Patents by Inventor James Gregory Couillard

James Gregory Couillard 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).

  • Publication number: 20110053344
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for producing a semiconductor on glass (SOG) structure include: bringing a first surface of a glass substrate into direct or indirect contact with a semiconductor wafer; heating at least one of the glass substrate and the semiconductor wafer such that a second surface of the glass substrate, opposite to the first surface thereof, is at a lower temperature than the first surface; applying a voltage potential across the glass substrate and the semiconductor wafer; and maintaining the contact, heating and voltage to induce an anodic bond between the semiconductor wafer and the glass substrate via electrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: James Gregory Couillard
  • Patent number: 7816225
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure, including subjecting a implantation surface of a donor semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation step to create a weakened slice in cross-section defining an exfoliation layer of the donor semiconductor wafer; and subjecting the donor semiconductor wafer to a spatial variation step, either before, during or after the ion implantation step, such that at least one parameter of the weakened slice varies spatially across the weakened slice in at least one of X-and Y-axial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Sarko Cherekdjian, Jeffrey Scott Cites, James Gregory Couillard, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Michael John Moore, Alex Usenko
  • Publication number: 20100221927
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure, including subjecting a implantation surface of a donor semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation step to create a weakened slice in cross-section defining an exfoliation layer of the donor semiconductor wafer; and subjecting the donor semiconductor wafer to a spatial variation step, either before, during or after the ion implantation step, such that at least one parameter of the weakened slice varies spatially across the weakened slice in at least one of X- and Y-axial directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Sarko Cherekdjian, Jeffrey Scott Cites, James Gregory Couillard, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Michael John Moore, Alex Usenko
  • Publication number: 20100112785
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure, including subjecting a implantation surface of a donor semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation step to create a weakened slice in cross-section defining an exfoliation layer of the donor semiconductor wafer; and subjecting the donor semiconductor wafer to a spatial variation step, either before, during or after the ion implantation step, such that at least one parameter of the weakened slice varies spatially across the weakened slice in at least one of X- and Y-axial directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Sarko Cherekdjian, Jeffrey Scott Cites, James Gregory Couillard, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Michael John Moore, Alex Usenko
  • Publication number: 20100112825
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure, including subjecting a implantation surface of a donor semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation step to create a weakened slice in cross-section defining an exfoliation layer of the donor semiconductor wafer; and subjecting the donor semiconductor wafer to a spatial variation step, either before, during or after the ion implantation step, such that at least one parameter of the weakened slice varies spatially across the weakened slice in at least one of X- and Y-axial directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Sarko Cherekdjian, Jeffrey Scott Cites, James Gregory Couillard, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Michael John Moore, Alex Usenko
  • Patent number: 7579654
    Abstract: Systems and methods for and products of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure including subjecting at least one unfinished surface to a laser annealing process. Production of the SOI structure further may include subjecting an implantation surface of a donor semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation process to create an exfoliation layer in the donor semiconductor wafer; bonding the implantation surface of the exfoliation layer to an insulator substrate; separating the exfoliation layer from the donor semiconductor wafer, thereby exposing at least one cleaved surface; and subjecting the at least one cleaved surface to the laser annealing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James Gregory Couillard, Philippe Lehuede, Sophie A Vallon
  • Publication number: 20090023271
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor on glass structure includes: establishing an exfoliation layer on a semiconductor wafer; contacting the exfoliation layer of the semiconductor wafer to a glass substrate; applying pressure, temperature and voltage to the semiconductor wafer and the glass substrate, without a vacuum atmosphere, such that a bond is established therebetween via electrolysis; and applying stress such that the exfoliation layer separates from the semiconductor wafer and remains bonded to the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: James Gregory Couillard, Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Joseph Frank Mach
  • Patent number: 7399681
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor on glass structure includes: establishing an exfoliation layer on a semiconductor wafer; contacting the exfoliation layer of the semiconductor wafer to a glass substrate; applying pressure, temperature and voltage to the semiconductor wafer and the glass substrate, without a vacuum atmosphere, such that a bond is established therebetween via electrolysis; and applying stress such that the exfoliation layer separates from the semiconductor wafer and remains bonded to the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James Gregory Couillard, Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Joseph Frank Mach
  • Publication number: 20070281172
    Abstract: Systems and methods for and products of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structure including subjecting at least one unfinished surface to a laser annealing process. Production of the SOI structure further may include subjecting an implantation surface of a donor semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation process to create an exfoliation layer in the donor semiconductor wafer; bonding the implantation surface of the exfoliation layer to an insulator substrate; separating the exfoliation layer from the donor semiconductor wafer, thereby exposing at least one cleaved surface; and subjecting the at least one cleaved surface to the laser annealing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: James Gregory Couillard, Philippe Lehuede, Sophie A. Vallon
  • Patent number: 7268051
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: a silicon on insulator structure, comprising: a glass substrate; a layer of semiconductor material; and a deposited barrier layer of between about 60 nm to about 600 nm disposed between the glass substrate and the semiconductor material, where the glass substrate and semiconductor material are bonded together via electrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James Gregory Couillard, Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree