Patents by Inventor Thierry Barge

Thierry Barge 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: 6720640
    Abstract: In a method for reclaiming a delaminated wafer produced as a by-product in the production of bonded wafer by the ion implantation and delamination method, at least ion-implanted layer on a chamfered portion of the delaminated wafer is removed, and then a surface of the wafer is polished. Specifically, at least a chamfered portion of the delaminated wafer is subjected to an etching treatment and/or processing by chamfering, and then a surface of the wafer is polished. Alternatively, the delaminated wafer is subjected to a heat treatment, and then polished. There are provided a method for reclaiming a delaminated wafer, which provides a reclaimed wafer of high quality that does not generate particles even when it is subjected to a heat treatment with good yield, and such a reclaimed wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd., S.O.I. Tec Silicon on Insulator Technologies
    Inventors: Susumu Kuwabara, Kiyoshi Mitani, Naoto Tate, Masatake Nakano, Thierry Barge, Christophe Maleville
  • Publication number: 20030219957
    Abstract: In a method for reclaiming a delaminated wafer produced as a by-product in the production of bonded wafer by the ion implantation and delamination method, at least ion-implanted layer on a chamfered portion of the delaminated wafer is removed, and then a surface of the wafer is polished. Specifically, at least a chamfered portion of the delaminated wafer is subjected to an etching treatment and/or processing by chamfering, and then a surface of the wafer is polished. Alternatively, the delaminated wafer is subjected to a heat treatment, and then polished. There are provided a method for reclaiming a delaminated wafer, which provides a reclaimed wafer of high quality that does not generate particles even when it is subjected to a heat treatment with good yield, and such a reclaimed wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicants: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd., S. O. I. Tec Silicon on Insulator Technologies
    Inventors: Susumu Kuwabara, Kiyoshi Mitani, Naoto Tate, Masatake Nakano, Thierry Barge, Christophe Maleville
  • Patent number: 6596610
    Abstract: In a method for reclaiming a delaminated wafer produced as a by-product in the production of bonded wafer by the ion implantation and delamination method, at least ion-implanted layer on a chamfered portion of the delaminated wafer is removed, and then a surface of the wafer is polished. Specifically, at least a chamfered portion of the delaminated wafer is subjected to an etching treatment and/or processing by chamfering, and then a surface of the wafer is polished. Alternatively, the delaminated wafer is subjected to a heat treatment, and then polished. There are provided a method for reclaiming a delaminated wafer, which provides a reclaimed wafer of high quality that does not generate particles even when it is subjected to a heat treatment with good yield, and such a reclaimed wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Handotai Co. Ltd., S.O.I. Tec Silicon on Insulator Technologies
    Inventors: Susumu Kuwabara, Kiyoshi Mitani, Naoto Tate, Masatake Nakano, Thierry Barge, Christophe Maleville
  • Patent number: 6403450
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for treating, a substrate comprising a semi-conducting layer (4) on at least one of its surfaces. Said method comprises a step for annealing the substrate and a step for forming, an oxide layer (6) at the semi-conducting layer (4) surface, carried out before the end of the annealing step, protecting the remainder of the semi-conducting layer (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Christophe Maleville, Thierry Barge, Bernard Aspar, Hubert Moriceau, André-Jacques Auberton-Herve
  • Patent number: 6335258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a production method for a thin film on a support that includes an ionic implantation stage in order to demarcate the thin film in a substrate, the aim of the ionic implantation being to create a layer of micro-cavities in the substrate, a stage to bond the substrate to a support element using close contact and a heat treatment stage intended to bring the layer of micro-cavities to a temperature that is high enough to cause a split along said layer. At least one of said elements, substrate or support, is thinned before the heat treatment stage in order to maintain the close contact between the substrate and the support despite the stresses caused in the elements and resulting from the difference in their thermal dilation coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Bernard Aspar, Michel Bruel, Thierry Barge