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).

  • Publication number: 20250257066
    Abstract: A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and/or 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: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Jeong LIM, Norihito ISHII, Katsunori SHIBATA, Yong Wan JIN, Taejin CHOI, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Jun PARK, Jisoo SHIN, Sung Young YUN
  • Patent number: 12369449
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Jeong Lim, Hyeongju Kim, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Taejin Choi, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 12358930
    Abstract: A compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a sensor including the compound, a sensor-embedded display panel including the compound, and an electronic device including the compound. In Chemical Formula 1, X1, X2, X3, Ar1, L1, A, R1, and R2 are the same as in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn Hee Lim, Taejin Choi, Feifei Fang, Jeoungin Yi, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun
  • Patent number: 12349592
    Abstract: A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and/or an electronic device including the same are disclosed: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Jeong Lim, Norihito Ishii, Katsunori Shibata, Yong Wan Jin, Taejin Choi, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Jun Park, Jisoo Shin, Sung Young Yun
  • Patent number: 12329022
    Abstract: A sensor-embedded display panel includes a substrate, a light emitting element on the substrate and including a light emitting layer, and a light absorption sensor on the substrate and including a light absorbing layer arranged in parallel with the light emitting layer along an in-plane direction of the substrate. The light absorbing layer is configured to absorb light of a red wavelength spectrum, a green wavelength spectrum, a blue wavelength spectrum, or any combination thereof. The light emitting layer includes a first organic material and the light absorbing layer includes a second organic material. A difference between respective sublimation temperatures of the first and second organic materials is less than or equal to about 150° C., wherein each sublimation temperature is a temperature at which a weight reduction of 10% relative to the initial weight occurs during thermogravimetric analysis under an ambient pressure of about 10 Pa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeongju Kim, Jisoo Shin, Sung Young Yun, Kyung Bae Park, Jeong Il Park, Taejin Choi, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 12329015
    Abstract: A sensor embedded display panel includes a substrate, a light emitting element on the substrate and including an emission layer; and a photoelectric element on the substrate. The photoelectric element includes a light absorbing layer. The light absorbing layer at least partially overlaps the emission layer in a horizontal direction extending in parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. The light emitting element and the photoelectric element each include a separate portion of a first common auxiliary layer that extends on tops of the emission layer and the light absorbing layer and a separate portion of a second common auxiliary layer that extends on bottoms of the emission layer and the light absorbing layer. The photoelectric element further includes an auxiliary layer that has a thickness corresponding to one of a red wavelength spectrum, a green wavelength spectrum, or a blue wavelength spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Chul Joon Heo, Hyeong-Ju Kim, Feifei Fang, Taejin Choi
  • Patent number: 12317743
    Abstract: Disclosed are an n-type semiconductor including compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2, an image sensor, and an electronic device. In Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2, each substituent is as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Yeong Suk Choi, Soo Young Park, Sung Young Yun, Hyeong-Ju Kim, Seyoung Jung, Dong Joo Min, Ji Eon Kwon
  • Patent number: 12178125
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photoelectric conversion device, and a sensor and an electronic device including the same. The photoelectric conversion device may include a first electrode and a second electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material and a second material, which form a pn junction, and a third material that is different from the first material and the second material. The third material is configured to modify a distribution of energy levels of the first material or the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Minami, Sung Young Yun, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Jun Park, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 12114567
    Abstract: A photoelectric device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a charge transport layer between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion layer is configured to absorb light in a wavelength spectrum and converting the absorbed light into an electrical signal. The charge transport layer includes a first charge transport material and a second charge transport material which collectively define a heterojunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Hwan Hong, Sung Jun Park, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 12084439
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisoo Shin, Chul Baik, Taejin Choi, Sung Young Yun, Kyung Bae Park, Gae Hwang Lee, Yeong Suk Choi, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 12071447
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 12035548
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a photodiode within a semiconductor substrate and configured to sense light in an infrared wavelength spectrum of light, a photoelectric conversion device on the semiconductor substrate and configured to sense light in a visible wavelength spectrum of light, and a filtering element configured to selectively transmit at least a portion of the infrared wavelength spectrum of light and the visible wavelength spectrum of light. The filtering element may include a plurality of color filters on the photoelectric conversion device. The photoelectric conversion device may include a pair of electrodes facing each other and a photoelectric conversion layer between the pair of electrodes and configured to selectively absorb light in a visible wavelength spectrum of light. The filtering element may be between the semiconductor substrate and the photoelectric conversion device and may selectively absorb the infrared light and selectively transmit the visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Kwang Hee Lee, Sung Young Yun, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 11963440
    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 group and parameter is as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taejin Choi, Jeong Il Park, Jisoo Shin, Sung Young Yun, Seon-Jeong Lim, Youn Hee Lim, Yeong Suk Choi, Hye Rim Hong
  • Patent number: 11929384
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a first photo-sensing device on a semiconductor substrate and configured to sense light of a first wavelength spectrum, and second and third photo-sensing devices integrated in the semiconductor substrate and configured to sense light of a second and third wavelength spectrum, respectively. The first photo-sensing device may overlap each of the second and third photo-sensing devices in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate. The second and third photo-sensing devices do not overlap in the thickness direction and each have an upper surface, a lower surface, and a doped region therebetween. The third photo-sensing device includes an upper surface deeper further from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate than the upper surface of the second photo-sensing device and a doped region thicker than the doped region of the second photo-sensing device. The image sensor may omit the first photo-sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Yong Wan Jin, Sung Young Yun, Sung Jun Park, Feifei Fang, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 11869909
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Joon Heo, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Seon-Jeong Lim, Feifei Fang, Taejin Choi
  • Patent number: 11854294
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Sung Han Kim, Sung Young Yun, Seon-Jeong Lim, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 11855236
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Sung Jun Park, Feifei Fang, Sung Young Yun, Seon-Jeong Lim, Chul Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 11839096
    Abstract: An organic sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a protective layer between the organic active layer and the second electrode. Capacitance provided of the first electrode, the protective layer, and the second electrode is less than or equal to about 2×10?10 F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Young Yun, Sung Jun Park, Chul Joon Heo, Kyung Bae Park, Gae Hwang Lee, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20230354705
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photoelectric conversion device, and a sensor and an electronic device including the same. The photoelectric conversion device may include a first electrode and a second electrode and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material and a second material, which form a pn junction, and a third material that is different from the first material and the second material. The third material is configured to modify a distribution of energy levels of the first material or the second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki MINAMI, Sung Young YUN, Kyung Bae PARK, Sung Jun PARK, Chul Joon HEO
  • Publication number: 20230345823
    Abstract: Disclosed are an n-type semiconductor including compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2, an image sensor, and an electronic device. In Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2, each substituent is as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yeong Suk CHOI, Soo Young PARK, Sung Young YUN, Hyeong-Ju KIM, Seyoung JUNG, Dong Joo MIN, Ji Eon KWON