Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090085045 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MATRIX OF INDIVIDUAL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND MATRIX PRODUCED THEREBY - The invention relates to a method for producing a matrix of electronic components, comprising a step of producing an active layer on a substrate, and a step of individualizing the components by forming trenches in the active layer at least until the substrate emerges. The method comprises steps of depositing a layer of functional material on the active layer, depositing a photosensitive resin on the layer of material in such a way as to fill said trenches and to form a thin film on the upper face of the components, at least partially exposing the resin to radiation while underexposing the portion of resin in the trenches, developing the resin in such a way as to remove the properly exposed portion thereof, removing the functional material layer portion that shows through after the development step, and removing the remaining portion of resin. | 04-02-2009 |
20110156189 | PHOTODETECTOR WITH A PLASMONIC STRUCTURE - This photodetector capable of detecting electromagnetic radiation comprises:
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20110156194 | PHOTODETECTOR WITH A PLASMONIC STRUCTURE - This photodetector comprises a doped semiconductor layer; a reflective layer located underneath semiconductor layer; a metallic structure placed on semiconductor layer that forms, with semiconductor layer, a surface plasmon resonator, a plurality of semiconductor zones formed in semiconductor layer and oppositely doped to the doping of the semiconductor layer; and for each semiconductor zone, a conductor that passes through the photodetector from reflective layer to at least semiconductor zone and is electrically insulated from metallic structure, with semiconductor zone associated with corresponding conductor thus determining an elementary detection surface of the photodetector. | 06-30-2011 |
20110300487 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MATRIX OF INDIVIDUAL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND MATRIX PRODUCED THEREBY - The invention relates to a method for producing a matrix of electronic components, comprising a step of producing an active layer on a substrate, and a step of individualizing the components by forming trenches in the active layer at least until the substrate emerges. The method comprises steps of depositing a layer of functional material on the active layer, depositing a photosensitive resin on the layer of material in such a way as to fill said trenches and to form a thin film on the upper face of the components, at least partially exposing the resin to radiation while underexposing the portion of resin in the trenches, developing the resin in such a way as to remove the properly exposed portion thereof, removing the functional material layer portion that shows through after the development step, and removing the remaining portion of resin. | 12-08-2011 |
20120068225 | BISPECTRAL MULTILAYER PHOTODIODE DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A DETECTOR - A bispectral detector comprising upper and lower semiconductor layers of a first conductivity type in order to absorb a first and a second electromagnetic spectrum, separated by an intermediate layer that forms a barrier; semiconductor zones of a second conductivity type implanted in upper layer and lower layer and each implanted at least partially in the bottom of an opening that passes through upper layer and intermediate layer; and conductor elements connected to semiconductor zones. At least that part of each opening that passes through upper layer is separated from the latter by a semiconductor cap layer: whereof the concentration of dopants of the second conductivity type is greater than 10 | 03-22-2012 |
20120068295 | MULTILAYER BISPECTRAL PHOTODIODE DETECTOR - This bispectral detector comprises a plurality of unitary elements for detecting a first and a second electromagnetic radiation range, consisting of a stack of upper and lower semiconductor layers of a first conductivity type which are separated by an intermediate layer that forms a potential barrier between the upper and lower layers; and for each unitary detection element, two upper and lower semiconductor zones of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, are arranged respectively so that they are in contact with the upper faces of the upper and lower layers so as to form PN junctions, the semiconductor zone being positioned, at least partially, in the bottom of an opening that passes through the upper and intermediate layers. The upper face of at least one of the upper and lower layers is entirely covered in a semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type. Cuts are made around each unitary detection element from the upper face of the stack and at least through the thickness of each semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type, entirely covering one or other of the upper and lower semiconductor layers of the first conductivity type, so as to form semiconductor zones of the second conductivity type. | 03-22-2012 |
20120181645 | PHOTODETECTOR OPTIMIZED BY METAL TEXTURING PROVIDED ON THE REAR SURFACE - Backlit detector for the detection of electromagnetic radiation around a predetermined wavelength, including a semiconductor absorption layer, formed above a transparent medium, capable of transmitting at least some of said radiation, and a minor above the semiconductor layer, and placed between the minor and the semiconductor layer, a periodic grating of metallic patterns, the minor and the grating being included in a layer of material transparent to said radiation and formed on the semiconductor layer. The minor and the grating verify: | 07-19-2012 |
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 |