Patents by Inventor Kwang-Hee Lee

Kwang-Hee 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).

  • Patent number: 11839154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound for improving the photostability of an optoelectronic device, and more particularly, to a novel phenanthroline-based compound, a preparation method thereof, and an optoelectronic device including the same as a passivation layer. According to the present invention, the novel phenanthroline-based compound of Formula 1 is a novel compound in which an amine group side chain is introduced into the parent nucleus of phenanthroline, and is capable of being used in a solution process due to excellent solubility in a polar solvent, and simple introduction on an n-type semiconductor organic layer (e.g., an organic photoactive layer or an electron transport layer) as a passivation layer may bring about not only an increase in stability, but also an additional increase in efficiency such as an increase in open-circuit voltage or photocurrent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Lee, Hee Joo Kim, Young Ryun Kim
  • Patent number: 11785789
    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: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Sung Young Yun, Dong-Seok Leem, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20230255108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound for improving the photostability of an optoelectronic device, and more particularly, to a novel phenanthroline-based compound, a preparation method thereof, and an optoelectronic device including the same as a passivation layer. According to the present invention, the novel phenanthroline-based compound of Formula 1 is a novel compound in which an amine group side chain is introduced into the parent nucleus of phenanthroline, and is capable of being used in a solution process due to excellent solubility in a polar solvent, and simple introduction on an n-type semiconductor organic layer (e.g., an organic photoactive layer or an electron transport layer) as a passivation layer may bring about not only an increase in stability, but also an additional increase in efficiency such as an increase in open-circuit voltage or photocurrent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kwang Hee LEE, Hee Joo KIM, Young Ryun KIM
  • Patent number: 11711975
    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, X1, X2, Y1, Y2, Ar, Ar1, and Ar2 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyesung Choi, Hwang Suk Kim, Ohkyu Kwon, Takkyun Ro, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Bum Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11690542
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-invasive biometric sensor including a light source, an organic photodetector, and a detector. The light source is configured to irradiate light in a desired (and/or alternatively predetermined) wavelength range to a body part. The organic photodetector is configured to sense the light in the desired (and/or alternatively predetermined) wavelength range in response to the light in the desired (and/or alternatively predetermined) range being transmitted through the body part. The detector is configured to determine biomedical information of the body part based on an amount of the light sensed by the organic photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chui Joon Heo, Kyung Bae Park, Takkyun Ro, Kwang Hee Lee, Dongseon Lee, Yong Wan Jin, Moon Gyu Han
  • Patent number: 11686762
    Abstract: A multi-prober chuck assembly and channel are provided. The multi-prober chuck assembly, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a chuck for supporting a wafer; a probe card structure coupled to the top part of the chuck; a heater for heating the chuck under the chuck; a conductive guard plate spaced apart from the heater below the heater; and a body part positioned under the chuck so that the heater and the guard plate are positioned inside the body part, wherein the probe card structure and the body part are coupled mechanically to form a cartridge-type structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Kyung Tae Nam, Seung Joon Lee, Kwang Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11683599
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Dong-Seok Leem, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 11591347
    Abstract: A composition may include a compound, a film may include the composition, an organic layer of an organic sensor and/or photoelectric diode may include the compound, and the film, organic sensor, and/or photoelectric diode may be included in an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ohkyu Kwon, Hyesung Choi, Dong-Seok Leem, Hwang Suk Kim, Bum Woo Park, Kwang Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20230054698
    Abstract: Provided in one embodiment of the present invention is a solar cell upper electrode which is positioned on a photoactive layer and which includes a conductive polymer layer, wherein ionic liquid comes in contact with the surface of the conductive polymer layer so as to the post-treated, and, due to the post-treatment, an ion-exchange reaction occurs only in the upper area of the conductive upper electrode according to an embodiment of the present invention is not gelated so as to improve electrode performance, and does not oxidize a photoactive layer positioned under the electrode so as to be usable as an upper electrode, and thus can improve the performance of a solar cell to which the electrode is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kwang Hee LEE, Hong Kyu KANG, Soo Young JANG, Seok KIM, Hyun Min PARK, Jong Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20230026787
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable media provide technology to perform image classification and produce visualization using a machine learning architecture. The disclosed image classification and visualization technology includes a feature extraction network to generate a feature map, a feature importance network to generate a feature importance vector, an attention map generated based on a weighted sum of the feature importance vector and the feature map, a classification output determined based on a combination of the attention map and the feature map, and a feature visualization image generated by overlaying the attention map onto an input image. Each of the feature extraction network and the feature importance network can include a neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Lee, Chaewon Park, Junghyun Oh
  • Patent number: 11545515
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok Leem, Gae Hwang Lee, Ohkyu Kwon, Kwang Hee Lee, Hwang Suk Kim, Bum Woo Park, Hyesung Choi
  • Patent number: 11532671
    Abstract: An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a light-absorption layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a photoelectric conversion region including a p-type light-absorbing material and an n-type light-absorbing material and a doped region including an exciton quencher and at least one of the p-type light-absorbing material and the n-type light-absorbing material, wherein at least one of the p-type light-absorbing material and the n-type light-absorbing material selectively absorbs a part of visible light, and an image sensor includes the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok Leem, Kwang Hee Lee, Tadao Yagi, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Seon-Jeong Lim, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 11495640
    Abstract: An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a light-absorption layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a photoelectric conversion region including a p-type light-absorbing material and an n-type light-absorbing material and a doped region including an exciton quencher and at least one of the p-type light-absorbing material and the n-type light-absorbing material, wherein at least one of the p-type light-absorbing material and the n-type light-absorbing material selectively absorbs a part of visible light, and an image sensor includes the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok Leem, Kwang Hee Lee, Tadao Yagi, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Seon-Jeong Lim, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 11469277
    Abstract: An OLED panel may be embedded with a near-infrared organic photosensor and may be configured to implement biometric recognition without an effect on an aperture ratio of an OLED emitter. The OLED panel may include a substrate, an OLED stack on the substrate and configured to emit visible light, and an NIR light sensor stack between the substrate and the OLED stack and including an NIR emitter configured to emit NIR light and an NIR detector. The OLED panel may be included in one or more various electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chil Hee Chung, Sangyoon Lee, Yong Wan Jin, Kyung Bae Park, Kwang Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20220285415
    Abstract: An image sensor that provides a uniform sensitivity for pixels having color filters of the same color to increase the image quality is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate, a first grid pattern disposed on the substrate and including a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, a first pixel including a first photoelectric conversion element and a first color filter, and a second pixel including a second photoelectric conversion element and a second color filter. The first color filter contacts the first side wall and the second color filter contacts the second side wall. The first color filter and the second color filter are color filters of same color, and a first thickness of the first color filter is greater than a second thickness of the second color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Dong Min Keum, Yun Ki Lee, Jun Sung Park, Dong Kyu Lee, Bum Suk Kim, Kwang Hee Lee, Tae Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11424302
    Abstract: An OLED panel may be embedded with a near-infrared organic photosensor and may be configured to implement biometric recognition without an effect on an aperture ratio of an OLED emitter. The OLED panel may include a substrate, an OLED stack on the substrate and configured to emit visible light, and an NIR light sensor stack between the substrate and the OLED stack and including an NIR emitter configured to emit NIR light and an NIR detector. The OLED panel may be included in one or more various electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chil Hee Chung, Sangyoon Lee, Yong Wan Jin, Kyung Bae Park, Kwang Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20220233172
    Abstract: The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a display configured to display a mid-sagittal plane (MSP) image corresponding to the MSP of a head of an object, and an image processor configured to determine a measurement plane based on the MSP and generate a measurement plane image corresponding to the measurement plane. The display is further configured to display the measurement plane image with the MSP image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-hee Lee, Sung-yoon Kim, Jun-sang Yoo
  • Publication number: 20220216257
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate including a first surface on which light is incident and a second surface opposite to the first surface, unit pixels in the substrate, each including a photoelectric conversion layer, color filters on the first surface of the substrate, a grid pattern on the first surface of the substrate defining a respective light receiving area of each of the unit pixels, and microlenses on the color filters, each of the microlenses corresponding to a respective one of the unit pixels, wherein the unit pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel sharing a first color filter which is one of the color filters, and a first light receiving area of the first pixel is different from a second light receiving area of the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kyu LEE, Dong Min Keum, Jun Sung Park, Bum Suk Kim, Tae Han Kim, Kwang Hee Lee, Tae Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20220157902
    Abstract: An OLED panel for implementing biometric recognition influencing an aperture ratio of an OLED light emitter i includes a substrate, an OLED on the substrate, and a driver on the substrate. The OLED may emit visible light, and the driver may drive the OLED. The driver may include a visible light sensor configured to detect the visible light emitted by the OLED, and the visible light sensor may overlap the OLED in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate. The OLED panel may include a near infrared ray OLED that is configured to emit near infrared rays, and the driver may include a near infrared ray sensor configured to detect near infrared rays emitted by the near infrared ray OLED. The near infrared ray sensor may overlap the OLED in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Kwang Hee LEE, Chul Joon HEO
  • Patent number: D1004414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: PUNGKANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Yong Kim, Kwang Hee Lee, Young Sub Lee, Jae Yun Seo, Min Ho Yeom