Patents by Inventor Shingo Eguchi

Shingo Eguchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240057464
    Abstract: Manufacturing equipment of a light-emitting device with which steps from formation to sealing of a light-emitting element can be successively performed can be provided. In the manufacturing equipment of a light-emitting device, a deposition step, a lithography step, an etching step, and a sealing step by forming a protective layer for forming an organic EL element can be successively performed, whereby a downscaled organic EL element achieving high luminance and high reliability can be formed. Moreover, the manufacturing equipment can have an in-line system where apparatuses are arranged in the order of process steps for the light-emitting device, resulting in high throughput manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Shingo EGUCHI, Hiroki ADACHI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Yasumasa YAMANE, Naoto KUSUMOTO, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240057462
    Abstract: Manufacturing equipment of a display device that is capable of successively performing steps from formation of a pixel circuit up to formation of a light-emitting element is provided. The manufacturing equipment includes a manufacturing apparatus of a light-emitting device that is capable of successively performing a film formation step, a lithography step, an etching step, and a sealing step for formation of an organic EL element and a manufacturing apparatus for formation of a pixel circuit that drives the organic EL element. Formation from the pixel circuit up to the organic EL element can be performed successively, so that a display device with a high yield and high reliability can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Shingo EGUCHI, Hiroki ADACHI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Yasumasa YAMANE, Naoto KUSUMOTO, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240057402
    Abstract: A display device with high display quality is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. A display device that can easily achieve a higher resolution is provided. A display device with both high display quality and a high resolution is provided. A display device with high contrast is provided. The display device includes an insulating layer, a first lower electrode, a first EL layer over the first lower electrode, a second lower electrode, a second EL layer over the second lower electrode, and an upper electrode over the first EL layer, over the second EL layer, and over the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi OKAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Hiroki ADACHI
  • Patent number: 11899296
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a large display portion with improved portability is provided. The display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel, and an adhesive layer. The area of the second display panel is larger than the area of the first display panel. The first display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a reflective liquid crystal element and a first transistor each positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second display panel includes a first resin layer having flexibility, a second resin layer having flexibility, and a light-emitting element and a second transistor each positioned between the first resin layer and the second resin layer. The liquid crystal element has a function of reflecting light toward the second substrate side. The light-emitting element has a function of emitting light toward the second resin layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Eguchi, Hideaki Kuwabara, Kazune Yokomizo
  • Publication number: 20240023371
    Abstract: A novel method for fabricating a display apparatus is provided. An anode is formed over an insulating layer, an EL layer is formed over the anode, and a cathode is formed over the EL layer. A plurality of light-emitting elements are formed without provision of a partition by selectively removing parts of the anode, the EL layer, and the cathode. A conductive layer having a light-transmitting property is formed to cover the plurality of light-emitting elements. The cathodes of the plurality of light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Shingo EGUCHI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI
  • Patent number: 11871600
    Abstract: A display device with high display quality is provided. The display device includes a first lower electrode, a first EL layer over the first lower electrode, a second lower electrode, a second EL layer over the second lower electrode, an upper electrode over the first EL layer and the second EL layer, a first region not provided with the first lower electrode below the first EL layer, and a second region not provided with the second lower electrode below the second EL layer. In the first region, the upper electrode is positioned not to be in contact with the first lower electrode. In the second region, the upper electrode is positioned not to be in contact with the second lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi Okazaki, Shingo Eguchi, Hiroki Adachi
  • Publication number: 20230420614
    Abstract: A high-resolution, high-definition, or large display apparatus is provided. A metal mask is placed over an EL layer and film deposition is performed with the metal mask, whereby an island-shaped counter electrode is formed. Then, the EL layer is processed using the counter electrode as a hard mask. Alternatively, after an EL layer and a counter electrode are formed over an entire surface, processing using a metal mask is performed. An insulating layer that electrically insulates adjacent pixel electrodes from each other is positioned between adjacent light-emitting devices. A resist mask is formed over the insulating layer. A plurality of EL layers and a plurality of counter electrodes overlapping each other over the insulating layer are partly removed using the resist mask, whereby part of the insulating layer is exposed. Thus, the adjacent light-emitting devices are electrically insulated from each other over the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Tomoya AOYAMA, Daiki NAKAMURA, Kenichi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230422592
    Abstract: Manufacturing equipment of a light-emitting device with which steps from formation to sealing of a light-emitting element can be successively performed is provided. The manufacturing equipment includes a vacuum controlled cluster and an atmosphere controlled cluster and has a function of forming the light-emitting device by forming, over a substrate provided with a first electrode, an island-shaped organic compound over the first electrode, a second electrode over the organic compound, and a protective film over the second electrode through a plurality of film formation steps in the vacuum cluster, a lithography step in the atmosphere controlled cluster, and an etching step in the vacuum cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shingo EGUCHI, Hiroki ADACHI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Naoto KUSUMOTO, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230403920
    Abstract: A novel display panel having good functionality is provided. Provided are a display panel and a manufacturing method of the display panel, including forming an insulator including at least a first opening portion and a second opening portion over a substrate, forming a first material layer including an organic compound of a first light-emitting element in the first opening portion and a second material layer including an organic compound of a second light-emitting element in the second opening portion by a wet process, forming a first resist mask and a second resist mask respectively over the first material layer and the second material layer selectively, and forming a third material layer by processing the first material layer with the first resist mask, and forming a fourth material layer by processing the second material layer with the second resist mask. As the organic compounds of the light-emitting elements, a hole-transport material, a light-emitting material, and the like can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Kenichi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230403881
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a partition, the first light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first layer, and the first layer includes a region interposed between the second electrode and the first electrode. The first layer contains a first material having a hole-transport property and a first substance having an acceptor property, and has a predetermined electrical resistivity. The second light-emitting device includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and a second layer, and the second layer includes a region interposed between the fourth electrode and the third electrode. The second layer contains the first material having the hole-transport property and the first substance having the acceptor property, and the second layer includes a first gap between the second layer and the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Satoshi SEO, Kenichi OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11844236
    Abstract: A novel functional panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a base material and a pair of pixels, and the base material covers the pair of pixels and has a light-transmitting property. The pair of pixels includes one pixel and another pixel, and the one pixel includes a light-emitting device and a first microlens. The light-emitting device emits light toward the base material, and the first microlens is interposed between the base material and the light emission and converges light. The first microlens includes a first surface and a second surface; the second surface is closer to the light-emitting device than the first surface is; and the second surface has a smaller radius of curvature than the first surface. The other pixel includes a photoelectric conversion device and a second microlens. The second microlens is interposed between the base material and the photoelectric conversion and converges external light incident from the base material side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Daiki Nakamura, Ryo Hatsumi, Rai Sato, Shingo Eguchi, Koji Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 11839106
    Abstract: A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Shingo Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11830391
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first support, and a second support, the display region includes a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region and the second region each have a belt-like shape extending in one direction, and the third region is sandwiched between the first region and the second region. The first support overlaps with the first region and is less likely to be warped than the third region, and the second support overlaps with the second region and is less likely to be warped than the third region. The second support can pivot on an axis extending in the one direction with respect to the first support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Eguchi, Taiki Nonaka, Daiki Nakamura, Nozomu Sugisawa, Kazuhiko Fujita, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20230369381
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a display device including a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first light-emitting diode, a second light-emitting diode, and a color conversion layer. The first insulating layer is over the first transistor and the second transistor. The first light-emitting diode and the second light-emitting diode are over the first insulating layer. The color conversion layer is over the second light-emitting diode. The color conversion layer is configured to convert light emitted from the second light-emitting diode into a light having a longer wavelength. The first transistor and the second transistor each include a metal oxide layer and a gate electrode. The metal oxide layer includes a channel formation region. A top surface of the gate electrode is level or substantially level with a top surface of the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Takayuki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230309364
    Abstract: A display device having both a touch detection function and a function of capturing an image of a shape of a fingerprint or a vein is provided. The display device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a light-receiving element, and a light-blocking layer. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are arranged on the same plane. The light-blocking layer is provided above the first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. The second light-emitting element is provided above the light-blocking layer. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting visible light upward. The second light-emitting element has a function of emitting invisible light upward. The light-receiving element is a photoelectric conversion element having sensitivity to visible light and invisible light. In a plan view, the light-blocking layer includes a portion positioned between the first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230301157
    Abstract: A display device having both a touch detection function and a function of capturing an image of a shape of a fingerprint or a vein is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a light-receiving element, a light-blocking layer, a first resin layer, and a second resin layer. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are arranged over the first substrate, and the first resin layer is provided over the first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. The light-blocking layer is provided over the first resin layer, and the second light-emitting element is provided over the light-blocking layer. The second resin layer is provided over the second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting element emits visible light upward, and the second light-emitting element emits invisible light upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11758759
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first region and a second region. The second region is provided with a first component, and the second region can be bent with the first component facing outward. The first component includes a first elastic body and a second elastic body. The second elastic body includes an end portion part or the whole of which is covered with the first elastic body. The second elastic body has a higher elastic modulus than the first elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroki Adachi, Shingo Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20230269987
    Abstract: Display unevenness in a display panel is suppressed. A display panel with a high aperture ratio of a pixel is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, a third light-emitting layer, a first common layer, a second common layer, a common electrode, and an auxiliary wiring. The first common layer is positioned over the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The first common layer has a portion overlapping with the first light-emitting layer and a portion overlapping with the second light-emitting layer. The second common layer is positioned over the third pixel electrode. The second common layer has a portion overlapping with the third light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Shingo EGUCHI, Tomoya AOYAMA, Nozomu SUGISAWA, Junya MARUYAMA, Kazuhiko FUJITA, Masataka SATO, Susumu KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230251743
    Abstract: A touch panel or a contactless touch panel, which is capable of highly accurate position detection, is provided. The display device includes a first and a second pixel, and a sensor pixel. The sensor pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that has sensitivity to light of a first color exhibited by the first pixel and light of a second color exhibited by the second pixel. A method for driving the display device includes a first period in which first image capturing is performed while the first pixel is turned on and the second pixel is turned off; a second period in which first reading is performed while the first pixel and the second pixel are turned off; a third period in which second image capturing is performed while the second pixel is turned on and the first pixel is turned off; and a fourth period in which second reading is performed while the first pixel and the second pixel are turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd,
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Kenichi OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230255051
    Abstract: A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Shingo EGUCHI