Patents by Inventor Sandra Ruffenach

Sandra Ruffenach 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: 20110089537
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for growing an element III nitride, wherein the growth is carried out on a substrate made of a material capable of maintaining the same crystalline structure from the element III nitride growth temperature to room temperature, the substrate being an M-V—O4 alloy, where M denotes a transition metal or a Group III element, and where V denotes N, P, S, or Sb, or an (Si-IV)O2 alloy, where IV denotes a Group IV element other than silicon. The disclosure also relates to the structures and components obtained after the implementation of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2 SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES
    Inventors: Bernard Gil, Olivier Briot, Matthieu Moret, Sandra Ruffenach
  • Patent number: 7696533
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structure usable in electronic, optical or optoelectronic engineering which comprises a substantially crystalline layer made of an alloy consisting of at least one element of the column II of the periodic elements system and/or at least one element of the column IV of the periodic elements system and of N2 (said alloy being noted N-IV-N2), wherein said structure also comprises an InN layer. A method for producing an indium nitride layer, a substrate forming plate and the use thereof for indium nitride growth are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Montpellier II
    Inventors: Bernard Gil, Olivier Gérard Serge Briot, Sandra Ruffenach, Bénédicte Maleyre, Thierry Joseph Roland Cloitre, Roger-Louis Aulombard
  • Publication number: 20070269965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structure usable in electronic, optical or optoelectronic engineering which comprises a substantially crystalline layer made of an alloy consisting of at least one element of the column II of the periodic elements system and/or at least one element of the column IV of the periodic elements system and of N2 (said alloy being noted N-IV-N2), wherein said structure also comprises an InN layer. A method for producing an indium nitride thereof for indium nitride growth are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER II
    Inventors: Bernard Gil, Olivier Briot, Sandra Ruffenach, Benedicte Maleyre, Thierry Cloitre, Roger-Louis Aulombard
  • Patent number: 6966948
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing sizeable quantum dots of Indium Nitride in which a layer of Indium Nitride is grown onto a layer of crystalline buffer. The crystalline buffer is chosen with a lattice structure similar to the lattice structure of Indium Nitride and with the lattice mismatch between Indium Nitride and the crystalline buffer being greater than 5%. During the growth of Indium Nitride, surface strains are produced by the crystalline buffer, allowing the Indium Nitride to self-organize onto the crystalline buffer so as to form a plurality of sizeable quantum dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Universite de Montpellier II
    Inventors: Olivier Briot, Bernard Gil, Sandra Ruffenach
  • Publication number: 20050028726
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing sizeable quantum dots of Indium Nitride in which a layer of Indium Nitride is grown onto a layer of crystalline buffer. The crystalline buffer is chosen with a lattice structure similar to the lattice structure of Indium Nitride and with the lattice mismatch between Indium Nitride and the crystalline buffer being greater than 5%. During the growth of Indium Nitride, surface strains are produced by the crystalline buffer, allowing the Indium Nitride to self-organise onto the crystalline buffer so as to form a plurality of sizeable quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Olivier Briot, Bernard Gil, Sandra Ruffenach