Patents by Inventor Jong-Eun Kim

Jong-Eun Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11830893
    Abstract: An image sensing device is provided to include a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape. Each of the pixels includes: a control node configured to generate a hole current in a substrate; a detection node configured to capture photocharge migrated by the hole current, formed in a shape whose at least part is partially open, and disposed to surround the control node, and a low resistance region including a dielectric layer formed in the substrate, and disposed in the opening on of the detection node. The low resistance region includes an inner low resistance region disposed between the control node and the center of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Hyung June Yoon, Jong Eun Kim, Jong Chae Kim, Jae Won Lee, Jae Hyung Jang, Hoon Moo Choi
  • Patent number: 11678071
    Abstract: An image sensing device includes a pixel array configured to include a first pixel group and a second pixel group that are contiguous to each other, each of the first pixel group and second pixel group including a plurality of imaging pixels to convert light into pixel signals, and a light field lens array disposed over the pixel array to direct light to the imaging pixels and configured as a moveable structure that is operable to move between a first position and a second position in a horizontal direction by a predetermined distance corresponding to a width of the first pixel group or a width of the second pixel group, the light field lens array configured to include one or more lens regions each including a light field lens and one or more open regions formed without the light field lens to enable both light filed imaging and conventional imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventor: Jong Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230098790
    Abstract: An image sensing device includes a photoelectric conversion region configured to generate photocharges, a photogate region configured to overlap the photoelectric conversion region and allow the photocharges to be collected in the photoelectric conversion region, and a transfer gate disposed adjacent to the photogate region in a first direction and configured to transmit the photocharges to a floating diffusion region. The photogate region includes a first photogate in which a length extending in a second direction is longer than a length of the photoelectric conversion region extending in the second direction, and a second photogate in which a length extending in the second direction is shorter than a length of the photoelectric conversion region extending in the second direction. The first photogate includes a recess region formed to contact the photoelectric conversion region, and extend vertically from one surface of a region where the photoelectric conversion region is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Jong Eun KIM
  • Patent number: 11552117
    Abstract: An image sensing device is provided to include a pixel array including unit pixel blocks that are arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, each unit pixel block configured to generate pixel signals in response to incident light reflected from a target object. The unit pixel block includes normal first pixel configured to receive a portion of the incident light at a first arrival time and generate a first pixel signal in response to the incident light, and a second pixel configured to receive another portion of the incident light at a second arrival time and generate a second pixel signal in response to the incident light. The second arrival time is later than the first arrival time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Eun Kim, Ho Young Kwak, Jong Chae Kim
  • Patent number: 11508769
    Abstract: An image sensing device is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of signal detectors, an insulation layer, and at least one gate. The semiconductor substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and generates signal carriers in response to light incident upon the first surface. The signal detectors are formed on the semiconductor substrate and located closer to the second surface than the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and detect the signal carriers using a difference in electric potential. The insulation layer is disposed at the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and isolates the signal detectors from each other. The at least one gate is disposed at the insulation layer interposed between the signal detectors, and reflects light arriving at the second surface of the semiconductor substrate back to the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ho Young Kwak, Hyung June Yoon, Jong Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20220330628
    Abstract: Provided is a pleated protective clothing worn by a worker in order to protect a body of a worker from an external environment and maintain a clean work environment, the pleated protective clothing including: a hood portion configured to cover a head of a worker; an upper body portion connected with the hood portion and configured to surround an upper body of the worker; and a hood pleated portion formed in a portion connecting the hood portion and the upper body portion and having elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Jong Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20220310681
    Abstract: An image sensing device includes a first photoelectric conversion region structured to generate photocharges based on incident light, a first photogate disposed over the first photoelectric conversion region to collect photocharges generated by the first photoelectric conversion region, a first transfer gate disposed at one side of the first photogate to transmit the photocharges collected by the first photogate to a first floating diffusion region, a first photogate contact coupled to a first region of the first photogate, and a second photogate contact coupled to a second region of the first photogate that is located closer to the first transfer gate than the first region in the first photogate. The second region is more deeply etched than the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Jong Eun KIM
  • Publication number: 20220102395
    Abstract: An image sensing device is provided to include a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape. Each of the pixels includes: a control node configured to generate a hole current in a substrate; a detection node configured to capture photocharge migrated by the hole current, formed in a shape whose at least part is partially open, and disposed to surround the control node, and a low resistance region including a dielectric layer formed in the substrate, and disposed in the opening on of the detection node. The low resistance region includes an inner low resistance region disposed between the control node and the center of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hyung June YOON, Jong Eun KIM, Jong Chae KIM, Jae Won LEE, Jae Hyung JANG, Hoon Moo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210314509
    Abstract: An image sensing device includes a pixel array configured to include a first pixel group and a second pixel group that are contiguous to each other, each of the first pixel group and second pixel group including a plurality of imaging pixels to convert light into pixel signals, and a light field lens array disposed over the pixel array to direct light to the imaging pixels and configured as a moveable structure that is operable to move between a first position and a second position in a horizontal direction by a predetermined distance corresponding to a width of the first pixel group or a width of the second pixel group, the light field lens array configured to include one or more lens regions each including a light field lens and one or more open regions formed without the light field lens to enable both light filed imaging and conventional imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Jong Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210104569
    Abstract: An image sensing device is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of signal detectors, an insulation layer, and at least one gate. The semiconductor substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and generates signal carriers in response to light incident upon the first surface. The signal detectors are formed on the semiconductor substrate and located closer to the second surface than the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and detect the signal carriers using a difference in electric potential. The insulation layer is disposed at the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and isolates the signal detectors from each other. The at least one gate is disposed at the insulation layer interposed between the signal detectors, and reflects light arriving at the second surface of the semiconductor substrate back to the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ho Young Kwak, Hyung June Yoon, Jong Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210074753
    Abstract: An image sensing device is provided to include a pixel array including unit pixel blocks that are arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, each unit pixel block configured to generate pixel signals in response to incident light reflected from a target object. The unit pixel block includes normal first pixel configured to receive a portion of the incident light at a first arrival time and generate a first pixel signal in response to the incident light, and a second pixel configured to receive another portion of the incident light at a second arrival time and generate a second pixel signal in response to the incident light. The second arrival time is later than the first arrival time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Eun Kim, Ho Young Kwak, Jong Chae Kim
  • Patent number: 10912226
    Abstract: A wireless charging transmitter module may include a plurality of coil devices, a magnetic field shielding sheet to cover one side of the plurality of coil devices, and a heat dissipation plate to cover the magnetic shielding sheet, so that heat may be more efficiently dissipated through the heat dissipation plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoungchun Kweon, Hwi Chul Shin, Seung Jae Hwang, Jong Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210005893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode active-material composition including, as a binder material for an electrode active material, a conductive polymer synthesized using a cellulose-based compound and/or a weakly acidic compound alone or in combination as a template, and a lithium-ion battery manufactured using the same, and particularly to PEDOT:CMC synthesized as a preferred active-material composition, and a lithium-ion battery manufactured using the same as a binder. The technique of the present invention is capable of improving the cycle characteristics, that is, the lifetime, of the lithium-ion battery including an anode active material made of a graphite component and/or a silicon component alone or in combination, along with various cathode active materials including a nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM)-based active material, a nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA)-based active material, a lithium-cobalt oxide (LCO) active material, and other lithium containing materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Eun KIM, Bo Won SUH, Sung Do KIM, Jong Do KIM, Bo Ram LEE, Gyu Jin JUNG
  • Patent number: 10811452
    Abstract: An image sensing device including a noise blocking structure is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate structured to support a plurality of image pixels producing signals upon a detection of an incident light and a logic circuit configured to process signals produced by the image pixels are formed, and a noise blocking structure disposed at the semiconductor substrate and formed to surround the logic circuit is formed. The noise blocking structure includes a first blocking structure and a second blocking structure. The first blocking structure includes multiple portions spaced from one another, each of the multiple portions extending in a line without any bending portion. The second blocking structure are disposed between the multiple portions of the first blocking structure and include portions partially overlapping with the first blocking structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ho Young Kwak, Jong Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 10804308
    Abstract: An image sensing device including a noise blocking structure is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate structured to support a plurality of image pixels producing signals response to received incident light, a logic circuit configured to process the signals read out from the image pixels, and a noise blocking structure coupled to the logic circuit to reduce a noise generated by the logic circuit. The noise blocking structure formed to extend in a straight line without any bending portion in a first direction, and to pass through the semiconductor substrate in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Eun Kim, Ho Young Kwak
  • Publication number: 20200194481
    Abstract: An image sensing device including a noise blocking structure is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate structured to support a plurality of image pixels producing signals upon a detection of an incident light and a logic circuit configured to process signals produced by the image pixels are formed, and a noise blocking structure disposed at the semiconductor substrate and formed to surround the logic circuit is formed. The noise blocking structure includes a first blocking structure and a second blocking structure. The first blocking structure includes multiple portions spaced from one another, each of the multiple portions extending in a line without any bending portion. The second blocking structure are disposed between the multiple portions of the first blocking structure and include portions partially overlapping with the first blocking structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Ho Young Kwak, Jong Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20200194475
    Abstract: An image sensing device including a noise blocking structure is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate structured to support a plurality of image pixels producing signals response to received incident light, a logic circuit configured to process the signals read out from the image pixels, and a noise blocking structure coupled to the logic circuit to reduce a noise generated by the logic circuit. The noise blocking structure formed to extend in a straight line without any bending portion in a first direction, and to pass through the semiconductor substrate in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Eun Kim, Ho Young Kwak
  • Patent number: D905680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SPIGEN KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Eun Kim
  • Patent number: D906326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SPIGEN KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Eun Kim
  • Patent number: D908679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SPIGEN KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Eun Kim