Patents by Inventor Jerome Villette
Jerome Villette 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).
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Patent number: 8858713Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for depositing a thin film of material on a substrate and a regeneration process. The apparatus includes a chamber, a cryogenic panel disposed inside the chamber, a sample holder able to support a substrate, a gas injector able to inject a gaseous precursor into the chamber, a first trap connected to the vacuum chamber and able to trap a part of the gaseous precursor released by the cryogenic panel, the first trap having a fixed pumping capacity S1. The apparatus for depositing a thin film of material on a substrate includes a second trap having a variable pumping capacity S2 able to be regulated in function of the gaseous precursor partial pressure, the first and second trap providing a total pumping capacity S=S1+S2 sufficient to maintain the gaseous precursor partial pressure in the vacuum chamber under a determined pressure PL.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: RiberInventors: Jerome Villette, Valerick Cassagne, Catherine Chaix
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Publication number: 20140245955Abstract: An injection system for an apparatus for depositing thin layers by vacuum evaporation includes a container (4) for receiving a material to be evaporated, container heating elements adapted to evaporate the material, at least one injection ramp (1) including an inner conduit connected to the container so as to receive the evaporated material and a plurality of nozzles (3), each nozzle including at least a communication channel so as to diffuse the evaporated material into the vacuum evaporation chamber. The injection ramp (1) includes a plurality of injection modules (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e) mechanically connected to each other in series along a longitudinal direction (5), each injection module including a plurality of injection nozzles, and the injection ramp includes elements for adjusting the orientation of the injection modules about the longitudinal direction so as to align the injection nozzles along a line parallel to the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Inventors: Jean-Louis Guyaux, Jerome Villette, Nicolas Briant, David Esteve
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Patent number: 8673410Abstract: A method for manufacturing a poly- or microcrystalline silicon layer on an insulator comprises a silicon containing insulator, growing a thin adhesion promoting layer comprising amorphous silicon onto it and further growing a poly- or microcrystalline silicon layer onto the adhesion promoting layer. Such a sequence of layers, deposited with a PECVD method, shows good adhesion of the poly- or microcrystalline silicon on the base and is advantageous in the production of semiconductors, such as thin film transistors.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Tel Solar AGInventors: Hai Tran Quoc, Jerome Villette
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Publication number: 20140007814Abstract: An evaporation device for a vacuum deposition apparatus includes a crucible to contain a material to be evaporated and a bottom, a body and an opening, and a heating element surrounding at least partially the crucible body, the evaporation device being placed inside a chamber with pressure <10?3 mbar. The device also includes at least one thermal shield between the crucible body and the heating element, the thermal shield including at least one element movable with respect to the crucible and designed so the heat received by the body of the crucible at a considered point of this body conforms, at a given instant of time, to a non-constant function of the distance between the considered point and the bottom of the crucible, this function being adjustable as regards at least one degree of movability of the first element of the thermal shield with respect to the crucible.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Jerome VILLETTE, Jean-Louis GUYAUX, David ESTEVE
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Publication number: 20120097328Abstract: Described is equipment for depositing materials by evaporation using a molecular beam and equipment for fabricating semiconductor wafers, including a central conveyor module having a plurality of lateral ports capable of functioning under vacuum pressure conditions above 10?8 Torr. The semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment includes a loader module and one or more substrate treatment modules functioning under vacuum pressure conditions above 10?8 Torr, each treatment module being connected to one of the ports of the central conveyor module. The fabrication equipment includes at least one module for depositing materials by evaporation using a molecular beam operating under vacuum pressure conditions below 10?8 Torr, the molecular beam deposition module being connected to one of the ports of the central conveyor module and being capable of receiving the substrate in order to deposit a layer of materials on its face to be treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: RIBERInventors: Jerome Villette, Valerick Cassagne, Michel Picault
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Publication number: 20120097102Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for depositing a thin film of material on a substrate and a regeneration process. The apparatus includes a chamber, a cryogenic panel disposed inside the chamber, a sample holder able to support a substrate, a gas injector able to inject a gaseous precursor into the chamber, a first trap connected to the vacuum chamber and able to trap a part of the gaseous precursor released by the cryogenic panel, the first trap having a fixed pumping capacity S1. The apparatus for depositing a thin film of material on a substrate includes a second trap having a variable pumping capacity S2 able to be regulated in function of the gaseous precursor partial pressure, the first and second trap providing a total pumping capacity S=S1+S2 sufficient to maintain the gaseous precursor partial pressure in the vacuum chamber under a determined pressure PL.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: RIBERInventors: Jerome Villette, Valerick Cassagne, Catherine Chaix
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Publication number: 20120097105Abstract: A molecular beam epitaxy apparatus for producing wafers of semiconductor material includes a growth chamber surrounding a process area, a main cryogenic panel having a lateral part covering the inner surface of the lateral wall of the growth chamber, a sample holder, at least one effusion cell able to evaporate a material, a gas injector to inject a gaseous precursor into the growth chamber, a pumping element connected to the growth chamber to provide high vacuum capability. The apparatus includes an insulation enclosure covering at least the inner surfaces of the growth chamber walls, the insulation enclosure including cold parts having a temperature Tmin?melting point of the gaseous precursor, and hot parts having a temperature Tmin?a temperature wherein the desorption rate of the gaseous precursor on the hot parts is at least 1000 times greater than the adsorption rate of the gaseous precursor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: RIBERInventors: Jerome Villette, Valerick Cassagne, Catherine Chaix
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Patent number: 7897966Abstract: For avoiding the metallic inner surface of a PECVD reactor to influence thickness uniformity and quality uniformity of a ?c-Si layer (19) deposited on a large-surface substrate, (15) before each substrate is single treated at least parts of the addressed wall are precoated with a dielectric layer (13).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Oerlikon Solar AG, TrubbachInventors: Hai Tran Quoc, Jerome Villette
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Publication number: 20090155494Abstract: For avoiding the metallic inner surface of a PECVD reactor to influence thickness uniformity and quality uniformity of a ?c-Si layer (19) deposited on a large-surface substrate, (15) before each substrate is single treated at least parts of the addressed wall are precoated with a dielectric layer (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Oerlikon Trading AG, TruebbachInventors: Hai Tran Quoc, Jerome Villette
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Patent number: 7514374Abstract: For avoiding the metallic inner surface of a PECVD reactor to influence thickness uniformity and quality uniformity of a ?c-Si layer (19) deposited on a large-surface substrate, (15) before each substrate is single treated at least parts of the addressed wall are precoated with a dielectric layer (13).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Oerlikon Trading AG, TrubbachInventors: Hai Tran Quoc, Jérôme Villette
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Publication number: 20070254165Abstract: A method for manufacturing a poly- or microcrystalline silicon layer on an insulator comprises a silicon containing insulator, growing a thin adhesion promoting layer comprising amorphous silicon onto it and further growing a poly- or microcrystalline silicon layer onto the adhesion promoting layer. Such a sequence of layers, deposited with a PECVD method, shows good adhesion of the poly- or microcrystalline silicon on the base and is advantageous in the production of semiconductors, such as thin film transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2005Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: OC OERLIKON BALZERS AGInventors: Hai Tran Quoc, Jerome Villette
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Publication number: 20070004220Abstract: For avoiding the metallic inner surface of a PECVD reactor to influence thickness uniformity and quality uniformity of a ?c-Si layer (19) deposited on a large-surface substrate, (15) before each substrate is single treated at least parts of the addressed wall are precoated with a dielectric layer (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: OC OERLIKON BALZERS AGInventors: Hai Tran Quoc, Jerome Villette
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Patent number: D999384Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: DBV TechnologiesInventors: Pascale Ehouarn, Jérôme Villette
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Patent number: D999385Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: DBV TechnologiesInventors: Pascale Ehouarn, Jérôme Villette
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Patent number: D1012296Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: DBV TechnologiesInventors: Pascale Ehouarn, Jérôme Villette
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Patent number: D1012297Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: DBV TechnologiesInventors: Pascale Ehouarn, Jérôme Villette