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Samsung patents lead-free sensor layer for cameras

Samsung has patented a design for a light-sensitive component used in cameras that replaces toxic lead with other materials. The invention adds a specific chemical layer between the sensor and the light-capturing material to help convert light into electrical signals. This type of component is typically found in the cameras of phones and other electronic devices.

Why it mattersRemoving lead from camera sensors could make manufacturing cleaner and potentially allow sensors to be placed in more delicate or flexible devices.

In the filing’s own words

A perovskite photodiode includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and a perovskite photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a Pb-free perovskite, and an auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the perovskite photoelectric conversion layer, and including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1. In Chemical Formula 1, X 1, X 2 and R 1 to R 6 are as defined in the specification.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A perovskite photodiode, comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode, a perovskite photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the perovskite photoelectric conversion layer including a Pb-free perovskite, and an auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the perovskite photoelectric conversion layer, the auxiliary layer including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, X 1 and X 2 are different from each other and each is CR a R b, SiR c R d, or NR c, R 2 to R 5 are each independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 heterocyclic group, a halogen, a cyano group, —NR f R g, or any combination thereof, R a to R g are each independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 heterocyclic group, a halogen, a cyano group, or any combination thereof, R a and R b are each independently present or are combined with each other to form a first ring, R c and R d are each independently present or are combined with each other to form a second-ring, and ring, R f and R g are each independently present or are combined with each other to form a third ring, and R 1 and R 6 in Chemical Formula 1 are each —NR f R g, wherein R f and R g are each a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl group, and R f and R g are bonded to each other through a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C5 alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C5 alkenylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 arylene group, O, S, Se, Te, CR h R i, SiR j R k, or GeR l R m to form a separate ring, wherein R h to R m are each independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 heterocyclic group, a halogen, a cyano group, or any combination thereof.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Perovskite photodiode and image sensor and electronic device
Patent number
US12757629B2
Application number
18478535
Filed
Sep 29, 2023
Granted
Oct 6, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
19

Classified under

H10K 85/50 Electricity & electronicsH10K 30/10 Electricity & electronicsH10K 39/32 Electricity & electronicsH10K 85/615 Electricity & electronicsH10K 85/6572 Electricity & electronics

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