Patents by Inventor Xavier BULLIARD

Xavier BULLIARD 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: 11538955
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a photovoltaic module comprising at least a first layer and a second layer affixed to each other by means of an encapsulant, said method comprising a lamination step wherein the encapsulant material comprises a silane-modified polyolefin having a melting point below 90° C., pigment particles and an additive comprising a cross-linking catalyst; and wherein in said lamination step heat and pressure are applied to the module, said heat being applied at a temperature between 60° C. and 125° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Hengyu Li, Jordi Escarre Palou, Karin Söderström, Xavier Bulliard, Laure-Emmanuelle Perret-Aebi, Christophe Ballif
  • Publication number: 20210159353
    Abstract: Photovoltaic module comprising: a front sheet arranged on a light incident side of said photovoltaic module; a back sheet arranged on an opposite side of said photovoltaic module to said front sheet; a photovoltaic conversion device disposed between said front sheet and said; back sheet; at least one front encapsulation layer disposed between said photovoltaic conversion device and said front sheet and comprising pigment particles distributed therein; characterized in that said, front encapsulation layer comprise a first zone a second zone, said first zone being situated closer said front sheet than said second zone, said first zone comprising a higher density of pigment particles than said second zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPMENT
    Inventors: Hengyu LI, Jordi ESCARRE PALOU, Karin SODERSTROM, Xavier BULLIARD, Laure-Emmanuelle PERRET-AEBI, Christophe BALLIF
  • Publication number: 20210159352
    Abstract: Photovoltaic module comprising: a front sheet arranged on a light incident side of said photovoltaic module; a back sheet arranged on an opposite side of said photovoltaic module to said front sheet; a photovoltaic conversion device disposed between said front sheet and said back sheet; at least one front encapsulation layer disposed between said photovoltaic conversion device and said front sheet; wherein said front encapsulation layer comprises pigment particles distributed therein
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Hengyu LI, Jordi ESCARRE PALOU, Karin SÖDERSTRÖM, Xavier BULLIARD, Laure-Emmanuelle PERRET-AEBI, Christophe BALLIF
  • Publication number: 20210119073
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a photovoltaic module comprising at least a first layer and a second layer affixed to each other by means of an encapsulant, said method comprising a lamination step wherein the encapsulant material comprises a silane-modified polyolefin having a melting point below 90° C., pigment particles and an additive comprising a cross-linking catalyst; and wherein in said lamination step heat and pressure are applied to the module, said heat being applied at a temperature between 60° C. and 125° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPMENT
    Inventors: Hengyu LI, Jordi ESCARRE PALOU, Karin SÖDERSTRÖM, Xavier BULLIARD, Laure-Emmanuelle PERRET-AEBI, Christophe BALLIF
  • Patent number: 10566544
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Shibuya, Tatsuya Imase, Rie Sakurai, Xavier Bulliard, Hyesung Choi, Tadao Yagi, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yeong Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 10546897
    Abstract: A photoelectric 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 including a light absorbing material configured to selectively absorb first visible light including one of visible light in a blue wavelength region of greater than or equal to about 380 nm and less than about 500 nm, visible light in a green wavelength region of about 500 nm to about 600 nm, and visible light in a red wavelength region of greater than about 600 nm and less than or equal to about 700 nm, and a plurality of nanostructures between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and configured to selectively reflect the first visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Kyung Bae Park, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 10381412
    Abstract: An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, photoelectronic conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first material and a second material providing a p-n junction and an interlayer being adjacent to the first electrode between the first electrode and the photoelectronic conversion layer and including a third material, wherein the first material and the third material are an organic material having each energy bandgap of about 1.7 eV to about 2.3 eV, and an image sensor including the same is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seok Leem, Seon-Jeong Lim, Kwang Hee Lee, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin, Tadao Yagi
  • Publication number: 20190207119
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Shibuya, Tatsuya Imase, Rie Sakurai, Xavier Bulliard, Hyesung Choi, Tadao Yagi, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yeong-Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 10326083
    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: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Yagi, Xavier Bulliard, Hyesung Choi, Rie Sakurai, Hiromasa Shibuya, Youn Hee Lim, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem
  • Patent number: 10276802
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Shibuya, Tatsuya Imase, Rie Sakurai, Xavier Bulliard, Hyesung Choi, Tadao Yagi, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yeong Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 10263042
    Abstract: An organic photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the active layer includes an n-type semiconductor compound that is transparent in a visible ray region and represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a p-type semiconductor compound having a maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength region of about 500 nm to about 600 nm of a visible ray region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rie Sakurai, Hiromasa Shibuya, Tadao Yagi, Kwang Hee Lee, Takkyun Ro, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Seon-Jeong Lim, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin, Yeong Suk Choi, Hye Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 10224486
    Abstract: A compound for an organic photoelectric device is represented by Chemical Formula 1. An organic photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and an active layer including the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Yagi, Rie Sakurai, Hyesung Choi, Tatsuya Imase, Hiromasa Shibuya, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Seon-Jeong Lim, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin, Yeong Suk Choi, Moon Gyu Han
  • Patent number: 10008527
    Abstract: An electronic device may include at least one image sensor that includes a plurality of photo-sensing devices, a photoelectric device on one side of the semiconductor substrate and configured to selectively sense first visible light, and a plurality of color filters on separate photo-sensing devices. The plurality of color filters may include a first color filter configured to selectively transmit a second visible light that is different from the first visible light and a second color filter transmitting first mixed light including the second visible light. The electronic device may include multiple arrays of color filters. The electronic device may include different photoelectric devices on the separate arrays of color filters. The different photoelectric devices may be configured to sense different wavelength spectra of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Lee, Gae Hwang Lee, Sung Young Yun, Dong-Seok Leem, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 9960362
    Abstract: A compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device include the compound. In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xavier Bulliard, Tadao Yagi, Rie Sakurai, Hiromasa Shibuya, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Hyesung Choi
  • Publication number: 20180114814
    Abstract: A photoelectric 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 including a light absorbing material configured to selectively absorb first visible light including one of visible light in a blue wavelength region of greater than or equal to about 380 nm and less than about 500 nm, visible light in a green wavelength region of about 500 nm to about 600 nm, and visible light in a red wavelength region of greater than about 600 nm and less than or equal to about 700 nm, and a plurality of nanostructures between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and configured to selectively reflect the first visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang Lee, Kyung Bae Park, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 9941477
    Abstract: A compound for an organic photoelectric device is represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor and an electronic device include the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyesung Choi, Tadao Yagi, Rie Sakurai, Gae Hwang Lee, Seon-Jeong Lim, Xavier Bulliard, Sung Young Yun, Dong-Seok Leem
  • Patent number: 9911920
    Abstract: A compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1: X1-T-X2 wherein T is a substituted or unsubstituted fused thiophene moiety, and each of X1 and X2 are independently an organic group including an alkenylene group and an electron withdrawing group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xavier Bulliard, Tadao Yagi, Rie Sakurai, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Hyesung Choi, Seon-Jeong Lim, Yong Wan Jin
  • Publication number: 20170346016
    Abstract: A compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device include the compound. In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co .. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xavier BULLIARD, Tadao YAGI, Rie SAKURAI, Hiromasa SHIBUYA, Kwang Hee LEE, Dong-Seok LEEM, Hyesung CHOI
  • Patent number: 9831436
    Abstract: An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer including a first compound having a maximum absorption wavelength of about 500 nm to about 600 nm in a visible ray region and a transparent second compound in a visible ray region. The transparent second compound has an absorption coefficient in a thin film state of less than or equal to about 0.1×105 cm?1 in a wavelength region of about 450 nm to about 700 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Lee, Gae Hwang Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Tadao Yagi, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin, Kyung Bae Park, Sungdong Suh
  • Publication number: 20170331050
    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: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao YAGI, Xavier BULLIARD, Hyesung CHOI, Rie SAKURAI, Hiromasa SHIBUYA, Youn Hee LIM, Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Dong-Seok LEEM