Patents by Inventor Yong Wook Kim

Yong Wook Kim 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: 12187941
    Abstract: A quantum dot having a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and tellurium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the surface of the core, the shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The quantum dot is configured to emit green light, the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and the quantum dot has a mole ratio Te:Se of tellurium relative to selenium of greater than about 0.05 and less than or equal to about 0.5:1. A method of producing the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuho Won, Yong Wook Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang
  • Patent number: 12187942
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot includes zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and lithium. A full width at half maximum of a maximum luminescent peak of the cadmium free quantum dot is less than or equal to about 50 nanometers and the cadmium free quantum dot has a quantum efficiency of greater than 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wook Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 12187939
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a semiconductor nanocrystal core and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core and does not include cadmium, wherein the core includes a Group III-V compound, the quantum dot has a maximum photoluminescence peak in a green light wavelength region, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum photoluminescence peak is less than about 50 nanometers (nm), and a difference between a wavelength of the maximum photoluminescence peak and a first absorption peak wavelength of the quantum dot is less than or equal to about 25 nanometers, and a production method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihyun Min, Seon-Yeong Kim, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 12164193
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a light conversion sheet between the display panel and the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a substrate and light-emitting sections arranged on the substrate, one or more light sources are disposed in each of the light-emitting sections, the light conversion sheet includes first partition walls and light conversion sections arranged to correspond to the light-emitting sections, a first partition wall of the first partition walls is disposed between adjacent light conversion sections of the light conversion sections. Each of the light conversion sections includes first quantum dots emitting a first light and second quantum dots emitting a second light having a color different from a color of the first light, and the at least one light source provides light of a predetermined wavelength to the light conversion sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wook Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Jaeyong Lee
  • Patent number: 12152184
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and tellurium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, and selenium, sulfur, or a combination thereof, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, a mole ratio of tellurium relative to selenium in the first semiconductor nanocrystal is greater than about 1:1, a mole ratio of a sum of selenium and sulfur relative to in the quantum dot is greater than about 1:1, a wavelength of a maximum emission peak of the quantum dot is in a range of about 500 nanometers (nm) to about 550 nm, and the quantum dot has quantum efficiency (QY) of greater than or equal to about 30%, a quantum dot-polymer composite including the quantum dot, a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Jihyun Min, Eun Joo Jang, Seonmyeong Choi, Sungwoo Hwang
  • Patent number: 12146086
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core including a quaternary alloy semiconductor nanocrystal and not including cadmium, a composition and a quantum dot polymer composite including the same, and an electronic device including the same. The quaternary alloy semiconductor nanocrystal comprises indium (In), phosphorous (P), zinc (Zn), and selenium (Se), and in the core, a ratio of the zinc with respect to the indium is less than or equal to about 0.5:1 and in the core, a ratio of selenium with respect to zinc is less than or equal to about 0.6:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Jihyun Min, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 12065604
    Abstract: A quantum dot composite that includes a matrix; and a plurality of quantum dots and titanium oxide particles dispersed in the matrix, wherein the quantum dots include zinc, tellurium, and selenium, the quantum dots do not comprise cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, and in the quantum dot composite, a weight ratio of tellurium with respect to titanium is greater than or equal to about 1.5:1 and less than or equal to about 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Seon-Yeong Kim, Sungwoo Hwang
  • Patent number: 12049581
    Abstract: A core-shell quantum dot comprising zinc, a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal material; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, wherein the core-shell quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, and does comprise zinc, tellurium, selenium, and aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeong Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Yong Wook Kim, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 12043780
    Abstract: A quantum dot comprising zinc, tellurium, and selenium and not comprising cadmium, wherein a maximum luminescent peak of the quantum dot is present in a wavelength range of greater than about 470 nanometers (nm) and a quantum efficiency of the quantum dot is greater than or equal to about 10%, and wherein the quantum dot comprises a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Eun Joo Jang
  • Publication number: 20240218248
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell that is disposed on the core and includes a zinc chalcogenide, wherein the quantum dot further includes magnesium and the mole ratio of Te:Se is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 in the quantum dot; a production method thereof; and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sungwoo HWANG, Yong Wook KIM, Soo Kyung KWON, Seon-Yeong KIM, Ji-Yeong KIM
  • Patent number: 11999887
    Abstract: A core shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal and including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core and including a zinc chalcogenide, a method of manufacture thereof, and a device including the same are disclosed, wherein the core shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein in an X-ray photoelectron spectrum of the quantum dot, a peak area for Te oxide to a peak area for Te3d5/2 as an area percentage is less than or equal to about 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihyun Min, Sungwoo Hwang, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11987739
    Abstract: A core-shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, the first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, sulfur, or a combination thereof and a production thereof are disclosed, wherein the core-shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein the core-shell quantum dot(s) includes chlorine, wherein in the core-shell quantum dot, a mole ratio of chlorine with respect to tellurium is greater than or equal to about 0.01:1 and wherein a quantum efficiency of the core-shell quantum dot is greater than or equal to about 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon-Yeong Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim, Jihyun Min, Sungwoo Hwang, Eun Joo Jang
  • Publication number: 20240098079
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a token verification performed by a service server. The method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure comprises receiving a service request message comprising a token from a client, performing a first verification process for the token through local storage of the service server in response to the service request message and performing a second verification process for the token through another service server related to a used service list in response to failure of the first verification process, wherein the service request message further comprises the used service list of the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wook KIM, Jang Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 11905447
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell that is disposed on the core and includes a zinc chalcogenide, wherein the quantum dot further includes magnesium and the mole ratio of Te:Se is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 in the quantum dot; a production method thereof; and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungwoo Hwang, Yong Wook Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Seon-Yeong Kim, Ji-Yeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20240036393
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a light conversion sheet between the display panel and the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a substrate and light-emitting sections arranged on the substrate, one or more light sources are disposed in each of the light-emitting sections, the light conversion sheet includes first partition walls and light conversion sections arranged to correspond to the light-emitting sections, a first partition wall of the first partition walls is disposed between adjacent light conversion sections of the light conversion sections. Each of the light conversion sections includes first quantum dots emitting a first light and second quantum dots emitting a second light having a color different from a color of the first light, and the at least one light source provides light of a predetermined wavelength to the light conversion sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Wook KIM, Soo Kyung KWON, Jaeyong LEE
  • Patent number: 11866630
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-V compound; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and the semiconductor nanocrystal shell has a mole ratio of tellurium to selenium of less than about 0.025:1, a composition including the quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite, a patterned layer including the composite, and an electronic device including the patterned layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taekhoon Kim, Shin Ae Jun, Yong Wook Kim, Tae Gon Kim, Garam Park
  • Patent number: 11845888
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot not including cadmium and including: a semiconductor nanocrystal core comprising indium and phosphorous, a first semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core and comprising zinc and selenium, and a second semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell and comprising zinc and sulfur, a composition and composite including the same, and an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuho Won, Nayoun Won, Sungwoo Hwang, Eun Joo Jang, Soo Kyung Kwon, Yong Wook Kim, Jihyun Min, Garam Park, Shang Hyeun Park, Hyo Sook Jang, Shin Ae Jun, Yong Seok Han
  • Publication number: 20230374378
    Abstract: A quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite, and an electronic device including the same. The quantum dot includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal; a first shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-VI compound on the core; and a second shell including a third semiconductor nanocrystal having a composition different from that of the second semiconductor nanocrystal on the first shell; wherein one of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the third semiconductor nanocrystal includes a Group III-V compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jihyun MIN, Eun Joo JANG, Yong Wook KIM
  • Patent number: 11809040
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a light conversion sheet between the display panel and the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a substrate and light-emitting sections arranged on the substrate, one or more light sources are disposed in each of the light-emitting sections, the light conversion sheet includes first partition walls and light conversion sections arranged to correspond to the light-emitting sections, a first partition wall of the first partition walls is disposed between adjacent light conversion sections of the light conversion sections. Each of the light conversion sections includes first quantum dots emitting a first light and second quantum dots emitting a second light having a color different from a color of the first light, and the at least one light source provides light of a predetermined wavelength to the light conversion sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wook Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Jaeyong Lee
  • Publication number: 20230323204
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot or a population thereof or a device including the same, wherein the cadmium free quantum dot includes a core (or a semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a first semiconductor including a Group IIB-VI compound and a shell (or a coating) disposed on the core (or the semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a Group IIB-V compound and exhibits a quantum efficiency of about 60% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Seon-Yeong KIM, Yong Wook KIM, Soo Kyung KWON, Ji-Yeong KIM, Sungwoo HWANG