Patents by Inventor Yu-Sik Kim

Yu-Sik 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: 8361819
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating of a light-emitting device are provided, the methods include forming a plurality of light-emitting units on a substrate, measuring light characteristics of the plurality of light-emitting units, respectively, depositing a phosphor layer on the plurality of light-emitting units using a printing method, and cutting the substrate to separate the plurality of light-emitting units into unit by unit. The phosphor layer is adjustably deposited according to the measured light characteristics of the plurality of light-emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20130002148
    Abstract: An emitting device includes a first electrode on a base substrate, a second electrode on the base substrate, a third electrode on the base substrate, an emitting structure on and/or at a same level as the first electrode, a first pattern on the base substrate being electrically connected to the first electrode, and a plurality of second patterns on the base substrate, wherein at least one of the second patterns is arranged on a first side of the first pattern and is electrically connected to the second electrode and at least another one of the second patterns is arranged on a second side of the first pattern and is electrically connected to the third electrode, the first side opposing the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Yu-Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20130001606
    Abstract: A sub-mount adapted for AC and DC operation of devices mountable thereon, light emitting devices including such a sub-mount, and methods of manufacturing such a sub-mount are provided. The sub-mount includes a base substrate having first and second surfaces, a conductive pattern on the first surface, first and second pairs of first and second electrodes on the second surface and vias extending through the base substrate between the first and second surfaces. The conductive pattern includes a first set of mounting portions and two via portions along a first electrical path between the first pair of first and second electrodes, and a second set of mounting portions and two via portions along a second electrical path between the second pair of first and second electrodes, the via portions connecting respective portions of the conductive pattern to respective electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Yu-Sik KIM, Woo-Sung HAN
  • Patent number: 8338204
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting element, a method of manufacturing the light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and a method of manufacturing the light-emitting device. A method of manufacturing a light-emitting element includes: forming a first conductive layer of a first conductive type, a light-emitting layer, and a second conductive layer of a second conductive type on at least one first substrate, forming an ohmic layer on the second conductive layer and bonding the at least one first substrate to a second substrate. The second substrate being larger than the first substrate. The method further includes etching portions of the ohmic layer, the second conductive layer, and the light-emitting layer to expose a portion of the first conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Sik Kim, Sang-Joon Park
  • Patent number: 8330183
    Abstract: The light emitting element includes a substrate; a first block pattern formed on the substrate; a light emitter including a first semiconductor pattern of a first conductivity type, a light emitting pattern, and a second semiconductor pattern of a second conductivity type, sequentially stacked on the substrate having the first block pattern formed thereon, the light emitter having a first portion formed on the first block pattern, and a second portion formed between two adjacent first block patterns, the second portion formed lower than the first portion to define a recessed region, and a second block pattern formed on the light emitter to fill the recessed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8324001
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having improved light conversion efficiency, a light-emitting system including the same, and fabricating methods of the light-emitting device and the light-emitting system, are provided. The light-emitting device includes one or more light-emitting elements arranged on one surface of a substrate, and a phosphor layer disposed inside or on the substrate to a predetermined thickness and partially wavelength-converts the light emitted from the one or more light-emitting elements into light having different wavelength, wherein a light conversion efficiency of the phosphor layer is maximized when the phosphor layer has the predetermined thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8319238
    Abstract: A light emitting device having a high degree of light extraction efficiency includes a substrate, and a light emitting structure disposed on one surface of the substrate, the substrate having an internal reformed region where the index of refraction differs from the remainder the substrate. The ratio of the depth of the reformed region (distance between the other surface of the substrate and the reformed region) to the thickness of the substrate is in a range of between 1/8 and 9/11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Jae Lee, Seong-Deok Hwang, Yu-sik Kim, Sun-Pil Youn
  • Publication number: 20120293093
    Abstract: In a light emitting device and system providing white light with various color temperatures are provided, a light emitting device includes a light emitting element (LED) that is operated by a driving bias and emits first light, and a phosphor layer including a phosphor that partially wavelength-converts first light and emits second light, thereby emitting white light using the first light and the second light, wherein the phosphor has a maximum conversion efficiency at a first level of the driving bias, and the LED has a maximum conversion efficiency at a second level of the driving bias, the first level being different from the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8297783
    Abstract: In a light emitting device and system providing white light with various color temperatures are provided, a light emitting device includes a light emitting element (LED) that is operated by a driving bias and emits first light, and a phosphor layer including a phosphor that partially wavelength-converts first light and emits second light, thereby emitting white light using the first light and the second light, wherein the phosphor has a maximum conversion efficiency at a first level of the driving bias, and the LED has a maximum conversion efficiency at a second level of the driving bias, the first level being different from the first level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8299492
    Abstract: Light-emitting devices are provided, the light-emitting devices include a light-emitting structure layer having a first conductive layer, a light-emitting layer and a second conductive layer sequentially stacked on a first of a substrate, a plurality of seed layer patterns formed apart each other in the first conductive layer; and a plurality of first electrodes formed through the substrate, wherein each of the first electrodes extends from a second side of the substrate to each of the seed layer patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8288755
    Abstract: Provided are a light-emitting element and a light-emitting device, and methods of fabricating the same. The method of fabricating a light-emitting element includes forming a buffer layer on a substrate and forming photonic crystal patterns and a pad pattern on the buffer layer. Each of the pad pattern and the photonic crystal patterns are made of a metal material, and the pad pattern is physically connected to the photonic crystal patterns. Forming a light-emitting structure includes sequentially stacking a first conductive pattern of a first conductivity type, a light-emitting pattern, and a second conductive pattern of a second conductivity type on the buffer layer. And the method also includes forming a first electrode that is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern and forming a second electrode that is electrically connected to the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8278669
    Abstract: In a light emitting device and a fabricating method thereof are provide, wherein the light emitting device includes a light converting element, and a light emitting element positioned on the light converting element and including a first electrode, a light emitting structure and a second electrode, the first electrode formed on the light emitting element and having a first opening, the light emitting structure having a first conductive pattern of a first conductivity type, a light emitting pattern, and a second conductive pattern of a second conductivity type, which are sequentially stacked, and the second electrode formed on the second conductive pattern, wherein the light generated from the light emitting structure reaches the light converting element through the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8268699
    Abstract: Wafer structures and wafer bonding methods are provided. In some embodiments, a wafer bonding method includes providing a conductive wafer and a plurality of insulating wafers, the conductive wafer being larger than the insulating wafers; performing a pre-treatment operation on the conductive wafer, the insulating wafers, or both; and directly bonding the insulating wafers to the conductive wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Joon Park, Kyoung-Kook Kim, Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8268653
    Abstract: A light-emitting element capable of increasing the amount of light emitted, a light-emitting device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the light-emitting element and the light-emitting device include a buffer layer having an uneven pattern formed thereon; a light-emitting structure including a first conductive pattern of a first conductivity type that is conformally formed along the buffer layer having the uneven pattern formed thereon, a light-emitting pattern that is conformally formed along the first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern of a second conductivity type that is formed on the light-emitting pattern; a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive pattern; and a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8269247
    Abstract: An emitting device includes a first electrode on a base substrate, a second electrode on the base substrate, a third electrode on the base substrate, an emitting structure on and/or at a same level as the first electrode, a first pattern on the base substrate being electrically connected to the first electrode, and a plurality of second patterns on the base substrate, wherein at least one of the second patterns is arranged on a first side of the first pattern and is electrically connected to the second electrode and at least another one of the second patterns is arranged on a second side of the first pattern and is electrically connected to the third electrode, the first side opposing the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8258530
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a light-emitting element is mounted on a first surface of the substrate; at least one uneven heat dissipation pattern is formed on at least one surface of the substrate; and an electrode covers at least a portion of the at least one uneven heat dissipation pattern and is connected to the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8253161
    Abstract: Provided are a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device including the same, and methods of fabricating the light-emitting element and the light-emitting device. The light-emitting element includes a substrate on which a dome pattern is formed and a light-emitting structure conformally formed on the dome pattern. The light-emitting structure includes a first conductive layer of a first conductivity type, a light-emitting layer, and a second conductive layer of a second conductivity type sequentially stacked on the substrate. The light-emitting element also includes a first electrode formed on the first conductive layer and a second electrode formed on the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8247251
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a light-emitting element, in which less stress is applied to the light-emitting element, includes: forming element isolation patterns on a substrate; forming a buffer layer on an entire surface of the substrate to directly contact the surface of the substrate and the element isolation patterns and forming light-emitting structure layers on the buffer layer; forming element isolation trenches, which overlap at least part of the element isolation patterns, respectively, buffer layer patterns and light-emitting structures which are separated from each other by the element isolation trenches, respectively, by etching the buffer layer and the light-emitting structure layers; injecting a lift-off solution into the element isolation trenches to remove the element isolation patterns; and removing the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8238112
    Abstract: A sub-mount adapted for AC and DC operation of devices mountable thereon, light emitting devices including such a sub-mount, and methods of manufacturing such a sub-mount are provided. The sub-mount including a base substrate including a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface, a conductive pattern on the first surface, a first pair and a second pair of first and second electrodes on the second surface, and vias extending through the base substrate between the first and second surfaces, wherein the conductive pattern includes a first set of mounting portions and two via portions along a first electrical path between the first pair of first and second electrodes, and a second set of mounting portions and two via portions along a second electrical path between the second pair of first and second electrodes, the via portions connecting respective portions of the conductive pattern to respective electrodes of the first and second pair of first and second electrodes through the vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Sik Kim, Woo-Sung Han
  • Patent number: 8236586
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a light emitting device includes forming a plurality of light emitting elements on light emitting element mounting regions, respectively, of a substrate, forming lens supports on the light emitting element mounting regions, respectively, are raised relative to isolation regions of the substrate located between neighboring ones of the light emitting element mounting regions, and forming lenses covering the light emitting elements on the lens support patterns, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Sik Kim