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: 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
  • Publication number: 20200177155
    Abstract: A bulk-acoustic resonator module includes: a module substrate; a bulk-acoustic resonator connected to the module substrate by a connection terminal and disposed spaced apart from the module substrate; and a sealing portion sealing the bulk-acoustic resonator. The bulk-acoustic resonator includes a resonating portion disposed opposite to an upper surface of the module substrate. A space is disposed between the resonating portion and the upper surface of the module substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Wook PARK, Tae Kyung LEE, Seong Hun NA, Jae Chang LEE, Jae Hyun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20200176666
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator comprises a substrate, a resonant portion disposed on the substrate and in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are stacked, a protective layer disposed on an upper portion of the resonant portion, and a hydrophobic layer formed on the protective layer, and the protective layer comprises a first protective layer stacked on the second electrode and a second protective layer stacked on the first protective layer, wherein a density of the second protective layer is higher than a density of the first protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Jong Beom Kim, Min Jae Ahn, Jin Suk Son
  • Publication number: 20200169246
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator includes a substrate, an insulation layer disposed on the substrate, a resonating portion disposed on the insulation layer and having a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode, stacked thereon, a cavity disposed between the insulation layer and the resonating portion, a protruded portion having a plurality of protrusions disposed on a lower surface of the cavity, and a hydrophobic layer disposed on an upper surface of the cavity and a surface of the protruded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Yoon KIM, Tae Kyung LEE, Sang Kee YOON, Sung Jun LEE, Chang Hyun LIM, Nam Jung LEE, Tae Hun LEE, Moon Chul LEE
  • Patent number: 10637435
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate; and a resonator including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially disposed on the substrate. Either one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode includes an alloy of molybdenum (Mo) and tantalum (Ta).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Je Hong Kyoung, Jin Suk Son, Hwa Sun Lee, Ran Hee Shin
  • Patent number: 10637430
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave filter device includes a substrate, a lower electrode on the substrate, a piezoelectric layer covering at least a portion of the lower electrode, and an upper electrode covering at least a portion of the piezoelectric layer. The upper electrode has a density reduction layer disposed on at least a portion thereof, except a central portion of a resonance region of the bulk acoustic wave filter device that deforms and vibrates with the piezoelectric layer during activation of the piezoelectric layer. The density reduction layer has a density lower than a density of other portions of the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Lim, Moon Chul Lee, Won Han, Tae Kyung Lee, Dae Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10637436
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate, and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes an alloy of molybdenum and tantalum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Sung Han, Hwa Sun Lee, Seung Joo Shin, Ran Hee Shin
  • Patent number: 10630258
    Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes: a first piezoelectric portion of a piezoelectric layer, disposed on a cavity and having a first average thickness; and a second piezoelectric portion of the piezoelectric layer, disposed adjacent to an edge of the first piezoelectric portion and having a second average thickness that is different from the first average thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Han, Tae Kyung Lee, Sung Sun Kim, Won Han, Hwa Sun Lee, Seung Joo Shin
  • Publication number: 20200119713
    Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate, a cavity formed in the substrate, a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode stacked in order on the substrate, a resonator defined by the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the second electrode overlapping in a vertical direction in an upper portion of the cavity, an additional layer disposed on one surface of the first electrode arranged in a wiring region on an external side of the resonator, and a wiring electrode connected to the first electrode arranged in the wiring region. The first electrode forms a contact interfacial surface with the additional layer and the wiring electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Yoon KIM, Chang Hyun LIM, Sang Kee YOON, Tae Kyung LEE, Moon Chul LEE, Tae Hun LEE
  • Publication number: 20200112296
    Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes: a substrate; a seed layer disposed on the substrate, and having a hexagonal crystal structure; a bottom electrode disposed on the seed layer; a piezoelectric layer at least partially disposed on the bottom electrode; and a top electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, wherein either one or both of the bottom electrode and the top electrode includes a scandium (Sc)-containing aluminum alloy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung LEE, Jin Suk SON, Je Hong KYOUNG, Sung Sun KIM, Ran Hee SHIN, Hwa Sun LEE
  • Publication number: 20200067483
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The acoustic resonator includes a resonating part including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer; and a plurality of seed layers disposed on one side of the resonating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ran Hee SHIN, Tae Kyung LEE, Sung HAN, Yun Sung KANG, Sung Sun KIM, Jin Suk SON, Jeong Suong YANG, Hwa Sun LEE, Eun Tae PARK
  • Patent number: 10569660
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, and a controller programmed to charge and discharge the battery based on a health indicator output by a model that describes changes in internal resistance of the battery over time identified from (i) a plurality of different representative battery usage aggressiveness drive cycles and (ii) changes in internal resistance of the battery that are derived from a state of charge, temperature, and current associated with the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tae-Kyung Lee, Imad Hassan Makki
  • Patent number: 10569222
    Abstract: A membrane process unit (MPU) is configured to receive a feed stream, subject the feed stream to membrane purification to generate a product stream and a concentrate stream, and subject the concentrate stream to energy recovery to provide at least a portion of energy for membrane purification. A concentrate recycle unit (CRU) is configured to receive the concentrate stream from the MPU, subject the concentrate stream to flow regulation to generate a waste stream and a recycled concentrate stream, and combine the recycled concentrate stream with a raw feed stream to generate the feed stream which is supplied to the MPU. At least one of a flow rate of the raw feed stream, a flow rate of the waste stream, or a flow rate of the recycled concentrate stream is varied, while each of a flow rate of the feed stream, a flow rate of the product stream, and a flow rate of the concentrate stream is maintained substantially fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Yoram Cohen, Anditya Rahardianto, Tae Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10554194
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic resonator includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed above the substrate, a piezoelectric body disposed on the first electrode and including a plurality of piezoelectric layers each including aluminum nitride with a doping material, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric body, where at least one of the piezoelectric layers is a compressive piezoelectric layer formed under compressive stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, In Young Kang, Ran Hee Shin, Jin Suk Son
  • Patent number: 10554191
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave filter device and method thereof includes a first layer forming an air gap together with a substrate, a lower electrode disposed over the first layer, a piezoelectric layer disposed to cover a portion of the lower electrode, an upper electrode disposed over the piezoelectric layer, a frame layer disposed below the upper electrode, and a lower electrode reinforcing layer disposed on the lower electrode, other than portions in which the piezoelectric layer is disposed. The lower electrode reinforcing layer is formed by separating the lower electrode reinforcing layer from the upper electrode or the frame layer upon one of the upper electrode and the frame layer being formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Lim, Han Tae Kim, Tae Hun Lee, Tae Kyung Lee, Tae Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200036359
    Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a piezoelectric layer, of which at least a portion is disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and a passivation layer disposed to cover the first electrode and the second electrode. Either one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode includes an aluminum alloy layer. Either one or both of the piezoelectric layer and the passivation layer has aluminum nitride, or aluminum nitride added with a doping material, having a ratio of an out-of-plane lattice constant ā€œcā€ to an in-plane lattice constant ā€œaā€ (c/a) of less than 1.58.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ran Hee SHIN, Tae Kyung LEE, Je Hong KYOUNG, Jin Suk SON, Hwa Sun LEE, Sung Sun KIM
  • Patent number: 10541669
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic resonator may include a substrate; a resonating portion including a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer which are sequentially stacked on the substrate, and partitioned into an active region and a non-active region; and a frame electrode layer including frame electrodes disposed within the active region to be spaced apart from each other along an outer circumference portion of the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Hwa Sun Lee, Hyun Min Hwang, Moon Chul Lee, Sung Sun Kim, Tae Yoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10541665
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes: a substrate; a first BAW resonator including a first air cavity disposed in the substrate, and further including a first electrode, a first piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode stacked on the first air cavity; a second BAW resonator including a second air cavity disposed in the substrate, and further including a first electrode, a second piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode stacked on the second air cavity, wherein the second BAW resonator is connected in parallel to the first BAW resonator and has polarities that are opposite of polarities of the first BAW resonator; and a compensation capacitor circuit connected between the first BAW resonator and the second BAW resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon Chul Lee, Tah Joon Park, Jae Chang Lee, Tae Yoon Kim, Chang Hyun Lim, Hwa Sun Lee, Tae Hun Lee, Hyun Min Hwang, Tae Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10541668
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The acoustic resonator includes a resonating part including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer; and a plurality of seed layers disposed on one side of the resonating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ran Hee Shin, Tae Kyung Lee, Sung Han, Yun Sung Kang, Sung Sun Kim, Jin Suk Son, Jeong Suong Yang, Hwa Sun Lee, Eun Tae Park
  • Publication number: 20200021265
    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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung LEE, Kwang Su KIM, Jin Suk SON, Yeong Gyu LEE, Sung Sun KIM, Sang Jin KIM