Patents by Inventor Jong-hyun Ahn

Jong-hyun Ahn 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: 10918856
    Abstract: A graphene bio-device for electrotherapy, includes: a flexible substrate; An electrode made of graphene on the flexible substrate; and an insulation layer on the graphene electrode; wherein the graphene bio-device comprises electrodes for ground, reference, recording and stimulation, wherein the graphene bio-device is measured corticography with low noise and alleviated seizure signals successfully by imposing electrical stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: gBrain Inc.
    Inventors: Sunggu Yang, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Jejung Kim, Wonho Lee, Minpyo Kang
  • Patent number: 10910415
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a three-dimensional photodetector and a method of manufacturing the same. The three-dimensional photodetector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base part formed in the center region of the three-dimensional photodetector; a first bending part formed around the base part; at least one branch part connected to the base part through the first bending part; second bending parts formed on the at least one branch part; bonding parts connected to the at least one branch part through the second bending parts; at least one photoresistor formed on the surface of at least one of the base part and the branch parts; and a stretchable substrate to which the bonding parts are attached, wherein the bonding parts are attached to the stretchable substrate so that the base part has a gap in the thickness direction of the stretchable substrate; and the at least one photoresistor is responsible for tracking the traveling direction of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Ahn, Won Ho Lee, Yong Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10852891
    Abstract: Disclosed are an ultra-thin touch panel and a method of fabricating the same. Particularly, the ultra-thin touch panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of first sensing electrodes arranged in a first direction on the flexible substrate, an adhesive insulating layer formed on the flexible substrate and the first sensing electrodes, and a plurality of second sensing electrodes arranged in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, on the flexible substrate and the adhesive insulating layer using a wet transfer method, wherein the flexible substrate is patterned in a shape corresponding to the first and second sensing electrodes by oxygen plasma etching to form a polygonal mesh structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Ahn, Minpyo Kang
  • Patent number: 10840377
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an inorganic material having a tensile stress, which includes: forming an inorganic stressor from an inorganic wafer made of an inorganic matter; forming an inorganic layer on the inorganic stressor; and etching a bulk inorganic matter at a lower portion of the inorganic stressor to generate an inorganic material having a tensile stress, wherein the inorganic layer has a tensile stress by etching the bulk inorganic matter to relieve a compressive stress applied to the inorganic stressor when the inorganic stressor is being formed. Therefore, FET and various circuits having higher charge mobility may be realized, and also, since characteristics may be maintained even when being applied to a plastic substrate, high performance flexible electronic device may be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Ahn, Wonho Lee
  • Patent number: 10811162
    Abstract: Provided are method for healing defect of conductive layer, method for forming metal-carbon compound layer, 2D nano materials, and transparent electrode and method for manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment of present invention, the method for healing defect of conductive layer comprises: forming a conductive layer on a first metal substrate; contacting the first metal substrate with a salt solution containing a second metal in an ionic form, and forming a second metal particle at least in a portion of a conductive area, the second metal having greater reduction potential than a first metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Incheon University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Taeyoon Lee, Jong Hyun Ahn, Juree Hong, Jae-Bok Lee, Han-Bo-Ram Lee
  • Publication number: 20200208261
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a transient sensor using molybdenum disulfide and a method of manufacturing the same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the transient sensor using molybdenum disulfide includes a water-soluble substrate; a water-soluble insulating layer deposited on the water-soluble substrate; an electrode layer formed of any one of molybdenum (Mo) and magnesium (Mg) and formed on the water-soluble insulating layer; and a channel layer formed of molybdenum disulfide and formed on the water-soluble insulating layer to be connected to the electrode layer. In addition, when the transient sensor is inserted into living matter, the transient sensor can be dissolved within a critical time in the living matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun AHN, Xiang CHEN, Yong Ju PARK, Min Pyo KANG
  • Publication number: 20200212080
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a three-dimensional photodetector and a method of manufacturing the same. The three-dimensional photodetector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base part formed in the center region of the three-dimensional photodetector; a first bending part formed around the base part; at least one branch part connected to the base part through the first bending part; second bending parts formed on the at least one branch part; bonding parts connected to the at least one branch part through the second bending parts; at least one photoresistor formed on the surface of at least one of the base part and the branch parts; and a stretchable substrate to which the bonding parts are attached, wherein the bonding parts are attached to the stretchable substrate so that the base part has a gap in the thickness direction of the stretchable substrate; and the at least one photoresistor is responsible for tracking the traveling direction of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun AHN, Won Ho Lee, Yong Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20200161291
    Abstract: Provided are optical devices and systems fabricated, at least in part, via printing-based assembly and integration of device components. In specific embodiments the present invention provides light emitting systems, light collecting systems, light sensing systems and photovoltaic systems comprising printable semiconductor elements, including large area, high performance macroelectronic devices. Optical systems of the present invention comprise semiconductor elements assembled, organized and/or integrated with other device components via printing techniques that exhibit performance characteristics and functionality comparable to single crystalline semiconductor based devices fabricated using conventional high temperature processing methods. Optical systems of the present invention have device geometries and configurations, such as form factors, component densities, and component positions, accessed by printing that provide a range of useful device functionalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Ralph NUZZO, Matthew MEITL, Etienne MENARD, Alfred BACA, Michael MOTALA, Jong-Hyun AHN, Sang-Il PARK, Chang-Jae YU, Heung Cho KO, Mark STOYKOVICH, Jongseung YOON
  • Publication number: 20200052118
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an inorganic material having a tensile stress, which includes: forming an inorganic stressor from an inorganic wafer made of an inorganic matter; forming an inorganic layer on the inorganic stressor; and etching a bulk inorganic matter at a lower portion of the inorganic stressor to generate an inorganic material having a tensile stress, wherein the inorganic layer has a tensile stress by etching the bulk inorganic matter to relieve a compressive stress applied to the inorganic stressor when the inorganic stressor is being formed. Therefore, FET and various circuits having higher charge mobility may be realized, and also, since characteristics may be maintained even when being applied to a plastic substrate, high performance flexible electronic device may be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Jong Hyun AHN, Wonho LEE
  • Patent number: 10504882
    Abstract: Provided are optical devices and systems fabricated, at least in part, via printing-based assembly and integration of device components. In specific embodiments the present invention provides light emitting systems, light collecting systems, light sensing systems and photovoltaic systems comprising printable semiconductor elements, including large area, high performance macroelectronic devices. Optical systems of the present invention comprise semiconductor elements assembled, organized and/or integrated with other device components via printing techniques that exhibit performance characteristics and functionality comparable to single crystalline semiconductor based devices fabricated using conventional high temperature processing methods. Optical systems of the present invention have device geometries and configurations, such as form factors, component densities, and component positions, accessed by printing that provide a range of useful device functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventors: John Rogers, Ralph Nuzzo, Matthew Meitl, Etienne Menard, Alfred Baca, Michael Motala, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Sang-Il Park, Chang-Jae Yu, Heung Cho Ko, Mark Stoykovich, Jongseung Yoon
  • Patent number: 10490664
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an inorganic material having a tensile stress, which includes: forming an inorganic stressor from an inorganic wafer made of an inorganic matter; forming an inorganic layer on the inorganic stressor; and etching a bulk inorganic matter at a lower portion of the inorganic stressor to generate an inorganic material having a tensile stress, wherein the inorganic layer has a tensile stress by etching the bulk inorganic matter to relieve a compressive stress applied to the inorganic stressor when the inorganic stressor is being formed. Therefore, FET and various circuits having higher charge mobility may be realized, and also, since characteristics may be maintained even when being applied to a plastic substrate, high performance flexible electronic device may be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Ahn, Wonho Lee
  • Patent number: 10424572
    Abstract: Provided are optical devices and systems fabricated, at least in part, via printing-based assembly and integration of device components. In specific embodiments the present invention provides light emitting systems, light collecting systems, light sensing systems and photovoltaic systems comprising printable semiconductor elements, including large area, high performance macroelectronic devices. Optical systems of the present invention comprise semiconductor elements assembled, organized and/or integrated with other device components via printing techniques that exhibit performance characteristics and functionality comparable to single crystalline semiconductor based devices fabricated using conventional high temperature processing methods. Optical systems of the present invention have device geometries and configurations, such as form factors, component densities, and component positions, accessed by printing that provide a range of useful device functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventors: John Rogers, Ralph Nuzzo, Matthew Meitl, Etienne Menard, Alfred Baca, Michael Motala, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Sang-Il Park, Chang-Jae Yu, Heung Cho Ko, Mark Stoykovich, Jongseung Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190224474
    Abstract: A graphene bio-device for electrotherapy, includes: a flexible substrate; An electrode made of graphene on the flexible substrate; and an insulation layer on the graphene electrode; wherein the graphene bio-device comprises electrodes for ground, reference, recording and stimulation, wherein the graphene bio-device is measured corticography with low noise and alleviated seizure signals successfully by imposing electrical stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: INCHEON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Sunggu Yang, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Jejung Kim, Wonho Lee, Minpyo Kang
  • Patent number: 10361180
    Abstract: Provided are optical devices and systems fabricated, at least in part, via printing-based assembly and integration of device components. In specific embodiments the present invention provides light emitting systems, light collecting systems, light sensing systems and photovoltaic systems comprising printable semiconductor elements, including large area, high performance macroelectronic devices. Optical systems of the present invention comprise semiconductor elements assembled, organized and/or integrated with other device components via printing techniques that exhibit performance characteristics and functionality comparable to single crystalline semiconductor based devices fabricated using conventional high temperature processing methods. Optical systems of the present invention have device geometries and configurations, such as form factors, component densities, and component positions, accessed by printing that provide a range of useful device functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventors: John Rogers, Ralph Nuzzo, Matthew Meitl, Etienne Menard, Alfred Baca, Michael Motala, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Sang-Il Park, Chang-Jae Yu, Heung Cho Ko, Mark Stoykovich, Jongseung Yoon
  • Patent number: 10292261
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are stretchable, foldable and optionally printable, processes for making devices and devices such as semiconductors, electronic circuits and components thereof that are capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed. Strain isolation layers provide good strain isolation to functional device layers. Multilayer devices are constructed to position a neutral mechanical surface coincident or proximate to a functional layer having a material that is susceptible to strain-induced failure. Neutral mechanical surfaces are positioned by one or more layers having a property that is spatially inhomogeneous, such as by patterning any of the layers of the multilayer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University
    Inventors: John A Rogers, Yonggang Huang, Heung Cho Ko, Mark Stoykovich, Won Mook Choi, Jizhou Song, Jong Hyun Ahn, Dae Hyeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20190073057
    Abstract: Disclosed are an ultra-thin touch panel and a method of fabricating the same. Particularly, the ultra-thin touch panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of first sensing electrodes arranged in a first direction on the flexible substrate, an adhesive insulating layer formed on the flexible substrate and the first sensing electrodes, and a plurality of second sensing electrodes arranged in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, on the flexible substrate and the adhesive insulating layer using a wet transfer method, wherein the flexible substrate is patterned in a shape corresponding to the first and second sensing electrodes by oxygen plasma etching to form a polygonal mesh structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun AHN, Minpyo KANG
  • Patent number: 10213985
    Abstract: A graphene sheet and a method of manufacturing the graphene sheet are provided. The method includes: growing a graphene sheet on a graphene growth support by applying carbon sources and heat to the graphene growth support, the graphene growth support including a carbonization catalyst; and forming at least one ripple on the graphene sheet by cooling at least one of the graphene growth support and the graphene sheet, wherein the graphene growth support and the graphene sheet have different thermal expansion coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR CORPORATE COLLABORATION, HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keun-soo Kim, Jong-hyun Ahn, Byung-hee Hong
  • Patent number: 10147746
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, an adhesion layer disposed on a surface of the flexible substrate, and a plurality of pixel structures in respective pixels on the adhesion layer. Each of the pixel structures on the adhesion layer includes a light emitting diode including an inorganic light emitting layer, and a thin film transistor which is connected to the light emitting diode and switches a state of the light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kihyun Kim, Taewoong Kim, Jong-hyun Ahn, Wonho Lee, Minwoo Choi
  • Patent number: D880437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Hak Joo Lee, Jeong Jun Woo, Jong Hyun Ahn, Yoon Ki Min
  • Patent number: D913980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Hak Joo Lee, Jeong Jun Woo, Jong Hyun Ahn, Yoon Ki Min