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: 8471017
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a novel bipolar organic compound. In particular, it is an object to provide a bipolar organic compound excellent in thermal stability. Further, it is another object to provide a bipolar organic compound which is electrochemically stable. A quinoxaline derivative represented by a general formula (1) is provided. Further, since the quinoxaline derivative represented by the general formula (1) is bipolar, the use of the quinoxaline derivative of the present invention allows fabrication of a light-emitting element and a light-emitting device with a low driving voltage and low power consumption. Furthermore, a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Egawa, Sachiko Kawakami, Harue Nakashima, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8471465
    Abstract: The light-emitting element includes: a light-emitting layer and a layer for controlling the movement of carriers between a first electrode and a second electrode. The layer for controlling the movement of carriers contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound, and is provided between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode. The first organic compound has an electron transporting property, and the second organic compound has an electron trapping property. The weight percent of the first organic compound is higher than that of the second organic compound. The light-emitting layer emits light when a voltage is applied such that the potential of the first electrode is higher than that of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8436532
    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: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8435793
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to collect a scarce metal such as iridium from a light-emitting element which is no longer used. A method for collecting a metal is provided in which an organic metal compound which can emit visible light from a triplet excited state at room temperature is heated, or an EL layer of a light-emitting layer containing an organic metal compound which can emit visible light from a triplet excited state at room temperature is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution, and the solution is heated, irradiated with microwaves or treated with acid water. According to the above method, resources of metals such as iridium or platinum, which are scarce metals, can be utilized efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy LaboratoryCo., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo, Hideko Inoue, Kaoru Kato
  • Patent number: 8436531
    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: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8431252
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel anthracene derivative. Another object is to provide a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency. Yet another object is to provide a light-emitting element with a long lifetime. Still another object is to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device having a long lifetime by using the light-emitting elements of the present invention. The anthracene derivative represented by General Formula (1) is provided. The ability of the anthracene derivative represented by General Formula (1) to exhibit high luminous efficiency allows the production of a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency and a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Egawa, Harue Nakashima, Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8410688
    Abstract: The light-emitting element includes: a light-emitting layer and a layer for controlling the movement of carriers between a first electrode and a second electrode. The layer for controlling the movement of carriers contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound, and is provided between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode. The first organic compound has an electron transporting property, and the second organic compound has an electron trapping property. The weight percent of the first organic compound is higher than that of the second organic compound. The light-emitting layer emits light when a voltage is applied such that the potential of the first electrode is higher than that of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8389735
    Abstract: An oxadiazole derivative represented by the following general formula (G1) is synthesized and applied to the light emitting element, 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: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Murata, Harue Nakashima, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8378570
    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: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Ryoji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20130005067
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel material capable of realizing excellent color purity of blue, and a light emitting element and a light emitting device using the novel material. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide which is highly reliable, and a light emitting element and a light emitting device using the novel material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Harue NAKASHIMA, Kumi KOJIMA, Satoshi SEO, Masakazu EGAWA, Ryoji NOMURA
  • Patent number: 8339039
    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: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Ryoji Nomura, Satoshi Seo, Hiroko Abe, Yasuo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8324016
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an electronic device which can be easily manufactured using a wet method. One of electronic devices according to the invention has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer contains a first compound including a conjugated double bond. Here, the first compound preferably has a molecular weight of 100 to 1000. The second layer contains a second compound having a cyclic structure which is formed by an addition reaction between two molecules of the first compound. Here, a light emitting element or an element such as a transistor can be given as the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Nomura, Tsunenori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8319210
    Abstract: A light-emitting element disclosed in the present invention includes a light-emitting layer and a first layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, in which the first layer is provided between the light-emitting layer and the first electrode. The present invention is characterized by the device structure in which the first layer comprising a hole-transporting material is doped with a hole-blocking material or an organic compound having a large dipole moment. This structure allows the formation of a high performance light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency and long lifetime. The device structure of the present invention facilitates the control of the rate of the carrier transport, and thus, leads to the formation of a light-emitting element with a well-controlled carrier balance, which contributes to the excellent characteristics of the light-emitting element of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8314417
    Abstract: The present invention provides a memory device which has a memory element having a simple structure in which a composition layer is sandwiched between a pair of conductive layers. With this characteristic, a memory device which is involatile, easily manufactured, and additionally recordable can be provided. A memory device of the present invention has plural memory cells, plural bit lines extending in a first direction, and plural word lines extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the plural memory cells has a memory element. The memory element comprises a first conductive layer forming the bit line, a second conductive layer forming the word line, and a composition layer to be hardened by an optical action. The composition layer is formed between a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Nomura, Yasuko Watanabe, Yoshitaka Moriya
  • Patent number: 8314548
    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: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20120286256
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency, and a light-emitting element of low-voltage driving. Another object is to provide a light-emitting device with low power consumption by using the light-emitting element. Another object is to provide an electronic appliance with low power consumption by using the light-emitting device in a display portion. A light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a layer containing a composite material of a first organic compound and an inorganic compound and a layer containing a second organic compound being in contact with the layer containing the composite material, wherein the second organic compound does not have a peak of an absorption spectrum in a wavelength region of 450 to 800 nm if the second organic compound is compounded with the inorganic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji IWAKI, Junichiro SAKATA, Hisao IKEDA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Takaaki NAGATA, Takahiro KAWAKAMI, Satoshi SEO, Ryoji NOMURA
  • Publication number: 20120286257
    Abstract: Target is to provide an organic compound material having a bipolar character. A quinoxaline derivative represented by a general formula (1) is provided. In the formula, R1-R12 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, a dialkylamino group, a diarylamino group, a vinyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic residue group. R9 and R10, R10 and R11, and R11 and R12 are each independent or respectively mutually bonded to form an aromatic ring. Ar1-Ar4 each independently represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic residue group. Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 are each independent or Ar1 and Ar2, and Ar3 and Ar4 are respectively mutually bonded directly, or Ar1 and Ar3, and Ar3 and Ar4 are bonded via oxygen (O), sulfur (S) or a carbonyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Satoko SHITAGAKI, Atsushi TOKUDA, Hiroko ABE, Ryoji NOMURA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20120273778
    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: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu ASAMI, Tamae TAKANO, Masayuki SAKAKURA, Ryoji NOMURA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8298687
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel material capable of realizing excellent color purity of blue, and a light emitting element and a light emitting device using the novel material. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide which is highly reliable, and a light emitting element and a light emitting device using the novel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Harue Nakashima, Kumi Kojima, Satoshi Seo, Masakazu Egawa, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8295104
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a volatile organic memory in which data can be written other than during manufacturing and falsification by rewriting can be prevented, and to provide a semiconductor device including such an organic memory. It is a feature of the invention that a semiconductor device includes a plurality of bit lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of word lines extending in a second direction different from the first direction; a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells each provided at one of intersections of the bit lines and the word lines; and memory elements provided in the memory cells, wherein the memory elements include bit lines, an organic compound layer, and the word lines, and the organic compound layer includes a layer in which an inorganic compound and an organic compound are mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Abe, Mikio Yukawa, Tamae Takano, Yoshinobu Asami, Kiyoshi Kato, Ryoji Nomura, Yoshitaka Moriya