel Crocherie, Jean-Pierre Oddou, Stéphane Allegret-Maret, Hugues Leininger
  • Publication number: 20160233258
    Abstract: A color image sensor including an array of pixels is formed in a semiconductor layer having a back side that receives an illumination. Insulated conductive walls penetrate into the semiconductor layer from the back side and separate the pixels from one another. For each pixel, a color pixel penetrates into from 5 to 30% of a thickness of the semiconductor layer from the back side and occupies at least 90% of the surface area delimited by the walls. An electrically-conductive layer extends from the lateral wall of the filter all the way to the walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Axel CROCHERIE, Jean-Pierre ODDOU, Stéphane ALLEGRET-MARET, Hugues LEININGER
  • Patent number: 8044443
    Abstract: A method for producing a photosensitive integrated circuit including producing circuit control transistors, producing, above the control transistors, and between at least one upper electrode and at least one lower electrode, at least one photodiode, by amorphous silicon layers into which photons from incident electromagnetic radiation are absorbed, producing at least one passivation layer, between the lower electrode and the control transistors, and producing, between the control transistors and the external surface of the integrated circuit, a reflective layer capable of reflecting photons not absorbed by the amorphous silicon layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jérôme Alieu, Simon Guillaumet, Christophe Legendre, Hugues Leininger, Jean-Pierre Oddou, Marc Vincent
  • Publication number: 20070138470
    Abstract: A method for producing a photosensitive integrated circuit including producing circuit control transistors, producing, above the control transistors, and between at least one upper electrode and at least one lower electrode, at least one photodiode, by amorphous silicon layers into which photons from incident electromagnetic radiation are absorbed, producing at least one passivation layer, between the lower electrode and the control transistors, and producing, between the control transistors and the external surface of the integrated circuit, a reflective layer capable of reflecting photons not absorbed by the amorphous silicon layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Jerome Alieu, Simon Guillaumet, Christophe Legendre, Hugues Leininger, Jean-Pierre Oddou, Marc Vincent