Patents by Inventor Jacques Maille

Jacques Maille 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).

  • Process for manufacturing a matrix infrared detector with illumination by the front face
    Patent number: 4532699
    Abstract: A parallelepipedic detection wafer of type p made of Hg Cd Te is taken, islets or raised zones are formed from the front face and their structure is rounded, zones of type n are diffused from the front face, in order to form junctions, metallic contact terminals are formed from the front face up to the bottom level of the raised zones, the detection wafer is thinned from the rear face, the terminals are isolated, the pieces of raised zones are attached by the rear face on a processing wafer and the terminals are welded on metallization zones of the processing wafer. The invention enables an infrared detector for camera to be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme de Telecommunications
    Inventors: Michel Bourdillot, Andre Gauthier, Jacques Maille, Bernard Pitault