Patents by Inventor Isao Suzumura

Isao Suzumura 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: 11309336
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to decrease the resistance of the drain and source in the TFT of the oxide semiconductor as well as to have stable Vd-Id characteristics of the TFT. The structure of the present invention is as follows: A display device having plural pixels including thin film transistors (TFT) having oxide semiconductor films comprising: a gate insulating film formed on the oxide semiconductor film, an aluminum oxide film formed on the gate insulating film, a gate electrode formed on the aluminum oxide film, a side spacer formed on both sides of the gate electrode, and an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate electrode, the side spacer, a drain and a source, wherein in a plan view, and in a direction from the drain to the source, a length of the gate electrode is shorter than a length of the aluminum oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Isao Suzumura
  • Publication number: 20210405411
    Abstract: A display device including: a substrate; a first thin film transistor of polysilicon semiconductor, a second thin film transistor of oxide semiconductor; a first light shading film opposing to the polysilicon semiconductor, and a second light shading film opposing to the oxide semiconductor; a first insulating film, a second insulating film which is constituted from plural insulating films, and a third insulating film superposed in this order; a first through hole penetrating the second insulating film and not penetrating the first insulating film and the third insulating film; a second through hole penetrating the first insulating film and the third insulating film; the first light shading film connects with a first conductive component, a part of the first conductive component exists on the third insulating film, through the second through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro HANADA, Toshihide JINNAI, Isao SUZUMURA, Hajime WATAKABE, Ryo ONODERA
  • Publication number: 20210391359
    Abstract: A display device including a substrate having thin film transistors (TFT) comprising: the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode, wherein a first aluminum oxide film and a second aluminum oxide film, which is formed on the first aluminum oxide film, are formed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, an oxygen concentration in the first aluminum oxide film is bigger than an oxygen concentration in the second aluminum oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Isao SUZUMURA, Akihiro HANADA, Yohei YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11181792
    Abstract: A display device including a substrate having a first TFT of an oxide semiconductor and a second TFT of a polysilicon semiconductor comprising: the oxide semiconductor 109 is covered by a first insulating film, a first drain electrode 110 is connected to the oxide semiconductor 109 via a first through hole 132 formed in the first insulating film, a first source electrode 111 is connected to the oxide semiconductor 109 via second through hole 133 formed in the first insulating film in the first TFT, a second insulating film is formed covering the first drain electrode 110 and the first source electrode 111, a drain wiring connects 12 to the first drain electrode 110 via a third through hole 130 formed in the second insulating film, a source wiring 122 is connected to the first source electrode 111 via a fourth through hole 131 formed in the second insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Toshihide Jinnai, Hajime Watakabe, Akihiro Hanada, Ryo Onodera, Isao Suzumura
  • Patent number: 11177363
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize the TFT of the oxide semiconductor having a superior characteristics and high reliability during the product's life. The structure of the present invention is as follows. A display device comprising: a substrate including a display area where plural pixels are formed, the pixel includes a first TFT of a first oxide semiconductor, a first gate insulating film is formed on the first oxide semiconductor, the first gate insulating film is a laminated film of a first silicon oxide film and a first aluminum oxide film, a gate electrode is formed on the first aluminum film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei Yamaguchi, Isao Suzumura
  • Patent number: 11177388
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes thin film transistors each having an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor has a channel region, a drain region, a source region, and low concentration regions which are lower in impurity concentration than the drain region and the source region. The low concentration regions are located between the channel region and the drain region, and between the channel region and the source region. Each of the thin film transistors has a gate insulating film on the channel region and the low concentration regions, an aluminum oxide film on a first part of the gate insulating film, the first part being located on the channel region, and a gate electrode on the aluminum oxide film and a second part of the gate insulating film, the second part being located on the low concentration regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Hajime Watakabe, Tomoyuki Ito, Toshihide Jinnai, Isao Suzumura, Akihiro Hanada, Ryo Onodera
  • Publication number: 20210320158
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to increase ON current of the oxide semiconductor thin film transistor. An example of the structure that attains the purpose is: a display device having a substrate and a thin film transistor of an oxide semiconductor formed on the substrate including: a thickness of a source region and a drain region is thicker than a thickness of a channel region of the oxide semiconductor, the channel region has projections at portions contacting the source region and the drain region, a thickness of the projection is thicker than a thickness of the center of the channel region, and a thickness of the projection is thicker than a thickness of the source region and the drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro HANADA, Toshihide JINNAI, Isao SUZUMURA, Hajime WATAKABE, Ryo ONODERA
  • Patent number: 11133337
    Abstract: A display device including a substrate having thin film transistors (TFT) comprising: the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode, wherein a first aluminum oxide film and a second aluminum oxide film, which is formed on the first aluminum oxide film, are formed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, an oxygen concentration in the first aluminum oxide film is bigger than an oxygen concentration in the second aluminum oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime Watakabe, Isao Suzumura, Akihiro Hanada, Yohei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210288078
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to make it possible to form an LTPS TFT and an oxide semiconductor TFT on the same substrate. A display device includes a substrate having a display region in which pixels are formed. The pixel includes a first TFT using an oxide semiconductor 109. An oxide film 110 as an insulating material is formed on the oxide semiconductor 109. A gate electrode 111 is formed on the oxide film 110. A first electrode 115 is connected to a drain of the first. TFT via a first through hole formed in the oxide film 110. A second electrode 116 is connected to a source of the first TFT via a second through hole formed in the oxide film 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Isao Suzumura, Kazufumi Watabe, Yoshinori Ishii, Hidekazu Miyake, Yohei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210257402
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology which realizes a reliable semiconductor device including a photosensor device by preventing pent roofs of edges of a P+ layer from being generated and a metal wiring installed over the P+ layer from coming down while securing the electrical conductivity of the P+ layer. The semiconductor device includes a photosensor including a photodiode formed on a substrate. The photodiode includes: a cathode electrode; a laminated structure that is formed on the cathode electrode and in which an N+ layer, an I layer, and a P+ layer are laminated in this order; an anode electrode formed on the P+ layer; a first insulating film formed so as to cover a portion of the anode electrode and edges of the laminated structure; and a metal wiring connected to the anode electrode. The edges of the laminated structure are formed in forward tapered shapes in a cross-sectional view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Akihiro HANADA, Marina MOCHIZUKI, Ryo ONODERA, Fumiya KIMURA, Isao SUZUMURA
  • Patent number: 11049882
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to make it possible to form an LTPS TFT and an oxide semiconductor TFT on the same substrate. A display device includes a substrate having a display region in which pixels are formed. The pixel includes a first TFT using an oxide semiconductor 109. An oxide film 110 as an insulating material is formed on the oxide semiconductor 109. A gate electrode 111 is formed on the oxide film 110. A first electrode 115 is connected to a drain of the first TFT via a first through hole formed in the oxide film 110. A second electrode 116 is connected to a source of the first TFT via a second through hole formed in the oxide film 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Isao Suzumura, Kazufumi Watabe, Yoshinori Ishii, Hidekazu Miyake, Yohei Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210141256
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a first metal layer on the insulating substrate, a first insulating layer on the insulating substrate and the first metal layer, a semiconductor layer on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the first insulating layer, a second metal layer on the second insulating layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode which are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer. The first metal layer overlaps the second metal layer. A third metal layer contacts a top surface of the second metal layer and a top surface of the first metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei YAMAGUCHI, Arichika Ishida, Hidekazu Miyake, Hiroto Miyake, Isao Suzumura
  • Patent number: 11003003
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to realize the flexible display device of high reliability; specifically in a structure that a bending area is in a terminal area, and in that disconnection of the wiring does not occur in the bending area. The concrete structure is that: a display device having a display area, a driving circuit area and a bending area comprising: a first thin film transistor and a first interlayer insulating film are formed in the display area, a second thin film transistor and a second interlayer insulating film are formed in the driving circuit area, terminal wirings to connects the display area and the driving circuit area are formed in the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hanada, Isao Suzumura, Hajime Watakabe
  • Publication number: 20210109412
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer, a gate electrode, a second insulating layer and a plurality of transparent conductive layers. The transparent conductive layers include a pixel electrode, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The pixel electrode is in contact with the second conductive layer. The second conductive layer is in contact with the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer is brought into contact with a second region of the semiconductor layer through a first contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.,
    Inventors: Isao SUZUMURA, Fumiya KIMURA, Kazuhide MOCHIZUKI, Hitoshi TANAKA, Kenichi AKUTSU, Atsuko SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 10895792
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a first metal layer on the insulating substrate, a first insulating layer on the insulating substrate and the first metal layer, a semiconductor layer on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the first insulating layer, a second metal layer on the second insulating layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode which are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer. The first metal layer overlaps the second metal layer. A third metal layer contacts a top surface of the second metal layer and a top surface of the first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei Yamaguchi, Arichika Ishida, Hidekazu Miyake, Hiroto Miyake, Isao Suzumura
  • Publication number: 20200350341
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize the display device having thin film transistors of the oxide semiconductor of stable characteristics. An example of the concrete structure is that: A display device having a substrate including a display area, plural pixels formed in the display area, the pixel includes a first thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor film, a first insulating film made of a first silicon oxide on a first side of the oxide semiconductor film, a second insulating film made of a second silicon oxide on a second side of the oxide semiconductor film, wherein oxygen desorption amount per unit area from the first insulating film is larger than that from the second insulating film, when measured by TDS (Thermal Desorption Spectrometry) provided M/z=32 and a measuring range in temperature is from 100 centigrade to 500 centigrade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro HANADA, Yohei YAMAGUCHI, Hirokazu WATANABE, Isao SUZUMURA
  • Publication number: 20200333652
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to realize the flexible display device of high reliability; specifically in a structure that a bending area is in a terminal area, and in that disconnection of the wiring does not occur in the bending area. The concrete structure is that: a display device having a display area, a driving circuit area and a bending area comprising: a first thin film transistor and a first interlayer insulating film are formed in the display area, a second thin film transistor and a second interlayer insulating film are formed in the driving circuit area, terminal wirings to connects the display area and the driving circuit area are formed in the bending area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro HANADA, Isao SUZUMURA, Hajime WATAKABE
  • Publication number: 20200335530
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to decrease the resistance of the drain and source in the TFT of the oxide semiconductor as well as to have stable Vd-Id characteristics of the TFT. The structure of the present invention is as follows: A display device having plural pixels including thin film transistors (TFT) having oxide semiconductor films comprising: a gate insulating film formed on the oxide semiconductor film, an aluminum oxide film formed on the gate insulating film, a gate electrode formed on the aluminum oxide film, a side spacer formed on both sides of the gate electrode, and an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate electrode, the side spacer, a drain and a source, wherein in a plan view, and in a direction from the drain to the source, a length of the gate electrode is shorter than a length of the aluminum oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Isao SUZUMURA
  • Patent number: 10761354
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to realize the flexible display device of high reliability; specifically in a structure that a bending area is in a terminal area, and in that disconnection of the wiring does not occur in the bending area. The concrete structure is that: a display device having a display area, a driving circuit area and a bending area comprising: a first thin film transistor and a first interlayer insulating film are formed in the display area, a second thin film transistor and a second interlayer insulating film are formed in the driving circuit area, terminal wirings to connects the display area and the driving circuit area are formed in the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hanada, Isao Suzumura, Hajime Watakabe
  • Publication number: 20200251505
    Abstract: A display device including a substrate having thin film transistors (TFT) comprising: the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode, wherein a first aluminum oxide film and a second aluminum oxide film, which is formed on the first aluminum oxide film, are formed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, an oxygen concentration in the first aluminum oxide film is bigger than an oxygen concentration in the second aluminum oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Isao SUZUMURA, Akihiro HANADA, Yohei YAMAGUCHI