Patents by Inventor Nicolas Antoine
Nicolas Antoine 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: 12270246Abstract: A triple glazing unit is disclosed. The triple glazing unit can include a first pane, a second pane, a third pane between the first pane and the second pane, an electrochemical device coupled to the third pane and between the third pane and the second pane, a first cavity between the first pane and the third pane, and a second cavity between the second pane and the third pane, wherein a distance between the first pane and the third pane is greater than a distance between the second pane and the third pane.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: Jean-Christophe Giron, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier
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Publication number: 20240329482Abstract: The present disclosure describes various processes of forming an electrochromic stack using at most one metallic lithium deposition station. In some aspects, a process may include depositing metallic lithium only within an electrochromic counter-electrode of an electrochromic stack. In some aspects, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic counter-electrode target to form an electrochromic counter-electrode and depositing metallic lithium only within or above an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic electrode target, and optionally additionally depositing metallic lithium to add mobile lithium to the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a single metallic lithium deposition station to deposit metallic lithium between an ion-conducting layer and an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Paul Mogensen, Wen Li, Jean-Christophe Giron, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier
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Patent number: 12038664Abstract: The present disclosure describes various processes of forming an electrochromic stack using at most one metallic lithium deposition station. In some aspects, a process may include depositing metallic lithium only within an electrochromic counter-electrode of an electrochromic stack. In some aspects, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic counter-electrode target to form an electrochromic counter-electrode and depositing metallic lithium only within or above an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic electrode target, and optionally additionally depositing metallic lithium to add mobile lithium to the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a single metallic lithium deposition station to deposit metallic lithium between an ion-conducting layer and an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Paul Mogensen, Wen Li, Jean-Christophe Giron, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier
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Publication number: 20230324756Abstract: The present disclosure describes various processes of forming an electrochromic stack using at most one metallic lithium deposition station. In some aspects, a process may include depositing metallic lithium only within an electrochromic counter-electrode of an electrochromic stack. In some aspects, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic counter-electrode target to form an electrochromic counter-electrode and depositing metallic lithium only within or above an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic electrode target, and optionally additionally depositing metallic lithium to add mobile lithium to the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a single metallic lithium deposition station to deposit metallic lithium between an ion-conducting layer and an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Paul Mogensen, Wen Li, Jean-Christophe Giron, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier
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Patent number: 11703737Abstract: The present disclosure describes various processes of forming an electrochromic stack using at most one metallic lithium deposition station. In some aspects, a process may include depositing metallic lithium only within an electrochromic counter-electrode of an electrochromic stack. In some aspects, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic counter-electrode target to form an electrochromic counter-electrode and depositing metallic lithium only within or above an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic electrode target, and optionally additionally depositing metallic lithium to add mobile lithium to the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a single metallic lithium deposition station to deposit metallic lithium between an ion-conducting layer and an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Paul Mogensen, Wen Li, Jean-Christophe Giron, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier
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Patent number: 11645206Abstract: A method for using a distributed memory device in a memory augmented neural network system includes receiving, by a controller, an input query to access data stored in the distributed memory device, the distributed memory device comprising a plurality of memory banks. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a memory bank selector that identifies a memory bank from the distributed memory device for memory access, wherein the memory bank selector is determined based on a type of workload associated with the input query. The method further includes computing, by the controller and by using content based access, a memory address in the identified memory bank. The method further includes generating, by the controller, an output in response to the input query by accessing the memory address.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Tomasz Kornuta, Carl Radens, Nicolas Antoine
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Patent number: 11646944Abstract: A system according to one embodiment includes a collection of computing nodes arranged in a mesh of N×M×Z topology, the nodes including computational hardware, wherein Z<N and Z<M, and wherein N and M are at least equal to 4; a collection of I/O connections interfaced with one of the sides of the mesh, said side having N×M nodes, each of the I/O connections being tied to a unique one of the nodes in said side; and I/O cards that are tied to the I/O connections.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexis Asseman, Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Charles Edwin Cox, Pritish Narayanan, Nicolas Antoine
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Publication number: 20230077782Abstract: The color of an electrochromic stack in a tinted state may be modified to achieve a desired color target by utilizing various techniques alone or in combination. A first approach generally involves changing a coloration efficiency of a WOx electrochromic (EC) layer by lowering a sputter temperature to achieve a WOx microstructural change in the EC layer. A second approach generally involves utilizing a dopant (e.g., Mo, Nb, or V) to improve the neutrality of the tinted state of WOx (coloration efficiency changes). A third approach generally involves tailoring a thickness of the WOx layer to tune the color of the tinted stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Wen Li, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier, Jean-Christophe Giron, Hannah Leung Ray, Xiaoguang Hao, Theo Chevallier, Chloe Bouard, Samuel Emile Dubrenat
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Publication number: 20220390804Abstract: An article can include a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and an ambient outside the article. In an embodiment, the article has a ?E of at most 6.5. In another embodiment, the coating includes a plurality of layers including a first layer having a refractive index of at least 2.2 and a thickness of at least 10 nm. The coating can be used to help reduce color differences seen when the non-light-transmitting, variable transmission device is taken to different transmission states. In a particular embodiment, the coating can provide a good balance between color difference and luminous transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Julien ORILLARD, Alexandre RICHARD, Paul C. MOGENSEN, Nicolas Antoine MERCADIER, Henry KELLEY, Mathew BOWSER
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Patent number: 11442325Abstract: An article can include a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and an ambient outside the article. In an embodiment, the article has a ?E of at most 6.5. In another embodiment, the coating includes a plurality of layers including a first layer having a refractive index of at least 2.2 and a thickness of at least 10 nm. The coating can be used to help reduce color differences seen when the non-light-transmitting, variable transmission device is taken to different transmission states. In a particular embodiment, the coating can provide a good balance between color difference and luminous transmission.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: Julien Orillard, Alexandre Richard, Paul Mogensen, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier, Henry Kelley, Mathew Bowser
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Publication number: 20220136318Abstract: A triple glazing unit is disclosed. The triple glazing unit can include a first pane, a second pane, a third pane between the first pane and the second pane, an electrochemical device coupled to the third pane and between the third pane and the second pane, a first cavity between the first pane and the third pane, and a second cavity between the second pane and the third pane, wherein a distance between the first pane and the third pane is greater than a distance between the second pane and the third pane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Jean-Christophe GIRON, Nicolas Antoine MERCADIER
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Publication number: 20220121077Abstract: An electrochromic device and method of forming the same is disclosed. The electrochromic device can include a first transparent conductive layer, an electrochromic layer, an electrolyte layer, a counter electrode layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and an adhesion layer between the counter electrode layer and the second transparent conductive layer, where the electrochromic device can undergo at least 2,000 cycles in a Nylon brush test before type 2 defects form. The method can include depositing an electrochromic layer over a first transparent conductive layer, depositing an electrolyte layer, depositing a lithium layer, depositing a counter electrode layer over the lithium layer, depositing a second transparent conductive layer, and heating the layers to form an electrochromic stack, where the lithium layer is combined with the counter electrode layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Jean-Christophe Giron, Leonard Bouzy, Théo Chevallier, Amaury Patissier, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier
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Publication number: 20220006702Abstract: A system according to one embodiment includes a collection of computing nodes arranged in a mesh of N×M×Z topology, the nodes including computational hardware, wherein Z<N and Z<M, and wherein N and M are at least equal to 4; a collection of I/O connections interfaced with one of the sides of the mesh, said side having N×M nodes, each of the I/O connections being tied to a unique one of the nodes in said side; and I/O cards that are tied to the I/O connections.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Alexis Asseman, Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Charles Edwin Cox, Pritish Narayanan, Nicolas Antoine
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Patent number: 11184245Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for use with a reconfigurable computational device having a collection of computing nodes arranged in a mesh of N×M×Z topology, the computing nodes including computational hardware, wherein Z<N and Z<M, and wherein N and M are at least equal to 4. The method includes using the computational device to perform computations characterized by (i) an initial system I/O bandwidth and (ii) an initial system node-to-node latency; reconfiguring the device into a mesh of N?×M?×Z? topology, wherein at least two of N, M, and Z values are different from their corresponding N?, M?, and Z? values, and wherein N×M×Z is equal to N?×M?×Z?; and using the device to perform computations characterized by (i) a modified system I/O bandwidth and (ii) a modified system node-to-node latency.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexis Asseman, Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Charles Edwin Cox, Pritish Narayanan, Nicolas Antoine
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Patent number: 11176043Abstract: A method for using a distributed memory device in a memory augmented neural network system includes receiving, by a controller, an input query to access data stored in the distributed memory device, the distributed memory device comprising a plurality of memory banks. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a memory bank selector that identifies a memory bank from the distributed memory device for memory access, wherein the memory bank selector is determined based on a type of workload associated with the input query. The method further includes computing, by the controller and by using content based access, a memory address in the identified memory bank. The method further includes generating, by the controller, an output in response to the input query by accessing the memory address.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Tomasz Kornuta, Carl Radens, Nicolas Antoine
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Publication number: 20210311874Abstract: A method for using a distributed memory device in a memory augmented neural network system includes receiving, by a controller, an input query to access data stored in the distributed memory device, the distributed memory device comprising a plurality of memory banks. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a memory bank selector that identifies a memory bank from the distributed memory device for memory access, wherein the memory bank selector is determined based on a type of workload associated with the input query. The method further includes computing, by the controller and by using content based access, a memory address in the identified memory bank. The method further includes generating, by the controller, an output in response to the input query by accessing the memory address.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Tomasz Kornuta, Carl Radens, Nicolas Antoine
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Publication number: 20210281488Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for use with a reconfigurable computational device having a collection of computing nodes arranged in a mesh of N× M×Z topology, the computing nodes including computational hardware, wherein Z<N and Z<M, and wherein N and M are at least equal to 4. The method includes using the computational device to perform computations characterized by (i) an initial system I/O bandwidth and (ii) an initial system node-to-node latency; reconfiguring the device into a mesh of N?×M?×Z? topology, wherein at least two of N, M, and Z values are different from their corresponding N?, M?, and Z? values, and wherein N×M×Z is equal to N?×M?×Z?; and using the device to perform computations characterized by (i) a modified system I/O bandwidth and (ii) a modified system node-to-node latency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Alexis Asseman, Ahmet Serkan Ozcan, Charles Edwin Cox, Pritish Narayanan, Nicolas Antoine
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Publication number: 20210271145Abstract: The color of an electrochromic stack in a tinted state may be modified to achieve a desired color target by utilizing various techniques alone or in combination. A first approach generally involves changing a coloration efficiency of a WOx electrochromic (EC) layer by lowering a sputter temperature to achieve a WOx microstructural change in the EC layer. A second approach generally involves utilizing a dopant (e.g., Mo, Nb, or V) to improve the neutrality of the tinted state of WOx (coloration efficiency changes). A third approach generally involves tailoring a thickness of the WOx layer to tune the color of the tinted stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Wen Li, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier, Jean-Christophe Giron, Hannah Leung Ray, Xiaoguang Hao, Theo Chevallier, Chloe Bouard, Samuel Emile Dubrenat
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Publication number: 20210247654Abstract: The present disclosure describes various processes of forming an electrochromic stack using at most one metallic lithium deposition station. In some aspects, a process may include depositing metallic lithium only within an electrochromic counter-electrode of an electrochromic stack. In some aspects, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic counter-electrode target to form an electrochromic counter-electrode and depositing metallic lithium only within or above an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a lithium-containing ceramic electrode target, and optionally additionally depositing metallic lithium to add mobile lithium to the electrochromic stack. In some embodiments, a process may include using a single metallic lithium deposition station to deposit metallic lithium between an ion-conducting layer and an electrochromic electrode of the electrochromic stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.Inventors: Paul Mogensen, Wen Li, Jean-Christophe Giron, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier
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Publication number: 20190137839Abstract: An article can include a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and an ambient outside the article. In an embodiment, the article has a ?E of at most 6.5. In another embodiment, the coating includes a plurality of layers including a first layer having a refractive index of at least 2.2 and a thickness of at least 10 nm. The coating can be used to help reduce color differences seen when the non-light-transmitting, variable transmission device is taken to different transmission states. In a particular embodiment, the coating can provide a good balance between color difference and luminous transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Julien ORILLARD, Alexandre Richard, Paul Mogensen, Nicolas Antoine Mercadier, Henry Kelley, Mathew Bowser