Patents by Inventor Sung-Young YUN

Sung-Young YUN 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: 11437438
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Chui Joon Heo, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20220261584
    Abstract: A sensor-embedded display panel includes a substrate, first, second, and third light emitting elements on the substrate, the first, second, and third light emitting elements including separate, respective light emitting layers, and a light absorbing layer on the substrate, the light absorbing layer being in parallel with the light emitting layer along the surface direction of the substrate, wherein the first, second, and third light emitting elements and the light absorption sensor include a first common auxiliary layer that is continuously disposed on the light emitting layers and the light absorbing layer, and a common electrode on the first common auxiliary layer and configured to apply a common voltage to the first, second, and third light emitting elements and the light absorption sensor, and the light absorption sensor includes an n-type semiconductor layer between the light absorbing layer and the first common auxiliary layer and including an n-type semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Joon HEO, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Young YUN, Taejin CHOI, Feifei FANG, Myungsun SIM, Sung Hun LEE
  • Patent number: 11411192
    Abstract: A device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and a plurality of auxiliary layers between the first electrode and the active layer. The auxiliary layers include first and second auxiliary layers, the first auxiliary layer proximate to the active layer, the second auxiliary layer proximate to the second electrode. An energy level of the active layer, an energy level of the first auxiliary layer, an energy level of the second auxiliary layer, and a work function of the first electrode become deeper sequentially or shallower sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Naotoshi Suganuma, Chul Joon Heo, Sung Jun Park, Sung Young Yun
  • Patent number: 11401289
    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, the definition of each substituent is as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Baik, Taejin Choi, Ji Soo Shin, Sung Young Yun, Kyung Bae Park, Gae Hwang Lee, Yeong Suk Choi, Chul Joon Heo
  • Publication number: 20220220127
    Abstract: A composition for a photoelectric device includes a p-type semiconductor compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an n-type semiconductor compound: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn Hee LIM, Jeong Il PARK, Hyeong-Ju KIM, Kyung Bae PARK, Feifei FANG, Sung Young YUN, Seon-Jeong LIM, Taejin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220216418
    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: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taejin CHOI, Hyeong-Ju KIM, Kyung Bae PARK, Jisoo SHIN, Sung Young YUN, Seon-Jeong LIM, Youn Hee LIM, Hye Rim HONG
  • Publication number: 20220209134
    Abstract: Disclosed are a film and a photoelectric device including the compound of Chemical Formula 1 and configured to selectively absorb light in a blue wavelength region, and an image sensor and electronic device including the same: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University, R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Yeong Suk CHOI, Soo Young PARK, Sung Young YUN, Hyeong-Ju KIM, Min-Woo CHOI, Su-Yeon KIM, Jin Hong KIM, Seyoung JUNG
  • Patent number: 11322688
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: 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: 20220073542
    Abstract: A composition for a photoelectric device includes a p-type semiconductor compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an n-type semiconductor compound, and an image sensor and an electronic device including the same: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeongju KIM, Hye Rim HONG, Kyung Bae PARK, Jeong Il PARK, Sung Young YUN, Seon-Jeong LIM, Youn Hee LIM, Taejin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220075981
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel and a biometric sensor. The display panel includes a light emitter. The biometric sensor is stacked with the display panel and is configured to detect light emitted from the display panel and reflected by a recognition target that is external to the electronic device. The biometric sensor includes a silicon substrate and a photoelectric conversion element on the silicon substrate. The photoelectric conversion element includes a photoelectric conversion layer having wavelength selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Han KIM, Sung Young YUN, Seon-Jeong LIM, Chul Joon HEO
  • Publication number: 20220036028
    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: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang Lee, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Jun Park, Sung Young Yun, Yong Wan Jin, Chul Joon Heo
  • Publication number: 20220020794
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a substrate, and a plurality of wavelength separation filters on the substrate and arranged along an in-plane direction of the substrate. The wavelength separation filters include a first wavelength separation filter configured to selectively transmit incident light in the first wavelength spectrum, and photoelectrically convert the incident light in at least one of the second wavelength spectrum or the third wavelength spectrum, a second wavelength separation filter configured to selectively transmit the incident light in the second wavelength spectrum and photoelectrically convert the incident light in at least one of the first wavelength spectrum or the third wavelength spectrum, and a third wavelength separation filter configured to selectively transmit the incident light in the third wavelength spectrum and photoelectrically convert the incident light in at least one of the first wavelength spectrum or the second wavelength spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Joon HEO, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Young YUN, Seon-Jeong LIM, Feifei FANG, Taejin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210366991
    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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Sung Young YUN, Dong-Seok LEEM, Yong Wan JIN
  • Publication number: 20210351314
    Abstract: A sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and a photo-active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photo-active layer includes a light absorbing semiconductor configured to form a Schottky junction with the first electrode. The photo-active layer has a charge carrier trapping site configured to capture photo-generated charge carriers generated based on the light absorbing semiconductor absorbing incident light that enters at least the photo-active layer at a position adjacent to the first electrode. The sensor is configured to have an external quantum efficiency (EQE) that is adjusted based on a voltage bias being applied between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Jun PARK, Feifei FANG, Sung Young YUN, Seon-Jeong LIM, Chul Joon HEO
  • Patent number: 11158827
    Abstract: An IR organic photoelectric device having a simplified device structure may include an anode and a cathode facing each other and an infrared absorption and hole transport composite monolayer between the anode and the cathode. An organic image sensor including the IR organic photoelectric device may include an absorption layer between the infrared absorption and hole transport composite monolayer and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok Leem, Gae Hwang Lee, Sung Young Yun, Kwang Hee Lee, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 11151349
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang Lee, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Jun Park, Sung Young Yun, Yong Wan Jin, Chul Joon Heo
  • Publication number: 20210305320
    Abstract: An image sensor includes first and second organic photoelectric conversion devices stacked in a vertical direction and configured to selectively absorb light in a part of visible wavelength spectrum and non-selectively absorb light in the visible wavelength spectrum, respectively. The first organic photoelectric conversion device may selectively absorb light in a blue wavelength spectrum, and the second organic photoelectric conversion device may selectively absorb light in a green wavelength spectrum. The image sensor may have stacked organic photoelectric conversion devices configured to selectively absorb light in a red wavelength spectrum and a green wavelength spectrum, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Jeong LIM, Hyeongju KIM, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Young YUN, Taejin CHOI, Chun Joon HEO
  • Patent number: 11133352
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jun Park, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Seon-Jeong Lim, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20210288114
    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 first region closest to the first electrode, the first region having a first composition ratio (p1/n1) of a p-type semiconductor relative to an n-type semiconductor, a second region closest to the second electrode, the second region having a second composition ratio (p2/n2) of the p-type semiconductor relative to the n-type semiconductor, and a third region between the first region and the second region in a thickness direction, the third region having a third composition ratio (p3/n3) of the p-type semiconductor relative to the n-type semiconductor that is greater or less than the first composition ratio (p1/n1) and the second composition ratio (p2/n2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Sung Young YUN, Yong Wan JIN
  • Publication number: 20210273180
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photoelectric conversion device and an organic sensor and an electronic device including the same. The photoelectric conversion device includes a first and a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first and the second electrode and configured to absorb light in at least one portion of a wavelength spectrum and to convert the absorbed light into an electric signal, and a buffer layer between the second electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and including a mixture of at least two materials. The mixture includes a first and a second material. The first material has an energy bandgap of at least about 3.2 eV and a HOMO energy level of at least about 6.0 eV. The second material has an energy bandgap of less than or equal to about 2.8 eV and a HOMO energy level of at least about 6.0 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Jun PARK, Feifei FANG, Sung Young YUN, Seon-Jeong LIM, Youn Hee LIM, Chul Joon HEO