Abstract:
A substrate is treated by means of at least one pulse of a luminous flux of determined wavelength. The substrate comprises an embedded layer that absorbs the luminous flux independently of the temperature. The embedded layer is interleaved between a first treatment layer and a second treatment layer. The first treatment layer has a coefficient of absorption of luminous flux that is low at ambient temperature and rises as the temperature rises. The luminous flux may be applied in several places of a surface of the first layer to heat regions of the embedded layer and generate a propagating thermal front in the first layer opposite the heated regions of the embedded layer, which generate constraints within the second layer.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a high-resistivity semiconductor-on-insulator substrate comprising the steps of: a) forming a dielectric layer and a semiconductor layer over a high-resistivity substrate, such that the dielectric layer is arranged between the high-resistivity substrate and the semiconductor layer; b) forming a hard mask or resist over the semiconductor layer, wherein the hard mask or resist has at least one opening at a predetermined position; c) forming at least one doped region in the high-resistivity substrate by ion implantation of an impurity element through the at least one opening of the hard mask or resist, the semiconductor layer and the dielectric layer; d) removing the hard mask or resist; and e) forming a radiofrequency, RF, circuit in and/or on the semiconductor layer at least partially overlapping the at least one doped region in the high-resistivity substrate.
Abstract:
Methods are used to form semiconductor devices that include an integrated circuit and a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device operatively coupled with the integrated circuit. At least a portion of an integrated circuit may be fabricated on a surface of a substrate, and a MEMS device may be formed over the at least a portion of the integrated circuit. The MEMS device may be operatively coupled with the integrated circuit. Semiconductor structures and electronic devices including such structures are formed using such methods.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a device and method for testing a concentrated photovoltaic module comprising a plurality of submodules, which comprises: light sources; and parabolic mirrors coupled with the light sources so as to reflect the light from each source in quasi-collimated light beams toward the module to be tested, perpendicular to the module. Each light source comprises: an optical system comprising two parallel lenses on either side of a diaphragm; a lamp on the optical axis of the system; a reflector arranged on the axis, on the side opposite the optical system relative to the lamp, and translatably movable along the axis; and a housing containing the optical system, the lamp and the reflector and including an outlet opening for the light beam on the axis.
Abstract:
Methods of forming semiconductor devices comprising integrated circuits and microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices operatively coupled with the integrated circuits involve the formation of an electrically conductive via extending at least partially through a substrate from a first major surface of the substrate toward an opposing second major surface of the substrate, and the fabrication of at least a portion of an integrated circuit on the first major surface of the substrate. A MEMS device is provided on the second major surface of the substrate, and the MEMS device is operatively coupled with the integrated circuit using the at least one electrically conductive via. Structures and devices are fabricated using such methods.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for fabricating a substrate, comprising the steps of providing a donor substrate with at least one free surface, performing an ion implantation at a predetermined depth of the donor substrate to form an in-depth predetermined splitting area inside the donor substrate, and is characterized in providing a layer of an adhesive, in particular an adhesive paste, over the at least one free surface of the donor substrate. The invention further relates to a semiconductor structure comprising a semiconductor layer, and a layer of a ceramic-based and/or a graphite-based and/or a metal-based adhesive provided on one main side of the semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
A process for transferring a useful layer to a receiver substrate includes providing a donor substrate comprising an intermediate layer, a carrier substrate, and a useful layer. The intermediate layer is free of species liable to degas during a subsequent heat treatment, and is configured to become soft at a temperature. The receiver substrate and the donor substrate are assembled. An additional layer is provided between the receiver substrate and the carrier substrate that comprises chemical species that are susceptible to diffuse into the intermediate layer during the subsequent heat treatment so as to form a weak zone. The heat treatment is carried out on the receiver substrate and the donor substrate at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.
Abstract:
A process for transferring a buried circuit layer comprises taking a donor substrate comprising an internal etch stop zone and covered on its front side with a circuit layer, producing over the entire circumference of the donor substrate either a peripheral trench or a peripheral routing, this routing or trench being produced over a depth such that they pass entirely through the circuit layer and extend into the donor substrate, depositing on the circuit layer and on the routed side or on the walls of the trench a layer of an etch stop material that is selective with respect to etching of the circuit layer, without filling the trench, bonding a receiver substrate to the donor substrate, and thinning the donor substrate by etching its back side until reaching the etch stop zone so as to obtain the transfer of the buried circuit layer to the receiver substrate.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for transferring an active layer to a final substrate using a temporary substrate, the active layer comprises a first side having a three-dimensional surface topology, the process comprising: a first step of bonding the first side of the active layer to one side of the temporary substrate; a second step of bonding a second side of the active layer to the final substrate; and a third step of separating the active layer and the temporary substrate; the process being characterized in that the side of the temporary substrate possesses a surface topology complementary to the surface topology of the first side of the active layer, so that the surface topology of the temporary substrate encapsulates the surface topology of the first side of the active layer in the bonding first step.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for fabricating a heterostructure comprising at least one thin layer and a carrier substrate made of a semiconductor, the process comprising: bonding a first substrate made of a single-crystal first material, the first substrate comprising a superficial layer made of a polycrystalline second material, to a second substrate so that a bonding interface is created between the polycrystalline layer and the second substrate; removing from the free surface of one of the substrates, called the donor substrate, a thickness thereof so that only a thin layer is preserved; generating a layer of amorphous semiconductor material between the first substrate and the bonding interface by amorphization of the layer of polycrystalline material; and crystallizing the layer of amorphous semiconductor material, the newly crystallized layer having the same orientation as the adjacent first substrate.