Patents by Inventor Tohru Amano

Tohru Amano 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: 9726954
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (100A) includes a TFT (20), a scanning line (11) substantially parallel to a first direction, a signal line (12) substantially parallel to a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, a first interlayer insulating layer (16) covering the TFT, a lower layer electrode (17) provided on the first interlayer insulating layer, a dielectric layer (18) provided on the lower layer electrode, and an upper layer electrode (19) overlapping at least a portion of the lower layer electrode via the dielectric layer. A first contact hole (31) includes a first aperture (16a) formed in the first interlayer insulating layer and a second aperture (18a) formed in the dielectric layer. A width of the first aperture along one of the first direction and the second direction is smaller than a width of the second aperture along the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tohru Amano
  • Publication number: 20150168759
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (100A) includes a TFT (20), a scanning line (11) substantially parallel to a first direction, a signal line (12) substantially parallel to a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, a first interlayer insulating layer (16) covering the TFT, a lower layer electrode (17) provided on the first interlayer insulating layer, a dielectric layer (18) provided on the lower layer electrode, and an upper layer electrode (19) overlapping at least a portion of the lower layer electrode via the dielectric layer. A first contact hole (31) includes a first aperture (16a) formed in the first interlayer insulating layer and a second aperture (18a) formed in the dielectric layer. A width of the first aperture along one of the first direction and the second direction is smaller than a width of the second aperture along the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Tohru Amano
  • Patent number: 9035390
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate is equipped with: an insulating substrate (10a); a gate electrode (2) constituted by a stack of a first barrier metal layer (3) formed of titanium and disposed over the insulating substrate (10a), a first copper layer (4) disposed over the first barrier metal layer (3), and a second barrier metal layer (5) formed of titanium and disposed over the first copper layer (4); a gate insulating layer (7) disposed covering the gate electrode (2); and a semiconductor layer (8) disposed over the gate insulating layer (7), and having a channel region (C) disposed overlapping the gate electrode (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru Amano
  • Publication number: 20140145184
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate is equipped with: an insulating substrate (10a); a gate electrode (2) constituted by a stack of a first barrier metal layer (3) formed of titanium and disposed over the insulating substrate (10a), a first copper layer (4) disposed over the first barrier metal layer (3), and a second barrier metal layer (5) formed of titanium and disposed over the first copper layer (4); a gate insulating layer (7) disposed covering the gate electrode (2); and a semiconductor layer (8) disposed over the gate insulating layer (7), and having a channel region (C) disposed overlapping the gate electrode (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru Amano
  • Publication number: 20120223313
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film transistor substrate which is provided with: a plurality of source lines 11a provided to extend parallel to a substrate 10; a plurality of gate lines 13a provided to extend parallel to each other in the direction that intersects the source lines 11a; and a plurality of pixel electrodes 17a, which are arranged in a matrix along the direction wherein the source lines 11a extend and in the direction wherein the gate lines 13a extend. On each gate line 13a, a through hole Ha is provided at a part where each gate line intersects each source line 11a, and inside of the through hole Ha, a semiconductor layer 15a is provided with a gate insulating film 14a therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru Amano