Abstract: A circuit, intended to be associated in series with a load to be powered including a first field-effect transistor; at least one second field-effect transistor, associated in parallel with the first transistor; and at least one sensor of information representative of a current transmitted to said load, the gate of the second transistor being coupled to an output of the sensor.

Abstract: A field effect transistor includes a substrate; a semiconductor structure formed on a main face of the substrate, the semiconductor structure including a channel area; a first electrode and a second electrode between which extends the channel area, the first electrode including a plurality of portions spaced apart from each other, each portion of the first electrode contributing to forming an elementary transistor referred to as island; connection tracks for electrically connecting the portions of the first electrode to one another; and in which each portion of the first electrode is connected to a connection track through a fuse area, each fuse area associated with the portion of the first electrode of an island being capable of being broken in such a way as to electrically insulate said island if it is defective.

Abstract: A micro-electronic device includes a first electronic component and a second electronic component, and a substrate formed of a first semiconductor material for supporting the components. The first component and the second component each include an active layer formed at least partially from a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material. The device further includes, for each of the components, a stack for maintaining electrical voltage, which stack is situated between the substrate and the active layer of the electronic component under consideration and which comprises two layers forming a junction P-N formed from the same semiconductor material as the substrate and which insulates the relevant active layer from the substrate. The assemblies respectively including the first component and the second component and their respective stack for maintaining electrical voltage are separated from each other by a barrier made of electrically insulating material.

Abstract: A transistor including a gate region penetrating into a first gallium nitride layer, wherein a second electrically-conductive layer coats at least one of the sides of said gate region.

Abstract: A test structure for a buried gate transistor includes a substrate, a first test contact located on one side of a first transistor contact, a second test contact located on one side of a second transistor contact, and a layer buried in the substrate, having a doping greater than or equal to 1018 cm?3, and having a face which is tangent to the buried part of the gate. A first insulation structure is disposed between the first test contact and the first transistor contact and a second insulation structure is disposed between the second test contact and the second transistor contact. The first and second test contacts each have an end connected to the buried layer.

Abstract: An electronic component may include a carrier, and a thermoelectric sensor and a power transistor which are arranged on the carrier. The power transistor may include a base layer containing a transistor material chosen from among gallium nitride, aluminium gallium nitride, gallium arsenide, indium gallium, indium gallium nitride, aluminium nitride, indium aluminium nitride, and mixtures thereof. The electronic component may be configured so that the thermoelectric sensor generates an electric current under the effect of heating from the power transistor.

Abstract: A multilayer thermoelectric sensor for generating an electric current under the effect of heating includes a support and a thermocouple borne by the support. The thermocouple includes a first thermoelectric member having at least a portion of a bilayer, the layers of which are made of different materials, and a second thermoelectric member having a p-doped semiconductor material and/or a thermoelectric metal. The thermocouple is configured to generate an electron gas at the interface between the layers of the bilayer when the thermoelectric sensor is heated.

Abstract: A switching circuit forming a bidirectional switch between a first node and a second node and resting on a substrate, the circuit comprising°: a first branch with a first diode in series with a first heterojunction field-effect transistor, a second branch with a second heterojunction field-effect transistor in series with a second diode, the first branch and the second branch being mounted in parallel to one another and so that the first diode and the second diode are arranged in antiparallel or in anti-series with respect to one another, the first transistor, the second transistor being each provided with a control gate facing a heterojunction band forming an active zone in which an electron gas is capable of being formed, the first diode being a Schottky diode with a metal electrode in contact with the heterojunction band, the second diode being a Schottky diode with a metal electrode in contact with the heterojunction band, the first diode, the first transistor, the second diode, the second transistor s

Abstract: An electronic device including semiconductor region located on a gallium nitride layer, two electrodes, located on either side of and insulated from the semiconductor region, the electrodes partially penetrating into the gallium nitride layer, and two lateral MOS transistors formed inside and on top of the semiconductor region.

Abstract: A method for obtaining mesas that are made at least in part of a nitride (N), the method includes providing a stack comprising a substrate and at least the following layers disposed in succession from the substrate a first layer, referred to as the flow layer, and a second, crystalline layer, referred to as the crystalline layer; forming pads by etching the crystalline layer and at least one portion of the flow layer such that: —each pad includes at least: —a first section, referred to as the flow section, formed by at least one portion of the flow layer, and a second, crystalline section, referred to as the crystalline section, framed by the crystalline layer and overlying the flow section, the pads are distributed over the substrate so as to form a plurality of sets of pads; and epitaxially growing a crystallite on at least some of said pads and continuing the epitaxial growth of the crystallites until the crystallites carried by the adjacent pads of the same set coalesce.

Abstract: A circuit, intended to be associated in series with a load to be powered including a first field-effect transistor; at least one second field-effect transistor, associated in parallel with the first transistor; and at least one sensor of information representative of a current transmitted to said load, the gate of the second transistor being coupled to an output of the sensor.

Abstract: A transistor comprising a gallium nitride layer having a first gate electrode partially penetrating into it, having: a first side coated with a first thickness of a first insulating material and of a second insulating material; and with a second thickness of a conductive material; and a bottom coated with a third thickness, smaller than the first thickness, of the first insulating material.

Abstract: A device including a first transistor, having a gate region partially penetrating into a gallium nitride layer, and a second transistor located inside of the gate region of the first transistor.

Abstract: The invention concerns a heterojunction field-effect transistor comprising a stack of first and second III-N type semiconducting layers forming an electron gas or hole layer; a first conduction electrode in electrical contact with the gas layer and a second conduction electrode; a separation layer positioned vertically in line with the first electrode and under the second semiconducting layer; a third semiconducting layer arranged under the separation layer and in electrical contact with the second electrode; a conductive element in electrical contact with the gas layer and electrically connecting the third semiconducting layer and the gas layer; and a control gate positioned between the conductive element and the first conduction electrode.

Abstract: A normally-off heterojunction field-effect transistor is provided, including a superposition of a first layer, of III-N type, and of a second layer, of III-N type, so as to form a two-dimensional electron gas; a stack of an n-doped third layer making electrical contact with the second layer, and of a p-doped fourth layer placed in contact with and on the third layer, a first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode making electrical contact with the two-dimensional electron gas; a dielectric layer disposed against a lateral face of the fourth layer; and a control electrode separated from the lateral face of the fourth layer by the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A field effect transistor includes a substrate; a semiconductor structure formed on a main face of the substrate, the semiconductor structure including a channel area; a first electrode and a second electrode between which extends the channel area, the first electrode including a plurality of portions spaced apart from each other, each portion of the first electrode contributing to forming an elementary transistor referred to as island; connection tracks for electrically connecting the portions of the first electrode to one another; and in which each portion of the first electrode is connected to a connection track through a fuse area, each fuse area associated with the portion of the first electrode of an island being capable of being broken in such a way as to electrically insulate said island if it is defective.

Abstract: An optocoupler is provided, including at least one light source and at least one matrix of photovoltaic cells facing the at least one light source, the at least one light source being configured to receive, at an input, an input electrical signal, and to generate, at an output, according to the input electrical signal, a light signal, sent to the at least one matrix of photovoltaic cells, the at least one matrix of photovoltaic cells being configured to receive, at the input, at least partially the light signal and to deliver, at the output, at least one output electrical signal, at the level of at least two connection pads, and the at least one light source being a matrix of laser diodes.

Abstract: The invention concerns a heterojunction field-effect transistor comprising a stack of first and second III-N type semiconducting layers forming an electron gas or hole layer; a first conduction electrode in electrical contact with the gas layer and a second conduction electrode; a separation layer positioned vertically in line with the first electrode and under the second semiconducting layer; a third semiconducting layer arranged under the separation layer and in electrical contact with the second electrode; a conductive element in electrical contact with the gas layer and electrically connecting the third semiconducting layer and the gas layer; and a control gate positioned between the conductive element and the first conduction electrode.

Abstract: A bidirectional heterojunction transistor includes first and second conduction electrodes, first and second gates between the conduction electrodes, and first and second reference electrodes between the gates. The transistor further includes a superposition of semiconductor layers, including channel zones that are vertically in line with the gates, a first conduction zone between the first conduction electrode and the first channel zone, and a second conduction zone between the second conduction electrode and the second channel zone. The superposition of semiconductor layers also includes a third conduction zone that is separated from the first and second conduction zones by the first and second channel zones, respectively, and a first electrical connection that is connected to the third conduction zone and to the first reference electrode.

Abstract: An electronic circuit is provided, including, on one same substrate, an inverter branch formed by high side and low side transistors, and the drivers of the high side and the low side transistors. The drivers include logic gates configured to receive one same PWM input signal and to generate two alternated command signals sent to the high side and the low side transistors. An inverter system is also provided, including the electronic circuit and laser optocouplers configured to electrically insulate the electronic circuit of a controller delivering a pulse width modulation (PWM) input signal and a main supply electrically supplying the drivers.