Patents by Inventor Simon Rack

Simon Rack 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).

  • METHOD FOR MAKING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BY LASER IRRADIATION
    Publication number: 20130045609
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device including the steps of exposing a semiconductor substrate to a process step or sequence of process steps of which at least one process performance parameter is determined in a region of the semiconductor substrate, and irradiating the region with a laser having laser irradiation parameters; wherein the irradiation parameters are determined based on the at least one process performance parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: EXCICO FRANCE
    Inventor: Simon Rack
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IRRADIATING A PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIAL SURFACE BY LASER ENERGY
    Publication number: 20120040486
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing TF-PV material by providing a TF-PV material layer having a degree of crystallinity, and irradiating a surface region of the TF-PV material layer using a laser source having irradiation parameter selected such that the degree of crystallinity is increased at least at a top layer of the surface region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: EXCICO GROUP - RCH (RESEARCH CAMPUS HASSELT)
    Inventor: Simon Rack
  • Pyrotechnic device for destruction of valuable documents
    Publication number: 20050115442
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic device for destruction of valuable documents in which a primary incineration charge and a propellant charge are electrically triggered by an external signal, and an extinguisher charge is triggered when a precise portion of the propellant charge is consumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Simon Rack