Patents by Inventor Stephane Thieffry

Stephane Thieffry 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).

  • Patent number: 12525483
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: SOITEC
    Inventors: Bruno Clemenceau, Ludovic Ecarnot, Aymen Ghorbel, Marcel Broekaart, Daniel Delprat, Séverin Rouchier, Stephane Thieffry, Carine Duret
  • 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