Patents by Inventor Gae-hwang Lee

Gae-hwang Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20200373356
    Abstract: An optical wireless communication system includes an optical wireless transmitter configured to emit a discrete-time signal of first light, second light, and third light having different wavelength spectra; and a light-receiving sensor including an optical wireless receiver including first, second, and third photoelectric conversion devices configured to convert discrete-time signals of the first, second, and third light beams into first, second, and third photoelectric conversion signals, respectively, wherein the second photoelectric conversion device at least partially overlaps the first photoelectric conversion device, and the third photoelectric conversion device at least partially overlaps at least one photoelectric conversion device of the first photoelectric conversion device or the second photoelectric conversion device, and at least one photoelectric conversion device of the first photoelectric conversion device, the second photoelectric conversion device, or the third photoelectric conversion devic
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jun PARK, Kyng Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Seon-Jeong Lim, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20200365807
    Abstract: Disclosed are an N-type semiconductor composition including fullerene or a fullerene derivative; and fullerene subunit derivative represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a thin film, an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor and an electronic device including the same. In Chemical Formula 1, X, Cy and R1 to R8 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa SHIBUYA, Chul BAIK, Yutaka MATSUO, Sung Young YUN, Seon-Jeong LIM, Ji Soo SHIN, Gae Hwang LEE, Yeong Suk CHOI, Taejin CHOI, Hye Rim HONG
  • Publication number: 20200365661
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an organic photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a charge auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the organic photoelectric conversion layer. The organic photoelectric conversion layer is configured to absorb light in at least a portion of a wavelength spectrum of incident light and to convert the absorbed light into an electrical signal. The charge auxiliary layer includes a metal and an oxide. The oxide may be an oxide material that excludes silicon oxide such that the charge auxiliary layer does not include silicon oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Joon HEO, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Jun PARK, Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang LEE, Chul BAIK, Ji Soo SHIN, Yong Wan JIN, Hye Rim HONG
  • Publication number: 20200364431
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor may include first and second electrodes, a light absorption layer isolated from direct contact with the first and second electrodes, and an insulation layer between the first electrode and the light absorption layer and further between the second electrode and the light absorption layer. A reflective layer may be between the light absorption layer and the first electrode. The insulation layer may include a first insulation layer between the first electrode and the light absorption layer, and a second insulation layer between the second electrode and the light absorption layer. A fingerprint sensor array including a plurality of fingerprint sensors may at least partially expose a plurality of sub-pixels of a display panel on which the fingerprint sensor array is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Jun PARK, Sung Young YUN, Yong Wan JIN, Chui Joon HEO
  • Publication number: 20200350500
    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 defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taejin CHOI, Chul BAIK, Ji Soo SHIN, Sung Young YUN, Kyung Bae PARK, Gae Hwang LEE, Yeong Suk CHOI, Chul Joon HEO
  • Patent number: 10812738
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a lens, an optical filter asymmetric to an optical axis of the lens, and an image sensor including a visible light image sensor and a non-visible light image sensor. The optical filter has an opening and is configured to transmit visible light and block at least one type of non-visible light. The visible light image sensor is configured to sense the visible light and the non-visible light image sensor is configured to sense the at least one type of non-visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20200308167
    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 defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeong Suk CHOI, Ji Soo SHIN, Chul BAIK, Sung Young YUN, Taejin CHOI, Hye Rim HONG, Kyung Bae PARK, Gae Hwang LEE, Chul Joon HEO
  • Publication number: 20200296269
    Abstract: A sensor includes a visible light sensor configured to sense light in a visible wavelength spectrum, a near infra-red light sensor on the visible light sensor and configured to sense light in a near infra-red wavelength spectrum, and an optical filter on the near infra-red light sensor and configured to selectively transmit the light in the visible wavelength spectrum and the light in the near infra-red wavelength spectrum, and an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok LEEM, Gae Hwang Lee, Ohkyu Kwon, Kwang Hee Lee, Hwang Suk Kim, Bum Woo Park, Hyesung Choi
  • Publication number: 20200284568
    Abstract: Disclosed are an organic photoelectric device including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes a p-type semiconductor, an n-type semiconductor, and an n-type dopant represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an image sensor and an electronic device including the same. Definitions of Chemical Formula 1 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Jun PARK, Hiromasa SHIBUYA, Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang LEE, Yong Wan JIN, Chul Joon HEO
  • Patent number: 10686149
    Abstract: An optoelectronic diode may include a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first active layer between the first and second electrodes, and a second active layer between the second and third electrodes. Two of the electrodes may be electrically connected to each other and may have different resistances. The first and second active layers may be isolated from each other. The first active layer, the first electrode, and the second electrode may form a diode, and the second active layer, the second electrode, and the third electrode may form a diode. The second electrode may have a refractive index different from a refractive index of the second active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Gae Hwang Lee, Takkyun Ro, Yong Wan Jin, Chul Joon Heo
  • Publication number: 20200152898
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and configured to absorb light in at least one part of a wavelength spectrum of light and to convert it into an electric signal, and an organic auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and having a higher charge mobility than a charge mobility of the photoelectric conversion layer. An organic sensor may include the photoelectric conversion device. An electronic device may include the organic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Joon HEO, Kyung Bae PARK, Hyun Bum KANG, Sung Jun PARK, Jeong II PARK, Chul BAIK, Ji Soo SHIN, Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang LEE, Don-Wook LEE, Eun Kyung LEE, Yong Wan JIN, Yeong Suk CHOI, Taejin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200152703
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and configured to absorb light in at least one part of a wavelength spectrum of light and to convert it into an electric signal, and an inorganic nanolayer between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and including a lanthanide element, calcium (Ca), potassium (K), aluminum (Al), or an alloy thereof. An organic CMOS image sensor may include the photoelectric conversion device. An electronic device may include the organic CMOS image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Chul Joon HEO, Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang LEE, Yong Wan JIN
  • Publication number: 20200145631
    Abstract: In a signal processing apparatus, a photoelectric conversion member includes a first photoelectric conversion layer configured to photoelectrically convert at least one of blue light or red light, and a second photoelectric conversion layer on an incident light surface of the first photoelectric conversion layer and configured to photoelectrically convert green light. An interpolation circuit is configured to interpolate at least one of a blue light signal or a red light signal obtained by photoelectric conversion in the first photoelectric conversion layer L1, using a green light signal obtained by photoelectric conversion in the second photoelectric conversion layer L2. An absorption correction circuit is configured to perform absorption correction on the green light signal, using at least one of the blue light signal or the red light signal that are interpolated by the interpolation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mineki TAOKA, Takashi OKAZAKI, Chul Joon HEO, Gae Hwang LEE, Kyung Bae PARK, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 10644073
    Abstract: An image sensor may include an organic photo-sensing device configured to selectively sense first visible light and a photo-sensing device array including a first photo-sensing device configured to selectively sense second visible light, a second photo-sensing device configured to selectively sense third visible light, and a third photo-sensing device configured to selectively sense mixed light of the second visible light and the third visible light. The image sensor may include a color filter array including a first color filter configured to selectively transmit the second visible light, a second color filter configured to selectively transmit the third visible light, and a third color filter configured to transmit mixed light of the second visible light and the third visible light. At least the first photo-sensing device and the second photo-sensing device may be at different depths in a substrate and may be laterally offset from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Lee, Gae Hwang Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20200135945
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device may include one or more pixel electrodes and an opposed electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer between the one or more pixel electrodes and the opposed electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer may be configured to absorb light of at least one part in a wavelength spectrum and to convert the absorbed light into an electrical signal. Each pixel electrode has an upper surface facing the photoelectric conversion layer, a side surface, and a non-angulated edge where the upper surface and the side surface meet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Young YUN, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Jun PARK, Gae Hwang LEE, Yong Wan JIN, Chul Joon HEO
  • Patent number: 10636844
    Abstract: Provided is an organic photoelectronic device including a first light-transmitting electrode positioned at a light incidence side, a second light-transmitting electrode facing the first light-transmitting electrode, a photoactive layer positioned between the first light-transmitting electrode and the second light-transmitting electrode and selectively absorbing light in a given (or, alternatively, desired or predetermined) wavelength region, and a selective light transmittance layer positioned between the first light-transmitting electrode and the photoactive layer, between the second light-transmitting electrode and the photoactive layer, or between the first light-transmitting electrode and the photoactive layer and between the second light-transmitting electrode and the photoactive layer and increasing transmittance of the light in a wavelength region other than the given (or, alternatively, desired or predetermined) wavelength region absorbed by the photoactive layer, and an electronic device including th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Kyu Sik Kim, Jang-Joo Kim, Gae Hwang Lee, Ryuichi Satoh, Yong Wan Jin, Dae-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20200127232
    Abstract: An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and first and second photoelectronic conversion layers between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first and second photoelectronic conversion layers include a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor. The first photoelectronic conversion layer has a first composition ratio (p1/n1) of the p-type semiconductor relative to the n-type semiconductor, the second photoelectronic conversion layer has a second composition ratio (p2/n2) of the p-type semiconductor relative to the n-type semiconductor, and the first composition ratio (p1/n1) is greater than the second composition ratio (p2/n2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Joon HEO, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung-Young YUN, Tadao YAGI, Takkyun RO, Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Yong Wan JIN
  • Publication number: 20200111851
    Abstract: An OLED display panel may include a substrate, an OLED light emitter on the substrate and configured to emit light, and a visible light sensor on the substrate and configured to detect at least a portion of the emitted light based on reflection of the portion of the emitted light from a recognition target. The visible light sensor is in a non-light emitting region adjacent to the OLED light emitter so as to be horizontally aligned with the OLED light emitter in a horizontal direction extending parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, or between the substrate and a non-light emitting region adjacent to the OLED light emitter such that the visible light sensor is vertically aligned with the non-light emitting region in a vertical direction extending perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang LEE, Yong Wan JIN, Chul Joon HEO
  • Patent number: 10566544
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Shibuya, Tatsuya Imase, Rie Sakurai, Xavier Bulliard, Hyesung Choi, Tadao Yagi, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yeong Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 10546897
    Abstract: A photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a light absorbing material configured to selectively absorb first visible light including one of visible light in a blue wavelength region of greater than or equal to about 380 nm and less than about 500 nm, visible light in a green wavelength region of about 500 nm to about 600 nm, and visible light in a red wavelength region of greater than about 600 nm and less than or equal to about 700 nm, and a plurality of nanostructures between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and configured to selectively reflect the first visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Kyung Bae Park, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin