Patents by Inventor Michel EL KHOURY MAROUN

Michel EL KHOURY MAROUN 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: 11139167
    Abstract: A method making it possible to obtain, on an upper surface of a crystalline substrate, a semipolar layer of nitride material comprising any one from among gallium, aluminium or indium, the method comprises the following steps: obtaining, on the upper surface of the crystalline substrate, a plurality of parallel grooves which extend in a first direction, one of the two opposite facets exhibiting a crystal orientation; etching a plurality of parallel slices which extend in a second direction that has undergone a rotation with respect to the first direction of the grooves in such a way as to obtain individual facets exhibiting a crystal orientation; epitaxial growth of the material from the individual facets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Michel El Khoury Maroun, Guy Feuillet, Philippe Vennegues, Jesus Zuniga Perez
  • Patent number: 10892378
    Abstract: A method is provided for obtaining a semi-polar nitride layer obtained from a gallium and nitrogen based material on an upper surface of a crystalline substrate of cubic symmetry, including: etching parallel grooves from the upper surface having two opposed inclined facets, one having a crystalline orientation <111>; forming a mask above the upper surface such that the facets having <111> orientation are not masked; and then forming the layer by epitaxial growth from the non-masked facets, including: a first epitaxial growth phase to form a seed in parallel grooves; interrupting the first phase when the seed has an inclined facet having a crystalline orientation 0001 and an upper facet having a crystalline semi-polar orientation 1011; a surface treatment step including modifying an upper portion of the seed to include silicon; and a second epitaxial growth phase from the inclined facet, continuing until coalescence of seeds of adjacent parallel grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy Feuillet, Michel El Khoury Maroun, Philippe Vennegues, Jesus Zuniga Perez
  • Patent number: 10553426
    Abstract: A process allowing at least one semipolar layer of nitride to be obtained, which layer is obtained from a least one among gallium, indium and aluminum on a top surface of a single-crystal layer based on silicon, wherein the process comprises the following steps: etching, from the top surface of the single-crystal layer, a plurality of parallel grooves comprising at least two opposite inclined facets, at least one of two opposite facets having a crystal orientation; masking the top surface of the single-crystal layer such that the facets having a crystal orientation are not masked; and epitaxial growth of the semipolar layer of nitride from the not masked facets; wherein the etching is carried out on a stack comprising the single-crystal layer and at least one stop layer that is surmounted by the single-crystal layer and wherein the etching etches the single-crystal layer selectively with respect to the stop layer so that the etching stops on contact with the stop layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy Feuillet, Michel El Khoury Maroun, Philippe Vennegues, Jesus Zuniga Perez
  • Publication number: 20190081204
    Abstract: A subject matter of the invention relates to a method for obtaining at least one semi-polar layer (480) of nitride (N) on an upper surface of a crystalline layer (300), the method comprising the steps of: etching parallel grooves (320) starting from the upper surface of the crystalline substrate (300), each groove (320) comprising at least one facet (310) having a crystalline orientation {111}; forming a mask (331) such that the facets (311) opposite to said facets (310) having a crystalline orientation {111} are masked and that said facets (310) having a crystalline orientation {111} are not masked; at least one first epitaxial growth phase, carried out from said non-masked facets (310) in such a way as to form a seed (440); interruption of the first epitaxial growth phase when said seed (440) has an inclined facet (442) having a crystalline orientation (0001) and an upper facet (441) having a crystalline orientation (1011); a surface treatment step comprising a modification of an upper portion of the see
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicants: COMMISSARIA A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Guy FEUILLET, Michel EL KHOURY MAROUN, Philippe VENNEGUES, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20180330941
    Abstract: A process allowing at least one semipolar layer of nitride to be obtained, which layer is obtained from a least one among gallium, indium and aluminum on a top surface of a single-crystal layer based on silicon, wherein the process comprises the following steps: etching, from the top surface of the single-crystal layer, a plurality of parallel grooves comprising at least two opposite inclined facets, at least one of two opposite facets having a crystal orientation; masking the top surface of the single-crystal layer such that the facets having a crystal orientation are not masked; and epitaxial growth of the semipolar layer of nitride from the not masked facets; wherein the etching is carried out on a stack comprising the single-crystal layer and at least one stop layer that is surmounted by the single-crystal layer and wherein the etching etches the single-crystal layer selectively with respect to the stop layer so that the etching stops on contact with the stop layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Guy FEUILLET, Michel EL KHOURY MAROUN, Philippe VENNEGUES, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20180182622
    Abstract: A method making it possible to obtain, on an upper surface of a crystalline substrate, a semipolar layer of nitride material comprising any one from among gallium, aluminium or indium, the method comprises the following steps: obtaining, on the upper surface of the crystalline substrate, a plurality of parallel grooves which extend in a first direction, one of the two opposite facets exhibiting a crystal orientation; etching a plurality of parallel slices which extend in a second direction that has undergone a rotation with respect to the first direction of the grooves in such a way as to obtain individual facets exhibiting a crystal orientation; epitaxial growth of the material from the individual facets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Michel EL KHOURY MAROUN, Guy FEUILLET, Philippe VENNEGUES, Jesus ZUNIGA PEREZ