Patents by Inventor Thomas Oheix
Thomas Oheix 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).
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Publication number: 20250089353Abstract: A device includes trenches. The trenches each include a conductive element configured to electrically couple coupling fingers of transistor gates located on a first side of a first layer, to a second layer extending on the side of a second face of the first layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Thomas OHEIX, Matthieu NONGAILLARD
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Patent number: 12249644Abstract: An enhancement-mode high-electron-mobility transistor comprises a structure including a stack made of III-V semiconductor materials defining an interface and capable of forming a conduction layer in the form of a two-dimensional electron gas layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode forming an electrical contact with the conduction layer; and a gate electrode arranged on top of the structure, between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The structure comprises a bar that is arranged below the gate electrode and passes through the interface of the stack. The bar comprises two semiconductor portions exhibiting opposite types of doping, defining a p-n junction in proximity to the interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.Inventors: Matthieu Nongaillard, Thomas Oheix
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Patent number: 12243937Abstract: The disclosure concerns a device which comprises a stack of two high electron mobility transistors, referred to as first and second transistor, separated by an insulating layer and each provided with a stack of semiconductor layers respectively referred to as first stack and second stack, the first and the second stack each comprising, from the insulating layer to, respectively, a first and a second surface, a barrier layer and a channel layer, the first and the second transistor respectively comprising a first set of electrodes and a second set of electrodes, the first and the second set of electrodes each comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode which are arranged so that the first and the second transistor are electrically connected head-to-tail.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: STMicroelectronics France, STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Matthieu Nongaillard, Thomas Oheix
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Publication number: 20230408902Abstract: The invention concerns a method of manufacturing an assembly of electronic components on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate comprising a plurality of field areas, each field area comprising at least one field and each field comprising at least one electronic component, the method comprising a plurality of photolithography steps to form a stack of layers forming each electronic component, each photolithography step defining a mask level and comprising the application of a mask successively on each field in photolithography equipment, the positioning of said mask on each field being performed relative to a reference mask level, one of the masks being designated as identification mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: EXAGAN SASInventors: Matthieu NONGAILLARD, Thomas OHEIX
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Publication number: 20230378085Abstract: The invention concerns a method of manufacturing an assembly of electronic components (3) on the front surface of a semiconductor wafer (1) comprising a plurality of field areas (4), each area (4) comprising at least one field (2) and each field (2) comprising at least one electronic component (3). The method comprises a plurality of photolithography steps to form a stack of layers forming each electronic component (3), each photolithography step comprises the application of a mask successively on each field (2) in photolithography equipment. One of the masks further comprises an identification pattern, said mask being called identification mask. At the photolithography step associated with the identification mask, as least one photolithographic parameter of the photolithography equipment is different for each field area (4), to expose the identification pattern differently in each field area (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: EXAGAN SASInventors: Matthieu NONGAILLARD, Thomas OHEIX
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Publication number: 20220359714Abstract: The disclosure concerns an electronic device comprising, stacked from a first surface to a second surface, a first stack and a second stack of two high electron mobility transistors, referred to as first and second transistor, the first and the second stack each comprising, from an insulating layer, interposed between the first and the second stack, a barrier layer and a channel layer, the first and the second transistor respectively comprising a first and a second set of electrodes, the first and the second set of electrodes being each provided with a source electrode, with a drain electrode, and with a gate electrode which are arranged so that the first and the second transistor form a half-arm of a bridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicants: Exagan SAS, STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Matthieu NONGAILLARD, Thomas OHEIX
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Publication number: 20220336651Abstract: The disclosure concerns a device which comprises a stack of two high electron mobility transistors, referred to as first and second transistor, separated by an insulating layer and each provided with a stack of semiconductor layers respectively referred to as first stack and second stack, the first and the second stack each comprising, from the insulating layer to, respectively, a first and a second surface, a barrier layer and a channel layer, the first and the second transistor respectively comprising a first set of electrodes and a second set of electrodes, the first and the second set of electrodes each comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode which are arranged so that the first and the second transistor are electrically connected head-to-tail.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicants: Exagan SAS, STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Matthieu NONGAILLARD, Thomas OHEIX
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Publication number: 20220328681Abstract: The disclosure concerns an electronic assembly which extends along a stacking direction from a lower surface to an upper surface coupled by an edge surface, the assembly comprises at least two elementary modules stacked along the stacking direction, which each comprise, along the stacking direction and from a back side to a front side, two high electron mobility transistors respectively called back transistor and front transistor, separated by an insulator layer, and having in common a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode, the assembly of the front and back transistors being electrically connected in parallel, the electronic assembly comprises, arranged on the front side of each elementary module, a contact layer, electrically contacting the gate electrode of the considered elementary module from its front side, each of the contact layers comprising an electric contact point emerging onto the edge surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicants: Exagan SAS, STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Matthieu NONGAILLARD, Thomas OHEIX
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Publication number: 20220328471Abstract: The disclosure concerns an electronic device provided with two high electron mobility transistors stacked on each other and having in common their source, drain, and gate electrodes. For example, each of these electrodes extends perpendicularly to the two transistors. For example, the source and drain electrodes electrically contact the conduction channels of each of the transistors so that said channels are electrically connected in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicants: Exagan SAS, STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Matthieu NONGAILLARD, Thomas OHEIX
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Publication number: 20220320325Abstract: The disclosure concerns an electronic device comprising a HEMT transistor, called main transistor, and at least another HEMT transistor, called additional transistor, stacked on each other. The main transistor and the additional transistor comprise a common drain electrode and, respectively, a main source electrode and an additional source electrode, arranged so that electric conduction paths likely to be formed by the two conduction layers are connected in parallel when one and the other of the HEMT transistors are in the conductive state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicants: Exagan SAS, STMicroelectronics International N.V.Inventors: Matthieu NONGAILLARD, Thomas OHEIX
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Publication number: 20210202728Abstract: An enhancement-mode high-electron-mobility transistor comprises a structure including a stack made of III-V semiconductor materials defining an interface and capable of forming a conduction layer in the form of a two-dimensional electron gas layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode forming an electrical contact with the conduction layer; and a gate electrode arranged on top of the structure, between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The structure comprises a bar that is arranged below the gate electrode and passes through the interface of the stack. The bar comprises two semiconductor portions exhibiting opposite types of doping, defining a p-n junction in proximity to the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Matthieu Nongaillard, Thomas Oheix