Patents by Inventor Tae-kyung Lee

Tae-kyung 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: 20200373900
    Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes a resonating part disposed on and spaced apart from a substrate by a cavity, the resonating part including a membrane layer, a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. 0 ???Mg?170 ? may be satisfied, ?Mg being a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of the membrane layer disposed in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung LEE, Tae Yoon KIM, Sang Kee YOON, Chang Hyun LIM, Jong Woon KIM, Moon Chul LEE
  • Publication number: 20200373899
    Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes a resonating part disposed on and spaced apart from a substrate by a cavity, the resonating part including a membrane layer, a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. 0 ???Mg?170 ? may be satisfied, ?Mg being a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of the membrane layer disposed in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung LEE, Tae Yoon KIM, Sang Kee YOON, Chang Hyun LIM, Jong Woon KIM, Moon Chul LEE
  • Publication number: 20200366265
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic resonator includes: a substrate including an upper surface on which a substrate protection layer is disposed; and a membrane layer forming a cavity together with the substrate, wherein a thickness deviation of either one or both of the substrate protection layer and the membrane layer is 170 ? or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung LEE, Tae Yoon KIM, Dae Ho KIM, Chang Hyun LIM, Tae Hun LEE, Sang Kee YOON, Jong Woon KIM, Won HAN, Moon Chul LEE
  • Patent number: 10833646
    Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes: a membrane layer disposed on a substrate and forming a cavity; a lower electrode disposed on the membrane layer; a piezoelectric layer disposed on the lower electrode; an upper electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and including a frame part disposed at an edge of an active area and having a thickness greater than that of a portion of the upper electrode disposed in a central portion of the active area; and a frequency adjusting layer disposed on the piezoelectric layer and the upper electrode. The frequency adjusting layer is excluded from an inclined surface of the frame part, or a thickness of a portion of the frequency adjusting layer on the inclined surface is less than that of other portions of the frequency adjusting layer. The frequency adjusting layer is disposed on a portion of the piezoelectric layer protruding from the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Lim, Won Han, Moon Chul Lee, Tae Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10830171
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a processor programmed to control a vehicle subsystem according to a recovered signal generated from an output signal of a sensor, and a product of a time constant of the sensor and filtered changes of the output signal with respect to time such that a magnitude and phase of the recovered signal approach a magnitude and phase of an input signal to the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Tae-Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10812037
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a piezoelectric layer at least partially disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer; wherein the first electrode includes an aluminum alloy layer containing scandium (Sc), and has a surface roughness of 2.4 nm or less, based on an arithmetic mean roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hong Kyoung, Tae Kyung Lee, Sung Sun Kim, Jin Suk Son, Ran Hee Shin, Hwa Sun Lee
  • Patent number: 10788874
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include a first connector including at least one first pin and at least one second pin configured to be connected to an external electronic device; a second connector comprising at least one third pin and at least one fourth pin configured to be connected to a power supply; a switching circuit; and a processor electrically connected to the first connector, the second connector, and the switching circuit, wherein the processor is configured to determine a connection with the external electronic device or a connection with the power supply, and the processor is set to cause, when connected to the external electronic device via the first connector and connected to the power supply via the second connector, power received from the power supply via the at least one third pin to be supplied to the at least one first pin using the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Kyung Lee, Woo-Taek Song, Hyun-Ji Song
  • Patent number: 10778179
    Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes a resonating part disposed on and spaced apart from a substrate by a cavity, the resonating part including a membrane layer, a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. 0 ???Mg?170 ? may be satisfied, ?Mg being a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of the membrane layer disposed in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Tae Yoon Kim, Sang Kee Yoon, Chang Hyun Lim, Jong Woon Kim, Moon Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 10756700
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator device includes: a substrate; a lower electrode disposed on the substrate; a piezoelectric layer disposed over a portion of the lower electrode; an upper electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer; and a shape control layer covering an edge of a cavity disposed between the substrate and the lower electrode, wherein tensile stress is applied to the shape control layer during formation of the shape control layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Han, Jae Chang Lee, Won Han, Tae Yoon Kim, Jong Woon Kim, Tae Kyung Lee, Moon Chul Lee, Tae Hun Lee, Sung Min Cho, In Young Kang
  • Patent number: 10756703
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes: a support part disposed on a substrate; a layer disposed on the support part, wherein an air cavity is formed between the support part, the substrate and the layer; and a frame extending along the layer, within the air cavity, and spaced apart from the support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Yoon Kim, Tae Kyung Lee, Sung Min Cho, Sang Kee Yoon, Moon Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 10756702
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator includes a substrate, and a resonant portion comprising a center portion in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer and a second electrode are sequentially laminated on the substrate, and an extending portion disposed along a periphery of the center portion, wherein the resonant portion is configured to have an asymmetrical polygonal plane, an insertion layer is disposed below the piezoelectric layer in the extending portion, and the piezoelectric layer is configured to have a top surface which is raised to conform to a shape of the insertion layer, and the insertion layer is configured to have an asymmetrical polygonal shape corresponding to a shape of the extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Tae Yoon Kim, Jong Woon Kim, Moon Chul Lee, Yong Jin Kang, Nam Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 10756701
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes: a substrate; a lower electrode disposed on the substrate; a piezoelectric layer at least partially disposed on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, wherein either one or both of the lower electrode and the upper electrode includes a layer of aluminum alloy including scandium (Sc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Ran Hee Shin, Je Hong Kyoung, Hwa Sun Lee, Jin Suk Son, Sung Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20200266795
    Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave resonator comprises a substrate, a resonant portion comprising a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on the substrate, and further comprising a center portion and an extension portion that is disposed along a periphery of the center portion, and an insertion layer that is disposed in the extension portion between the first electrode and the piezoelectric layer, and the insertion layer is formed of an aluminum alloy containing scandium (Sc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung LEE, Je Hong KYOUNG, Sung Sun KIM, Jin Suk SON, Ran Hee SHIN, Hwa Sun LEE
  • Publication number: 20200252046
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate, a seed layer disposed on the substrate, a first electrode disposed on the seed layer and including an aluminum alloy layer containing scandium (Sc), a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode and including a layer having a cation (Al) polarity, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ran Hee SHIN, Tae Kyung LEE, Sung Jun LEE, Hwa Sun LEE, Je Hong KYOUNG, Sung Sun KIM, Jin Suk SON
  • Patent number: 10734968
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic resonator includes: a substrate including an upper surface on which a substrate protection layer is disposed; and a membrane layer forming a cavity together with the substrate, wherein a thickness deviation of either one or both of the substrate protection layer and the membrane layer is 170 ? or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Tae Yoon Kim, Dae Ho Kim, Chang Hyun Lim, Tae Hun Lee, Sang Kee Yoon, Jong Woon Kim, Won Han, Moon Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 10720901
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes: a support part disposed on a substrate; a layer disposed on the support part, wherein an air cavity is formed between the support part, the substrate and the layer; and a frame extending along the layer, within the air cavity, and spaced apart from the support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Yoon Kim, Tae Kyung Lee, Sung Min Cho, Sang Kee Yoon, Moon Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20200225288
    Abstract: A processor-implemented battery management method includes: estimating state information of a plurality of battery cells in a battery pack using a first battery state estimation model; determining whether state information of at least one of the plurality of battery cells is to be estimated using a second battery state estimation model; and estimating the state information of the at least one battery cell using the second model, in response to a result of the determining being that the state information of the at least one battery cell is to be estimated using the second model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangdo PARK, Young Hun SUNG, Tae Won SONG, Tae Kyung LEE
  • Patent number: 10715098
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator package includes: a substrate; an acoustic resonator disposed on the substrate; a cap disposed on the substrate and the acoustic resonator; and a bonding portion bonding the substrate and the cap to each other, wherein the cap includes a trench formed around the bonding portion and a protective layer covering a surface of the trench in the cap, and wherein a portion of the bonding portion fills at least a portion of the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Kwang Su Kim, Jin Suk Son, Yeong Gyu Lee, Sung Sun Kim, Sang Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20200204145
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a piezoelectric layer at least partially disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer; wherein the first electrode includes an aluminum alloy layer containing scandium (Sc), and has a surface roughness of 2.4 nm or less, based on an arithmetic mean roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hong KYOUNG, Tae Kyung LEE, Sung Sun KIM, Jin Suk SON, Ran Hee SHIN, Hwa Sun LEE
  • Publication number: 20200186125
    Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes: a first substrate formed of a first material; an insulating layer or a piezoelectric layer disposed on a first side of the first substrate; and a second substrate formed of a second material and disposed on a second side of the first substrate, wherein the second material has thermal conductivity that is higher than a thermal conductivity of the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung LEE, Yoon Sok PARK, Dae Hun JEONG