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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160042955 | METHOD OF MAKING A TRANSISTOR - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transistor comprising the preparation of a stack of layers of the semiconductor on insulator type comprising at least one substrate on which an insulating layer and an initial semiconductor layer are successively disposed. The method includes the formation of at least one oxide pad extending from a top face of the insulating layer, the formation of an additional layer made from semiconductor material covering the oxide pad and intended to form a channel for the transistor, the formation of a gate stack above the oxide pad, and the formation of a source and drain on either side of the gate stack. | 02-11-2016 |
20160023381 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEALING BLADDER MADE OF THERMOSETTING POLYMER FOR A TANK CONTAINING A PRESSURIZED FLUID, SUCH AS A COMPOSITE TANK, AND A TANK - A method for manufacturing a polymer bladder assuring the internal sealing of a tank vis-à-vis a pressurized fluid which is contained therein, wherein said polymer is a thermosetting polymer, and said method comprises at least one step of polymerizing at least two precursor compounds of said thermosetting polymer carried out in a mould in rotation. | 01-28-2016 |
20150329986 | PROCESS FOR ELECTROCHEMICALLY MAKING AT LEAST ONE POROUS AREA OF A MICRO AND/OR NANOELECTRONIC STRUCTURE - A process for making at least one porous area (ZP) of a microelectronic structure in at least one part of an conducting active layer ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150316517 | DEVICE COMPRISING A FLUID CHANNEL PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE MICRO OR NANOELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH A DEVICE - Device including a substrate including at least one microelectronic and/or nanoelectronic structure (NEMS) having a sensitive portion and a fluid channel. The fluid channel includes two lateral walls, an upper wall connecting the two lateral walls, a lower wall formed by the substrate, and at least two openings in order to provide a circulation in the fluid channel, with the openings being defined between the two lateral walls, with the structure being located inside the fluid channel. Electrical connection lines extend between the structure and the outside of the fluid channel, with the connection lines being carried out on the substrate and passing under the lateral walls. The device also includes an intermediate layer having a planar face in contact with base faces of said lateral walls. The connection lines are at least partially covered by the intermediate layer at least immediately above base faces of the lateral walls. The lateral walls are made sealingly integral on the substrate by a sealing layer on the intermediate layer. | 11-05-2015 |
20150304118 | METHOD FOR PRESELECTING A ROUTER IN AN RPL NETWORK - A method for preselecting a router in a LLN (Lower power and Lossy Network) network from a plurality of nodes in which each router node transmits to the other router nodes of the LLN network within direct radio range of the router node an announcement message, and, upon receiving the announcement message, each of the other router nodes compares its current status with respect to a router node with the status indicated in the announcement message, and configures its status depending on the comparison so that a single node from among the nodes of the LLN network within direct radio range of the router node transmits to the root node a configuration request MER_Request as a multicast router for data from or intended for the host node. | 10-22-2015 |
20150303320 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN ABSORBING AREA PLACED IN A FOCUSING CAVITY - A semiconducting structure configured to receive electromagnetic radiation, a method for manufacturing such a structure, and a semiconductor component, the semiconductor structure including: a first semiconducting area of a first type of conductivity, a second semiconducting area of a second type of conductivity opposite to the first type of conductivity, the second area being in contact with the first area to form a semiconducting junction. The second area includes a portion for which a concentration of majority carriers is at least ten times less than a concentration of majority carriers of the first area. The second area and its portion are essentially made in a first cavity configured to focus in the first cavity at least one portion of the electromagnetic radiation. | 10-22-2015 |
20150295066 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FET TRANSISTORS - A method of production of a field-effect transistor from a stack of layers forming a semiconductor-on-insulator type substrate, the stack including a superficial layer of an initial thickness, made of a crystalline semiconductor material and covered with a protective layer, the method including: defining, by photolithography, a gate pattern in the protective layer; etching the gate pattern into the superficial layer to leave a thickness of the layer of semiconductor material in place, the thickness defining a height of a conduction channel of the field-effect transistor; forming a gate in the gate pattern; forming, in the superficial layer and on either side of the gate, source and drain zones, while preserving, in the zones, the initial thickness of the superficial layer. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294903 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH ISOLATION TRENCHES PARTIALLY FORMED UNDER ACTIVE REGIONS - A method of producing a microelectronic device in a substrate comprising a first semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer and a second semiconductor layer, comprising the following steps: etching a trench through the first semiconductor layer, the dielectric layer and a part of the thickness of the second semiconductor layer, thus defining, in the first semiconductor layer, one active region of the microelectronic device, ionic implantation in one or more side walls of the trench, at the level of the second semiconductor layer, modifying the crystallographic properties and/or the chemical properties of the implanted semiconductor, etching of the implanted semiconductor such that at least a part of the trench extends under a part of the active region, —filling of the trench with a dielectric material, forming an isolation trench surrounding the active region and comprising portions extending under a part of the active region. | 10-15-2015 |
20150286077 | DISPLAY SCREEN AND ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS - The invention relates to a display screen and its manufacturing process. The display screen of the invention comprises: a substrate made of a plastic; at least one transparent heating element; and at least one thermochromic compound, and is characterized in that the at least one transparent heating element comprises at least one optionally functionalized metal nanowire. The invention in particular has applications in the electronics industry. | 10-08-2015 |
20150274516 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATION OF A MICROMECHANICAL AND/OR NANOMECHANICAL STRUCTURE COMPRISING A POROUS SURFACE - Process for fabrication of a micromechanical and/or nanomechanical structure comprising the following steps, starting from an element comprising a support substrate and a sacrificial layer:
| 10-01-2015 |
20150243833 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for producing an electrical contact of a semiconductor device, including: depositing an optically transparent electrically conductive layer on a face of the device; depositing first and second dielectric layers on the layer, in which the second dielectric layer can be selectively laser etched; selectively laser etching the second dielectric layer, forming a first opening; producing a second opening aligned with the first opening in the first dielectric layer; depositing an electrically conductive material on the optically transparent electrically conductive layer through the second opening such that portions of the electrically conductive material are deposited on the second dielectric layer, around the first opening; and etching parts of the second dielectric layer which are not covered with portions of the electrically conductive material. | 08-27-2015 |
20150243737 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A REVERSE BIASED HEMT TRANSISTOR - An electronic device including at least: | 08-27-2015 |
20150242318 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING WITH MANAGEMENT OF A CACHE CONSISTENCY IN A NETWORK OF PROCESSORS WITH CACHE MEMORIES - A system for data processing with management of a cache consistency in a network of processors including cache memories, the network including plural nodes for access to a main memory interconnected with one another, a set of directories being distributed between nodes of the network, each directory including a table of correspondence between cache lines and information fields on the cache lines. The system includes a first sub-network for interconnection of the nodes with one another, implementing a first message transmission protocol providing read/write access to the directories during any passage in the corresponding nodes of a message passing through the first sub-network, and a second sub-network for interconnection of the nodes with one another, implementing a second message transmission protocol, the second protocol excluding any read/write access to the directories during any passage in the corresponding nodes of a message passing through the second sub-network. | 08-27-2015 |
20150228495 | PLASMA ETCHING PROCESS - A method and system are provided for etching a layer to be etched in a plasma etching reactor, including: forming a reactive layer by injection of at least one reactive gas to form a reactive gas plasma, which forms, together with the layer to be etched, a reactive layer which goes into the layer to be etched during etching of said layer to be etched, wherein the reactive layer reaches a steady state thickness upon completion of a determined duration of said injection; said injection being interrupted before said determined duration has elapsed so that, upon completion of the forming of the reactive layer, the thickness of the reactive layer is smaller than said steady state thickness; and removing the reactive layer by injection of at least one inert gas to form an inert gas plasma, which makes it possible to remove only the reactive layer. | 08-13-2015 |
20150226713 | GAS CONCENTRATION SENSOR WITH A SUSPENDED STRUCTURE - A concentration sensor for at least one given gas comprising at least one suspended structure ( | 08-13-2015 |
20150226612 | BOLOMETRIC DETECTOR WITH A MIM STRUCTURE INCLUDING A THERMOMETER ELEMENT - A bolometric detector including at least:
| 08-13-2015 |
20150219403 | STEAM HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM - A solar plant including a solar field for production of steam, a turbine using steam, and an excess steam storage and draw off system. The system includes a latent heat thermal storage module and a liquid displacement thermal storage module including a liquid volume and a steam blanket. The modules are connected together so that the steam produced passes through the steam blanket before passing through the latent heat module, condensing, to be injected in the liquid volume, the lower part of the liquid volume being connected to the solar field and to an outlet of the turbine to let in or return cold liquid. The liquid volume acts as a liquid displacement reservoir. | 08-06-2015 |
20150214778 | PHOTOVOLTAIC BATTERY CELL - An electrochemical and photovoltaic secondary cell formed by an electrolyte provided between a first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrode including a layer based on a semi-conductor material configured to convert photons into electrons. | 07-30-2015 |
20150214099 | METHOD OF ETCHING A CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL BY ION IMPLANTATION AND THEN CHEMICAL ETCHING BASED ON HYDROGEN CHLORIDE - The invention provides a method of etching a crystalline semiconductor material ( | 07-30-2015 |
20150212051 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS ACQUIRED BY ULTRASONIC PROBING, CORRESPONDING PROGRAM AND ULTRASONIC PROBING DEVICE - A method for processing ultrasonic signals includes: controlling a plurality of emission transducers for L successive emissions of ultrasonic waves; controlling N reception transducers to simultaneously receive and for a predetermined time, for each successive emission, N measurement signals; obtaining an array of ultrasonic time signals of size L×N, each coefficient K | 07-30-2015 |
20150211936 | PHOTON RADIATION DETECTOR COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF ANTENNAS AND A SPIRAL RESISTIVE SUPPORT - A photon radiation detector ( | 07-30-2015 |
20150207027 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND PROCESS FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT - A semi-conducting component including a semi-conducting layer of a first conductivity type including a plurality of semi-conducting zones of a second conductivity type opposite that of the semi-conducting layer, and an insulating layer. The component further includes a first bias mechanism configured to bias the semi-conducting layer and a second bias mechanism configured to bias a semi-conducting zone. The first bias mechanism includes a conducting layer in contact with the insulating layer and which includes passageways for each second bias mechanism with the spacing between the conducting layer and the second bias mechanism which is located facing the corresponding semi-conducting zone. | 07-23-2015 |
20150206662 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CAPACITOR - A method for producing a capacitor stack in one portion of a substrate, the method including: forming a cavity along a thickness of the portion of the substrate from an upper face of the substrate, depositing a plurality of layers contributing to the capacitor stack onto the wall of the cavity and onto the surface of the upper face, and removing matter from the layers until the surface of the upper face is reached. The forming of the cavity includes forming at least one trench and, associated with each trench, at least one box. The at least one trench includes a trench outlet that opens into the box. The box includes a box outlet that opens at the surface of the upper face, and the box outlet being shaped to be larger than the trench outlet. | 07-23-2015 |
20150198650 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING AGAINST ELECTRICAL ARCS IMPLEMENTING A MODULATION SPECIFIC TO A MODULE OF THE ACOUSTIC WAVE ACCOMPANYING AN ELECTRICAL ARC - The invention relates to an electrical system comprising a plurality of modules that can be powered independently withy current, characterised in that it further comprises:
| 07-16-2015 |
20150195029 | MULTI-ANTENNA RECEIVER WITH A TIME SYNCHRONIZATION COMMON TO THE DIFFERENT RECEIVER CHAINS - The invention relates to a receiver of a signal built as successive frames, comprising a plurality of antennas, a signal receiving chain associated with each antenna, and a power amplifier on each receiving chain to which is applied a gain set point provided by a gain control unit characterized in that it comprises an antenna selecting unit configured to select one antenna from the plurality of antennas, and a time synchronizing unit configured to determine the frame start and end times in the signal received by the selected antenna. The antenna selecting unit is further configured to assess the gain set point of each receiving chain and to eliminate from the selection each antenna associated to a receiving chain which gain set point in not in a steady state. | 07-09-2015 |
20150194489 | NANOWIRE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PARTIALLY SURROUNDED BY A GRATING - A semiconductor device is provided, including two semiconductor nanowires superimposed one on top of the other or arranged next to one another, spaced one from the other and forming channel regions of the semiconductor device, a dielectric structure entirely filling a space between the nanowires and which is in contact with the nanowires, a gate dielectric and a gate covering a first of the nanowires, sidewalls of the nanowires and sidewalls of the dielectric structure when the nanowires are superimposed one on top of the other, or covering a part of the upper faces of the nanowires and a part of an upper face of the dielectric structure when the nanowires are arranged next to one another, and wherein the dielectric structure comprises a portion of dielectric material with a relative permittivity greater than or equal to 20. | 07-09-2015 |
20150194349 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a microelectronic device comprising, on the base of a substrate:
| 07-09-2015 |
20150192628 | INFRARED DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - Infrared detection device comprising at least one first bolometer able to detect at least a part of infrared radiation intended to be received by the infrared detection device, and a reading and compensation circuit of a first electrical signal intended to be outputted by the first bolometer, with the reading and compensation circuit comprising at least:
| 07-09-2015 |
20150191309 | RECEPTACLE INTERACTING WITH A USER WITH REDUCED ENERGY CONSUMPTION BEFORE UNPACKING - The invention relates to a receptacle for storage of an object, containing a proximity sensor capable of detecting an action by a user close to or in contact with a surface of the receptacle, a transducer and a control circuit comprising an input coupled to the proximity sensor and an output connected to the transducer, the control circuit being configured to generate a control signal to be sent to the transducer when a user action is detected by the proximity sensor, characterized in that it also comprises an unpacking detector coupled to the control circuit and in that the control circuit is also configured to changeover from a standby mode during which it periodically awakens to query the unpacking detector, to a detection mode during which it periodically checks the state of its input coupled to the proximity sensor, after the unpacking detector has detected removal of the receptacle from a packaging. | 07-09-2015 |
20150179665 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRAINED SEMI-CONDUCTOR BLOCKS ON THE INSULATING LAYER OF A SEMI-CONDUCTOR ON INSULATOR SUBSTRATE - Method for producing a microelectronic device comprising: | 06-25-2015 |
20150179474 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING THE STRAIN STATE OF A BLOCK OF A SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL - Method for modifying the strain state of a block of a semiconducting material comprising steps for:
| 06-25-2015 |
20150178978 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A VOLUME MODEL, RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - This processing method provides the ability to process a volume mode with an object intended to be added to or subtracted from said model. The volume model includes points arranged according to a spatial grid in a first reference system, each point being assigned an intensity value. The object has points positioned in a second reference system that is distinct from the first reference system. | 06-25-2015 |
20150177281 | MULTISENSORY DETECTOR - The invention relates to a measuring circuit for a multisensory detector characterized in that it comprises:
| 06-25-2015 |
20150163570 | OPTICAL ARBITRATION DEVICE AND METHOD IN A NETWORK-ON-CHIP SYSTEM - An optical arbiter device, between conflicting access requests to a shared resource sent by N processing nodes of a network-on-chip system, comprising at least one primary optical arbiter bus, at least one optical source for transmitting a first optical signal in said at least one primary optical arbiter bus, and a sequence of N optical arbiter cells coupled with the primary optical arbiter bus, each of these optical arbiter cells being associated with a processing node and having means for selecting the processing node with which said each optical arbiter cell is associated by re-routing the first optical signal. The optical source is designed to transmit a second optical signal propagated in an opposite direction to the first optical signal along the primary optical arbiter bus. Furthermore, the selection means of each optical arbiter cell are designed to perform said selection by re-routing the first and second optical signals. | 06-11-2015 |
20150162190 | METHOD FOR FORMING SPACERS FOR A TRANSISTOR GATE - A method for forming spacers of a transistor gate having an active layer surmounted by the gate, including forming a porous layer covering the gate and having a dielectric constant equal to or less than that of silicon oxide, forming a protective layer covering the porous layer and the gate, etching the protective layer anisotropically to preserve residual portions of the protective gate only at the flanks of the gate, forming a modified layer by penetration of ions within the porous layer anisotropically to modify the porous layer over its entire thickness above the gate and above the active layer and so as not to modify the entire thickness of the porous layer on the flanks of the gate, the latter being protected by protective spacers constituting porous spacers, and removing the modified layer by etching to leave the protective spacers in place. | 06-11-2015 |
20150158725 | METHOD OF HERMETICALLY SEALING A HOLE WITH A FUSE MATERIAL - Method of hermetically sealing a hole with a fuse material, comprising the following steps:
| 06-11-2015 |
20150158112 | METHOD FOR SEALING TWO ELEMENTS BY LOW TEMPERATURE THERMOCOMPRESSION - A sealing method between two elements includes producing a first sealing material on a face of a first of the two elements, producing a second sealing material, different from the first sealing material, on one face of a second of the two elements, securing the two elements by thermocompression of the sealing materials against each other at a temperature Tc below the melting temperatures of the first and second sealing materials, the first and second sealing materials are chosen such that they each have at least one phase able to react with the phase of the other sealing material by interdiffusion of the components of the phases of the sealing materials during the securing step and forming at least one other solid phase having a melting temperature above the temperature Tc. | 06-11-2015 |
20150156890 | METHOD TO FABRICATE A SUBSTRATE INCLUDING A MATERIAL DISPOSED ON THE EDGE OF ONE OR MORE NON THROUGH HOLE FORMED IN THE SUBSTRATE - Method for producing a substrate comprising at least one getter material arranged on the walls of at least one blind hole, comprising at least the steps of: | 06-04-2015 |
20150156862 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MECHANICALLY AUTONOMOUS MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for producing a mechanically autonomous microelectronic device comprising at least one electric via enabling an electric connection from at least one first face of the device, characterized in that it comprises the following sequence of operations:
| 06-04-2015 |
20150155175 | METHOD FOR THE METALLIZATION OF A POROUS MATERIAL - Metallization method for a porous material including deposition of a metallic material in the liquid phase using a solution containing metal ions, the conditions consisting of the solution temperature, the pH of the solution, and the concentration of metal ions in solution being chosen to result in a deposition rate of the metallic material less than or equal to 0.1 nm/min. | 06-04-2015 |
20150155170 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE ON INSULATOR - A method for producing a microelectronic device provided with different strained areas in the superficial layer of a semi-conductor on insulator type substrate comprising amorphizing a region of said superficial layer and then a lateral recrystallization of said region from crystalline areas adjoining this region ( | 06-04-2015 |
20150153297 | CAPACITIVE HUMIDITY SENSOR WITH GRAPHENE ELECTRODE - A humidity-sensing device and a method of producing the humidity-sensing device. The humidity-sensing device is of capacitive type and includes a dielectric material with low permeability to moisture and an electrode with permeability to moisture greater than that of the dielectric material with which it is in contact. | 06-04-2015 |
20150151959 | ENCAPSULATION STRUCTURE COMPRISING TRENCHES PARTIALLY FILLED WITH GETTER MATERIAL - An encapsulation structure comprising at least:
| 06-04-2015 |
20150146770 | CHANNEL ESTIMATING METHOD FOR FBMC TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a channel estimating method for an FBMC telecommunication system. The disclosed estimating method uses the signal before it is filtered by the analysis filter bank. | 05-28-2015 |
20150139646 | OPTICAL NETWORK AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH AN OPTICAL NETWORK - An optical network including: a medium; at least one beam of optical waveguides extending over the medium; for each beam, interfaces between the beam and the processing units, respectively. The beam successively links the interfaces in a closed loop oriented in a certain direction of rotation of information. The communication units of each interface are transversely arranged in ranks increasing from the periphery to the interior of the beam. First and second optical waveguides start from different interfaces or end at different interfaces. The first optical waveguide links two communication units both of them readers and/or writers of different ranks in first and second respective interfaces. The second optical waveguide passes through a communication unit from the second interface of lower rank to that of the communication unit of said second interface through which the first optical waveguide passes. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139595 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING THE TRANSVERSE SPATIAL PROFILE OF INTENSITY OF A LIGHT BEAM, PREFERABLY USING A MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBRE - A device for converting transverse spatial profile of intensity of a light beam, using a microstructured optical fiber. Transverse dimensions of the fiber vary longitudinally and both its ends have opto-geometrical parameters such that at the wavelength of the beam the fiber has a fundamental mode having two different profile shapes at its two ends. Thus by introducing the beam with one of the profiles through one of the two ends, the beam emerges through the other end with the other profile, whose shape is different from that of the profile of the introduced beam. | 05-21-2015 |
20150133889 | CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE REFLUX OF A FLUID INJECTION - The invention describes a system for injecting and controlling a flow of liquid to be injected, comprising:
| 05-14-2015 |
20150124749 | MULTIPLE ACCESS METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXING OF SEVERAL REQUEST TO SEND MESSAGES PER SOURCE NODE - The invention relates to a multiple access method to a frequency band of a communication channel of a communication network with carrier sensing and collision avoidance, said frequency band being broken down into a set of sub-bands (SB0, SB1, . . . , SBi, . . . , SBn) of the communication channel, characterised in that it comprises at a source node, after it has been detected that the communication channel is available, the transmission to a destination node of several request to send messages on the communication channel (RTS NS0, RTS NS1), each of said messages being sent on a sub-band of the communication channel. | 05-07-2015 |
20150115973 | DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY TESTING THE INTERCONNECTIONS OF A MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE - A simultaneous electrical testing device for TSV interconnection elements passing through a substrate and including one end connected to an integrated testing circuit and another end to a removable connection mechanism assembled to the substrate through an anisotropic conductive glue. | 04-30-2015 |
20150115769 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERSING THERMAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - An assembly converting thermal energy into electrical energy including: at least one temperature sensitive bimetallic strip arranged in a space delimited by a hot source and a cold source facing each other, the bimetallic strip extending along a longitudinal axis; at least one suspended element fixed in movement to the sensitive element and extending laterally from the sensitive element and including a free end; and at least one piezoelectric element suspended from a part fixed relative to the sensitive element and vibrated by the suspended element such that it is vibrated when the bimetallic strip changes configuration and the suspended element comes into contact with the piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric element being located outside the space defined between the bimetallic strip and the hot source and outside the space between the bimetallic strip and the cold source. | 04-30-2015 |
20150115387 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DEVICE COMPRISING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS - According to one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device comprising a photovoltaic cell or a plurality of photovoltaic cells (PV cells) connected to an electronic integrated circuit having at least one electrical contact area. A stack comprising the PV cell(s) is produced separately from the electronic integrated circuit, the electronic integrated circuit is then transferred to said stack comprising the PV cell(s). During this transfer, connection areas carried by the PV cell(s) are brought into contact with matching connection areas carried by the electronic integrated circuit. | 04-30-2015 |
20150111339 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING NANOPARTICLES ON A NANOSTRUCTURED METAL OXIDE SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a method for depositing nanoparticles (NPs) on a nanostructured metal oxide (NSMO) substrate, characterised in that it comprises the steps of:
| 04-23-2015 |
20150108606 | ELECTRONIC CHIP WITH MEANS OF PROTECTING ITS BACK FACE - Electronic chip comprising:
| 04-23-2015 |
20150106571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CACHE COHERENCE IN A NETWORK OF PROCESSORS PROVIDED WITH CACHE MEMORIES - A cache coherence management system includes: a set of directories distributed between nodes of a network for interconnecting processors including cache memories, each directory including a correspondence table between cache lines and information fields on the cache lines; and a mechanism updating the directories by adding, modifying, or deleting cache lines in the correspondence tables. In each correspondence table and for each cache line identified, at least one field is provided for indicating a possible blocking of a transaction relative to the cache line considered, when the blocking occurs in the node associated with the correspondence table considered. The system further includes a mechanism detecting fields indicating a transaction blocking and restarting each transaction detected as blocked from the node in which it is indicated as blocked. | 04-16-2015 |
20150102447 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOTOSENSITIVE INFRARED DETECTORS - A method for producing at least one photosensitive infrared detector by assembling a first electronic component including plural photodiodes sensitive to infrared radiation and a second electronic component including at least one electronic circuit for reading the plurality of photodiodes, an infrared detector, and an assembly for producing such a detector, the method including: production, on each one of the first and second components, of a connection face formed at least partially by a silicon oxide (SiO2)-based layer; bonding the first component and the second component by the connection faces thereof, thus performing the direct bonding of the two components. The method can simplify hybridization of heterogeneous components for producing an infrared detector. | 04-16-2015 |
20150100287 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING THE SELF-ASSEMBLY OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS IN ORDER TO DESIGN A PRINTED CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING DESIGN METHOD, DESIGN SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for simulating a placement of patterns by self-assembly of block copolymers in a contour printed on a plate by lithography includes: extraction of geometric parameters of the contour recorded in a memory; selection, by a processor having access to the memory, of at least one local extremum of an interference figure produced inside the contour on the basis of the geometric parameters of the contour by applying a model for propagation of waves interfering with one another; and provision, by the processor and on the basis of the local extremum, of parameters for placement of at least one pattern intended to be obtained by self-assembly of block copolymers within the contour. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097022 | PROCESS FOR DIRECT BONDING OF TWO ELEMENTS COMPRISING METALLIC PORTIONS AND DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - Method of assembly of a first element (I) and a second element (II) each having an assembly surface, at least one of the assembly surfaces comprising recessed metal portions ( | 04-09-2015 |
20150093706 | METHOD FOR RECORDING AN IMAGE AND ASSOCIATED MEDIUM - The invention relates to a method for recording a source image, in which a reproduction of the source image is made in the form of a matrix of elementary patterns. | 04-02-2015 |
20150084480 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING HEAT ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY - The invention relates to a device for converting heat energy into mechanical energy comprising a first ( | 03-26-2015 |
20150084095 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRANSISTOR - The invention concerns a method for producing a transistor. The gate of the transistor is produced after having produced source and drain electrodes of the transistor. From a substrate having a stack of layers comprising at least two surface layers with a first layer of a first semiconductor material intended to produce a conduction channel of the transistor, and a second layer of a second semiconductor material situated on the first layer and intended to at least partly produce the source and drain electrodes of the transistor, the formation of a mask defining a cavity of a gate pattern and the creation of lateral recesses at the periphery of the gate pattern in the second layer and under the mask by an isotropic etching of the second material, and in that it comprises a filling of the lateral recesses with a dielectric material so as to form gate spacers therein. | 03-26-2015 |
20150078065 | NON-VOLATILE RESISTIVE MEMORY CELL - The invention more particularly relates to a resistive memory cell comprising a first and a second metal electrodes and a solid electrolyte positioned between the first and the second metal electrodes, with the solid electrolyte comprising a commutation layer in contact with the first electrode and a dielectric layer, with said resistive memory cell being able to be electrically modified so as to switch from a first resistive state to a second resistive state (state LRS) wherein the resistance (R | 03-19-2015 |
20150068280 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING COMPOUNDS CONTAINED IN A LIQUID SAMPLE WITH A VIEW TO ANALYSING THEM - A device for extraction of at least one analyte contained in a liquid sample, including an extraction and desorption zone of the analyte with a stationary phase as the extraction zone, a liquid supply inlet to the extraction zone, a gas supply inlet to the extraction zone, an evacuation outlet from the extraction zone that will be connected to either a collection tank, or a device for analysis of the analytes, a valve configured to connect the extraction zone to one of the supply inlets, a valve configured to connect the extraction zone to one of the evacuation outlets, a mechanism heating the valve zone such that when the extraction zone is supplied with liquid, evacuation from the extraction zone takes place to the collection tank. | 03-12-2015 |
20150063507 | FBMC RECEIVER WITH CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSET COMPENSATION - The invention concerns a filter bank receiver (FBMC) effecting a carrier frequency offset compensation in the frequency domain. The receiver comprises an FFT module extended by the overlap factor ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150062885 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH DIFFRACTIVE STRUCTURES AND A SYNTHETIC HOLOGRAM - A light-emitting device comprising at least:
| 03-05-2015 |
20150060965 | PHOTODETECTING DEVICE HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR REGIONS SEPARATED BY A POTENTIAL BARRIER - Photodetecting device comprising:
| 03-05-2015 |
20150060904 | SEMICONDUCTING STRUCTURE WITH SWITCHABLE EMISSION ZONES, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a semiconducting structure intended to emit light, comprising a first semiconducting region ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150056734 | METHOD FOR SEPARATION BETWEEN AN ACTIVE ZONE OF A SUBSTRATE AND ITS BACK FACE OR A PORTION OF ITS BACK FACE - A Method for making a separation between an active zone of a substrate located on its front face from a given portion of the substrate located on its back face, wherein trenches and cavities wider than the trenches are formed to extend said trenches, such that at least one given cavity formed to extend a given trench is adjacent to another cavity, and when the cavities have been filled with a given material, they form a separation zone between said active zone and a given portion of the substrate that will be removed later. | 02-26-2015 |
20150053265 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR MODULE WITH A SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURE - A photovoltaic solar module including at least one photovoltaic cell including a first transparent polymer layer surrounding the cell on all or some of its sides and a second transparent polymer layer surrounding the first transparent polymer layer on all or some of its sides. The second transparent polymer layer has a thickness greater than or equal to 0.5 mm and a Shore hardness D greater than that of the first polymer layer. | 02-26-2015 |
20150051146 | HB-EGF INHIBITOR DERIVED FROM THE R DOMAIN OF DIPHTHERIA TOXIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTIVATION OF THE HB-EGF/EGFR PATHWAY - A ligand recombinant protein inhibiting HB-EGF (Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor like), from the R domain of diphtheria toxin, which can be used for the treatment and diagnosis of diseases involving the activation of the HB-EGF/EGFR pathway. | 02-19-2015 |
20150050491 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEXTURED SPINEL IRON OXIDE LAYER - The invention relates to a method for producing a spinel iron oxide layer. textured according to a preferred crystal orientation along the [111] direction, with the spinel iron oxide layer being a ferrite layer or a doped ferrite layer, characterised in that it comprises:
| 02-19-2015 |
20150050428 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METAL LAYER ON A SURFACE - The invention concerns a method for producing a metal coating on a portion of the surface of a substrate of a microelectronic device, wherein it comprises, using a modified nucleic acid strand comprising a nucleic acid strand structure, at least one metal nanoparticle and/or a metal atom and at least one chemical function, at least one step of fixing the chemical function of the at least one modified nucleic acid strand on the portion of the surface of the substrate. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048864 | LOW CONSUMPTION LOGIC CIRCUIT WITH MECHANICAL SWITCHES - Adiabatic logic circuit having a first and a second inputs, a first and a second outputs and at least one supply and synchronisation input (Phi), with this circuit comprising:
| 02-19-2015 |
20150046657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN A CACHE MEMORY AND A MAIN MEMORY - A system for managing correspondence between a cache memory, subdivided into a plurality of cache areas, and a main memory, subdivided into a plurality of memory areas, includes: a mechanism allocating, to each area of the main memory, at least one area of the cache memory; a mechanism temporarily assigning, to any data row stored in one of the areas of the main memory, a cache row included only in one cache area allocated to the main memory area wherein the data row is stored; and a mechanism generating and updating settings of the allocation by activating the allocation mechanism, the temporary assigning mechanism configured to determine a cache row to be assigned to a data row based on the allocation settings. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044866 | INTERCONNECTION OF SEVERAL LEVELS OF A STACK OF SUPPORTSFOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - Method for producing a microelectronic device formed from a stack of supports (W) each provided with one or more electronic components (C) and comprising a conductive structure ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150044841 | METHOD FOR FORMING DOPED AREAS UNDER TRANSISTOR SPACERS - Method for fabricating a transistor comprising the steps consisting of:
| 02-12-2015 |
20150044809 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING PARTICLES ONTO A SUBSTRATE, INCLUDING A STEP OF STRUCTURING A PARTICLE FILM ON A LIQUID CONVEYOR - A method for depositing particles on a substrate, or a running substrate, including: (a) producing at least one first compact film of particles floating on a carrier liquid provided in a transfer area having an outlet of particles arranged facing the substrate; (b) producing at least one pattern by depositing a substance on the first film in the transfer area, along a contour of the pattern, the substance maintaining the particles of the film together in contact with the substance; (c) removing at least one portion of the particles of the first film located interiorly relatively to the contour, or exteriorly relatively to the contour; and then (d) transferring patterns onto the substrate through the outlet of particles. | 02-12-2015 |
20150040646 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE SEALING OF A BIPOLAR STRUCTURE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATOR - A method for evaluating sealing of a bipolar structure including a sheet-like substrate forming a current collector, and two electrodes in a form of films arranged on opposite surfaces of the substrate, respectively, the method including: placing the bipolar structure in a cavity to define first and second compartments therein, which are separated by the bipolar structure, a periphery of which is sealingly connected to the cavity; circulating a fluid in the first compartment of the cavity toward the second compartment; and evaluating sealing of the bipolar structure from a measurement of difference in pressure of the fluid in the first and second compartments. | 02-12-2015 |
20150037698 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM - Electrochemical system comprising a fuel cell comprising a stack ( | 02-05-2015 |
20150029927 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SELECTING A ROUTER NODE IN AN LLN NETWORK - A method for selecting a router node in a LLN (Low power and Lossy Network) type telecommunication network wherein, upon receipt by a router node of a data packet from a host node or an adherence request to a multicast group from a host node, the router node transmits to a root node a MER_Request request of configuration as a multicast router node to serve the host node, and upon receipt of the MER_Request request, the root node determines, from an association table, a configuration of the router node and transmits to the router node a MER_Reply reply message including the determined configuration. | 01-29-2015 |
20150028488 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONDUCTING CONTACT ON A CONDUCTING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method for producing an interconnection pad on a conducting element comprising an upper face and a side wall; the method being executed from a substrate at least the upper face of which is insulating; the conducting element going through at least an insulating portion of the substrate, the method being characterized in that it comprises the sequence of the following steps: a step of embossing the conducting element, a step of forming, above the upper insulating face of the substrate, a stack of layers comprising at least one electrically conducting layer and one electrically resistive layer, a step of partially removing the electrically resistive layer, a step of electrolytic growth on the portion of the electrically conducting layer so as to form at least one interconnection pad on said conducting element. | 01-29-2015 |
20150028433 | ENCAPSULATION STRUCTURE INCLUDING A MECHANICALLY REINFORCED CAP AND WITH A GETTER EFFECT - A structure ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150023136 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE WITH PREDICTION OF ARTEFACTS INDUCED BETWEEN RECONSTRUCTION MODES - The invention relates to an ultrasound imaging method for imaging a part ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150021720 | DEVICE COMPRISING A FLUID CHANNEL FITTED WITH AT LEAST ONE MICROELECTRONIC OR NANOELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE - A device comprising a substrate comprising at least one microelectronic and/or nanoelectronic structure comprising at least one sensitive portion and one fluid channel ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150020575 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A GAS MIXTURE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN - A system for analyzing a gas mixture, including at least one chromatography column, a mechanism injecting the mixture into the column, and a mechanism detecting compound(s) forming the gas mixture, the detection mechanism including at least one detector of nanosensor type of an outlet of the column and a detector of nanosensor type in the column, capable of detecting passage of the compounds. It is then possible to determine the velocity of each of the compounds within the system. | 01-22-2015 |
20150013455 | COMPACT DEVICE FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE ACCELERATION AND ONE SPEED OF ROTATION - A device for detecting an acceleration in one direction and a speed of rotation along one direction, including a support and two structures mechanically coupled to each other in opposite phase and suspended relative to the support, each of the structures including: an excitation mass; an excitation mechanism configured to move the excitation mass in a given direction; an inertial mass suspended to the excitation mass; a detector connected to the inertial mass to be displaced by same, and the detector connected to the support; a mechanism for detecting displacement of the inertial mass; and a controller controlling the excitation mechanism and processing signals delivered by the detecting mechanism. | 01-15-2015 |
20150009906 | MULTIPLE ACCESS METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXING OF REQUESTS FOR AUTHORISATION TO SEND DATA - The invention concerns a method for multiple access to a frequency band of a communication channel of a communication network with carrier sense and collision avoidance, the said frequency band being divided into a set of sub-bands, comprising:
| 01-08-2015 |
20150008916 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A MAGNETIC FIELD BY SYNCHRONISED EXCITATIONS - The invention relates to a magnetic field measurement device, including a detector ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150008551 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A semi-conducting structure, configured to receive an electromagnetic radiation and to transform the electromagnetic radiation into an electric signal, including: a first zone and a second zone of a same conductivity type and of same elements; a barrier zone, provided between the first and second zones, for acting as a barrier to majority carriers of the first and second zones on a barrier thickness, the barrier zone having its lowest bandgap energy defining a barrier proportion; and a first interface zone configured to interface the first zone and the barrier zone on a first interface thickness, the first interface zone including a composition of elements which is varied from a proportion corresponding to that of the first material to the barrier proportion, the first interface thickness being at least equal to half the barrier thickness. | 01-08-2015 |
20150008456 | METHOD FOR INSULATING NANOWIRES OR MIRCOWIRES - A method for producing a microelectronic device including a plurality of light emitting diodes each including a wire of nanometric or micrometric size, the method including: growing the nanowires from a growth substrate; forming at least one dielectric layer on a transfer substrate distinct from the growth substrate; and penetration by the nanowires in the dielectric layer. | 01-08-2015 |
20140377091 | PUMP FOR INJECTING A FLUID, AND IN PARTICULAR A MICROPUMP FOR USE DELIVERING A DETERMINED DOSE - A pump devoid of mobile mechanical parts and including a tank with a sleeve for dispensing fluid that remains fully open, but of which an inside capillary is too thin to allow for dispensing of fluid when idle. Recourse is therefore made to a resonator device with a piezoelectric exciter, that produces vibrations, in particular bending, of the sleeve to oblige the fluid to flow through it at a determined flow rate that depends on characteristics of the pump and of excitation. The assembly can be miniaturized and used as an implantable device, for example for treatment of hearing pathologies, to deliver a drug, or, in certain embodiments, also take samples of ambient fluid. A remote energy supply is possible. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376854 | DEVICE FOR NON-LINEAR SIGNAL CONVERSION BY FOUR-WAVE MIXING - A device for non-linear conversion of first infrared signal into a second infrared signal with a wavelength that is less than that of the first infrared signal by means of four-wave mixing, which includes at least one portion of SiGe arranged on at least one first layer of material with a refractive index which is less than that of silicon, a germanium concentration in the portion of SiGe which varies continuously between a first value and a second value which is greater than the first value, in a direction which is approximately perpendicular to a face of the first layer on which the portion of SiGe is arranged, and in which a summital part of the portion of SiGe where the germanium concentration is equal to the second value is in contact with a gas and/or a material with a refractive index which is less than that of the silicon. | 12-25-2014 |
20140374930 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING OBJECTS ONTO A SUBSTRATE USING A COMPACT PARTICLE FILM, INCLUDING A STEP OF PRODUCING CONNECTORS ON THE OBJECTS - A method for transferring objects onto a substrate, or running substrate, the objects to be transferred being placed in a transfer area containing a carrier liquid forming a conveyor, the objects being held by a compact film of particles floating on the carrier liquid of the transfer area, within which the objects are displaced with the film of particles to be transferred onto the substrate, making at least one connector on at least one of the objects, the connector being made by a substance comprising a polymerizable compound, put in contact with the object arranged within the transfer area, and then by polymerization of the substance. | 12-25-2014 |
20140370668 | METHOD OF MAKING A TRANSITOR - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transistor comprising the preparation of a stack of layers of the semiconductor on insulator type comprising at least one substrate on which an insulating layer and an initial semiconductor layer are successively disposed. The method includes the formation of at least one oxide pad extending from a top face of the insulating layer, the formation of an additional layer made from semiconductor material covering the oxide pad and intended to form a channel for the transistor, the formation of a gate stack above the oxide pad, and the formation of a source and drain on either side of the gate stack. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370666 | METHOD OF MAKING A SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER HAVING AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT THICKNESSES - A method is provided for producing a semiconductor layer having at least two different thicknesses from a stack of the semiconductor on insulator type including at least one substrate on which an insulating layer and a first semiconductor layer are successively disposed, the method including etching the first layer so that said layer is continuous and includes at least one first region having a thickness less than that of at least one second region; oxidizing the first layer to form an electrically insulating oxide film on a surface thereof so that, in the first region, the oxide film extends as far as the insulating layer; partly removing the oxide film to bare the first layer outside the first region; forming a second semiconductor layer on the stack, to form, with the first layer, a third continuous semiconductor layer having a different thickness than that of the first and second regions. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369005 | PASSIVE THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A thermal management device including a first face configured to be in contact with a hot source and a second face opposite the first face configured to be in contact with a cold source, and at least one network of cells filled with a solid/liquid phase-change material located in a cavity between the first and second faces, wherein the cells include walls formed of carbon nanotubes, wherein the nanotubes extend roughly from the first to the second face, thermally connecting the first face to the second face. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368193 | ISOTROPIC AND INTEGRATED OPTICAL PUMPING MAGNETOMETER - A magnetic resonance optical pumping isotropic magnetometer including a laser, a gas filled cell, a HF discharge circuit, RF magnetic field generating coils surrounding the cell, a first frequency regulating mechanism of an RF generator, a second polarization regulating mechanism of the laser beam, and a third regulating mechanism of the direction of the RF magnetic field. The direction of polarization of the laser beam at an inlet of the cell is orthogonally aligned with the magnetic field to be measured by virtue of a liquid crystal polarization rotator. The magnetometer is well-adapted to an integrated arrangement. | 12-18-2014 |
20140365163 | METHOD OF DETECTING ACTIVITY WITH A MOTION SENSOR, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - This method for detecting activity (A) of a physical system carrying a motion sensor comprises the following steps: extracting ( | 12-11-2014 |
20140357006 | METHOD FOR MAKING A SUSPENDED PART OF A MICROELECTRONIC AND/OR NANOELECTRONIC STRUCTURE IN A MONOLITHIC PART OF A SUBSTRATE - Method for making at least one first suspended part of a microelectronic or nanoelectronic structure from a monolithic part of a first substrate, the method comprising the following steps:
| 12-04-2014 |
20140355338 | NON-VOLATILE PHASE-CHANGE RESISTIVE MEMORY - A method for implementing a system containing at least one memory device including a plurality of non-volatile memory cells each including a phase-change material configured to change state reversibly between at least an amorphous state and a crystalline state having different electrical resistances. The method includes steps of manufacturing the memory cells, including the formation of a layer of a phase-change material having an original amorphous state at the end of the steps of manufacturing the memory cells. The method for implementing the embedded system includes, after the steps of manufacturing the memory cells, at least the following steps: (i) pre-programming the memory device consisting of an electrical recrystallization of a selection of memory cells from their original amorphous state; and (ii) assembling the pre-programmed memory device in the system during which the device is subjected to a temperature of between 240° C. and 300° C. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354502 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION DISRUPTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An electromagnetic wave propagation disruption device with a metamaterial structure including: a plurality of conductive elements arranged on a top face of a substrate; a plurality of interconnection networks electrically interconnecting at least some of these conductive elements, wherein these networks are not electrically connected to each other. At least two of these networks are dimensioned differently to each other, thus involving that distances between interconnected conductive elements are different from one network to another, to generate phase shifts, between the conductive elements interconnected thereby, different from one network to the other. A ground plane with holes is arranged on a bottom face of the substrate and metallic vias are formed in the substrate, each of them including an upper end in contact with a conductive elements and a lower end arranged facing one of the holes of the ground plane, with no electrical contact with the ground plane. | 12-04-2014 |
20140350887 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF A SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY - A method for characterization of a surface topography, comprising application of the following steps:
| 11-27-2014 |
20140346680 | FORMING OF AN ELECTRIC CONNECTION OF THE VIA TYPE - A method and an electronic component including: a substrate including at least a hole at least partially going through a thickness of the substrate; an electrically conducting element positioned in the hole and configured to form an electric connection through the hole, wherein the electrically conducting element includes an electrically conducting and self-supporting pillar with a height oriented according to the thickness of the substrate; and a space between at least a part of the wall of the hole and a part of a peripheral wall of the pillar. | 11-27-2014 |
20140342557 | METHOD FOR ETCHING A COMPLEX PATTERN - A method for etching a desired complex pattern in a first face of a substrate, including: simultaneous etching of at least a first and a second sub-pattern through the first face of the substrate, the etched sub-patterns being separated by at least one separating wall, a width of the first sub-pattern being greater than a width of the second sub-pattern at the first face, and a depth of the first sub-pattern being greater than a depth of the second sub-pattern in a direction perpendicular to the said first face; and removing or eliminating the separating wall to expose the desired complex pattern. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342528 | METHOD FOR THE DIRECT BONDING OF A SILICON OXIDE LAYER - A direct bonding method between at least a first layer ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140342487 | PROCESS FOR ENCAPSULATING A MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING INJECTION OF NOBLE GAS THROUGH A MATERIAL PERMEABLE TO THIS NOBLE GAS - A process for encapsulating a microelectronic device, comprising the following steps:
| 11-20-2014 |
20140339570 | ACCESS-RESISTANT DIODE ARRAY DEVICE HAVING ENHANCED STABILITY - A device includes a substrate carrying an array of diodes, organized in rows and columns, and a peripheral substrate contact is arranged on at least one side of the array. The substrate includes one or more buried conducting lines electrically connected to the peripheral substrate contact and being positioned between at least two neighbouring columns of diodes and/or between at least two neighbouring rows of diodes. | 11-20-2014 |
20140338256 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR RAPID TORREFACTION OF BIOMASS - A process for controlling a unit for torrefaction of biomass particles including: measurement of a mean diameter of the biomass particles; as a function of the mean diameter, calculation of a maximum torrefaction temperature for which the ratio of a characteristic time of the torrefaction to a characteristic time of the heat transfer at the level of the particles is equal to a minimum value; adjusting the torrefaction temperature to a value less than or equal to the maximum torrefaction temperature; adjusting the torrefaction time to a value such that the final yield by weight of the torrefaction is equal to a predefined target value. | 11-20-2014 |
20140336982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING A DIGITAL CIRCUIT HAVING AN ACTIVITY SENSOR, AND CORRESPONDING DIGITAL CIRCUIT - A system for designing a digital circuit including: a digital circuit simulator based on a file containing a functional description of the digital circuit; a mechanism estimating an output variable from the digital circuit when executing a test bench supplied to the simulator; event counters, events being detected using control signals provided by the simulator when executing the test bench; and a mechanism building at least one calculation model of the digital circuit output variable based on a sequence of estimation data of the output variable and output data of the event counters. The building mechanism can assign a plurality of possible modes to the output variable and build a different output variable calculation model for each possible mode. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335663 | METHOD OF MAKING A TRANSITOR - A method for manufacturing a transistor includes forming a stack of semiconductor on insulator type layers including at least one substrate, surmounted by a first insulating layer and an active layer to form a channel for the transistor; forming a gate stack on the active layer; producing a source and a drain including forming, on either side of the gate stack, cavities by at least one step of etching the active layer, the first insulating layer, and part of the substrate selectively to the gate stack to remove the active layer, the first insulating layer, and a portion of the substrate outside regions situated below the gate stack; forming a second insulating layer on the bared surfaces of the substrate, to form a continuous insulating layer with the first insulating layer; baring of the lateral ends of the channel; and the filling of the cavities by epitaxy. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335011 | METHOD FOR PREPARING GRAPHENE - The present invention relates to a method for preparing graphene substantially free of contamination by metallic, magnetic, organic and inorganic impurities, and also to the use of the resulting graphene for the production of transparent electrodes, batteries, electron-acceptor or electron-donor materials, in particular in photovoltaic systems, photovoltaic panels, transistor channels, in particular in electronics, nonlinear emitters or absorbers of infrared photons, current-conducting electrodes, anti-static coatings, chemical detectors, vias and interconnections in electronics, current-conducting cables, and solar cells. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331770 | MECHANICAL CONNECTION FORMING A PIVOT FOR MEMS AND NEMS MECHANICAL STRUCTURES - A mechanical connection between two parts of a microelectromechanical and/or nanoelectromechanical structure forming a pivot with an axis of rotation pivot includes two first beams with an axis parallel to the pivot axis, the first beams configured to work in torsion, and two second beams with an axis orthogonal to the axis of the first beams, the second beams configured to work in bending, each one of the first and second beams being connected at their ends to the two parts of the structure. | 11-13-2014 |
20140330127 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE GEOMETRY OF A SURFACE OF AN OBJECT VIA ECHOGRAPHIC PROBING, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ULTRASOUND PROBING DEVICE - A method for reconstructing geometry of an object surface via echographic probing, using an ultrasound probe including plural transducers, the method including: controlling the transducers to transmit towards the surface ultrasound waves having initial transmission delays between them; executing at least once a cycle of operations including receiving from the transducers intermediate measurement signals, correcting transmission delays of the transducers using intermediate measurement signals, and controlling the transducers to transmit towards the surface ultrasound waves having the corrected transmission delays; receiving from the transducers final measurement signals resulting from reflection of a wavefront received simultaneously on the surface; determining specular travel times between each transducer and the surface based on the final measurement signals and the corrected transmission delays; and perform geometric reconstitution of the surface based on the determined specular travel times. | 11-06-2014 |
20140329161 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE OR FUEL-CELL ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED THERMAL MANAGEMENT - An electrochemical system including a stack of a longitudinal axis with alternating ceramic cells and interconnectors and including a thermal management mechanism incorporated in the stack, the thermal management mechanism including plates having a structured lateral surface through which a thermal transfer by radiation towards outside of the stack takes place. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327098 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A RADIATION IMAGER EXHIBITING IMPROVED DETECTION EFFICIENCY - A radiation imager including: a reading block; a first substrate; a plurality of portions made from a first material with a first optical index between the first substrate and the reading block; a second material at a periphery of at least one of the portions, the second material having a second optical index lower than the first optical index; and areas made from a third material surrounding at least ends of the portions oriented on a same side as the reading block, the areas made from a third material obtained by applying a layer made from a third material to the reading block and penetration of the end of the at least one portion made from a first material in the layer made from a third material. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327037 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR MICRO- OR NANO-WIRE, SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING SUCH A MICRO- OR NANO-WIRE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing at least one semiconducting micro- or nano-wire used for formation of an optoelectric structure, optoelectronic structures including the micro- or nano-wires, and a method enabling manufacture of the photoelectronic structures. The method includes providing a semiconducting substrate, forming a crystalline buffer layer on the substrate, the buffer layer having a first zone over at least part of its thickness composed mainly of magnesium nitride in a form Mg | 11-06-2014 |
20140326955 | PLANAR TRANSISTORS WITH NANOWIRES COINTEGRATED ON A SOI UTBOX SUBSTRATE - Fabrication of a microelectronic device on a semiconductor on insulator type substrate, the device being provided with a transistor of a given type, the channel structure of which is formed from semiconducting bar(s), a dielectric area different from the insulating layer of the substrate being provided to replace the insulating layer, facing the transistor channel structure, specifically for this given type of transistor. | 11-06-2014 |
20140326893 | IMAGER OF AN ISOTROPIC LIGHT SOURCE EXHIBITING ENHANCED DETECTION EFFICIENCY - A radiation imager including: a detector block including at least one detector configured to emit an optical signal from incident radiation to be imaged; a reading block that converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, including a plurality of photodetectors; a plurality of resin portions between the detector block and the photodetectors, in contact with the detector block and in contact with the photodetectors, the resin portions being separated by air, the resin portions including at least a part with cross-section increasing from the detector block to the reading block. | 11-06-2014 |
20140325832 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ALL-SOLID BATTERY - A method for the production of a battery includes at least production, against a substrate made of a material able to form an electrode, of at least one solid electrolyte layer, production of a first electrode in contact with the electrolyte, and thinning the substrate such that at least a remaining proportion of the substrate, in contact with the solid electrolyte layer, forms a second electrode. | 11-06-2014 |
20140323062 | FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS DEVICE AND METHOD - A frequency synthesis device including: a first generator configured to generate a periodic signal of frequency f | 10-30-2014 |
20140319580 | P-N DIODE HAVING A CONTROLLED HETEROSTRUCTURE SELF-POSITIONED ON HGCDTE, FOR INFRARED IMAGERS - A device including at least one heterostructure p/n diode, including a substrate based on HgCdTe including for each diode: a first part having a first cadmium concentration; a concentrated part, having a second cadmium concentration, greater than the first concentration, forming a heterostructure with the first part; a p+ doped zone situated in the concentrated part and extending into the first part, forming a p/n junction with an n-doped position of the first part, or a base plate; and the concentrated part is only located in the p+ doped zone and forms a substantially constant cadmium concentration well. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319350 | METHOD FOR MAKING AN INFRARED DETECTION DEVICE - An infrared detection device including an infrared heat detector and a connection pad each spaced apart from an etching stop layer by a non-zero distance substantially equal relatively to each other, wherein first and second electrically conducting vias are respectively electrically connected to first and second portions of a metal line of a penultimate level of electrical interconnections, and wherein an empty space formed in a first inter-metal dielectric layer surrounds the first electrically conducting via and extends under the infrared heat detector. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318906 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL AND/OR NANOELECTROMECHANICAL STRUCTURE WITH A VARIABLE QUALITY FACTOR - Inertial sensor comprising a fixed part and at least one mass suspended from the fixed part and means of damping the displacement of the part suspended from the fixed part, said damping means being electromechanical damping means comprising at least one DC power supply source, one electrical resistor and one variable capacitor in series, said variable capacitor being formed partly by the suspended part and partly by the fixed part such that displacement of the suspended part causes a variation of the capacitance of the variable capacitor. | 10-30-2014 |
20140312446 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE ABLE TO RECEIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND PROCESS FOR FABRICATING SUCH A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A semiconducting structure configured to receive electromagnetic radiation and transform the received electromagnetic radiation into an electric signal, the semiconductor structure including a semiconducting support within a first surface defining a longitudinal plane, a first zone with a first type of conductivity formed in the support with a second zone with a second type of conductivity that is opposite of the first type of conductivity to form a semiconducting junction. A mechanism limiting lateral current includes a third zone formed in the support in lateral contact with the second zone, the third zone having the second type of conductivity for which majority carriers are electrons. The third zone has a sufficient concentration of majority carriers to have an increase in an apparent gap due to a Moss-Burstein effect. | 10-23-2014 |
20140305033 | REACTOR FOR GRINDING AND ROASTING BIOMASS, BIOMASS PROCESSING SYSTEM AND FACILITY INCORPORATING SUCH A REACTOR, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A reactor for grinding and roasting biomass, including: a chamber interiorly delimited with internal walls; a grinder laid out inside the chamber, including a central rotary shaft rotatably mounted in the chamber and grinding elements present on the central rotary shaft for grinding against internal walls and of biomass, or lingo-cellulosic biomass, present inside the chamber; a heater for heating and maintaining by thermal conduction via the grinder the biomass present inside the chamber, at a predetermined called roasting temperature between 200° C. and 350° C., to simultaneously achieve grinding and roasting of the biomass in the chamber. | 10-16-2014 |
20140303941 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MODELING FILES OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN FLOW, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM - This method for generating modeling files ( | 10-09-2014 |
20140299744 | DEVICE FOR REGULATING A RANDOM STREAM OF VOLTAGE PULSES AT THE INPUT OF AN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A device converts a random stream of voltage pulses into a regulated stream of digital data. The device includes a stream regulation device and an analog-digital converter at the output of the stream regulation device. The converter undertakes an analog-digital conversion at a conversion frequency. The stream regulation device includes a buffer memory of capacity K, where K is an integer and K≧1, in which the voltage signal for each received pulse is stored. Reading of the buffer memory is regulated at the conversion frequency. | 10-09-2014 |
20140295606 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DEVICE COMPRISING CAVITIES FORMED BETWEEN A SUSPENDED ELEMENT RESTING ON INSULATING PADS SEMI-BURIED IN A SUBSTRATE AND THIS SUBSTRATE - A method for producing a device including plural cavities defined between a substrate in at least one given semiconductor material and a membrane resting on a top of insulating posts projecting from the substrate, the method allowing a height of the cavity or cavities to be adapted independently of a height of the insulating posts and allowing cavities of different heights to be formed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295213 | METHOD FOR FUNCTIONALIZING A SOLID SUBSTRATE, OTHER THAN A SUBSTRATE MADE OF GOLD, VIA SPECIFIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS - The invention relates to a method for functionalizing an electrically conductive substrate, which is not a substrate made of gold, via a layer of chemical compounds, said method comprising the following steps:
| 10-02-2014 |
20140289581 | COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE PACKET RETRANSMISSION STRATEGY - The invention proposes a method for the transmission of data in a cooperative network comprising a source terminal (S), a destination terminal (D) and a relay terminal (R), comprising:
| 09-25-2014 |
20140286836 | DEVICE FOR SAMPLING AND TRANSPORTING NANO-OBJECTS CONTAINED IN AEROSOLS FOR THE ANALYSIS THEREOF - A device for sampling and transporting nano-objects for analysis thereof. A cassette portion of the device includes two parts with mutual assembly mechanisms between them including a clipping mechanism configured not to be accessible from outside in assembled position of the parts. Therefore, any inopportune opening of the cassette and thus extraction of the sampling filter accommodated in the cassette somewhere else than the place intended for the analysis are avoided. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286478 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A MATERIAL - A method for characterizing a material, comprising: arranging a piece of the material near a source of ionizing photons and a detector; irradiating the piece with photons and acquiring, via the detector, two energy spectra of a photon flux that has been diffused into the material at various depths, the ratio of the photon paths in the material before and after diffusion remaining constant; determining a combined attenuation function with the spectra and the paths; selecting a plurality of energy ranges from said function; calculating, in each range, a quantity that is representative of the function; and estimating, from at least two of said quantities, a physical characteristic of the material by comparison with the same quantities obtained from known materials. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285891 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A REFRACTIVE OR DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL DEVICE - A method producing a refractive or diffractive optical device, including: production, in a first layer, of at least one inclined general profile approximated by a staircase profile including plural stairsteps; production of the profile including: forming buffer patterns on the first layer and at least one sequence including: forming masking patterns, so each masking pattern includes at least one edge situated above a buffer pattern and covers at least one area of the first layer not masked by the buffer patterns, the forming the masking patterns also defining, for the first layer, plural free areas not masked by the masking patterns or by the buffer patterns; etching the free areas to form trenches in the first layer. The production of the profile also includes: removing the masking patterns, removing the buffer patterns revealing walls previously covered by the buffer patterns, and then an isotropic etching to remove the walls. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284807 | ENCAPSULATION PROCESS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - The invention relates to an encapsulation process for an electronic component ( | 09-25-2014 |
20140283367 | SUPPORT FOR CAPILLARY SELF-ASSEMBLY WITH HORIZONTAL STABILISATION, FABRICATION METHOD AND USE - Support comprising a reception zone in which the external envelope matches the shape of a plate (P | 09-25-2014 |
20140273351 | METHOD OF ENCAPSULATING A MICRO-DEVICE BY ANODIC BONDING - A method for encapsulating at least one micro-device, comprising at least the following steps:
| 09-18-2014 |
20140266291 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF DEFECTS IN TSV VIAS - A method for automatic detection of defects in TSV vias formed in a layer of semiconductor material, this detection taking place before stacking this layer with a plurality of other layers of semiconductor material for the design of a multilayer chip integrated circuit, comprising: measurement on each of said TSV vias of at least one parameter derived from an electrical characteristic of the TSV vias; detection of defects in said TSV vias according to a comparison of the parameters measured with at least one reference parameter, and calculation of said at least one reference parameter using the measured parameters. The parameter measured on each of the TSV vias comprises an oscillation frequency value derived from a capacitive characteristic of the TSV vias. | 09-18-2014 |
20140264050 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING CURRENT PULSES INTO VOLTAGE PULSES - An electronic device to simply and efficiently measure energy of incident photons in a very short time and with a very high count rate and high precision, starting from current pulses from an ionizing electromagnetic radiation detector, the electronic device including an analog delay line with switched capacitors with controlled loss at an output from a charge preamplifier. | 09-18-2014 |
20140256353 | CHANNEL-TYPE SUPERVISED NODE POSITIONING METHOD FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for positioning a collection of nodes within a wireless sensor network in which each node measures Respective Strength of Signals (RSSs), from its neighboring nodes, and channels linking regular nodes and its neighboring nodes are classified into different categories and are allocated path loss parameters accordingly. Distances separating each regular node from each of its neighboring nodes, and respective variances thereof, are estimated on the basis of the measured RSSs and the allocated path loss parameters. The positions of the regular nodes are then estimated by Weighted Least Square, optimization where the distances to be matched and the variances used for the weighting are those previously estimated. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254240 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A NON-VOLATILE RESISTIVE MEMORY - A method for pre-programming a matrix of resistive non-volatile memory cells, the cells including a dielectric material between two conducting electrodes and being initially in an original resistive state, the dielectric material being electrically modified to bring a cell from the original state to another resistive state wherein the resistance of the cell is at least twice and preferably at least ten times lower than the resistance of the cell in the original state. The method includes, prior to mounting a component containing the matrix on a support, programming the matrix by electrically bringing cells from the original state to the other state, leaving the other cells in their original state, and after mounting the component, applying to all the cells an intermediate voltage, to keep in the original state the cells in this state and returning or keeping to/in another state the cells not in the original state. | 09-11-2014 |
20140250980 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE MASS OF A PARTICLE IN SUSPENSION OR IN SOLUTION IN A FLUID - Device for determining the mass of a particle in suspension or in solution in a fluid. | 09-11-2014 |
20140242801 | MULTI-LEVEL AUTOLIMITATING ETCHING METHOD - A method for producing patterns includes inclined flanks from a face of a substrate. A protective mask is formed covering at least two masked areas of the face of the substrate and defining at least one intermediate space. An inclined flank is plasma etched from each masked area, wherein the etching forms continuous passivation layer on the inclined flanks producing autolimitation of the etching when the inclined flanks join each other. The etching is carried out in a chamber and includes the introduction into the chamber of a gas additional to the plasma. The additional gas includes molecules of a chemical species participating in the formation of the passivation layer, the quantity of gas in the chamber being controlled so that the chamber contains a quantity of molecules of the species sufficient to form the passivation layer continuously. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240939 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention concerns a method for producing a microelectronic device comprising a substrate and a stack comprising at least one electrically conductive layer and at least on dielectric layer, wherein it comprises the following steps:
| 08-28-2014 |
20140238213 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A MECHANICAL OPERATION IN A STRUCTURE COMPRISING TWO LAYERS OF DIFFERENT STIFFNESS - A method for performing at least one mechanical operation on a structure including at least one first layer stacked onto at least a second layer, the first layer including at least one material with a Young's modulus equal to or higher than about 50 GPa and higher than that of at least one material of the second layer, the method including: thinning the first layer, located at least at one area of the structure intended to undergo application of a pressing force upon implementing the mechanical operation; and implementing the mechanical operation including applying the pressing force located on at least one part of the area of the structure. | 08-28-2014 |
20140235009 | METHOD FOR MAKING AN IMAGER DEVICE - A method for making an imager device including the implementation of the steps of:
| 08-21-2014 |
20140234602 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE OFFERING IMPROVED IMPERMEABILITY TO GASES - A multilayer structure including a substrate and a first stack of a layer of SiO | 08-21-2014 |
20140233610 | METHOD OF ACQUIRING A GPS SIGNAL BY ITERATIVE DECODING - The invention relates to a method of acquiring a GPS signal, spread by a Gold sequence obtained as the sum of a first M-sequence and a second M-sequence, this second M-sequence being characteristic of a satellite among a plurality of satellites in the GPS system. The acquisition method comprises a sampling step starting from a given time ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140233307 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A PHASE CHANGE MEMORY AND PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE - A method for pre-programming a matrix of phase-change memory cells, including a phase-change material positioned between two conducting electrodes and able to be reversely electrically modified so as to vary the resistivity of the memory cell. A dielectric layer is provided with the memory cell having an original resistive state at the end of the memory cell production process. A pre-programming of the matrix is executed prior to mounting a component containing the matrix on a support. A breakdown voltage is applied to a selection of memory cells so that, for each one of the selected cells, the layer of the dielectric material breaks down to bring the cell from the original resistive state to a second resistive state. | 08-21-2014 |
20140220994 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING THE STATE OF LOCAL ACCESS POINTS IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method of allocating resources in a cellular radio communication network including user equipments and a cluster composed of local access points to the network covering a microcell. For each local access point, the presence of user equipments in a coverage zone of the microcell associated with the local access point is determined. A local coverage message specifying equipments determined as present in the microcell coverage zone is generated. A global coverage message by aggregation of the local coverage message of each local access point in the cluster is generated. At least one operating parameter of a local access point in the cluster is modified as a function of the global coverage message. For each local access point in the cluster, an activity state of the user equipment is determined and a field in the local coverage message is entered accordingly with data representing the activity of the equipment. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219195 | LINK ADAPTATION METHOD SUPERVISED BY THE SELECTION OF AN INTERFERENCE REGIME - The invention relates to a link adaptation method for a cellular or heterogeneous wireless telecommunications system. The communications of the system are organized in pairs of interfering communications. For a first communication between a first transmitting terminal and a first receiving terminal interfering with a second communication between a second transmitting terminal and a second receiving terminal, the first and/or second link(s) are adapted, at a constant transmission power, by selecting a weak or strong interference regime for the first and/or second link(s), the weak regime corresponding to processing of the interference as thermal noise, the strong regime corresponding to processing in which the interfering communication is decoded in order to be eliminated from the received signal. | 08-07-2014 |
20140210796 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING A DISTURBANCE IN A MEDIUM - A system for detecting and locating a disturbance of a medium includes a medium for propagating bulk acoustic waves, a mechanism for emitting bulk acoustic waves in the medium, a mechanism for receiving the bulk acoustic waves after propagation thereof in the medium, configured to supply a reception signal from the acoustic waves received, and a mechanism for detecting and locating the disturbance in the medium from the reception signal. The medium includes a dermis layer of elastic material with a thickness locally deformable by the disturbance. | 07-31-2014 |
20140207948 | NETWORK INTERFACE ON A CHIP WITH AN ADAPTIVE SYSTEM TO TRIGGER DATA FORWARDING - A network interface for a network on chip resource having a communication controller including recording means, and designed to transmit data to another network interface when a quantity of data present in the recording means reaches a predetermined threshold, and where the communication controller also includes means to force a transmission of data present in the said recording means when the quantity of this data is below the predetermined threshold. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204977 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ARRIVAL TIME OF A UWB PULSE WITH A DOUBLE QUADRATURE RECEIVER - The invention relates to a method of estimating the time of arrival of a UWB pulse contained in an RF signal using a double quadrature receiver. The time of arrival is obtained from an estimate of the phase of the RF signal ((φ | 07-24-2014 |
20140197557 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A POROUS NUCLEAR FUEL - A method for producing a porous fuel including uranium, optionally plutonium, and optionally at least one minor actinide, the method including: a) compacting a mixture including a first type of agglomerate including uranium oxide in a form of uranium dioxide UO | 07-17-2014 |
20140195167 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE AMOUNT OF TRITIUM ABSORBED BY A PERSON AFTER EXPOSURE TO AN ENVIRONMENT CONTAINING TRITIUM WITHOUT DRAWING BODY FLUID - The invention relates to a method of estimating the tritium dose absorbed by a person exposed to an environment with a tritium atmosphere. | 07-10-2014 |
20140187050 | METHOD FOR ISOTROPIC ETCHING - According to one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for the anisotropic etching of patterns in at least one layer to be etched through a hard mask comprising carbon in an inductive-coupling plasma etching reactor (ICP), the method being characterized in that the hard mask is made from boron doped with carbon (B:C), and in that, prior to the anisotropic etching of the patterns in said layer to be etched through the hard mask of carbon-doped boron (B:C), the following steps are performed:
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20140187046 | METHOD FOR FORMING SPACERS FOR A TRANSITOR GATE - The invention relates to a method for forming spacers for a gate of a field effect transistor, the gate being situated above a layer of semiconductor material, comprising a step of forming a layer of nitride covering the transistor gate, the method being characterized in that it comprises:
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20140187035 | METHOD OF ETCHING A POROUS DIELECTRIC MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method of etching a layer of porous dielectric material, characterized in that the etching is performed in a plasma formed from at least one silicon-based gas mixed with oxygen (O | 07-03-2014 |
20140184947 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A DEFORMABLE SURFACE AND POSITION SENSORS - A display device including a deformable surface, including: plural actuators including mobile elements that can be moved to deform the deformable surface, the mobile elements being distributed in a space occupied by the deformable surface; a set of position sensors for sensing the position of at least one touch, and distributed in the space occupied by the deformable surface; and an elastic flexible membrane placed against the mobile elements, extending through the space occupied by the deformable surface and configured to accompany deformation of the deformable surface. The set of sensors is secured to the elastic flexible membrane and distributed in a regular manner in the space occupied by the deformable surface in an array of electricity conductors configured to accompany deformations of the elastic flexible membrane. | 07-03-2014 |
20140183778 | METHOD FOR MAKING A STRUCTURE FOR RESUMING CONTACT - A method for making a conducting structure comprising steps of:
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20140183683 | AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUCH A STRUCTURE - Avalanche diode-type semiconductor structure ( | 07-03-2014 |
20140183682 | AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH LOW RESPONSE TIME AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUCH A STRUCTURE - The invention relates to an avalanche photodiode-type semiconductor structure ( | 07-03-2014 |
20140183159 | METHOD OF OBTAINING PATTERS IN AN ANTIREFLECTIVE LAYER - The invention relates to the field of production in thin coatings of electronic devices and/or MEMS and relates to an improved method for forming a pattern in a thin SiARC anti-reflective coating, comprising the doping by deposition of such SiARC coating covered with a resist pattern through a protective coating of the resist pattern, then etching the doped zones of the SiARC coating (FIG. | 07-03-2014 |
20140183044 | FORMATION OF A MICROFLUIDIC ARRAY - The invention relates to a method of forming a microfluidic array comprising at least one channel of semi-circular section, comprising the following steps:
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20140180462 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PATTERNS TO BE PRINTED ON A PLATE OR MASK BY MEANS OF ELECTRON-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY AND CORRESPONDING PRINTING DEVICE - This method for estimating patterns (M′ | 06-26-2014 |
20140177881 | DEVICE WITH A CONTROLLED DISPLACEMENT MEMBRANE - Membrane device comprising a support ( | 06-26-2014 |
20140168855 | NOVEL IONIC LIQUIDS THAT CAN BE USED AS PART OF THE ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES - The present invention relates to ionic liquids comprising, as cation, a specific phosphonium cation, as anion, a formiate anion, which can be used, alone or as a mixture, to constitute electrolytes for energy storage devices. | 06-19-2014 |
20140162392 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A SUSPENDED STRUCTURE COMPONENT AND A TRANSISTOR CO-INTEGRATED ON A SAME SUBSTRATE - A method of forming a microelectronic device comprising, on a same substrate, at least one electro-mechanical component provided with a suspended structure and at least one transistor, the method comprising a step of release of the suspended structure from the electromechanical component after having formed metal interconnection levels of components. | 06-12-2014 |
20140160491 | METHOD FOR THE ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENT OF THE FLATNESS OF THE SURFACES OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS - A method for absolute measurement of flatness of surfaces of optical elements. In the method, an interferometer having a measurement axis is used for applying a three-flat method by three optical elements, by conducting actual measurements on the elements, and planes of the elements are reconstructed by an iterative processing operation in which measurements are simulated and simulated measurements are compared with the actual measurements. At least two actual measurements are made after having performed a rotation around the measurement axis and/or a translation perpendicularly to the measured axis, of a measured optical element relatively to the other. | 06-12-2014 |
20140158334 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE-VOLUME MATERIAL - A thermal management system configured to be installed between a heat source and a heat sink, including a first heat conductor and a second heat conductor, a thermal switch configured to allow or prevent thermal connection between the first and second heat conductors, the thermal switch including at least one thermally conductive material that can connect the first and second conductors by a change in its volume, and the thermal switch including a controller configured to transfer thermal energy to the phase-change material to change a connection state. The connection is made when the heat source goes above a critical temperature, since the connection enables a heat flux to be established between the heat source and the heat sink. | 06-12-2014 |
20140144690 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURE FOR MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY - The invention concerns the forming of a microelectronic device comprising a substrate containing at least one conductive pad, the said pad being provided with a bottom surface resting on the substrate and an upper surface opposite said bottom surface, the said upper surface of said pad having a stack applied thereto formed of a conductive layer and a protective dielectric layer comprising an opening called first opening facing said pad and exposing the said conductive layer, at least one insulating block ( | 05-29-2014 |
20140129191 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE THIGHTNESS OF A SEAL - A method for estimating a seal of a gasket, including: digitally simulating, using a computer, a creep deformation of a gasket resulting from crushing of the gasket between two bearing surfaces; calculating, at an interface between the gasket and one of the two bearing surfaces and during the computer simulation, a cumulative plastic deformation of the gasket, an axial stress between the gasket and the one the two bearing surfaces, and a contact length between the gasket and the one of the two bearing surfaces; and calculating a simulated porosity filling coefficient, representing the seal of the gasket at the interface. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126693 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A MATERIAL BY THE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION PASSING THROUGH SAID MATERIAL - A method identifying a material, includes: measuring an electromagnetic radiation spectrum emitted through the material; determining at least one measurement energy band, and spectral coefficients of a comparison function in the measurement band, using the measured spectrum; estimating, using the determined spectral coefficients, a nature and/or thickness of the material based on a set of reference spectral parameters relating to reference materials and/or thicknesses and defined in reference bands. The estimating includes: prior selecting plural reference materials and/or thicknesses, as possible candidates, from comparing the spectral coefficients determined with at least one portion of the reference spectral parameters; estimating the nature and/or thickness of the material from comparing the spectral coefficients determined with the spectral parameters of at least one portion of the possible candidates, in at least one energy band common to the reference bands of the at least one portion of possible candidates and the measurement band. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126623 | EQUALIZING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A NON-LINEAR TRANSMISSION CHANNEL - The present invention relates to a method for equalizing modulation symbols transmitted on a non-linear transmission channel. The equalizing method operates on a sequence of observables, each non-linearly depending on a predetermined number of consecutive modulation symbols, and is based on a Viterbi algorithm. It comprises a prior step of receiving a pilot sequence of modulation symbols and storing corresponding observables ( | 05-08-2014 |
20140125423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIGITAL MODULATION WITH LOW TRANSITION DENSITY - The present invention relates to a digital modulation method and a corresponding modulator. The modulator comprises a transcoder ( | 05-08-2014 |
20140120702 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT COMPRISING SUCH A STRUCTURE - Method for manufacturing at least one semiconductor structure ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140115417 | ENCODING METHOD FOR QUASI-PERIODIC FADING CHANNEL - The present invention relates to a method of error correction coding for a channel with quasi-periodic fade, such as the RSC (railroad satellite channel). According to an embodiment, it uses a block code (N, K) in which the parity check matrix comprises a sub-matrix obtained by horizontal concatenation of a plurality of identity matrices. The coding applies preferably to the level of the link layer, on data packets of the physical layer, without prior interleaving of said packets. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113434 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A CRACK IN A MATERIAL - A process for forming a layer ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140110695 | ORGANIC PHOTODIODE PROVIDED WITH AN ACTIVE ZONE COMPRISING MEANS FOR PROMOTING CHARGE CARRIER COLLECTION AND CONDUCTION - A photodiode including at least one active zone located between a first electrode and a second electrode, the active zone including elongated conducting or semiconducting elements extending between the electrodes and configured to promote collection and transport of charge carriers in the active zone. | 04-24-2014 |
20140109785 | LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS - A lithography method including: a preparation, during which a resist layer is deposited on a substrate, and a preliminary lithography carried out to define at least one preliminary pattern in the resist layer, and during the preliminary lithography, a formation of at least one positioning mark forming a relief in the resist layer. The method further includes at least one subsequent lithography applied to the resist layer and including: a preliminary positioning including positioning a lithography mechanism as a function of the at least one positioning mark, and at least one formation of additional patterns in the resist layer using the lithography mechanism positioned as a function of the at least one positioning mark. | 04-24-2014 |
20140109372 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL FIBRE LASER - The laser comprising an optical fibre having two ends of which a first whereby the light is to be received, and a doped section for absorbing at least part of the light received via the first end and emitting light, the method includes: applying a torsion angle to the optical fibre; supplying light having a pump power at the first end of the optical fibre; checking that the Polarisation Extinction Ratio of the light output from the first end of the optical fibre remains greater than a predetermined value throughout a predetermined range of the pump power; and, if the Polarisation Extinction Ratio remains greater than the predetermined value throughout the predetermined range of the pump power, attaching the optical fibre to a mechanical mount at two attachment points of the optical fibre situated on either side of the doped section, with the torsion angle applied to the optical fibre. | 04-24-2014 |
20140104696 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH A PIEZOELECTRICALLY ACTUATED DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE SHAPED AS A CONTINUOUS CROWN - An optical device with a deformable membrane including an anchor area on a support entrapping a liquid or gas fluid, a central area reversibly deformable from a rest position, actuating means for moving the fluid biasing the membrane into an intermediate area between the anchor area and the central area, the actuating means include a piezoelectric continuous crown accommodating several actuators, this crown surrounding the central area, the actuating means being anchored to the membrane in the intermediate area, the actuating means and the membrane to which they are anchored, forming at least one piezoelectric bimorph, the actuating means radially contracting or extending upon actuation to generate a movement of said fluid from the intermediate area to the central area of the membrane or vice versa, aiming at deforming the central area with respect to its rest position. | 04-17-2014 |
20140104047 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A DEFORMABLE SURFACE AND POSITION SENSORS - A tactile display device including: a touch screen including ferromagnetic particles; a plurality of actuators including magnet elements distributed against the touch screen; a mechanism for activating each actuator to generate a local magnetic field in the touch screen; and an elastic membrane formed in an elastomer flexible solid material, the elastomer material including the ferromagnetic particles. | 04-17-2014 |
20140103323 | ORGANIC COMPONENT COMPRISING ELECTRODES HAVING AN IMPROVED LAYOUT AND SHAPE - A component with organic active material including at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being separated by a region of an active layer based on a polymer material, the region of the active layer separating the electrodes having a variable critical dimension. | 04-17-2014 |
20140099744 | INTERCONNECTION METHOD FOR A MICRO-IMAGING DEVICE - A method for producing an opto-microelectronic micro-imaging device includes a step of forming a first functional part on the base of a first substrate, a base layer, and first electric connection pad. The first functional part is transferred onto a second substrate. The first substrate is thinned until the base layer is reached. A second functional part is formed on the base layer. One via is connected to the first electric connection pad and through the first functional part. The step of forming the second functional part includes connecting the via with the second electric connection pad. | 04-10-2014 |
20140097401 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE FOR EMITTING LIGHT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A STRUCTURE - A semiconductor structure for emitting light including a substrate made of a first semi-conductor material having a first type of conductivity, a first electrical contact, a second semiconductor material, having a second type of conductivity to form a junction, a second electrical contact contacting the second semiconductor material, a polarizer configured to polarize at least one portion of the semiconductor structure, and a plurality of micro- or nano-structures each including a first end connected to the substrate. Each micro- or nano-structure includes at least one portion made from the second semiconductor material, or each micro- or nano-structure having the first type of conductivity, a second end contacting the second semiconductor material to form the junction. | 04-10-2014 |
20140096933 | REACTIVE SOLID/HEAT-TRANSPORT GAS REACTOR INCLUDING A HELICAL DUCT IN WHICH THE SOLID AND THE GAS FLOW IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS - A solid/heat-transport and reactive gas reactor, including: a helical duct including an inlet and an outlet, the helical duct defining a helical bottom track on which a solid reagent can slide from the inlet to the outlet of the helical duct; a mechanism for bringing the solid reagent to the inlet of the helical duct; a mechanism for causing a heat-transport gas to flow in the helical duct, from the outlet to the inlet of the helical duct; a reservoir of solid reagent under the outlet of the helical duct; and a conveyor for conveying the reagent from a low point of the reservoir to the bringing mechanism. | 04-10-2014 |
20140091543 | VEHICLE WITH AT LEAST THREE STABLE BEARING POINTS ON THE GROUND - A vehicle with at least three stable bearing points on the ground, of which at least one at the front and at least one at the rear of the vehicle, comprises an arm fixed to the front of the vehicle, at a free first end of which arm are mounted a steering unit, and a seat situated at the rear of the vehicle. The arm is movable relative to the seat between a first remote and lockable position, relating to a self-support mode, wherein a first distance is provided between the steering unit and the seat in order to receive a person in seated or semi-seated position on the seat, and a second closer and lockable position, relating to a walking assistance mode, wherein a second distance smaller than the first is provided between the steering unit and the seat. The steering unit forming a support means in this second position. | 04-03-2014 |
20140082930 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL LI-ION BATTERY - A semi-automatic method for making a Li-ion electrochemical accumulator according to which a continuous electrolytic separator strip is automatically wound on two-sided electrodes manually and alternately stacked according to their polarity. By the method, it is not necessary to assemble or manually cut out each electrolytic separator inserted between two adjacent electrodes in the stack and of opposite polarity. | 03-27-2014 |
20140080290 | METHOD OF SELECTIVE GROWTH WITHOUT CATALYST ON A SEMICONDUCTING STRUCTURE - A method of selective growth without catalyst on a semi-conducting structure. According to the method, which is applicable in electronics in particular: a semi-conducting structure is formed from first gaseous or molecular flows; at a same time or subsequently, at least one second gaseous or molecular flow is added thereto, to selectively in situ grow a dielectric layer on the structure; and then another semi-conducting structure is grown thereon from third gaseous or molecular flows. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079091 | HEAT FLUX SENSOR WITH INCREASED RESOLUTION - A heat flux sensor comprising at least one support, where at least one membrane is suspended relative to the support by at least four nanowires, where the membrane is made from at least one current-conducting material, and where the nanowires are made from a current-conducting material, with two nanowires connected to a current source to polarise the membrane between two terminals and a heater for heating the membrane, and where two nanowires are connected to a voltmeter to form measure the voltage at the terminals of the membrane. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076024 | THERMAL FLOW SENSOR WITH VIBRATING ELEMENT AND GAS SENSOR COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH SENSOR - The invention relates to a thermal flow sensor comprising:
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20140073633 | INHIBITORS OF THE SHIGA TOXINS TRAFFICKING THROUGH THE RETROGRADE PATHWAY - The present invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula (I) and (II) for the preparation of a drug for preventing and/or treating disorders caused by Shiga toxins and related toxins. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072102 | SOURCE OF X-RAYS GENERATING A BEAM OF NANOMETRIC SIZE AND IMAGING DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH SOURCE - Source of X-rays comprising a source of electrons generating an electron beam of nanometric size and a target, the target being designed to send out an X-ray beam by illumination by the electron beam, the target comprising one nanowire, for example made of silicon, and a nanowire catalyst, for example made of gold, covering the free end of the nanowire. | 03-13-2014 |
20140061798 | MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ISOLATION TRENCHES EXTENDING UNDER AN ACTIVE AREA - A microelectronic device including:
| 03-06-2014 |
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20140051228 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIAS - Method for producing at least one via ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140050658 | SOLID/HEAT-TRANSFER GAS REACTOR COMPRISING GAS DIFFUSERS WITH REDUCED RISKS OF BLOCKING - A module for a solid/heat-transfer gas reactor, including a plurality of diffusers each including a top portion supporting the solid reagent, and a portion for diffusing reactive/heat-transfer gas, situated under the top portion. | 02-20-2014 |
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| 02-20-2014 |
20140045088 | FUEL CELL, THE OVERALL SIZE OF WHICH IS REDUCED - A fuel cell including two stacks of electrochemical cells, a thermal management system including a coolant circulation circuit in the stacks, each stack of electrochemical cells being squeezed by a first end plate common to the two stacks and a second end plate, each stack including at least one coolant circulation channel, two pumps being provided for circulating the coolant in the channels, and a chamber formed in the common end plate, the two pumps and the channels passing through the stacks being connected to this chamber. There are valves between each pump and the chamber, communication with a pump being interrupted if there is no coolant flow from this pump. | 02-13-2014 |