Patents by Inventor Tony Maindron

Tony Maindron 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: 20230352622
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode comprising: a first electrode; a first layer of semiconductor doped to a first conductivity type; a second layer of semiconductor doped to a second conductivity type; a region of radiative recombination arranged between, or at the interface of, the first and second layers; a third layer of semiconductor doped to the second conductivity type; a fourth semiconductor layer arranged between the second and third layers; a second electrode arranged against a side face of the third layer and against only part of a side face of the fourth layer; and wherein the fourth layer forms, in relation to the third layer, an energy barrier of at least 100 MeV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: David VAUFREY, Tony MAINDRON, Corentin LE MAOULT
  • Publication number: 20230337454
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device that includes a substrate and a stack of organic layers that has at least one active layer arranged between a reflective surface and a semi-reflective surface arranged facing one another at a given distance and forming an optical cavity. The device includes at least three groups of pixels, each group of which is characterized by a cavity of a different optical length, the cavity having a number of bilayers arranged between the substrate and said stack of organic layers, each bilayer being formed of a first transparent and conductive layer of a first transparent and conductive material, and of a second transparent and conductive layer of a second transparent and conductive material, in direct contact with the first transparent and conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: MICROOLED, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Gunther HAAS, Benoit DUGRENIL, Sébastien GUILLAMET, Myriam TOURNAIRE, Tony MAINDRON
  • Publication number: 20230054679
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device manufacturing method, including the following successive steps: transferring an active inorganic photosensitive diode stack on an integrated control circuit previously formed inside and on top of a semiconductor substrate; and forming a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes on the active photosensitive diode stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: François Templier, Roch Espiau de Lamaestre, Tony Maindron
  • Patent number: 11579062
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical particle sensor (1) comprising: at least one light source (2, 2r, 2g, 2b) configured to emit light rays (20), at least one channel (3) intended to receive a fluid transporting at least one particle (30), and to at least partially receive the light rays (20) emitted by the at least one source (2, 2r, 2g, 2b), such that said light rays (20) are partially scattered by the at least one particle (30), at least one photodetector (4) capable of receiving said scattered light rays (20), said sensor (1) being characterised in that the at least one source (2, 2r, 2g, 2b) has an emission face (21) facing one side (D) of the sensor and in that the at least one photodetector (4) has a receiving face (41) facing the same side (D) of the sensor (1), such that the light rays received by the at least one photodetector are light rays (20b) backscattered by the at least one particle (30), for at least 90% of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Tony Maindron, Salim Boutami, Christophe Kopp
  • Patent number: 11225601
    Abstract: For applications in the fields of organic electronics and photonics, disclosed are fluorescent charge-transfer compounds emitting in the visible spectral range from blue to red, including a triarylamine moiety, an electron-withdrawing group and at least two photopolymerizable groups. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a film-forming and photo-crosslinkable composition including at least one compound of the invention and its use as a precursor of a photocrosslinked emissive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (CEA), UNIVERSITE DE NANTES
    Inventors: Elena Ishow, Simon Olivier, Tony Maindron, Bernard Geffroy
  • Publication number: 20210404931
    Abstract: An optical particle sensor includes-at least one light source configured to emit light rays; at least one channel intended to receive a fluid transporting at least one particle, and to at least partially receive the light rays emitted by the at least one source such that said light rays are partially scattered by the at least one particle; and at least one photodetector capable of receiving said scattered light rays. The at least one source has an emission face facing one side of the sensor and the at least one photodetector has a receiving face facing the same side of the sensor, wherein the light rays received by the at least one photodetector are light rays backscattered by the at least one particle, for at least 90% of the light rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Tony MAINDRON, Salim BOUTAMI, Christophe KOPP
  • Publication number: 20210391562
    Abstract: A method for producing a pixel of an OLED microscreen includes the steps of: a) providing a substrate having a structured first electrode; b) forming a dielectric layer on the structured first electrode; c) forming openings in the dielectric layer such that the structured first electrode has free areas, d) forming a spacer layer that is transparent and conductive, and includes: a first part extending over the dielectric layer, and a second part extending over the free areas; e) removing the first part of the spacer layer; f) forming a stack of organic light-emitting layers that is configured to emit a white light; and g) forming a second electrode on the stack; step d) being carried out such that the second part of the spacer layer has first, second and third thicknesses that are designed to allow, respectively, the transmission of red, green and blue light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Laurent MOLLARD, Tony MAINDRON, Myriam TOURNAIRE
  • Publication number: 20210388300
    Abstract: A culture plate including: an array of light sources formed inside and on top of a semiconductor substrate; a transparent planarization layer coating the array of light sources; and an array of wells formed on said layer, each light source being located vertically in line with a well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicants: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Tony Maindron, Franz Bruckert, Marianne Weidenhaupt
  • Patent number: 11031438
    Abstract: A pixel includes, successively a substrate; a reflector that is reflective in the visible spectrum; a spacing layer; a first, transparent electrode; a stack of organic light-emitting layers that is configured to emit a white light; a second, semitransparent electrode that is formed on the stack, the second electrode and the reflector forming an optical resonator; the spacing layer having first, second and third portions, the thicknesses of which are adjusted such that the optical resonator allows, respectively, the transmission of red, green and blue light; noteworthy in that the first and second portions of the spacing layer each include lateral edges that are covered with a material that is reflective in the visible spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Laurent Mollard, Tony Maindron, Myriam Tournaire
  • Patent number: 10944077
    Abstract: A process includes the following successive steps: a) providing a substrate including a structured first electrode; b) forming in succession first and second bilayer stacks on the structured first electrode, each bilayer stack including in succession first and second layers made of first and second materials that are transparent conductive oxides able to be selectively etched; c) etching the second bilayer stack in a zone intended to accommodate a blue subpixel and in a zone intended to accommodate a green subpixel; d) etching the first bilayer stack in the zone intended to accommodate the blue subpixel; e) forming a stack of organic light-emitting layers, the stack being configured to emit white light; f) forming a second electrode on the stack of organic light-emitting layers so as to obtain an optical resonator with the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Laurent Mollard, Tony Maindron, Myriam Tournaire
  • Patent number: 10804326
    Abstract: A monolithic display device including a plurality of first pixels capable of emitting light in a first wavelength range, and a plurality of second pixels capable of emitting light in a second wavelength range, the first pixels each including a gallium nitride light-emitting diode, and the second pixels each including an organic light-emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: Tony Maindron, Benoit Racine, François Templier
  • Publication number: 20200203662
    Abstract: A process includes the following successive steps: a) providing a substrate including a structured first electrode; b) forming in succession first and second bilayer stacks on the structured first electrode, each bilayer stack including in succession first and second layers made of first and second materials that are transparent conductive oxides able to be selectively etched; c) etching the second bilayer stack in a zone intended to accommodate a blue subpixel and in a zone intended to accommodate a green subpixel; d) etching the first bilayer stack in the zone intended to accommodate the blue subpixel; e) forming a stack of organic light-emitting layers, the stack being configured to emit white light; f) forming a second electrode on the stack of organic light-emitting layers so as to obtain an optical resonator with the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Laurent MOLLARD, Tony MAINDRON, Myriam TOURNAIRE
  • Publication number: 20200066808
    Abstract: A pixel includes, successively a substrate; a reflector that is reflective in the visible spectrum; a spacing layer; a first, transparent electrode; a stack of organic light-emitting layers that is configured to emit a white light; a second, semitransparent electrode that is formed on the stack, the second electrode and the reflector forming an optical resonator; the spacing layer having first, second and third portions, the thicknesses of which are adjusted such that the optical resonator allows, respectively, the transmission of red, green and blue light; noteworthy in that the first and second portions of the spacing layer each include lateral edges that are covered with a material that is reflective in the visible spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Laurent MOLLARD, Tony MAINDRON, Myriam TOURNAIRE
  • Publication number: 20200013983
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode includes a first electrode, a stack of semiconductor organic layers comprising at least one electroluminescent organic layer, the stack being deposited above the first electrode, and a second electrode deposited on a surface of the stack, the surface being opposite the first electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises at least one region, making electrical contact with the stack of semiconductor organic layers, having a geometry suitable for allowing the excitation of a localized plasmon mode at the emission wavelength of the electroluminescent organic layer. Display device comprising a plurality of such diodes sharing a stack of semiconductor organic layers. Process for manufacturing such a diode and such a display device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Salim BOUTAMI, Stéphane GETIN, Tony MAINDRON, Benoit RACINE
  • Publication number: 20190280048
    Abstract: A monolithic display device including a plurality of first pixels capable of emitting light in a first wavelength range, and a plurality of second pixels capable of emitting light in a second wavelength range, the first pixels each including a gallium nitride light-emitting diode, and the second pixels each including an organic light-emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventors: Tony Maindron, Benoit Racine, Francois Templier
  • Publication number: 20180309090
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode comprises a first electrode, a stack of semiconducting organic layers, comprising at least one light-emitting organic layer, deposited on top of the first electrode and a second electrode deposited on a surface of the stack opposite the first electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises at least one region in electrical contact with the stack of semiconducting organic layers surrounded by one or more regions electrically insulated from the stack, each electrically insulated region structured to form at least one Bragg mirror adapted to reflect plasmons with a wavelength ? of emission from the light-emitting layer and guided by an interface between the first electrode and the stack of semiconducting organic layers, each region in electrical contact with the stack forming, with the Bragg mirror or mirrors surrounding it, a cavity not supporting any resonant plasmon mode at the wavelength ?. A method for fabricating such an organic light-emitting diode is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Salim BOUTAMI, Stéphane GETIN, Tony MAINDRON, Benoit RACINE
  • Patent number: 10050229
    Abstract: An encapsulated device comprises: an organic optoelectronic component exhibiting at least one sensitive surface protected from oxygen and/or water vapor; and a multilayer encapsulation structure covering the sensitive surface, comprising at least one layer made of organic material interposed between first and second barrier layers made of nonmetallic inorganic material impermeable to oxygen and water vapor; wherein the barrier layers are made of a material chosen from a stoichiometric metal oxide, stoichiometric silicon oxide and a silicon oxynitride and produced by atomic layer deposition, and wherein the multilayer encapsulation structure also comprises at least one active layer containing a nonstoichiometric oxide exhibiting an oxygen deficiency, also interposed between the first and said second barrier layers. A process for encapsulating a component exhibiting a “sensitive” surface protected from oxygen and/or water vapor by producing a multilayer encapsulation structure is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, MICROOLED
    Inventors: Robin Bonnet, Jean-Marc Gilet, Tony Maindron, Jean-Yves Simon
  • Publication number: 20180030342
    Abstract: For applications in the fields of organic electronics and photonics, disclosed are fluorescent charge-transfer compounds emitting in the visible spectral range from blue to red, including a triarylamine moiety, an electron-withdrawing group and at least two photopolymerizable groups. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a film-forming and photo-crosslinkable composition including at least one compound of the invention and its use as a precursor of a photocrosslinked emissive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Elena ISHOW, Simon OLIVIER, Tony MAINDRON, Bernard GEFFROY
  • Patent number: 9793141
    Abstract: This method concerns the protection against humidity of a device including a first and a second electronic components respectively having two opposite surfaces, the surfaces: being separated by a non-zero distance shorter than 10 micrometers; having an area greater than 100 mm2; being connected by an assembly of electrical interconnection elements spaced apart from one another by a space void of matter. This method includes applying a deposit of thin atomic layers onto the device to form a layer of mineral material covering at least the interconnection elements, the layer of mineral material having a permeability to water vapor smaller than or equal to 10?3 g/m2/day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Thales
    Inventors: Francois Marion, Tony Maindron
  • Publication number: 20170229321
    Abstract: This method concerns the protection against humidity of a device including a first and a second electronic components respectively having two opposite surfaces, the surfaces: being separated by a non-zero distance shorter than 10 micrometers; having an area greater than 100 mm2; being connected by an assembly of electrical interconnection elements spaced apart from one another by a space void of matter. This method includes applying a deposit of thin atomic layers onto the device to form a layer of mineral material covering at least the interconnection elements, the layer of mineral material having a permeability to water vapor smaller than or equal to 10?3 g/m2/day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Francois Marion, Tony Maindron