Patents by Inventor Dong-seok Leem

Dong-seok Leem 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: 11435227
    Abstract: A combination sensor may include a first infrared light sensor and a second infrared light sensor. The first infrared light sensor may be configured to sense light in a first wavelength within an infrared wavelength spectrum. The second infrared light sensor may be configured to sense light in a second wavelength that is different from the first wavelength within the infrared wavelength spectrum. The first infrared light sensor and the second infrared light sensor may be stacked in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok Leem, Gae Hwang Lee, Yong Wan Jin, Tae Yon Lee
  • Publication number: 20220131098
    Abstract: A sensor includes first and second electrodes, and an infrared photoelectric conversion layer between the first and second electrodes, the infrared photoelectric conversion layer being configured to absorb light in at least a portion of an infrared wavelength spectrum and convert the absorbed light to an electrical signal. The infrared photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material having a maximum absorption wavelength in an infrared wavelength spectrum, a second material forming a pn junction with the first material, and a third material having an energy band gap greater than the energy band gap of the first material by greater than or equal to about 1.0 eV. The first material, the second material, and the third material are different from each other, and each of the first material, the second material, and the third material is a non-polymeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok LEEM, Rae Sung KIM, Ohkyu KWON, Changki KIM, Insun PARK
  • Publication number: 20220064182
    Abstract: A compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1. The compound may be included in, a film, an infrared sensor, a combination sensor, and/or an electronic device. In Chemical Formula 1, X, Y1, Y2, Z1, Z2, Q, R1, and R2 are the same as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ohkyu KWON, Rae Sung KIM, Dong-Seok LEEM, Changki KIM, Insun PARK
  • Publication number: 20220059772
    Abstract: A compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1. In Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R4, R11a to R14c, and n are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ohkyu KWON, Changki KIM, Hyesung CHOI, Hwang Suk KIM, Insun PARK, Dong-Seok LEEM
  • Publication number: 20220013585
    Abstract: A sensor includes an anode and a cathode, and a near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer between the anode and the cathode. The near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer is configured to absorb light of at least a portion of a near-infrared wavelength spectrum and convert the absorbed light into an electrical signal. The near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum and a second material forming a pn junction with the first material and having a wider energy bandgap than an energy bandgap of the first material. The first material is included in the near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer in a smaller amount than the second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok LEEM, Rae Sung KIM, Hyesung CHOI, Ohkyu KWON, Changki KIM, Hwang Suk KIM, Bum Woo PARK, Jae Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20210380607
    Abstract: An infrared absorber includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula In Chemical Formula 1, Ar1, Ar2, X1, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ohkyu KWON, Hwang Suk KIM, Dong-Seok LEEM, Rae Sung KIM, Hyesung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210367166
    Abstract: Disclosed are an infrared absorption composition, and a photoelectric device, an organic sensor, and an electronic device including the same. The infrared absorption composition includes a p-type semiconductor compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an n-type semiconductor compound. The n-type semiconductor compound includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2A, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2B, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2C, a fullerene derivative, or a combination thereof. The p-type semiconductor compound and the n-type semiconductor compound provide a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Insun PARK, Rae Sung KIM, Dong-Seok LEEM
  • Publication number: 20210366991
    Abstract: An organic image sensor may be configured to obtain a color signal associated with a particular wavelength spectrum of light absorbed by the organic image sensor may omit a color filter. The organic image sensor may include an organic photoelectric conversion layer including a first material and a second material. The first material may absorb a first wavelength spectrum of light, and the second material may absorb a second wavelength spectrum of light. The organic photoelectric conversion layer may include stacked upper and lower layers, and the respective material compositions of the lower and upper layers may be first and second mixtures of the first and second materials. A ratio of the first material to the second material in the first mixture may be greater than 1/1, and a ratio of the first material to the second material in the second mixture may be less than 1/1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Sung Young YUN, Dong-Seok LEEM, Yong Wan JIN
  • Publication number: 20210340312
    Abstract: Disclosed are an infrared absorbing polymer including a first structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second structural unit including at least one of Chemical Formula 2A to Chemical Formula 2I, an infrared absorbing/blocking film, a photoelectric device, a sensor, and an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Jun LEE, Ohkyu KWON, Rae Sung KIM, Hwang Suk KIM, In Sun PARK, Dong-Seok LEEM
  • Publication number: 20210343891
    Abstract: A sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a light absorbing layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light absorbing layer may have a first absorption spectrum having a first absorption peak in a first infrared wavelength region and a second absorption peak in a second infrared wavelength region, the second infrared wavelength region being a longer wavelength region than the first infrared wavelength region. The second absorption spectrum does not at least partially overlap with the first absorption spectrum. The second absorption spectrum may have a lower absorption intensity than the first absorption spectrum. An external quantum efficiency (EQE) spectrum that is amplified in the second infrared wavelength region is exhibited in the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok LEEM, Rae Sung KIM, In Sun PARK, Ohkyu KWON, Changki KIM
  • Publication number: 20210343946
    Abstract: An infrared absorber includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1. An infrared absorbing/blocking film, a photoelectric device, an organic sensor, and an electronic device may include the infrared absorber. In Chemical Formula 1, Ar, X1, X2, Y1, Y2, R1, R2, R11, R12, R13, and R14 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwang Suk KIM, Bum Woo PARK, Ohkyu KWON, Changki KIM, In Sun PARK, Dong-Seok LEEM
  • Patent number: 11158827
    Abstract: An IR organic photoelectric device having a simplified device structure may include an anode and a cathode facing each other and an infrared absorption and hole transport composite monolayer between the anode and the cathode. An organic image sensor including the IR organic photoelectric device may include an absorption layer between the infrared absorption and hole transport composite monolayer and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok Leem, Gae Hwang Lee, Sung Young Yun, Kwang Hee Lee, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 11158676
    Abstract: A sensor includes an anode and a cathode, and a near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer between the anode and the cathode. The near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer is configured to absorb light of at least a portion of a near-infrared wavelength spectrum and convert the absorbed light into an electrical signal. The near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum and a second material forming a pn junction with the first material and having a wider energy bandgap than an energy bandgap of the first material. The first material is included in the near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer in a smaller amount than the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok Leem, Rae Sung Kim, Hyesung Choi, Ohkyu Kwon, Changki Kim, Hwang Suk Kim, Bum Woo Park, Jae Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11114634
    Abstract: A photodiode according to example embodiments includes an anode, a cathode, and an intrinsic layer between the anode and the cathode. The intrinsic layer includes a P-type semiconductor and an N-type semiconductor, and composition ratios of the P-type semiconductor and the N-type semiconductor vary within the intrinsic layer depending on a distance of the intrinsic layer from one of the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Kyu Sik Kim, Yong Wan Jin, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Seon-Jeong Lim
  • Patent number: 11107860
    Abstract: An organic image sensor may be configured to obtain a color signal associated with a particular wavelength spectrum of light absorbed by the organic image sensor may omit a color filter. The organic image sensor may include an organic photoelectric conversion layer including a first material and a second material. The first material may absorb a first wavelength spectrum of light, and the second material may absorb a second wavelength spectrum of light. The organic photoelectric conversion layer may include stacked upper and lower layers, and the respective material compositions of the lower and upper layers may be first and second mixtures of the first and second materials. A ratio of the first material to the second material in the first mixture may be greater than 1/1, and a ratio of the first material to the second material in the second mixture may be less than 1/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Sung Young Yun, Dong-Seok Leem, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20210235046
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a photoelectric device configured to selectively absorb light associated with a first color of three primary colors, a semiconductor substrate stacked with the photoelectric device and including first and second photo-sensing devices configured to sense light associated with second and third colors of the three primary colors, respectively, a first color filter corresponding to the first photo-sensing device and configured to selectively transmit light of the first wavelength spectrum, a second color filter corresponding to the second photo-sensing device and configured to selectively transmit light associated with a mixed color of the first color and the third color, and a first insulating layer between the photoelectric device and the semiconductor substrate and corresponding to the second photo-sensing device, and configured to selectively reflect light of a part of visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Young YUN, Dong-Seok LEEM, Yong Wan JIN
  • Publication number: 20210231491
    Abstract: A combination sensor may include a first infrared light sensor and a second infrared light sensor. The first infrared light sensor may be configured to sense light in a first wavelength within an infrared wavelength spectrum. The second infrared light sensor may be configured to sense light in a second wavelength that is different from the first wavelength within the infrared wavelength spectrum. The first infrared light sensor and the second infrared light sensor may be stacked in relation to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok LEEM, Gae Hwang LEE, Yong Wan JIN, Tae Yon LEE
  • Publication number: 20210233963
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a photodiode within a semiconductor substrate and configured to sense light in an infrared wavelength spectrum of light, a photoelectric conversion device on the semiconductor substrate and configured to sense light in a visible wavelength spectrum of light, and a filtering element configured to selectively transmit at least a portion of the infrared wavelength spectrum of light and the visible wavelength spectrum of light. The filtering element may include a plurality of color filters on the photoelectric conversion device. The photoelectric conversion device may include a pair of electrodes facing each other and a photoelectric conversion layer between the pair of electrodes and configured to selectively absorb light in a visible wavelength spectrum of light. The filtering element may be between the semiconductor substrate and the photoelectric conversion device and may selectively absorb the infrared light and selectively transmit the visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Dong-Seok LEEM, Kwang Hee LEE, Sung Young YUN, Yong Wan JIN
  • Publication number: 20210159423
    Abstract: A near-infrared absorber includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1. A near-infrared absorbing/blocking film, a photoelectric device, an organic sensor, and an electronic device may include the near-infrared absorber. In Chemical Formula 1, Ar, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, X1, X2, L1, L2, R1, and R2 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyesung CHOI, Ohkyu KWON, Hwang Suk KIM, Kwang Hee LEE, Dong-Seok LEEM
  • Publication number: 20210151686
    Abstract: A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same are disclosed: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito ISHII, Katsunori SHIBATA, Takkyun RO, Ohkyu KWON, Sang Mo KIM, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Young YUN, Dong-Seok LEEM, Youn Hee LIM, Yong Wan JIN, Yeong Suk CHOI, Jong Won CHOI, Taejin CHOI, Hyesung CHOI, Chul Joon HEO