Patents by Inventor Kyoung Wan Kim

Kyoung Wan 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: 11973222
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor having a uniform particle size distribution and represented by Formula 1, wherein a percentage of fine powder with an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 ?m or less is generated when the positive electrode active material precursor is rolled at 2.5 kgf/cm2 is less than 1%, and an aspect ratio is 0.93 or more, and a method of preparing the positive electrode active material precursor [NixCoyM1zM2w](OH)2 ??[Formula 1] in Formula 1, 0.5?x<1, 0<y?0.5, 0<z?0.5, and 0?w?0.1, M1 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn and Al, and M2 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr, B, W, Mo, Cr, Nb, Mg, Hf, Ta, La, Ti, Sr, Ba, Ce, F, P, S, and Y. A method of preparing the positive electrode active material precursor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Bae Kim, Yi Rang Lim, Kyoung Wan Park, Hyun Uk Kim, Hong Kyu Park, Chang Jun Moon, Eun Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20230361250
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate including a roughened surface; a light emitter disposed on the substrate, which includes a first conductivity layer; and a mesa disposed on a partial region of the first conductivity layer. An ohmic electrode can be disposed on the mesa; and a contact electrode can be disposed on the first conductivity layer. The light emitting device further includes a first reflection layer; a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode; and a second reflection layer. The first insulating reflection layer covers at least a portion of the light emitter emitting structure, the ohmic electrode and the contact electrode. The second reflection layer is disposed on an opposite side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woong LEE, Kyoung Wan KIM, Tae Jun PARK, Sang Won WOO
  • Patent number: 11749784
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate; a first conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a mesa; a transparent electrode; a contact electrode; a first insulating reflection layer; a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode; and a second insulating reflection layer. The first insulating reflection layer covers at least a portion of the light emitting structure, the transparent electrode and the contact electrode. The second insulating reflection layer is disposed on an opposite end of the substrate. The first and/or second insulating reflection layer have at least two regions which have different reflectivity properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woong Lee, Kyoung Wan Kim, Tae Jun Park, Sang Won Woo
  • Publication number: 20230246149
    Abstract: This light emitting device comprises: a substrate; a light emitting laminate disposed on the substrate; first and second electrodes provided on the light emitting laminate; first and second bumps provided on the first and second electrodes, respectively; a passivation film which is provided on the substrate, exposes portions of the upper surfaces of the first and second bumps, and covers the laminate; and a light conversion layer covering the rear surface of the substrate, a side surface of the substrate, and a side surface of the passivation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Kwon KIM, Kyoung Wan KIM, Wan Tae LIM
  • Patent number: 11411142
    Abstract: A light emitting diode chip includes a substrate; a first conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a mesa; a transparent electrode; a contact electrode; a current spreader; a first insulating reflection layer; a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode; and a second insulating reflection layer. The first insulating reflection layer covers one end of the substrate, the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, the mesa, the transparent electrode. The second insulating reflection layer is disposed on an opposite end of the substrate and includes a structure of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woong Lee, Kyoung Wan Kim, Tae Jun Park, Sang Won Woo
  • Publication number: 20220165914
    Abstract: A light emitting diode including a substrate having a first area and a second area defined by an isolation groove line, a semiconductor stack disposed on the substrate and including a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer, an active layer, a first electrode pad electrically connected to the lower semiconductor layer, a second electrode pad electrically connected to the upper semiconductor layer, and a connecting portion electrically connecting the semiconductor stack disposed in the first and second areas to each other, and including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion extending from a second distal end of the first portion, in which the isolation groove line is disposed between the first and second electrode pads and exposes the substrate, the first portion extends along a first direction substantially parallel to an extending direction of the isolation groove line, and the second and third portions extend in a second direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Keum Ju LEE, Seom Geun LEE, Kyoung Wan KIM, Yong Woo RYU, Mi Na JANG
  • Patent number: 11239387
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes: a substrate; a semiconductor stack disposed on the substrate and including a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer and an active layer interposed between the lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer, the semiconductor stack having an isolation groove exposing the substrate through the upper semiconductor layer, the active layer and the lower semiconductor layer; a first electrode pad and an upper extension portion electrically connected to the upper semiconductor layer; a second electrode pad and a lower extension portion electrically connected to the lower semiconductor layer; a connecting portion connecting the upper extension portion and the lower extension portion to each other across the isolation groove; a first current blocking layer interposed between the lower extension portion and the lower semiconductor layer; and a second current blocking layer interposed between the second electrode pad and the lower semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keum Ju Lee, Seom Geun Lee, Kyoung Wan Kim, Yong Woo Ryu, Mi Na Jang
  • Publication number: 20210359188
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a mesa disposed on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and including an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a lower insulation layer covering the mesa and at least a portion of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer exposed around the mesa, and having a first opening for allowing electrical connection to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and a second opening for allowing electrical connection to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The active layer generates light having a peak wavelength of about 500 nm or less, and the lower insulation layer includes a distributed Bragg reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Kwon KIM, Min Chan HEO, Kyoung Wan KIM, Jong Kyu KIM, Hyun A KIM, Joon Sup LEE
  • Publication number: 20210098653
    Abstract: A light emitting diode chip includes a substrate; a first conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a mesa; a transparent electrode; a contact electrode; a current spreader; a first insulating reflection layer; a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode; and a second insulating reflection layer. The first insulating reflection layer covers one end of the substrate, the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, the mesa, the transparent electrode. The second insulating reflection layer is disposed on an opposite end of the substrate and includes a structure of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woong LEE, Kyoung Wan KIM, Tae Jun PARK, Sang Won WOO
  • Patent number: 10950757
    Abstract: A flip chip type light emitting diode chip is disclosed. The light emitting diode chip includes a substrate; a first conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a mesa disposed on a partial region of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and including an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a transparent electrode; a contact electrode laterally spaced apart from the mesa; a current spreader electrically connected to the transparent electrode; a first insulating reflection layer covering the substrate; and a second insulating reflection layer disposed under the substrate, and including the distributed Bragg reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woong Lee, Kyoung Wan Kim, Tae Jun Park, Sang Won Woo
  • Patent number: 10937935
    Abstract: A light emitting diode chip includes: a first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a mesa disposed on a partial region of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, and including an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a transparent electrode being in ohmic contact with the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a first current spreader being in ohmic contact with the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a second current spreader electrically connected to the transparent electrode; an insulation layer covering the mesa, the first current spreader and the second current spreader, and including a distributed Bragg reflector. A lateral distance between the first current spreader and the mesa is larger than a thickness of the insulation layer, and a first side surface of the first current spreader close to the mesa is longer than the second side surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woong Lee, Kyoung Wan Kim, Keum Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 10937925
    Abstract: A light emitting diode chip including a light emitting structure and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed thereon to reflect light, the DBR includes alternatively stacked first material layers having a low refractive index and second material layers having a high refractive index, and, with respect to a peak wavelength ? of light emitted, the DBR includes a first region having pairs of the first and second material layers each having an optical thickness greater than 0.25? and less than 0.3?, a last pair of the first and second material layers disposed farthest from the light emitting structure, and a second region between the first region and the last pair, each of the material layers in the second region has an optical thickness less than 0.25?, and the first material layers have a greater optical thickness deviation than that of the second material layers in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ye Seul Kim, Kyoung Wan Kim
  • Publication number: 20210005787
    Abstract: A light emitting diode chip includes a substrate; a first conductivity type semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a mesa; a transparent electrode; a contact electrode; a current spreader; a first insulating reflection layer; a first pad electrode and a second pad electrode; and a second insulating reflection layer. The first insulating reflection layer covers one end of the substrate, the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, the mesa, the transparent electrode. The second insulating reflection layer is disposed on an opposite end of the substrate and includes a structure of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woong LEE, Kyoung Wan KIM, Tae Jun PARK, Sang Won WOO
  • Publication number: 20200411725
    Abstract: A light emitting diode chip including a light emitting structure and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) having first, second, and third regions and including first material layers having a low index of refraction and second material layers having a high index of refraction, in which the first material layers include a first group having an optical thickness greater than 0.25?+10%, a second group having an optical thickness in a range of 0.25??10% to 0.25?+10%, and a third group having an optical thickness less than 0.25??10%, the first region has alternately disposed first and second groups, the second region has the third group, the first material layers in the third region have a first material layer having an optical thickness less than 0.25? and greater than 0.25?, the second material layers have a smaller average optical thickness than the first group of the first material layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Ye Seul KIM, Sang Won Woo, Kyoung Wan KIM
  • Patent number: 10840409
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a current blocking layer interposed between a first connection pad and a first conductivity type semiconductor layer to improve efficiency in spreading of electric current supplied to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hye Kim, Kyoung Wan Kim, Ye Seul Kim
  • Patent number: 10804437
    Abstract: A light emitting diode chip including a light emitting structure having an active layer, and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed to reflect light emitted therefrom. The DBR has first and second regions, and a third region therebetween. The first region is closer to the light emitting structure than the second and third regions. The DBR includes first material layers having a high index of refraction and second material layers having a low index of refraction alternately disposed one over another. The first material layers include first, second, and third groups having an optical thickness greater than 0.25?+10%, in a range of 0.25??10% to 0.25?+10%, and less than 0.25??10%, respectively. With respect to a central wavelength (?: 554 nm) of the visible range, the first region has the first and second groups, the second region has the third group, and the third region has the second and third groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye Seul Kim, Sang Won Woo, Kyoung Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 10734554
    Abstract: A light emitting diode including a light emitting structure including an active layer, a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed on one side of the light emitting structure to reflect light emitted from the light emitting structure, and an interfacial layer disposed between the light emitting structure and the first DBR, in which the first DBR includes first material layers having a low refractive index and second material layers having a high refractive index alternately stacked one above another, the interfacial layer has a lower refractive index than the first material layers, and has a thickness greater than a thickness of each of the first and second material layers, and one a second material layer of the second material layers that is closest to the interfacial layer includes a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer, the first sub-layer having a density lower than that of the second sub-layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chan Heo, Kyoung Wan Kim, Ye Seul Kim, Yong Woo Ryu
  • Patent number: 10707382
    Abstract: A light-emitting element according to an embodiment of the present document has a transparent electrode having an opening, and the transparent electrode has a protrusion on a side surface of the opening. A second electrode pad is arranged on the opening of the transparent electrode, and abuts the protrusion. Accordingly, peeling of the second electrode pad can be prevented, thereby improving the reliability of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Seul Kim, Kyoung Wan Kim, Sang Hyun Oh, Duk Il Suh, Sang Won Woo, Ji Hye Kim
  • Publication number: 20200212263
    Abstract: A light emitting diode including a light emitting structure including an active layer, a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed on one side of the light emitting structure to reflect light emitted from the light emitting structure, and an interfacial layer disposed between the light emitting structure and the first DBR, in which the first DBR includes first material layers having a low refractive index and second material layers having a high refractive index alternately stacked one above another, the interfacial layer has a lower refractive index than the first material layers, and has a thickness greater than a thickness of each of the first and second material layers, and one a second material layer of the second material layers that is closest to the interfacial layer includes a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer, the first sub-layer having a density lower than that of the second sub-layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Min Chan HEO, Kyoung Wan Kim, Ye Seul Kim, Yong Woo Ryu
  • Patent number: 10672951
    Abstract: The light emitting element is provided to comprise: a first conductive type semiconductor layer; a mesa; a current blocking layer; a transparent electrode; a first electrode pad and a first electrode extension; a second electrode pad and a second electrode extension; and an insulation layer partially located on the lower portion of the first electrode, wherein the mesa includes at least one groove formed on a side thereof, the first conductive type semiconductor layer is partially exposed through the groove, the insulation layer includes an opening through which the exposed first conductive type semiconductor layer is at least partially exposed, the first electrode extension includes extension contact portions in contact with the first conductive type semiconductor layer through an opening, and the second electrode extension includes an end with a width different from the average width of the second electrode extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Duk Il Suh, Ye Seul Kim, Kyoung Wan Kim, Sang Won Woo, Ji Hye Kim