Patent ID: 7368030

Claim:
Method for producing a thin film structure, comprising the transfer of at least one film on a support called the definitive support by means of an intermediate support, the method comprising the following stages: formation of an embrittled embedded layer in a substrate, a film thus being defined between the first face of the substrate and the embrittled layer, contact between the first face of the substrate and a suction surface of the intermediate support, the suction surface being the face of a suction element comprising suction means provided so that, when the embrittled layer is submitted to a treatment leading to the separation of the film from the rest of the substrate, the film can be recuperated, submission of said embrittled layer to said separation treatment, the first face of the substrate being integral with the intermediate support through suction, transfer of the film obtained onto the definitive support, withdrawal of the intermediate support by stopping the suction.