Patents by Inventor Laurent Sansonnens

Laurent Sansonnens 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: 8056504
    Abstract: A vacuum vessel and at least two electrodes define an internal process space. At least one power supply is connectable with the electrodes. A substrate holder holds a substrate to be treated in the internal process space. At least one of the electrodes has along a first cross section a concave profile and has along a second cross section a convex profile, the first cross section being parallel to the second cross section. Gas is provided to the space through a gas inlet. Power is provided to the electrodes and the substrate is treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Oerlikon Solar AG, Trubbach
    Inventors: Jacques Schmitt, Laurent Sansonnens, Mustapha Elyaakoubi, Michael Irzyk
  • Publication number: 20100139863
    Abstract: A vacuum vessel and at least two electrodes define an internal process space. At least one power supply is connectable with the electrodes. A substrate holder holds a substrate to be treated in the internal process space. At least one of the electrodes has along a first cross section a concave profile and has along a second cross section a convex profile, the first cross section being parallel to the second cross section. Gas is provided to the space through a gas inlet. Power is provided to the electrodes and the substrate is treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach
    Inventors: Jacques Schmitt, Laurent Sansonnens, Mustapha Elyaakoubi, Michael Irzyk
  • Patent number: 7687117
    Abstract: A vacuum vessel and at least two electrodes define an internal process space. At least one power supply is connectable with the electrodes. A substrate holder holds a substrate to be treated in the internal process space. At least one of the electrodes has along a first cross section a concave profile and has along a second cross section a convex profile, the first cross section being parallel to the second cross section. Gas is provided to the space through a gas inlet. Power is provided to the electrodes and the substrate is treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach
    Inventors: Jacques Schmitt, Laurent Sansonnens, Mustapha Elyaakoubi, Michael Irzyk
  • Publication number: 20090155489
    Abstract: A vacuum vessel and at least two electrodes define an internal process space. At least one power supply is connectable with the electrodes. A substrate holder holds a substrate to be treated in the internal process space. At least one of the electrodes has along a first cross section a concave profile and has along a second cross section a convex profile, the first cross section being parallel to the second cross section. Gas is provided to the space through a gas inlet. Power is provided to the electrodes and the substrate is treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: OERLIKON TRADING AG, TRUEBBACH
    Inventors: Jacques Schmitt, Laurent Sansonnens, Mustapha Elyaakoubi, Michael Irzyk
  • Patent number: 7449220
    Abstract: A method for producing a disk shaped workpiece with a dielectric substrate includes treatment in a plasma process volume between two electrode faces bounding a high-frequency plasma discharge. One electrode face is of dielectric material and is at a high-frequency potential with a varying distribution along the face. The other electrode face is metallic. Reactive gas is introduced into the process volume through an aperture pattern. The dielectric substrate, before treatment, is at least regionally coated with a layer material to whose specific resistance applies: 10?5 ?cm??10?1 ?cm, and to the resulting surface resistance RS of the layer applies: 0<RS?104 ?. Subsequently, the coated substrate is positioned on the metallic electrode face and is etched or coated reactively under plasma enhancement in the plasma process volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: OC Oerlikon Blazers Ag
    Inventors: Arthur Buechel, Werner Wieland, Christoph Ellert, Laurent Sansonnens