Patents by Inventor Ryoji Nomura

Ryoji Nomura 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: 8786183
    Abstract: The light-emitting element of the present invention includes a light-emitting layer and a layer for controlling movement of carriers between a pair of electrodes. The layer for controlling movement of carriers includes a first organic compound having a carrier transporting property and a second organic compound for reducing the carrier transporting property of the first organic compound, and the second organic compound is dispersed in the first organic compound. The layer for controlling movement of carriers is provided in such a manner, whereby change in carrier balance with time can be suppressed. Therefore, a light-emitting element having a long lifetime can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8758905
    Abstract: A quinoxaline derivative represented by a formula (1) is provided. In the formula (1), R9 and R10 and R11 and R12 are bonded to each other to form an aromatic ring, and Ar1 to Ar4 each independently represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoko Shitagaki, Atsushi Tokuda, Hiroko Abe, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8729795
    Abstract: Color purity of a light emitting element is improved without an adverse effect such as reduction in voltage and luminance efficiency. The light emitting element has a light emitting laminated body including a light emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. A buffer layer is provided to be in contact with at least one of the electrodes. One of the electrodes is an electrode having high reflectance and the other is a translucent electrode. By employing a translucent electrode, light can be transmitted and reflected. An optical distance between the electrodes is adjusted in accordance with a thickness of the buffer layer, and accordingly, light can be resonated between the electrodes. The buffer layer is made of a composite material including an organic compound and a metal compound; therefore, voltage and luminance efficiency of the light emitting element is not affected even if a distance between the electrodes becomes long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo, Yuji Iwaki, Nozomu Sugisawa
  • Patent number: 8704215
    Abstract: A novel stilbene derivative is provided with motivation of providing a blue emissive material showing excellent color purity. The use of the stilbene derivative of the present invention allows the fabrication of a blue-emissive light-emitting element with excellent color purity. The invention also includes an electronic device equipped with a display portion in which the stilbene derivative is employed. The stilbene derivative of the present invention is represented by formula (1), in which Ar1 and Ar2 may form a 5-membered ring by being directly bonded to each other. In formula (1), A11 represents any one of substituents represented by general formulas (1-1) to (1-3). The variables shown in formula (1) and (1-1) to (1-3) are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Egawa, Harue Osaka, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8686159
    Abstract: An oxadiazole derivative represented by the following general formula (G1) is synthesized and applied to the light emitting element, Am; wherein Am is a substituent represented by a general formula (Am1), (Am2), or (Am3); each of ?, ?1, and ?2 represents an arylene group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms; each of Ar1 to Ar6 represents an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms; each of R1 to R3 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms; and R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Murata, Harue Nakashima, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8686628
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel material which has excellent light-emitting efficiency, a light-emitting element provided with the novel material, and a light-emitting device using the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Harue Nakashima, Kumi Kojima, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Ryoji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20140070201
    Abstract: The light-emitting element of the present invention includes a light-emitting layer and a layer for controlling movement of carriers between a pair of electrodes. The layer for controlling movement of carriers includes a first organic compound having a carrier transporting property and a second organic compound for reducing the carrier transporting property of the first organic compound, and the second organic compound is dispersed in the first organic compound. The layer for controlling movement of carriers is provided in such a manner, whereby change in carrier balance with time can be suppressed. Therefore, a light-emitting element having a long lifetime can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20140056579
    Abstract: The present invention provides an evaporation device for which maintenance is readily conducted, and further, provides an electrode cover which can prevent an evaporation material from being adhered to electrodes. Moreover, the present invention provides an evaporation device including an evaporation chamber; a holding portion for holding an object to be treated; an evaporation source; an electrode; an electrode cover; and a power supply, in which the evaporation chamber includes the holding portion in an upper portion, and includes the evaporation source, the electrode, and the electrode cover in a lower portion; the electrode cover covers at least a part of an exposed surface of the electrode; the electrode and the power supply are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Ryoji Nomura, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8643270
    Abstract: When a light-emitting element having an intermediate conductive layer between a plurality of light-emitting layers is formed, the intermediate conductive layer can have transparency; and thus, materials are largely limited and the manufacturing process of an element becomes complicated by a conventional method. A light-emitting element according to the present invention is formed by sequentially stacking a pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, an intermediate conductive layer (including an electron injecting layer and a hole-injecting layer, one of which is island-like), a second light-emitting layer and an opposite electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo, Hiroko Abe, Yasuo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140014953
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can transmit and receive data without contact is popular partly as some railway passes, electronic money cards, and the like; however, it has been a prime task to provide an inexpensive semiconductor device for further popularization. In view of the above current conditions, a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a memory with a simple structure for providing an inexpensive semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. A memory element included in the memory includes a layer containing an organic compound, and a source electrode or a drain electrode of a TFT provided in the memory element portion is used as a conductive layer which forms a bit line of the memory element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu ASAMI, Tamae TAKANO, Masayuki SAKAKURA, Ryoji NOMURA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8623523
    Abstract: A quinoxaline derivative expressed by the general formula (1) is provided. (Each of R1 to R12 represents one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxyl group, an acyl group, a dialkyl amino group, a diarylamino group, a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle group. Ar1 represents one of a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted terphenyl group, and Ar2 represents one of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted terphenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic heterocycle group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Egawa, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hideko Inoue, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20130341608
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a composite material that can be used for manufacturing a heat-resistant light-emitting element, provide a composite material that can be used for manufacturing a heat-resistant light-emitting element that can be driven with stability for a long period of time, and further, provide a composite material that can be used for manufacturing a light-emitting element that easily prevents short circuit between electrodes and uses less power. The present invention provides a composite material that has a first metal oxide skeleton including a first metal atom and an organic compound that is bound to the first metal atom by forming a chelate, where the first metal oxide exhibits an electron accepting property to the organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Harue Nakashima, Ryoji Nomura, Satoko Shitagaki
  • Patent number: 8608855
    Abstract: The present invention provides an evaporation device for which maintenance is readily conducted, and further, provides an electrode cover which can prevent an evaporation material from being adhered to electrodes. Moreover, the present invention provides an evaporation device including an evaporation chamber; a holding portion for holding an object to be treated; an evaporation source; an electrode; an electrode cover; and a power supply, in which the evaporation chamber includes the holding portion in an upper portion, and includes the evaporation source, the electrode, and the electrode cover in a lower portion; the electrode cover covers at least a part of an exposed surface of the electrode; the electrode and the power supply are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Ryoji Nomura, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8603647
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition including an anthracene derivative and a solvent and a method for fabricating a light-emitting element using the composition. The anthracene derivative has a diphenylanthracene moiety and a carbazole moiety linked to one of the phenyl groups of the diphenylanthracene moiety. The use of the composition enables the formation of a light-emitting element by a wet type method such as an ink-jet method, a spin coating method, and a dip coating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Harue Nakashima, Kumi Kojima, Satoshi Seo, Masakazu Egawa, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8587193
    Abstract: The light-emitting element of the present invention includes a light-emitting layer and a layer for controlling movement of carriers between a pair of electrodes. The layer for controlling movement of carriers includes a first organic compound having a carrier transporting property and a second organic compound for reducing the carrier transporting property of the first organic compound, and the second organic compound is dispersed in the first organic compound. The layer for controlling movement of carriers is provided in such a manner, whereby change in carrier balance with time can be suppressed. Therefore, a light-emitting element having a long lifetime can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20130292672
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting device which is less affected by a malfunction caused in a light emitting element. It is another object of the invention to provide a light emitting device in which light emitting elements are connected in series. As to a light emitting device of the invention, groups of circuits each having a light emitting element and a limiter are connected in parallel. Here, a light emitting element and a limiter are connected in series. The number of the circuits may be at least two or more. Further, each circuit group includes at least one light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Ryoji NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20130277652
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite material having high conductivity, a light-emitting element and a light-emitting device using the composite material. Further, the present invention provides a manufacturing method of a light-emitting element which is suitable for mass production. A light-emitting element of the present invention includes a layer including a luminescent substance between a pair of electrodes. The layer including a luminescent substance has a composite material which includes an organic compound, and an inorganic compound showing an electron donating property to the organic compound. Since the light-emitting element of the present invention includes a composite material made by combining an organic compound and an inorganic compound, the carrier injecting property, carrier transporting property, and conductivity thereof are excellent, and thus, the driving voltage can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Satoko Shitagaki, Hiroko Abe, Takako Takasu, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8526216
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can transmit and receive data without contact is popular partly as some railway passes, electronic money cards, and the like; however, it has been a prime task to provide an inexpensive semiconductor device for further popularization. In view of the above current conditions, a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a memory with a simple structure for providing an inexpensive semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. A memory element included in the memory includes a layer containing an organic compound, and a source electrode or a drain electrode of a TFT provided in the memory element portion is used as a conductive layer which forms a bit line of the memory element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Asami, Tamae Takano, Masayuki Sakakura, Ryoji Nomura, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8519617
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting element with a low driving voltage. In a light emitting element, a first electrode; and a first composite layer, a second composite layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, an electron injecting layer, and a second electrode, which are stacked over the first electrode, are included. The first composite layer and the second composite layer each include metal oxide and an organic compound. A concentration of metal oxide in the first composite layer is higher than a concentration of metal oxide in the second composite layer, whereby a light emitting element with a low driving voltage can be obtained. Further, the composite layer is not limited to a two-layer structure. A multi-layer structure can be employed. However, a concentration of metal oxide in the composite layer is gradually higher from the light emitting layer to first electrode side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamaqzaki, Junichiro Sakata, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8487529
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting device which is less affected by a malfunction caused in a light emitting element. It is another object of the invention to provide a light emitting device in which light emitting elements are connected in series. As to a light emitting device of the invention, groups of circuits each having a light emitting element and a limiter are connected in parallel. Here, a light emitting element and a limiter are connected in series. The number of the circuits may be at least two or more. Further, each circuit group includes at least one light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryoji Nomura