Patents by Inventor Katsuhiko Kishimoto

Katsuhiko Kishimoto 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: 11950488
    Abstract: This organic EL device (100) has a substrate (1), a drive circuit layer (2), a first inorganic protective layer (2Pa), an organic planarizing layer (2Pb), an organic EL element layer (3), and a TFE structure (10). The TFE structure has a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14), and a second inorganic barrier layer (16). When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where the first inorganic protective layer is formed, while an organic EL element is disposed within a region where the organic planarizing layer is formed. The TFE structure has an exterior edge which intersects with a lead-out line (32) and which is situated between an exterior edge of the organic planarizing layer and an exterior edge of the first inorganic protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Yozo Narutaki
  • Publication number: 20240033856
    Abstract: A mask member for a deposition mask is provided. The deposition mask has a resin film in which a pattern of opening portions is formed. The mask member includes a resin film and a reflective film. The reflective film is on a surface of the resin film. The reflective film is adapted to reflect light having wavelengths of laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: HIDEO TAKEI, SUSUMU SAKIO, KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240040824
    Abstract: An organic EL device has a substrate, a drive circuit layer, a first inorganic protective layer, an organic planarizing layer, an organic EL element layer, and a TFE structure including a first inorganic barrier layer. When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where the first inorganic protective layer is formed, while an organic EL element is disposed within a region where the organic planarizing layer is formed. In a portion where the first inorganic protective layer and the first inorganic barrier layer are in direct contact with each other on a lead-out line of the drive circuit layer, the first inorganic barrier layer includes, in a cross-section parallel to a line width direction of the lead-out line, a lateral face having a taper angle of less than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO, YOZO NARUTAKI
  • Patent number: 11826855
    Abstract: A deposition mask includes a resin film defining a plurality of opening portions. Each opening portions extends through the resin film. The resin film includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface is a surface faced to a vapor deposition source during vapor deposition. The resin film defines dents comprising laser marks on the first surface. A mask member for a deposition mask is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Takei, Susumu Sakio, Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11825683
    Abstract: This organic EL device (100) has a substrate (1), a drive circuit layer (2), a first inorganic protective layer (2Pa), an organic planarizing layer (2Pb), an organic EL element layer (3), a second inorganic protective layer (2Pa2), and a TFE structure (10). The TFE structure has a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14), and a second inorganic barrier layer (16). When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where the first inorganic protective layer is formed, while an organic EL element is disposed within a region where the organic planarizing layer is formed. The TFE structure has an exterior edge which intersects with a lead-out line (32) and which is situated between an exterior edge of the organic planarizing layer and an exterior edge of the first inorganic protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Yozo Narutaki
  • Patent number: 11812643
    Abstract: This organic-EL display apparatus comprises: a substrate with a drive circuit comprising a thin-film transistor (TFT), a planarizing layer to cover the drive circuit, and an organic light-emitting element formed upon the surface of the planarizing layer facing the opposite direction from the drive circuit. The TFT comprises a drain electrode, a source electrode, and a semiconductor layer that includes regions to be a channel of TFT and partially overlaps with the source and drain electrodes. Respective parts of a first conductor layer forming the drain electrode and a second conductor layer forming the source electrode are arranged in an alternating manner along a prescribed direction, and the region to be the channel is sandwiched between the part of the first conductor layer and the part of the second conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Yukiya Nishioka
  • Patent number: 11812634
    Abstract: An organic EL device includes an active region including a plurality of organic EL elements and a peripheral region in a region other than the active region. The organic EL device includes an element substrate including a substrate supporting the organic EL elements; and a thin film encapsulation structure covering the organic EL elements and including a first inorganic barrier layer, an organic barrier layer in contact with a top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer, and a second inorganic barrier layer in contact with the top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and a top surface of the organic barrier layer. The peripheral region includes a first protruding structure including a portion extending along at least one side of the active region, the first protruding structure supported by the substrate, and an extending portion, of the first inorganic barrier layer, extending onto the first protruding structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20230354652
    Abstract: The present invention is equipped with: a substrate (10) that has a surface upon which a drive circuit containing a TFT (20) is formed; a planarizing layer (30) that makes the surface of the substrate (10) planar by covering the drive circuit; and an organic light emitting element (40) that is provided with a first electrode (41) formed upon the surface of the planarization film and connected to the drive circuit, an organic light emitting layer (43) formed upon the first electrode, and a second electrode (44) formed upon the organic light emitting layer. In addition, the planarizing layer (30) includes a first inorganic insulating layer (31) and an organic insulating layer (32) that are layered upon the drive circuit, and the surface of the organic insulating layer (32) is formed with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of no more than 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11758774
    Abstract: The present invention is equipped with: a substrate (10) that has a surface upon which a drive circuit containing a TFT (20) is formed; a planarizing layer (30) that makes the surface of the substrate (10) planar by covering the drive circuit; and an organic light emitting element (40) that is provided with a first electrode (41) formed upon the surface of the planarization film and connected to the drive circuit, an organic light emitting layer (43) formed upon the first electrode, and a second electrode (44) formed upon the organic light emitting layer. In addition, the planarizing layer (30) includes a first inorganic insulating layer (31) and an organic insulating layer (32) that are layered upon the drive circuit, and the surface of the organic insulating layer (32) is formed with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of no more than 50 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11711955
    Abstract: An organic EL device (100D) according to an embodiment of the present invention has: a substrate (1); a drive circuit layer (2) having a plurality of TFTs formed on the substrate; interlayer insulation layers (2Pa, 2Pb) formed on the drive circuit layer; an organic EL element layer (3) formed on the interlayer insulation layers; and a thin-film sealing structure (10DE) formed so as to cover the organic EL element layer. The interlayer insulation layers have contact holes (CH1, CH2). Contact parts (C1, C2) that connect the drive circuit layer and the organic EL element layer are formed inside the contact holes. The surface (2Pb_Sb) of the interlayer insulation layers and the surface (C_Sb) of the contact parts are flush, and the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surfaces are 50 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Yozo Narutaki
  • Patent number: 11696472
    Abstract: The present invention is equipped with: a substrate (10) that has a surface upon which a drive circuit containing a TFT (20) is formed; a planarization film (30) that makes the surface of the substrate planar by covering the drive circuit; and an organic light-emitting element (40) that is provided with a first electrode (41) formed upon the surface of the planarization film and connected to the drive circuit, an organic light-emitting layer (43) formed upon the first electrode, and a second electrode (44) formed upon the organic light-emitting layer. In addition, the planarization film has a two-layer structure comprising an inorganic insulating film (31) and an organic insulating film (32) that are layered upon the TFT, a conductor layer containing a titanium layer and a copper layer is embedded in the interior of a contact hole, and the first electrode is formed electrically connected to the conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11513643
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, the organic EL device (100) comprises: an element substrate (20) having a substrate (1) and a plurality of organic EL elements (3) supported by the substrate; a thin film encapsulation structure (10) formed above the plurality of organic EL elements and having at least one compound layered body (10S) constituted by a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14) in contact with the upper surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and having a plurality of solid sections spread out discretely, and a second inorganic barrier layer (16) in contact with the upper surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and the upper surfaces of the plurality of solid sections of the organic barrier layer; an organic planarization layer (42) provided above the thin film encapsulation structure and formed from a photosensitive resin; and a touch sensor layer (50) disposed above the organic planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Yozo Narutaki
  • Publication number: 20220362888
    Abstract: A deposition mask includes a resin film defining a plurality of opening portions. Each opening portions extends through the resin film. The resin film includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface is a surface faced to a vapor deposition source during vapor deposition. The resin film defines dents comprising laser marks on the first surface. A mask member for a deposition mask is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: HIDEO TAKEI, SUSUMU SAKIO, KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11437600
    Abstract: In the present embodiment, a sealing agent (50) sealing two substates contains a low melting-point glass material and is adhered to each of a first substrate (10) and a second substrate (20), a barrier rib (60), which is formed in such a manner as to surround the outer periphery of an electronic element (30), is disposed between the sealing agent (50) and the electronic element (30), and between the first substrate (10) and the second substrate (20), and the sealing agent (50) is spaced apart from the barrier rib (60). As a result, a deterioration of the electronic element, caused by the heat produced when sealing, may be prevented while the electronic element formed between the two substrates is protected from moisture and oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuhki Kobayashi, Shinichi Kawato, Kiyoshi Minoura, Shinji Shimada, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Masahiro Mitani, Kohzoh Nakamura, Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Yozo Narutaki
  • Patent number: 11433484
    Abstract: A deposition mask in which a resin film can be completely removed in opening portions, a method of manufacturing the deposition mask, and a mask member for the deposition mask are provided. A light irradiation source for laser light is disposed on one side of a resin film (11) and emits the laser light for forming a pattern of opening portions. A reflective film (30) is provided on another side of the resin film (11) and reflects light having a wavelength of the laser light emitted from the light irradiation source for the laser light. The laser light reflected by the reflective film (30) is used to form the patterns of the opening portion (11a) in the resin film (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Takei, Susumu Sakio, Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20220246703
    Abstract: This organic-EL display apparatus comprises: a substrate with a drive circuit comprising a thin-film transistor (TFT), a planarizing layer to cover the drive circuit, and an organic light-emitting element formed upon the surface of the planarizing layer facing the opposite direction from the drive circuit. The TFT comprises a drain electrode, a source electrode, and a semiconductor layer that includes regions to be a channel of TFT and partially overlaps with the source and drain electrodes. Respective parts of a first conductor layer forming the drain electrode and a second conductor layer forming the source electrode are arranged in an alternating manner along a prescribed direction, and the region to be the channel is sandwiched between the part of the first conductor layer and the part of the second conductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO, YUKIYA NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220220600
    Abstract: A vapor deposition method and a vapor deposition apparatus that, when a vapor deposition material is deposited on a substrate, make it possible to form deposition layer pattern precisely so that the deposition layer pattern is formed uniformly without a gap formed between a deposition mask and the substrate. A deposition mask is disposed with its periphery held by a frame. A substrate on which a vapor deposition layer is to be formed is mounted over the deposition mask. A vapor deposition source is disposed facing the deposition mask and evaporates a vapor deposition material. The vapor deposition is performed while the substrate is pressed vertically at a position of a center of deflection of the deposition mask and on an upper surface of the substrate until that a length of the substrate substantially becomes identical to a length of the deposition mask being bowed down and expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: KOSHI NISHIDA, KOZO YANO, KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO, SUSUMU SAKIO
  • Publication number: 20220216371
    Abstract: A micro-LED ultraviolet radiation source of the present disclosure includes a crystal growth substrate (100) and a frontplane (200) that includes a plurality of micro-LEDs (220), each of which includes a first semiconductor layer (21) of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor layer (22) of a second conductivity type, and a device isolation region (240) located between the micro-LEDs. The device isolation region includes at least one metal plug (24) electrically coupled with the second semiconductor layer. This device includes a middle layer (300) which includes first contact electrodes (31) electrically coupled with the first semiconductor layer and a second contact electrode (32) coupled with the metal plug, and a backplane (400) provided on the middle layer. The device isolation region includes a reflector (260) capable of reflecting ultraviolet light radiated from each of the plurality of micro-LEDs such that the reflected ultraviolet light travels toward the crystal growth substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220181594
    Abstract: A metal layer is formed on a first surface of a flat-plate-like support member, and then a resin cured layer is formed on the metal layer. The resin cured layer is irradiated with laser light for fine processing to form a desired fine pattern, thereby manufacturing a resin film having a fine pattern. Subsequently, ultraviolet light having a wavelength different from that of the laser light for fine processing is irradiated toward a second surface of the support member, which is opposed to the first surface to detach the resin film from the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO, SUSUMU SAKIO
  • Publication number: 20220165605
    Abstract: A color unevenness inspection system (100) of the present disclosure includes: an inspection stage (20) on which a flexible display (10) including a flexible substrate (12) is to be placed, the inspection stage (20) having a vacuum chuck surface (22); and a porous sheet (30) placed on the vacuum chuck surface (22) , the porous sheet being to be in contact with a lower surface of the flexible substrate (12). The porous sheet (30) has a plurality of pores for sucking in a single or a plurality of foreign objects (60) adhered to the lower surface of the flexible substrate (12) such that flatness of the lower surface is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: KATSUHIKO KISHIMOTO, Yoshitaka KITAMURA