Patents by Inventor Jeong-wook Lee

Jeong-wook 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: 20100081221
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting diode having a textured structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer formed into a textured structure, an intermediate layer formed between the textured structures of the patterned first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a third semiconductor layer sequentially formed on the first semiconductor layer and the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-wook LEE, Youn-joon Sung, Ho-sun Paek
  • Publication number: 20100075452
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor light emitting diode having a textured structure formed on a substrate. In a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting diode, a metal layer is formed on the substrate, and a metal oxide layer having holes is formed by anodizing the metal layer. The metal oxide layer itself can be used as a textured structure pattern, or the textured structure pattern can be formed by forming holes in the substrate or a material layer under the metal oxide layer corresponding to the holes of the metal oxide layer. The manufacture of the semiconductor light emitting diode is completed by sequentially forming a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the textured structure pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-wook LEE, Youn-joon Song
  • Publication number: 20100031580
    Abstract: A refrigerator door in which a decoration member is mounted to a door frame using a foam material is disclosed. In the refrigerator door, the foam material fills a space formed between the decoration member mounted to a front side of the door frame and a rear panel mounted to a rear side of the door frame. Accordingly, the decoration member can be fixed to the door frame through direct contact with the foam material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Wook Lee, Sang Chul Ryu
  • Patent number: 7655959
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting diode having a textured structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer formed into a textured structure, an intermediate layer formed between the textured structures of the patterned first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a third semiconductor layer sequentially formed on the first semiconductor layer and the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-wook Lee, Youn-joon Sung, Ho-sun Paek
  • Publication number: 20100009477
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate, at least two light emitting cells located on the substrate and formed by stacking semiconductor material layers, a reflection layer and a transparent insulating layer sequentially stacked between the light emitting cells, and a transparent electrode covering the upper surface of the light emitting cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeong-wook LEE
  • Patent number: 7642561
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor light emitting diode having a textured structure formed on a substrate. In a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting diode, a metal layer is formed on the substrate, and a metal oxide layer having holes is formed by anodizing the metal layer. The metal oxide layer itself can be used as a textured structure pattern, or the textured structure pattern can be formed by forming holes in the substrate or a material layer under the metal oxide layer corresponding to the holes of the metal oxide layer. The manufacture of the semiconductor light emitting diode is completed by sequentially forming a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the textured structure pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-wook Lee, Youn-joon Sung
  • Publication number: 20090298214
    Abstract: There is provided a method of growing a nitride single crystal. A method of growing a nitride single crystal according to an aspect of the invention may include: growing a first nitride single crystal layer on a substrate; forming a dielectric pattern having an open area on the first nitride single crystal layer, the open area exposing a part of an upper surface of the first nitride single crystal layer; and growing a second nitride single crystal layer on the first nitride single crystal layer through the open area while the second nitride single crystal layer grows to be equal to or larger than a height of the dielectric pattern, wherein the height of the dielectric pattern is greater than a width of the open area so that dislocations in the second nitride single crystal layer move laterally, collide with side walls of the dielectric pattern, and are terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Ho Sun Paek, Sung Nam Lee, Jeong Wook Lee, Il Hyung Jung, Youn Joon Sung
  • Publication number: 20090200565
    Abstract: There is provided a GaN-based semiconductor light emitting device including: a substrate; and an n-type GaN-based semiconductor layer, an active layer and a p-type GaN-based semiconductor layer sequentially deposited on the substrate, wherein the active layer includes: a first barrier layer including AlxInyGa1?x?yN, where 0<x<1, 0<y<1, and 0<x+y<1; a second barrier layer having an energy band higher than an energy band of the first barrier layer and including one of InxGa1?xN, where 0<x<0.2, and GaN; a well layer including InxGa1?xN, where 0<x<1; a third barrier layer including one of InxGa1?xN, where 0<x<0.2 and GaN; and a lattice mismatch relaxation layer including one of AlxInyGa1?x?yN, where 0<x<1, 0<y<1, and 0<x+y<1, AlxGa1?xN, where 0<x<1, and GaN, the lattice mismatch relaxation layer having a lattice constant greater than a lattice constant of the well layer and smaller than a lattice constant of the p-type GaN-based semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Tan Sakong, Cheol Soo Sone, Ho Sun Paek, Suk Ho Yoon, Jeong Wook Lee
  • Publication number: 20090181484
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor light emitting device having a nano pattern and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of nano patterns, wherein the plurality of nano patterns are formed inside the semiconductor layer; and an active layer formed on the semiconductor layer. The optical output efficiency is increased and inner defects of the semiconductor light emitting device are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-wook LEE, Youn-joon SUNG, Ho-sun PAEK, Hyun-soo KIM, Joo-sung KIM, Suk-ho YOON
  • Publication number: 20090155947
    Abstract: A method of growing a semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film. The method includes forming a semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer on an m-plane hexagonal system single crystal substrate, forming a dielectric pattern layer on the semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer, and growing the semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film on the semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer having the dielectric pattern layer in a lateral direction. The growing of the semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film in a lateral direction includes primarily growing the semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film in the lateral direction such that part of a growth plane on the semi-polar nitride single crystal base layer has an a-plane, and secondarily growing the semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film in the lateral direction such that sidewalls of the primarily grown semi-polar nitride single crystal thin film are combined to have a (11 22) plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Ho Sun Paek, Jeong Wook Lee, Youn Joon Sung
  • Patent number: 7541206
    Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device having an improved structure to enhance light extraction efficiency, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes the operations of sequentially forming an n-clad layer, an active layer, and a p-clad layer on a substrate; forming a plurality of masking dots on an upper surface of the p-clad layer; forming a p-contact layer having a rough surface on portions of the p-clad layer between the masking dots; forming a rough n-contact surface of the n-clad layer having the same rough shape as the rough shape of the p-contact layer by dry-etching from a portion of the upper surface of the p-contact layer to a desired depth of the n-clad layer; forming an n-electrode on the rough n-contact surface; and forming a p-electrode on the p-contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk-ho Yoon, Cheol-soo Sone, Jeong-wook Lee, Joo-sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20090114929
    Abstract: There is provided a white light emitting device that prevents a red phosphor from resorbing wavelength-converted light to improve white luminous efficiency. A white light emitting device according to an aspect of the invention includes a package body; at least two LED chips mounted to the package body and emitting excitation light; and a molding unit including phosphors, absorbing the excitation light and emitting wavelength-converted light, in regions of the molding unit divided according to the LED chips and molding the LED chips. According to the aspect of the invention, since the phosphor for converted red light can be prevented from resorbing light generated from other regions of the molding unit, the white light emitting device that can improve white luminous efficiency or control color rendering and color temperature by adjusting a mixing ratio of converted light for white light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Jeong Wook LEE, Yong Jo Park, Cheol Soo Sone
  • Patent number: 7521329
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting diode having a textured structure and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor light emitting diode are provided. The method includes forming a first semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming a textured structured first semiconductor layer by penetrating a material of a material layer into the first semiconductor layer after the material layer is formed on the first semiconductor layer and is annealed; and forming a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-seop Kwak, Jeong-wook Lee
  • Patent number: 7482189
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) and a method are provided for fabricating the a LED with an improved structure for better light emitting efficiency and better light output performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-wook Lee, Vassili Leniachine, Mi-jeong Song, Suk-ho Yoon, Hyun-soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7470770
    Abstract: A nucleotide sequence encoding a malic enzyme and a method for preparing succinic acid using the same, more particularly, a maeB nucleotide sequence encoding a malic enzyme B having the activity of converting pyruvic acid or pyruvate to malic acid or malate, or vice versa, a recombinant vector containing the gene, a microorganism transformed with the recombinant vector, and a method for preparing succinic acid using the transformed microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sang Yup Lee, Hyohak Song, Yu Sin Jang, Jeong Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 7470938
    Abstract: In a nitride semiconductor light emitting device having patterns formed on the upper and lower surfaces of a substrate from which light is emitted in a flip chip bonding structure, the patterns are capable of changing light inclination at the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate to decrease total reflection at the interfaces, thereby improving light emitting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jeong Wook Lee, Hyun Kyung Kim, Yong Chun Kim
  • Publication number: 20080286893
    Abstract: The semiconductor light emitting device having a protrusion and recess structure includes: a lower clad layer disposed on a substrate; an active layer formed on one portion of a top surface of the lower clad layer; an upper clad layer formed on the active layer; a first electrode formed on the upper clad layer; and a second electrode that is formed on a protrusion and recess structural pattern region formed on a portion of the top surface of the lower clad layer not occupied by the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-soo Kim, Jeong-wook Lee
  • Publication number: 20080229773
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet which comprises at least one storage compartment formed with an opening at one side thereof; and a door unit which opens and closes the opening, the door unit comprising: a first door which is rotatably attached to the cabinet and opens and closes a partial area of the opening, a second door which is rotatably attached to the first door and opens and closes the remaining area of the opening, and a cool air blocking member which is disposed across a planar surface of one of the first door and the second door and a planar surface of the other of the first door and the second door and prevents cool air from leaking from a gap between the first door and the second door while the door unit is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-Wook Lee, Sang-Chul Ryu
  • Publication number: 20080113462
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a vertical light emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Hyun-soo Kim, Kyoung-kook Kim, Hyung-kun Kim, Kwang-ki Choi, Jeong-wook Lee
  • Publication number: 20080054296
    Abstract: Provided is a nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device having increased efficiency and power characteristics and method of manufacturing the same. The method may include forming a sacrificial layer on a substrate, forming a passivation layer on the sacrificial layer, forming a plurality of masking dots of a metal nitride on the passivation layer, laterally epitaxially growing a nitride-based semiconductor layer on the passivation layer using the masking dots as masks, forming a semiconductor device on the nitride-based semiconductor layer, and wet etching the sacrificial layer to separate and/or remove the substrate from the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Suk-ho Yoon, Sung-ho Jin, Kyoung-kook Kim, Jeong-wook Lee