Patents by Inventor Takuya Kawata

Takuya Kawata 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: 20160268315
    Abstract: A bendable display device, lighting device, or electronic device which is unlikely to be broken when handled. The display device, lighting device, or electronic device includes two flexible substrates, and at least one of the two flexible substrates contains a plurality of glass fibers extending in one direction. Accordingly, the display device, lighting device, or electronic device has low flexibility in the one direction and is unlikely to be broken when handled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Kawata
  • Publication number: 20160268536
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance, a separation layer containing a substance having a hole-transport property and a substance having an electron-transport property, and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds that form an exciplex and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that a light-emitting element in which light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission spectrum peak on the shorter wavelength side than an emission spectrum peak of the second light-emitting layer is more effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Yusuke NONAKA, Takahiro ISHISONE, Satoshi SEO, Takuya KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20160254500
    Abstract: To provide a flexible, highly reliable power storage device or light-emitting device. The device includes a battery unit or a light-emitting unit and a member with rubber elasticity. The battery unit includes a secondary battery. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting element. The member with rubber elasticity is provided with a first projection and a second projection. The first projection and the second projection are arranged on a first surface of the battery unit or the light-emitting unit. The first projection and the second projection come in contact with each other when the power storage device is bent such that the first surface of the battery unit faces inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takuya KAWATA, Kei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9431618
    Abstract: A display device, an electronic device, or a lighting device that is unlikely to be broken is provided. A flexible first substrate and a flexible second substrate overlap with each other with a display element provided therebetween. A flexible third substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the first substrate, and a flexible fourth substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the second substrate. The third substrate is formed using a material softer than the first substrate, and the fourth substrate is formed using a material softer than the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Kawata, Akihiro Chida
  • Publication number: 20160190346
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a first insulator over a substrate, a first oxide semiconductor over the first insulator, a second oxide semiconductor over the first oxide semiconductor, a first conductor and a second conductor in contact with the second oxide semiconductor, a third oxide semiconductor on the second oxide semiconductor and the first and second conductors, a second insulator over the third oxide semiconductor, and a third conductor over the second insulator. At least one of the first oxide semiconductor, the second oxide semiconductor, and the third oxide semiconductor has a crystallinity peak that corresponds to a (hkl) plane (h=0, k=0, l is a natural number) observed by X-ray diffraction using a Cu K-alpha radiation as a radiation source. The peak appears at a diffraction angle 2 theta greater than or equal to 31.3 degrees and less than 33.5 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya KAWATA, Masashi OOTA, Yusuke NONAKA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9368742
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a stack of a first light-emitting layer emitting fluorescent light and a second light-emitting layer emitting phosphorescent light between a pair of electrodes. The second light-emitting layer includes a first layer in which an exciplex is formed, a second layer in which an exciplex is formed, and a third layer in which an exciplex is formed. The second layer is located over the first layer, and the third layer is located over the second layer. An emission peak wavelength of the second layer is longer than an emission peak wavelength of the first layer and an emission peak wavelength of the third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Kawata, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Yusuke Nonaka, Takahiro Ishisone, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9362517
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance, a separation layer containing a substance having a hole-transport property and a substance having an electron-transport property, and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds that form an exciplex and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that a light-emitting element in which light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission spectrum peak on the shorter wavelength side than an emission spectrum peak of the second light-emitting layer is more effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Yusuke Nonaka, Takahiro Ishisone, Satoshi Seo, Takuya Kawata
  • Patent number: 9356209
    Abstract: A solid-state light-emitting element includes a structure body having a property of transmitting visible light and an uneven structure on each of the top side and the bottom side thereof; a high refractive index material layer provided on one surface of the structure body; and a light-emitting body with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.6 provided over the high refractive index material layer. One surface of the high refractive index material layer is flatter than the other surface thereof which is in contact with the structure body. The refractive index of the high refractive index material layer is greater than or equal to 1.6. The refractive index of the structure body is greater than 1.0 and less than that of the high refractive index material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hisao Ikeda, Takuya Kawata
  • Patent number: 9356246
    Abstract: A bendable display device, lighting device, or electronic device which is unlikely to be broken when handled. The display device, lighting device, or electronic device includes two flexible substrates, and at least one of the two flexible substrates contains a plurality of glass fibers extending in one direction. Accordingly, the display device, lighting device, or electronic device has low flexibility in the one direction and is unlikely to be broken when handled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Kawata
  • Publication number: 20160056410
    Abstract: A highly reliable display device. A first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate overlap each other with an element positioned therebetween. A periphery of the overlapped first and second substrates is covered with a high molecular material having a light-transmitting property. The high molecular material is more flexible than the first substrate and the second substrate. As the element, for example, an EL element can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Takuya Kawata
  • Publication number: 20160027851
    Abstract: A highly reliable display device. A first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate overlap each other with a display element positioned therebetween. Side surfaces of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate which overlap each other are covered with a high molecular material having a light-transmitting property. The high molecular material is more flexible than the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Takuya Kawata
  • Patent number: 9231154
    Abstract: The emission efficiency of a light-emitting device including a microcavity structure is improved. The light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. The plurality of light-emitting elements each include a reflective electrode, a transparent electrode, a plurality of light-emitting layers, and a semi-transmissive and semi-reflective electrode stacked in that order. The plurality of light-emitting layers emit light of different colors. A surface roughness of the transparent electrode in the light-emitting element which is among the plurality of light-emitting elements and in which light emitted from the light-emitting layer closest to the reflective electrode is amplified and emitted outside is greater than surface roughnesses of the transparent electrodes in the other light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Takuya Kawata, Manabu Niboshi, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Kawato, Takashi Ochi, Yuto Tsukamoto, Tomohiro Kosaka, Tomofumi Osaki
  • Patent number: 9188323
    Abstract: To improve reliability of a lighting device using an electroluminescent material. In a lighting device which includes a light-emitting element containing an electroluminescence (EL) layer, a first housing is provided on a light emission surface of the light-emitting element, a metal plate and a second housing covering the metal plate are provided over a top surface of the light-emitting element, and the first housing is connected to both the metal plate and the second housing, whereby the light-emitting element is doubly sealed. Further, a depressed portion is provided for the first housing in a region in contact with the metal plate or a region in contact with the second housing through an adhesive layer; thus, adhesion between the housings is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takuya Kawata, Kohei Yokoyama, Hisao Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150179717
    Abstract: A bendable display device, lighting device, or electronic device which is unlikely to be broken when handled. The display device, lighting device, or electronic device includes two flexible substrates, and at least one of the two flexible substrates contains a plurality of glass fibers extending in one direction. Accordingly, the display device, lighting device, or electronic device has low flexibility in the one direction and is unlikely to be broken when handled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Kawata
  • Publication number: 20150155511
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance, a separation layer containing a substance having a hole-transport property and a substance having an electron-transport property, and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds that form an exciplex and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that a light-emitting element in which light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission spectrum peak on the shorter wavelength side than an emission spectrum peak of the second light-emitting layer is more effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Yusuke Nonaka, Takahiro Ishisone, Satoshi Seo, Takuya Kawata
  • Publication number: 20150155510
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a stack of a first light-emitting layer emitting fluorescent light and a second light-emitting layer emitting phosphorescent light between a pair of electrodes. The second light-emitting layer includes a first layer in which an exciplex is formed, a second layer in which an exciplex is formed, and a third layer in which an exciplex is formed. The second layer is located over the first layer, and the third layer is located over the second layer. An emission peak wavelength of the second layer is longer than an emission peak wavelength of the first layer and an emission peak wavelength of the third layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Takuya Kawata, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Yusuke Nonaka, Takahiro Ishisone, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9048453
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device which can emit bright light without increasing the projected area of a light-emitting element and be manufactured with high yield. A light-emitting device of one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of projections; a first electrode formed along the plurality of projections; a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound formed along the plurality of projections and over the first electrode; and a second electrode formed along the plurality of projections and over the layer containing a light-emitting organic compound. Further, the plurality of projections each have a bottom surface having a side in contact with a bottom surface of an adjacent projection; a plurality of side surfaces each having a certain angle greater than 0° and less than or equal to 80° with respect to the bottom surface; and a vertex having a first continuously curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Kawata, Hisao Ikeda, Manabu Niboshi, Seiichi Mitsui, Yoshitaka Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9000451
    Abstract: It is an object to improve light extraction efficiency in a light-emitting device and a lighting device. A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting portions, and a plurality of hemispherical components provided so as to overlap with the plurality of light-emitting portions. The plurality of hemispherical components are provided so as not to form a space therebetween in a region where the plurality of hemispherical components are adjacent to each other. When a refractive index of the hemispherical component is n and a radius of a bottom surface of the hemispherical component is b, the light-emitting portion is provided inside a circle whose radius r from a center of the bottom surface of the hemispherical component is b/n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Takuya Kawata
  • Publication number: 20150076472
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, a lighting device, a display device, or the like in which the state of a back surface side can be observed when light is not emitted is provided. The light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting portions and a region transmitting visible light in a region other than the light-emitting portions. Alternatively, the light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-transmitting portions transmitting visible light and a light-emitting portion that can emit light in a region other than the light-transmitting portions. When light is not emitted, the state of a back surface side of the light-emitting device is visible through the region transmitting visible light. When light is emitted, the state of the back surface side of the light-emitting device can be made less visible by diffusion of light emitted from the light-emitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shinpei MATSUDA, Takuya KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20150054014
    Abstract: A solid-state light-emitting element includes a structure body having a property of transmitting visible light and an uneven structure on each of the top side and the bottom side thereof; a high refractive index material layer provided on one surface of the structure body; and a light-emitting body with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.6 provided over the high refractive index material layer. One surface of the high refractive index material layer is flatter than the other surface thereof which is in contact with the structure body. The refractive index of the high refractive index material layer is greater than or equal to 1.6. The refractive index of the structure body is greater than 1.0 and less than that of the high refractive index material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hisao IKEDA, Takuya KAWATA