Patents by Inventor Hongkyu SEO

Hongkyu SEO 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: 12213333
    Abstract: Light emitting device, method of manufacturing the light emitting device, and display device including the light emitting device are disclosed. The light emitting device includes a first electrode and a second electrode each having a surface opposite the other, a light emitting layer including quantum dots that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles including an anion of an organic acid bound to a surface of the metal oxide nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongkyu Seo, Kwanghee Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Won Sik Yoon, Tae Hyung Kim, Tae Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12161005
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode each having a surface opposite the other, a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electronic auxiliary layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles and an orthosilicate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwanghee Kim, Hongkyu Seo, Won Sik Yoon, Oul Cho, Tae Hyung Kim, Jaeyong Lee, Eun Joo Jang
  • Publication number: 20240141231
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal including an anion of an inorganic metal salt and a first organic ligand bound to a surface of the semiconductor nanocrystal, wherein the first organic ligand includes a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aromatic ring group and a carboxylate, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C30 aromatic hetero cyclic group and a carboxylate, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kwanghee KIM, Tae Hyung KIM, Hongkyu SEO, Won Sik YOON, Jaeyong LEE, Eun Joo JANG, Oul CHO
  • Publication number: 20240065018
    Abstract: Light emitting device, method of manufacturing the light emitting device, and display device including the light emitting device are disclosed. The light emitting device includes a first electrode and a second electrode each having a surface opposite the other, a light emitting layer including quantum dots that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles including an anion of an organic acid bound to a surface of the metal oxide nanoparticle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Hongkyu SEO, Kwanghee KIM, Eun Joo JANG, Won Sik YOON, Tae Hyung KIM, Tae Ho KIM
  • Patent number: 11884858
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal including an anion of an inorganic metal salt and a first organic ligand bound to a surface of the semiconductor nanocrystal, wherein the first organic ligand includes a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aromatic ring group and a carboxylate, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C30 aromatic hetero cyclic group and a carboxylate, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwanghee Kim, Tae Hyung Kim, Hongkyu Seo, Won Sik Yoon, Jaeyong Lee, Eun Joo Jang, Oul Cho
  • Patent number: 11832468
    Abstract: Light emitting device, method of manufacturing the light emitting device, and display device including the light emitting device are disclosed. The light emitting device includes a first electrode and a second electrode each having a surface opposite the other, a light emitting layer including quantum dots that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles including an anion of an organic acid bound to a surface of the metal oxide nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongkyu Seo, Kwanghee Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Won Sik Yoon, Tae Hyung Kim, Tae Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11812627
    Abstract: A quantum dot device including an anode; a cathode disposed substantially opposite to the anode; a hole injection layer disposed on the anode between the anode and the cathode; a hole transport layer disposed on the hole injection layer between the hole injection layer and the cathode; and a quantum dot layer disposed on the hole transport layer between the hole transport layer and the cathode, wherein the quantum dot layer includes a plurality of quantum dots, wherein the hole transport layer includes a hole transport material and an electron transport material, and wherein a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the electron transport material and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the quantum dot layer is about 0.5 electron volts or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongkyu Seo, Eun Joo Jang, Moon Gyu Han, Tae Ho Kim, Dae Young Chung
  • Patent number: 11793011
    Abstract: A quantum dot device includes: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; a quantum dot layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electron auxiliary layer between the quantum dot layer and the second electrode, the electron auxiliary layer including a first nanoparticle and a second nanoparticle which is larger than the first nanoparticle, wherein a work function of the first electrode is greater than a work function of the second electrode, and wherein a difference between a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the quantum dot layer and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the electron auxiliary layer is less than about 1.1 electronvolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Woo Kim, Tae Ho Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Hongkyu Seo, Sang Jin Lee, Dae Young Chung, Oul Cho
  • Patent number: 11744096
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including quantum dots, a first charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the first electrode, and a second charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer comprises a first emission layer contacting the first charge auxiliary layer, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, and a third emission layer disposed on the second emission layer. The hole mobility of the first emission layer decreases sequentially from the first emission layer to the third emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Chung, Kwanghee Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Tae Hyung Kim, Hongkyu Seo, Heejae Lee, Jaejun Chang
  • Patent number: 11737301
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device including a first electrode, a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode, a first emission layer disposed on the hole transport layer, the first emission layer including a first light emitting particle on which a first ligand and a second ligand having a hole transporting property are attached, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer including a second light emitting particle on which a first ligand and a third ligand having an electron transporting property are attached, an electron transport layer disposed on the second emission layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer, wherein a solubility of the second ligand in a solvent is different than a solubility of the third ligand in the solvent and a display device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Chung, Moon Gyu Han, Oul Cho, Tae Hyung Kim, Sujin Park, Hongkyu Seo, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 11637259
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device and a display device including the device are disclosed, wherein the electroluminescent device includes a first electrode; a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode; an emission layer disposed on the hole transport layer, the emission layer including quantum dots; a self-assembled monomolecular layer disposed on the emission layer, the self-assembled monomolecular layer including self-assembled monomolecules; an electron transport layer disposed on the self-assembled monomolecular layer; and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeonkyung Lee, Eun Joo Jang, Hongkyu Seo, Dae Young Chung
  • Patent number: 11594698
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an emission layer comprising a plurality of quantum dots, wherein the emission layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first charge auxiliary layer disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer; and an optical functional layer disposed on the second electrode on a side opposite the emission layer, wherein the first electrode includes a reflecting electrode, wherein the second electrode is a light-transmitting electrode, wherein a region between the optical functional layer and the first electrode comprises a microcavity structure, and a refractive index of the optical functional layer is greater than or equal to a refractive index of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Chung, Hongkyu Seo, Yeonkyung Lee, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 11591515
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal-ligand composite that includes a semiconductor nanocrystal and a ligand layer including an organic ligand coordinated on the surface of the semiconductor nanocrystal, wherein the organic ligand includes a moiety having a conjugation structure, and a first functional group (X) and a second functional group (Y) linked to the moiety having a conjugation structure, wherein the first functional group (X) is bound to the surface of the semiconductor nanocrystal and the second functional group (Y) is present at an ortho position with respect to the first functional group (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Kim, Chan Su Kim, Jaejun Chang, Eun Joo Jang, Hongkyu Seo
  • Patent number: 11569469
    Abstract: A light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device including the same are disclosed. The light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the emission layer including quantum dots, and a charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes a first surface facing the charge auxiliary layer and an opposite second surface, the quantum dots include a first organic ligand on a surface of the quantum dots, in the emission layer, an amount of the first organic ligand in a portion adjacent to the first surface is larger than an amount of the first organic ligand in a portion adjacent to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Chung, Kwanghee Kim, Hongkyu Seo, Eun Joo Jang, Oul Cho, Tae Hyung Kim, Yuho Won, Hee Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11495764
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device and a display device including the same are disclosed, wherein the electroluminescent device includes a first electrode; a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode; a light emitting layer including a first light emitting layer disposed on the hole transport layer, the first emitting layer including a first quantum dot, and a second light emitting layer including a second quantum dot and an n-type organic semiconductor, the second light emitting layer disposed on the first light emitting layer; an electron transport layer disposed on the second light emitting layer; and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Kim, Moon Gyu Han, Hongkyu Seo, Heejae Lee, Eun Joo Jang
  • Publication number: 20220173342
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including quantum dots, a first charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the first electrode, and a second charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer comprises a first emission layer contacting the first charge auxiliary layer, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, and a third emission layer disposed on the second emission layer. The hole mobility of the first emission layer decreases sequentially from the first emission layer to the third emission layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Dae Young CHUNG, Kwanghee KIM, Eun Joo JANG, Tae Hyung KIM, Hongkyu SEO, Heejae LEE, Jaejun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220149311
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device that includes providing a first electrode, forming a light emitting layer including quantum dots on the first electrode, forming an electron auxiliary layer on the light emitting layer, and forming a second electrode on the electronic auxiliary layer. The forming of the electron auxiliary layer includes forming an electron auxiliary layer including a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles, and contacting the plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles with a base including a hydroxyl group (OH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Hongkyu SEO, Tae Hyung KIM, Eun Joo JANG, Won Sik YOON, Hyo Sook JANG, Oul CHO
  • Publication number: 20220149307
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode each having a surface opposite the other, a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electronic auxiliary layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the electron auxiliary layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles and an orthosilicate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kwanghee KIM, Hongkyu SEO, Won Sik YOON, Oul CHO, Tae Hyung KIM, Jaeyong LEE, Eun Joo JANG
  • Publication number: 20220052287
    Abstract: A quantum dot device including an anode; a cathode disposed substantially opposite to the anode; a hole injection layer disposed on the anode between the anode and the cathode; a hole transport layer disposed on the hole injection layer between the hole injection layer and the cathode; and a quantum dot layer disposed on the hole transport layer between the hole transport layer and the cathode, wherein the quantum dot layer includes a plurality of quantum dots, wherein the hole transport layer includes a hole transport material and an electron transport material, and wherein a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the electron transport material and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the quantum dot layer is about 0.5 electron volts or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hongkyu SEO, Eun Joo JANG, Moon Gyu HAN, Tae Ho KIM, Dae Young CHUNG
  • Patent number: 11251390
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including quantum dots, a first charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the first electrode, and a second charge auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer comprises a first emission layer contacting the first charge auxiliary layer, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, and a third emission layer disposed on the second emission layer. The hole mobility of the first emission layer decreases sequentially from the first emission layer to the third emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Chung, Kwanghee Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Tae Hyung Kim, Hongkyu Seo, Heejae Lee, Jaejun Chang