Patents by Inventor Woo Chul KWAK

Woo Chul KWAK 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: 10374123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a UV light emitting device. The UV light emitting device includes a first conductive type semi-conductor layer, an anti-cracking layer disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed on the anti-cracking layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, wherein the anti-cracking layer includes first lattice points and second lattice points disposed at an interface between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the anti-cracking layer, the first lattice points are connected to lattices of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and the second lattice points are not connected to the lattices of the first conductive type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Seok Han, Woo Chul Kwak, Hyo Shik Choi, Jung Hwan Hwang, Chang Geun Jang
  • Patent number: 10361339
    Abstract: A light emitting device and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The light emitting device comprises: a patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) including a plurality of concave parts and protruding parts on the upper surface thereof; a buffer layer including a concave part buffer layer, which is positioned on the concave part, and a protruding part buffer layer, which is positioned on the side surface of the protruding part and dispersed and arranged in a plurality of island shapes; a lower nitride layer positioned on the buffer layer and the PSS and covering the protruding part; a void positioned on an interface between the side surface of the protruding part and the lower nitride layer; a first conductive type semiconductor layer positioned on the lower nitride layer; a second conductive type semiconductor layer positioned on the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and an active layer interposed between the first and second conductive type semiconductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Whan Jung, Kyung Hae Kim, Woo Chul Kwak, Sam Seok Jang
  • Publication number: 20180090640
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a UV light emitting device. The UV light emitting device includes a first conductive type semi-conductor layer, an anti-cracking layer disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed on the anti-cracking layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, wherein the anti-cracking layer includes first lattice points and second lattice points disposed at an interface between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the anti-cracking layer, the first lattice points are connected to lattices of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and the second lattice points are not connected to the lattices of the first conductive type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Chang Seok Han, Woo Chul Kwak, Hyo Shik Choi, Jung Hwan Hwang, Chang Geun Jang
  • Publication number: 20180047871
    Abstract: A light emitting device and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The light emitting device comprises: a patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) including a plurality of concave parts and protruding parts on the upper surface thereof; a buffer layer including a concave part buffer layer, which is positioned on the concave part, and a protruding part buffer layer, which is positioned on the side surface of the protruding part and dispersed and arranged in a plurality of island shapes; a lower nitride layer positioned on the buffer layer and the PSS and covering the protruding part; a void positioned on an interface between the side surface of the protruding part and the lower nitride layer; a first conductive type semiconductor layer positioned on the lower nitride layer; a second conductive type semiconductor layer positioned on the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and an active layer interposed between the first and second conductive type semiconductor layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jung Whan Jung, Kyung Hae Kim, Woo chul Kwak, Sam Seok Jang
  • Patent number: 9799800
    Abstract: A light emitting device is provided to include an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an electron blocking layer disposed between the p-type semiconductor layer and the active layer. The p-type semiconductor layer includes a hole injection layer, a p-type contact layer, and a hole transport layer. The hole transport layer includes a plurality of undoped layers and at least one intermediate doped layer disposed between the undoped layers. At least one of the undoped layers includes a zone in which hole concentration decreases with increasing distance from the hole injection layer or the p-type contact layer, and the intermediate doped layer is disposed to be at least partially overlapped with a region of the hole transport layer, the region having the hole concentration of 62% to 87% of the hole concentration of the p-type contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sam Seok Jang, Woo Chul Kwak, Kyung Hae Kim, Jung Whan Jung, Yong Hyun Baek
  • Patent number: 9728404
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method of growing a nitride semiconductor layer including growing a gallium nitride-based defect dispersion suppressing layer on a gallium nitride substrate including non-defect regions and a defect region disposed between the non-defect regions, and growing a gallium nitride semiconductor layer on the defect dispersion suppressing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Chul Kwak, Seung Kyu Choi, Jae Hoon Song, Chae Hon Kim, Jung Whan Jung
  • Patent number: 9449815
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of growing gallium nitride-based semiconductor layers through metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, including disposing a substrate in a chamber, growing a first conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer on the substrate at a first chamber pressure, growing a gallium nitride-based active layer on the first conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer at a second chamber pressure higher than the first chamber pressure, and growing a second conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer on the active layer at a third chamber pressure lower than the second chamber pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Choi, Woo Chul Kwak, Chae Hon Kim, Jung Whan Jung
  • Patent number: 9287367
    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes: a first conductive type semiconductor layer including a first lower conductive type semiconductor layer and a first upper conductive type semiconductor layer; a V-pit passing through at least one portion of the first upper conductive type semiconductor layer; a second conductive type semiconductor layer placed over the first conductive type semiconductor and filling the V-pit; and an active layer interposed between the first and second conductive type semiconductor layers with the V-pit passing through the active layer. The first upper conductive type semiconductor layer has a higher defect density than the first lower conductive type semiconductor layer and includes a V-pit generation layer comprising a starting point of the V-pit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Chul Kwak, Seung Kyu Choi, Chae Hon Kim, Jung Whan Jung, Yong Hyun Baek, Sam Seok Jang, Su Youn Hong, Mi Gyeong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20160056334
    Abstract: A light emitting device is provided to include an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an electron blocking layer disposed between the p-type semiconductor layer and the active layer. The p-type semiconductor layer includes a hole injection layer, a p-type contact layer, and a hole transport layer. The hole transport layer includes a plurality of undoped layers and at least one intermediate doped layer disposed between the undoped layers. At least one of the undoped layers includes a zone in which hole concentration decreases with increasing distance from the hole injection layer or the p-type contact layer, and the intermediate doped layer is disposed to be at least partially overlapped with a region of the hole transport layer, the region having the hole concentration of 62% to 87% of the hole concentration of the p-type contact layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Sam Seok Jang, Woo Chul Kwak, Kyung Hae Kim, Jung Whan Jung, Yong Hyun Baek
  • Publication number: 20150380237
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method of growing a nitride semiconductor layer including growing a gallium nitride-based defect dispersion suppressing layer on a gallium nitride substrate including non-defect regions and a defect region disposed between the non-defect regions, and growing a gallium nitride semiconductor layer on the defect dispersion suppressing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Woo Chul Kwak, Seung Kyu Choi, Jae Hoon Song, Chae Hon Kim, Jung Whan Jung
  • Publication number: 20150340562
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method of growing a p-type nitride semiconductor, and a light emitting device fabricated using the same. The method of growing a p-type nitride semiconductor includes growing a p-type nitride semiconductor layer on a growth substrate by introducing a group III element source, a group V element source, and a p-type dopant into a chamber at a first temperature; and cooling the interior of the chamber from the first temperature to a second temperature, wherein the p-type dopant is introduced into the chamber for at least some part of the cooling of the interior of the chamber from the first temperature to the second temperature. According to the present disclosed technology, it is possible to prevent diffusion of the p-type dopant from a p-type nitride semiconductor layer into the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Min Kyu Kim, Jung Whan Jung, Kyung Hae Kim, Woo Chul Kwak
  • Patent number: 9142622
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method of growing a nitride semiconductor layer including growing a gallium nitride-based defect dispersion suppressing layer on a gallium nitride substrate including non-defect regions and a defect region disposed between the non-defect regions, and growing a gallium nitride semiconductor layer on the defect dispersion suppressing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Chul Kwak, Seung Kyu Choi, Jae Hoon Song, Chae Hon Kim, Jung Whan Jung
  • Publication number: 20150115223
    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes: a first conductive type semiconductor layer including a first lower conductive type semiconductor layer and a first upper conductive type semiconductor layer; a V-pit passing through at least one portion of the first upper conductive type semiconductor layer; a second conductive type semiconductor layer placed over the first conductive type semiconductor and filling the V-pit; and an active layer interposed between the first and second conductive type semiconductor layers with the V-pit passing through the active layer. The first upper conductive type semiconductor layer has a higher defect density than the first lower conductive type semiconductor layer and includes a V-pit generation layer comprising a starting point of the V-pit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Woo Chul Kwak, Seung Kyu Choi, Chae Hon Kim, Jung Whan Jung, Yong Hyun Baek, Sam Seok Jang, Su Youn Hong, Mi Gyeong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20150091047
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of growing a nitride semiconductor, a method of manufacturing a template for semiconductor fabrication and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device using the same. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device includes: preparing a growth substrate having a defect aggregation region; growing a first nitride semiconductor layer over the growth substrate; growing a second nitride semiconductor layer over the first nitride semiconductor layer; growing a third nitride semiconductor layer over the second nitride semiconductor layer; growing an active layer over the third nitride semiconductor layer; and forming a second conductive type semiconductor layer over the active layer. Accordingly, semiconductor layers grown on the template can have excellent crystallinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Choi, Woo Chul Kwak, Chae Hon Kim, Jung Whan Jung, Sam Seok Jang
  • Publication number: 20140162437
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of growing gallium nitride-based semiconductor layers through metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, including disposing a substrate in a chamber, growing a first conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer on the substrate at a first chamber pressure, growing a gallium nitride-based active layer on the first conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer at a second chamber pressure higher than the first chamber pressure, and growing a second conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer on the active layer at a third chamber pressure lower than the second chamber pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Kyu CHOI, Woo Chul KWAK, Chae Hon KIM, Jung Whan JUNG
  • Patent number: 8748864
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a metal backing layer, a reflective electrode layer disposed on the metal backing layer, and a plurality of nanorods disposed on the reflective electrode layer. Each nanorod includes a p-semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an n-semiconductor layer, which are sequentially stacked on the reflective electrode layer. The light emitting device further includes an anti-reflection electrode layer disposed on the nanorods, and quantum dots disposed between the nanorods. The method includes sequentially growing the n-semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the p-semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming the nanorods by etching the p-semiconductor layer using a mask pattern; sequentially forming the reflective electrode layer and the metal backing layer on the p-semiconductor layer and then removing the substrate; disposing quantum dots between the nanorods; and forming the anti-reflection electrode layer on the nanorods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Chul Kwak, Soon Ho An, Hwa Mok Kim, Eun Jin Kim, Jae Hoon Song
  • Publication number: 20140151713
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method of growing a nitride semiconductor layer including growing a gallium nitride-based defect dispersion suppressing layer on a gallium nitride substrate including non-defect regions and a defect region disposed between the non-defect regions, and growing a gallium nitride semiconductor layer on the defect dispersion suppressing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Chul Kwak, Seung Kyu Choi, Jae Hoon Song, Chae Hon Kim, Jung Whan Jung
  • Publication number: 20120132888
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a metal backing layer, a reflective electrode layer disposed on the metal backing layer, and a plurality of nanorods disposed on the reflective electrode layer. Each nanorod includes a p-semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an n-semiconductor layer, which are sequentially stacked on the reflective electrode layer. The light emitting device further includes an anti-reflection electrode layer disposed on the nanorods, and quantum dots disposed between the nanorods. The method includes sequentially growing the n-semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the p-semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming the nanorods by etching the p-semiconductor layer using a mask pattern; sequentially forming the reflective electrode layer and the metal backing layer on the p-semiconductor layer and then removing the substrate; disposing quantum dots between the nanorods; and forming the anti-reflection electrode layer on the nanorods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SEOUL OPTO DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Chul KWAK, Soon Ho AN, Hwa Mok KIM, Eun Jin KIM, Jae Hoon SONG