Patents by Inventor Woo Ram Lee

Woo Ram 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: 8834957
    Abstract: A method for preparing an electroconductive patterned copper layer, comprising mixing copper-based particles with a reducing agent, and then adding a solvent thereto to prepare a reducing agent-containing copper-based particle dispersion solution; printing on or filling in the reducing agent-containing copper-based particle dispersion solution a substrate in a predetermined shape to form a reducing agent-containing copper-based particle patterned layer; and firing the reducing agent-containing copper-based particle patterned layer in the air, which allows forming a patterned copper layer with excellent electric conductivity even in the air, thereby being industrially very useful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: So-Won Kim, Woo-Ram Lee, Sang-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 8823215
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus and method for wirelessly transmitting power to a wireless power reception apparatus electromagnetically coupled to the wireless power reception apparatus and supplying power for loads of the wireless power reception apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a power generator for generating power having a fixed oscillation frequency; a power transmission resonator, which has a resonance frequency identical to the oscillation frequency, for wirelessly transmitting the power generated by the power generator to the wireless power reception apparatus; and a power transmission resonance frequency controller for controlling the resonance frequency of the power transmission resonator in response to a change of the resonance frequency of the power transmission resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Se-Ho Park, Sung-Kweon Park, Young-Min Lee, Ki-Hyun Kim, Hong-Kweun Kim, Woo-Ram Lee
  • Patent number: 8796989
    Abstract: A coil structure and a charging control method in a wireless charger having a primary coil are provided to supply an induced electromotive force suitable for a charging target having a secondary coil. Concentric coils having different radii are arranged in a wireless charger, and a coil suitable for the location of a charging target placed on the wireless charger is selected. An input power corresponding to the selected coil is determined, and the determined power is applied to the selected coil. Then the same charging efficiency can be provided irrespective of a location of a charging target placed on the wireless charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Woo-Ram Lee, Sung-Kweon Park, Ki-Hyun Kim, Hong-Kweun Kim, Se-Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20140159654
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for protecting a wireless power receiver from excessive temperature caused by charging are provided. The wireless power receiver includes a power receiver for receiving wireless power in an Alternate Current (AC) form from a wireless power transmitter; a regulator for regulating the wireless power; a power management unit for controlling charging by providing the regulated wireless power to a battery; a temperature measurement unit for measuring a temperature of a point in the wireless power receiver during reception of the wireless power; and a controller configured to provide a control signal for the wireless power receiver to be charged with a regulated charging power if a temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit exceeds a preset temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Ram LEE, Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Seung-Woo Han
  • Publication number: 20140159673
    Abstract: A wireless charging method includes receiving information on a required amount of power from a second wireless power receiver while supplying power to one or more first wireless power receivers; calculating required power for all wireless power receivers including the one or more first wireless power receivers and the second wireless power receiver; and when a maximum amount of providable power is not larger than the required amount of power for all wireless power receivers, transmitting insufficient power amount information to each of the wireless power receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Woo HAN, Yu-Su Kim, Woo-Ram Lee, Ho-Seong Lee
  • Patent number: 8644711
    Abstract: In a Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) utilizing a conventional downstream optical signal reusing method, there is an inventory problem that different optical transmitter types need to be provided for the operation, management, replacement, etc. of a system. A WDM-PON system according to the present invention, includes: a seed light (SL) unit generating a seed light whose wavelength intervals and center wavelengths are adjusted using at least one seed light source; an optical line terminal (OLT) receiving the wavelength-multiplexed seed light from the seed light unit, transmitting a downstream optical signal to a subscriber of the WDM-PON, and receiving a upstream optical signal from the subscriber; and an optical network unit (ONU) receiving the downstream optical signal from the OLT, flattening and modulating the downstream optical signal with upstream data so that the downstream optical signal is reused for carrying upstream data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Byoung-Whi Kim, Manyong Park, Woo-Ram Lee, Bong-Tae Kim, Seung-Hyun Cho, Jie-Hyun Lee, Geon Jeong, Chulyoung Kim, Dae-Ung Kim, Byung-Yong Kang
  • Publication number: 20130293027
    Abstract: A shunt capacitor is connected to a wireless charging resonator to prevent harmonics emitted from a power amplifier from radiating to the outside, and at least one circuit having a high impedance relative to a Near Field Wireless Communication (NFC) frequency band is formed at a front side or a rear side of the shunt capacitor for solving the problems of radiating noise components due to wireless charging and of lowering an NFC signal and a power transmission intensity due to a concurrent interference between a wireless charging resonator and an NFC antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Il KIM, Se-Ho PARK, Sung-Ku YEO, Woo-Ram LEE, Jeong-Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20130264997
    Abstract: A wireless charging method and apparatus are provided. A non-contact wireless local communication unit performs non-contact wireless local communication for wireless charging authentication through a non-contact wireless local communication antenna. A wireless power receiver receives supply power from a wireless power transmitter by using a resonator resonating on a resonance frequency equal to that of the wireless power transmitter after the wireless charging authentication. A charging controller performs wireless charging by using the supply power received by the wireless power receiver. One or more switches switch between a connection between the non-contact wireless local communication antenna and the non-contact wireless local communication unit, and a connection between the wireless power receiver and the charging controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Ram LEE, Joon-II KIM, Kyu-Jae JANG
  • Patent number: 8541975
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for efficient wireless charging of a mobile terminal. The method includes detecting the mobile terminal by a charging apparatus, receiving a unique identifier of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal and determining if the mobile terminal is a rechargeable device, when the mobile terminal is a rechargeable device, applying a direct voltage to a first coil of the charging apparatus and arranging the charging apparatus and the mobile terminal, and terminating an application of the direct voltage and then applying an alternating voltage, to supply charging power required for the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Kweon Park, Young-Min Lee, Ki-Hyun Kim, Hong-Kweun Kim, Se-Ho Park, Woo-Ram Lee
  • Patent number: 8487818
    Abstract: An internal antenna is provided that includes a first antenna having a first antenna pattern formed on a first dielectric layer, and a second antenna having a second antenna pattern formed on a second dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer has a higher dielectric constant than the first dielectric layer. The first and second antenna patterns are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joon-II Kim, Se-Ho Park, Woo-Ram Lee, Young-Min Lee, Ki-Hyun Kim, Seok-Myong Kang
  • Patent number: 8394465
    Abstract: A preparation method of an electroconductive copper patterning layer includes (Step 1) preparing a dispersion solution of copper-based particles selected from the group consisting of copper particles, copper oxide particles, and their mixtures; (Step 2) forming a copper-based particle patterning layer by printing or filling the dispersion solution of copper-based particles to a substrate into a predetermined shape; and (Step 3) irradiating laser to the copper-based particle patterning layer to burn and interconnect the copper-based particles contained in the copper-based particle patterning layer. This preparation method burns a copper-based particle patterning layer with a strong energy within a short time by using laser. Thus, it is possible to obtain a copper patterning layer that is hardly oxidized even in the atmosphere, so a copper patterning layer with excellent electric conductivity is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Ram Lee, Sang-Ho Kim, Tae-Su Kim, So-Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20130057079
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling wireless power transmission includes a near-field wireless communication antenna for receiving wireless power transmission control signals from a power transmitting device at a communication frequency, a near-field wireless communication Integrated Circuit (IC) for delivering wireless power transmission control messages based on the wireless power transmission control signals received through the near-field wireless communication antenna to a power IC, a Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) coil for resonating at a frequency band corresponding to a resonant frequency of the power transmitting device, to receive power supplied from the power transmitting device, and the power IC for controlling output of a constant voltage, using the supply power received by the WPT coil, based on the wireless power transmission control messages from the near-field wireless communication IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Se-Ho PARK, Ki-Hyun Kim, Joon-II Kim, Jin-Hyoung Park, Kyung-Woo Lee, Woo-Ram Lee
  • Publication number: 20130015813
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver is provided for wirelessly receiving driving power from a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power receiver includes a power reception unit for wirelessly receiving the driving power from the wireless power transmitter. The wireless power receiver also includes a rectifier for rectifying the driving power output from the power reception unit into an Alternating Current (AC) power type. The wireless power receiver additionally includes a load unit for storing the rectified driving power output from the rectifier. The wireless power receiver further includes a controller for detecting an amount of the rectified driving power stored in the load unit to control output from the rectifier to the load unit. The wireless power receiver also includes an impedance adjuster for adjusting an impedance in the power reception unit according to the amount of the rectified driving power stored in the load unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Il KIM, Sung-Bum Park, Se-Ho Park, Young-Min Lee, Woo-Ram Lee
  • Patent number: 8343454
    Abstract: A Cu2O spherical assembly particle composition is composed of Cu2O spherical assembly particles, each of which is formed by agglomerating a plurality of Cu2O ultrafine particles that have an average diameter in the range from 1 to 100 nm and a standard deviation on the diameter in the range from 0 to 10%. The Cu2O spherical assembly particles have an average diameter in the range from 0.1 to 10 ?m and a standard deviation on the diameter in the range from 0 to 40%. This Cu2O spherical assembly particle composition is composed of Cu2O assembly particles with excellent uniformity, so it shows excellent properties such as realizing a good electric conductivity during a curing process for wiring. Accordingly, the spherical Cu2O assembly particle composition may be usefully used as precursors for solar energy conversion, magnetic storage medium, catalyst, gas sensor, and copper wire formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Ram Lee, Sang-Ho Kim, Sung-Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 8343577
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are core-shell type nanoparticles comprising nanoparticle cores made of a metal or semiconductor, and shells made of crystalline metal oxide formed on the surfaces of the nanoparticle cores, as well as a preparation method thereof. According to the disclosed invention, the core-shell nanoparticles, consisting of metallic or semiconductor cores and crystalline metal oxide shells, can be prepared by epitaxially growing metal oxide on the surfaces of the metallic or semiconductor nanoparticle cores. By virtue of the crystalline metal oxide shells, the core nanoparticle made of metal or semiconductor can ensure excellent chemical and mechanical stability, and the core-shell nanoparticles can show new properties resulting from the interaction between the metal cores and the metal oxide crystal shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Ho Kim, Woo Ram Lee, Young Soo Lim
  • Publication number: 20120308833
    Abstract: Disclosed are an adhesive composition for glass bonding, a glass assembly and a display using the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition includes a urethane-acryl copolymer, a monomer mixture of an acrylic monomer having no hydroxyl group and a monomer having a hydroxyl group, an isocyanate cross-linking agent, and a photo-polymerization initiator. The adhesive composition has advantages of: favorable scattering prevention of broken glass pieces, excellent heat-resistant durability enabling prevention of damage to an image display apparatus caused by temperature change, no adverse effect upon transmittance of the image display apparatus, hence ensuring desired visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-Ram LEE, In-Kyu SONG, Hye-Rim KWON
  • Publication number: 20120293010
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission controlling apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a power amplifier that receives a source power, amplifies the received source power, and outputs a wireless power transmission signal from the amplified received source power, a band pass filter that filters the wireless power transmission signal, and passes a harmonic wave corresponding to a communication frequency band, and a communication unit that transmits a wireless power transmission control signal using the harmonic wave corresponding to the communication frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Ram LEE, Joon-II KIM, Sung-Bum PARK, Young-Min LEE, Hong-Kweun KIM, Se-Ho PARK, Seung-Woo HAN
  • Patent number: 8284117
    Abstract: A signal transmitting/receiving antenna device for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) which executes contactless data communication, and a method of manufacturing the same. The antenna device includes an antenna module including a dielectric film substrate, an antenna pattern which is a conductive pattern printed on the top and bottom sides of the dielectric film substrate, the top and bottom antenna pattern parts being connected to each other through one or more via holes extending through the dielectric film substrate, and top and bottom passivation layers formed on the dielectric film substrate to cover the top and bottom antenna pattern parts; and a radio wave absorbent printed on one of the top and bottom passivation layers of the antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Kim, Seok-Myong Kang, Se-Ho Park, Woo-Ram Lee
  • Patent number: 8236089
    Abstract: A preparation method of a copper particle composition includes dissolving a copper carboxyl compound, or a carboxyl group-containing compound and a copper salt, in a solvent to prepare a copper(II) precursor solution; putting a weak reducing agent with a standard reduction potential of ?0.2 to ?0.05V to the prepared copper(II) precursor solution to assemble a plurality of Cu2O fine particles having an average diameter of 1 to 100 nm with a standard deviation of 0 to 10%, thereby forming spherical Cu2O assembly particles having an average diameter of 0.1 to 10 ?m with a standard deviation of 0 to 40%; reducing the spherical Cu2O assembly particles into copper particles by using a reducing agent; and separating the copper particles from the result product. Thus, copper particles can be produced fast, economically, and the obtained copper particles have good crystallinity and good resistance against oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Ram Lee, Sang-Ho Kim, Sung-Ho Yoon
  • Publication number: 20120094590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ventilation system. According to a ventilation system of an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to supply constant air flow to each floor or home, regardless of changes in environment outside a building, by connecting a ventilator to a center duct that sucks external air and supplies it to each floor or home, or sucks internal air of each floor of home and discharges it to the outside the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Woo-Ram Lee, Ki-Dong Kim, Chung-Keun Lee, Sung-Won Han, Dong-Kyu Hwang, Kyung-Hwan Kim