Patents by Inventor Yong Wan

Yong Wan 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).

  • ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20170338431
    Abstract: An organic photoelectronic device may include a photoelectronic conversion layer between a first electrode and a second electrode and a buffer layer on the photoelectronic conversion layer. The photoelectronic conversion layer may be between a first electrode and a second electrode, and the buffer layer may be between the first electrode and the photoelectronic conversion layer. The photoelectronic conversion layer may include at least a first light absorbing material and a second light absorbing material configured to provide a p-n junction. The buffer layer may include the first light absorbing material and a non-absorbing material associated with a visible wavelength spectrum of light. The non-absorbing material may have a HOMO energy level of about 5.4 eV to about 5.8 eV. The non-absorbing material may have an energy bandgap of greater than or equal to about 2.8 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: TAKKYUN RO, Kyung Bae Park, Ryuichi Satoh, Yong Wan Jin, Chul Joon Heo
  • IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170338271
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate integrated with at least one first photo-sensing device configured to sense light in a blue wavelength region and at least one second photo-sensing device configured to sense light in a red wavelength region, a color filter layer on the semiconductor substrate and including a blue color filter configured to selectively absorb light in a blue wavelength region and a red color filter configured to selectively absorb light in a red wavelength region, and a third photo-sensing device on the color filter layer and including a pair of electrodes facing each other, and a photoactive layer between the pair of electrodes and configured to selectively absorb light in a green wavelength region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Wan JIN, Kyu Sik KIM, Kyung Bae PARK, Kwang Hee LEE, Dong-Seok LEEM, Deukseok CHUNG
  • IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170330911
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Hee LEE, Gae Hwang LEE, Sung Young YUN, Dong-Seok LEEM, Xavier BULLIARD, Yong Wan JIN
  • Compound for organic photoelectric device and organic photoelectric device, image sensor, and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 9818956
    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 between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer including the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takkyun Ro, Seon-Jeong Lim, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yong Wan Jin, Yagi Tadao, Moon Gyu Han, Chuljoon Heo
  • Compound for organic photoelectric device, and organic photoelectric device and image sensor including the same
    Patent number: 9786847
    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 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Jeong Lim, Sung Young Yun, Takkyun Ro, Yong Wan Jin
  • IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170287971
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate and a photoelectric conversion device on the semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a light absorption layer, and a common electrode. The plurality of pixel electrodes may include a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The photoelectric conversion device may include a first photoelectric conversion region defined in an overlapping region with the first pixel electrode, the light absorption layer, and the common electrode, and a second photoelectric conversion region defined in an overlapping region with the second pixel electrode, the light absorption layer, and the common electrode. Sensitivity of the first photoelectric conversion region may be higher than sensitivity of the second photoelectric conversion region. An electronic device may include the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Kyu Sik Kim, Sung Young YUN, Dong-Seok LEEM, Yong Wan JIN
  • Electronic apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 9779710
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of pads, each of the plurality of pads including a touch sensor and an acceleration sensor, a sound output interface configured to output sounds that are set to the respective pads, a display configured to display visual feedback, and a processor configured to, in response to the touch sensor in a pad among the plurality of pads detecting a touch of the pad, and the acceleration sensor in the pad detecting an intensity of the touch that is greater than or equal to a value, determine that a beat is performed on the pad, control the sound output interface to output a sound that is set to the pad on which the beat is determined to be performed, with a magnitude corresponding to an intensity of the beat, and control the display to display the visual feedback corresponding to the beat determined to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-ra Yu, Eun-seok Choi, Yong-wan Choi, Kun-sok Kang, Sang-on Choi
  • Image sensor and image processing system including the same
    Patent number: 9780130
    Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element, which are formed in a semiconductor substrate; a red color filter formed on the first photoelectric conversion element; a cyan color filter formed on the second photoelectric conversion element; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer formed on the red color filter and the cyan color filter, the organic photoelectric conversion layer configured to absorb wavelengths in a green range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Dong Suh, Masaru Ishii, Sung Young Yun, Sang Chul Sul, Yong Wan Jin
  • IMAGE SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170278896
    Abstract: Image sensors, and electronic devices including the image sensors, include a first photoelectronic device including at least one of a blue photoelectronic device sensing light in a blue wavelength region, a red photoelectronic device sensing light in a red wavelength region, and a green photoelectronic device sensing light in a green wavelength region, and a second photoelectronic device stacked on one side of the first photoelectronic device without being interposed by a color filter, wherein the second photoelectronic device senses light in an infrared region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Yong Wan Jin, Moon Gyu Han
  • Image sensor and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 9761627
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate integrated with at least one first photo-sensing device configured to sense light in a blue wavelength region and at least one second photo-sensing device configured to sense light in a red wavelength region, a color filter layer on the semiconductor substrate and including a blue color filter configured to selectively absorb light in a blue wavelength region and a red color filter configured to selectively absorb light in a red wavelength region, and a third photo-sensing device on the color filter layer and including a pair of electrodes facing each other, and a photoactive layer between the pair of electrodes and configured to selectively absorb light in a green wavelength region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wan Jin, Kyu Sik Kim, Kyung Bae Park, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Deukseok Chung
  • ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20170250227
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to an organic photoelectronic device that includes a first electrode, a light-absorption layer on the first electrode and including a first p-type light-absorption material and a first n-type light-absorption material, a light-absorption auxiliary layer on the light-absorption layer and including a second p-type light-absorption material or a second n-type light-absorption material that have a smaller full width at half maximum (FWHM) than the FWHM of the light absorption layer, a charge auxiliary layer on the light-absorption auxiliary layer, and a second electrode on the charge auxiliary layer, and an image sensor including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae PARK, Satoh RYUICHI, Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Dong-Seok LEEM, Yong Wan JIN, Tadao YAGI, Chul Joon HEO
  • Image sensor and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 9748295
    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: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Lee, Gae Hwang Lee, Sung Young Yun, Dong-Seok Leem, Xavier Bulliard, Yong Wan Jin
  • Organic photoelectronic device and image sensor
    Patent number: 9728586
    Abstract: An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode having a plurality of nanopatterns arranged at a regular interval, a second electrode facing the first electrode and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer absorbing light in at least one wavelength of a visible ray region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang Lee, Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Yong Wan Jin, Moon Gyu Han
  • DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING VISION SENSOR DATABASE
    Publication number: 20170221221
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a method to measure the distance between the place where the first image is acquired and the target distance after comparing and analyzing the image acquired through vision sensor with the established database. The database stores images of each section and image information by using the vision sensor. The distance measuring method analyzes the characteristics of the images transmitted by a user and the characteristics of the objects on images, compares them with the database, selects the image most similar to the corresponding image from the database, and calculates the distance to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Yong Wan PARK, Soo Jung HUR, Jin Seon SONG, Chang Hwan CHOI
  • ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170213973
    Abstract: An organic photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes a p-type semiconductor compound and an n-type semiconductor compound, and the organic photoelectric device satisfies Equation 1, and has external quantum efficiency (EQE) of greater than or equal to about 40% at ?3 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Young YUN, Gae Hwang LEE, Kwang Hee LEE, Dong-Seok LEEM, Yong Wan JIN, Tadao YAGI
  • Image sensor and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 9716120
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate integrated with at least one of a first photo-sensing device that may sense a first wavelength spectrum of visible light and a second photo-sensing device that may sense second wavelength spectrum of visible light, and a third photo-sensing device on the semiconductor substrate that may selectively sense third wavelength spectrum of visible light in a longer wavelength spectrum of visible light than the first wavelength spectrum of visible light and the second wavelength spectrum of visible light. The first photo-sensing device and the second photo-sensing device may overlap with each other in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Wan Jin, Kwang Hee Lee, Gae Hwang Lee, Kyung Bae Park, Dong-Seok Leem, Yeong Suk Choi
  • Image sensors and electronic devices including the same
    Patent number: 9691823
    Abstract: Image sensors, and electronic devices including the image sensors, include a first photoelectronic device including at least one of a blue photoelectronic device sensing light in a blue wavelength region, a red photoelectronic device sensing light in a red wavelength region, and a green photoelectronic device sensing light in a green wavelength region, and a second photoelectronic device stacked on one side of the first photoelectronic device without being interposed by a color filter, wherein the second photoelectronic device senses light in an infrared region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Yong Wan Jin, Moon Gyu Han
  • IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170179179
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate integrated with at least one first photo-sensing device sensing light in a first wavelength region and at least one second photo-sensing device sensing light in a second wavelength region shorter than the first wavelength region, a photoelectric device including a pair of electrodes facing each other and a light absorption layer between the electrodes, the photoelectric device selectively absorbing light in a third wavelength region between the first wavelength region and the second wavelength region, and a nanostructural body between the semiconductor substrate and the photoelectric device, the nanostructural body including at least two parts having different optical paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gae Hwang LEE, Kyu Sik KIM, Yong Wan JIN
  • Organic photoelectronic device and image sensor
    Patent number: 9673259
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to an organic photoelectronic device that includes a first electrode, a light-absorption layer on the first electrode and including a first p-type light-absorption material and a first n-type light-absorption material, a light-absorption auxiliary layer on the light-absorption layer and including a second p-type light-absorption material or a second n-type light-absorption material that have a smaller full width at half maximum (FWHM) than the FWHM of the light absorption layer, a charge auxiliary layer on the light-absorption auxiliary layer, and a second electrode on the charge auxiliary layer, and an image sensor including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Satoh Ryuichi, Gae Hwang Lee, Kwang Hee Lee, Dong-Seok Leem, Yong Wan Jin, Tadao Yagi, Chul Joon Heo
  • IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170154911
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of photo-sensing devices, a photoelectric conversion device disposed on the semiconductor substrate and absorbing the mixed light of a first color and a second color, and a color filter disposed on one side of the photoelectric conversion device and configured to selectively transmit a mixed light including a third color, and an electronic device including the image sensor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YONG WAN JIN, Gae Hwang Lee, Seon-Jeong Lim, Sung Young Yun, Kwang Hee Lee