Patents by Inventor Séverin Rouchier

Séverin Rouchier 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).

  • Publication number: 20230230874
    Abstract: A method for transferring a thin layer onto a carrier substrate comprises preparing a carrier substrate using a preparation method involving supplying a base substrate having, on a main face, a charge-trapping layer and forming a dielectric layer having a thickness greater than 200 nm on the charge-trapping layer. Once the dielectric layer is formed, the ionized deposition and sputtering of the dielectric layer are simultaneously performed. The transfer method also comprises assembling, by way of molecular adhesion and with an unpolished free face of the dielectric layer, a donor substrate to the dielectric layer of the carrier substrate, the donor substrate having an embrittlement plane defining the thin layer. Finally, the method comprises splitting the donor substrate at the embrittlement plane to release the thin layer and to transfer it onto the carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Bruno Clemenceau, Ludovic Ecarnot, Aymen Ghorbel, Marcel Broekaart, Daniel Delprat, Séverin Rouchier, Stephane Thieffry, Carine Duret
  • Publication number: 20230230868
    Abstract: A temporary substrate, which is detachable at a detachment temperature higher than 1000° C. comprises: a semiconductor working layer extending along a main plane, a carrier substrate, an intermediate layer having a thickness less than 20 nm arranged between the working layer and the carrier substrate, a bonding interface located in or adjacent the intermediate layer, gaseous atomic species distributed according to a concentration profile along the axis normal to the main plane, the atoms remaining trapped in the intermediate layer and/or in an adjacent layer of the carrier substrate with a thickness less than or equal to 10 nm and/or in an adjacent sublayer of the working layer with a thickness less than or equal to 10 nm when the temporary substrate is subjected to a temperature lower than the detachment temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hugo Biard, Gweltaz Gaudin, Séverin Rouchier, Didier Landru
  • Patent number: 11189519
    Abstract: A process for forming a predetermined separation zone inside a donor substrate, in particular, to be used in a process of transferring a layer onto a carrier substrate comprises an implantation step that is carried out such that the implantation dose in a zone of the edge of the donor substrate is lower than the implantation dose in a central zone of the donor substrate to limit the formation of particles during thermal annealing. The present disclosure also relates to a donor substrate for a process of transferring a thin layer onto a carrier substrate produced by means of the process described above. The present disclosure also relates to a device for limiting an implantation region to a zone of the edge of a donor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Soitec, Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Séverin Rouchier, Frédéric Mazen
  • Publication number: 20210143052
    Abstract: A process for forming a predetermined separation zone inside a donor substrate, in particular, to be used in a process of transferring a layer onto a carrier substrate comprises an implantation step that is carried out such that the implantation dose in a zone of the edge of the donor substrate is lower than the implantation dose in a central zone of the donor substrate to limit the formation of particles during thermal annealing. The present disclosure also relates to a donor substrate for a process of transferring a thin layer onto a carrier substrate produced by means of the process described above. The present disclosure also relates to a device for limiting an implantation region to a zone of the edge of a donor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Severin Rouchier, Frédéric Mazen