Patents by Inventor Tomoya Aoyama

Tomoya Aoyama 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: 20170077428
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device is provided. The method includes: forming, between a first substrate and a second substrate, a light-emitting element including an electroluminescence layer and a wiring over which a peeling layer formed by using the material of the electroluminescence layer is provided; and peeling whole of the second substrate from the first substrate so that the peeling layer over the wiring is simultaneously exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi, Daiki Nakamura, Akihiro Chida, Tomoya Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20170062528
    Abstract: A display device with improved viewing angle characteristics is provided. A display device with suppressed mixture of colors between adjacent pixels is provided. The display device includes a first coloring layer, a second coloring layer, and a structure body therebetween. The structure body has a portion closer to a display surface side than a bottom surface of the first coloring layer or a bottom surface of the second coloring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Ryu KOMATSU, Daiki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9553281
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided with a structure body which has an inner surface including a region with a negative Fresnel lens shape and a high refractive index material layer which is closely in contact with the inner surface. The high refractive index material layer has a Fresnel lens shape in a region closely in contact with the inner surface, and a plane light-emitting body is provided over the structure body with the high refractive index material layer interposed therebetween. The high refractive index material layer is provided so as to fill at least the negative Fresnel lens shape of the structure body and thus has a surface including the region with the Fresnel lens shape at the interface with the structure body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hisao Ikeda, Tomoya Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9515264
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device is provided. The method includes: forming, between a first substrate and a second substrate, a light-emitting element including an electroluminescence layer and a wiring over which a peeling layer formed by using the material of the electroluminescence layer is provided; and peeling whole of the second substrate from the first substrate so that the peeling layer over the wiring is simultaneously exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi, Daiki Nakamura, Akihiro Chida, Tomoya Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20160269515
    Abstract: A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Akihiro CHIDA
  • Patent number: 9444051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a donor substrate and a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device. The donor substrate includes a reflective layer including an opening portion, a light absorption layer covering the opening portion of the reflective layer over the reflective layer, a heat insulating layer including an opening portion in a position overlapped with the opening portion of the reflective layer over the light absorption layer, and a material layer including a light-emitting material covering the opening portion of the heat insulating layer over the heat insulating layer. A target substrate and the donor substrate are disposed to face each other, and an EL layer is formed over the target substrate by performing light irradiation from a rear surface of the donor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Yosuke Sato, Kohei Yokoyama, Rena Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160243812
    Abstract: A processing apparatus of a stack is provided. The stack includes two substrates attached to each other with a gap provided between their end portions. The processing apparatus includes a fixing mechanism that fixes part of the stack, a plurality of adsorption jigs that fix an outer peripheral edge of one of the substrates of the stack, and a wedge-shaped jig that is inserted into a corner of the stack. The plurality of adsorption jigs include a mechanism that allows the adsorption jigs to move separately in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction. The processing apparatus further includes a sensor sensing a position of the gap between the end portion in the stack. A tip of the wedge-shaped jig moves along a chamfer formed on an end surface of the stack. The wedge-shaped jig is inserted into the gap between the end portions in the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Kayo KUMAKURA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Akihiro CHIDA, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Masakatsu OHNO, Satoru IDOJIRI, Hisao IKEDA, Hiroki ADACHI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Shingo EGUCHI, Yasuhiro JINBO
  • Publication number: 20160240822
    Abstract: A method for exposing an electrode terminal covered with an organic film in a light-emitting device without damaging the electrode terminal is provided. In a region of the electrode terminal to which electric power from an external power supply or an external signal is input, an island-shaped organic compound-containing layer is formed and the organic film is formed thereover. The organic film is removed by utilizing low adhesion of an interface between the organic compound-containing layer and the electrode terminal, whereby the electrode terminal can be exposed without damage to the electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Chida, Kaoru Hatano, Tomoya Aoyama, Ryu Komatsu, Masatoshi Kataniwa
  • Patent number: 9406898
    Abstract: A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 9333736
    Abstract: A processing apparatus of a stack is provided. The stack includes two substrates attached to each other with a gap provided between their end portions. The processing apparatus includes a fixing mechanism that fixes part of the stack, a plurality of adsorption jigs that fix an outer peripheral edge of one of the substrates of the stack, and a wedge-shaped jig that is inserted into a corner of the stack. The plurality of adsorption jigs include a mechanism that allows the adsorption jigs to move separately in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction. The processing apparatus further includes a sensor sensing a position of the gap between the end portion in the stack. A tip of the wedge-shaped jig moves along a chamfer formed on an end surface of the stack. The wedge-shaped jig is inserted into the gap between the end portions in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kayo Kumakura, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida, Kohei Yokoyama, Masakatsu Ohno, Satoru Idojiri, Hisao Ikeda, Hiroki Adachi, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shingo Eguchi, Yasuhiro Jinbo
  • Patent number: 9331310
    Abstract: A method for exposing an electrode terminal covered with an organic film in a light-emitting device without damaging the electrode terminal is provided. In a region of the electrode terminal to which electric power from an external power supply or an external signal is input, an island-shaped organic compound-containing layer is formed and the organic film is formed thereover. The organic film is removed by utilizing low adhesion of an interface between the organic compound-containing layer and the electrode terminal, whereby the electrode terminal can be exposed without damage to the electrode terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Chida, Kaoru Hatano, Tomoya Aoyama, Ryu Komatsu, Masatoshi Kataniwa
  • Patent number: 9263645
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device and an electronic device in which an optical path length through which generated light goes can be changed easily. The present invention provides a light-emitting element including a light-emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, and a mixed layer in contact with the first electrode; in which the light-emitting layer includes a light-emitting substance; the mixed layer includes a hole transporting substance and a metal oxide showing an electron accepting property to the hole transporting substance, and has a thickness of 120 to 180 nm, and when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode such that a potential of the first electrode is higher than that of the second electrode, the light-emitting substance emits light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichiro Sakata, Hisao Ikeda, Tomoya Aoyama, Takahiro Kawakami, Yuji Iwaki, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20160020355
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a circuit board includes a first process, a second process, a third process, and a fourth process. The first process includes a step of providing a circuit and an electrode over a first surface of a first substrate. The second process includes a step of providing a reflective layer on the first surface side of the first substrate or a second surface side of a second substrate. The third process includes a step of attaching the first surface and the second surface to each other with a bonding layer therebetween to face each other so that the reflective layer overlaps with the electrode and the reflective layer surrounds part of the electrode. The fourth process includes a step of irradiating at least part of the reflective layer with laser light from a side opposite to the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Ryu KOMATSU, Takayuki OHIDE
  • Patent number: 9224968
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Iwaki, Junichiro Sakata, Hisao Ikeda, Tomoya Aoyama, Takaaki Nagata, Takahiro Kawakami, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20150309637
    Abstract: A display device with high design flexibility is provided. The display device includes a display element, a touch sensor, and a transistor between two flexible substrates. An external electrode that supplies a signal to the display element and an external electrode that supplies a signal to the touch sensor are connected from the same surface of one of the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida, Daiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9159923
    Abstract: An evaporation donor substrate that makes it possible to evaporate only a desired evaporation material in the case of performing deposition by an evaporation method. Thus, the use efficiency of an evaporation material can be increased resulting in reduction in production cost, and further a film with high uniformity can be deposited. The evaporation donor substrate can be obtained by forming a reflective layer having an opening over a substrate, forming a thermal insulation layer having a light-transmitting property separately over the substrate and the reflective layer, forming a light absorption layer over the thermal insulation layer, and forming a material layer over the light absorption layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Yosuke Sato, Tomoya Aoyama, Rena Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150263314
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device is provided. The method includes: forming, between a first substrate and a second substrate, a light-emitting element including an electroluminescence layer and a wiring over which a peeling layer formed by using the material of the electroluminescence layer is provided; and peeling whole of the second substrate from the first substrate so that the peeling layer over the wiring is simultaneously exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SAKUISHI, Daiki NAKAMURA, Akihiro CHIDA, Tomoya AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 9136505
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device having a light-emitting portion having a light-emitting element in a space surrounded by a support substrate, a metal substrate, and a sealing material, in which the sealing material is provided to surround the periphery of the light-emitting portion, the light-emitting element has a first electrode, a layer having a light-emitting organic compound, and a second electrode, the support substrate and the first electrode are each capable of transmitting light emitted from the light-emitting organic compound, and the space contains gas inert to the light-emitting element or is in a vacuum. The light-emitting device has, over the second electrode, a first high-emissivity layer that has higher emissivity than the second electrode and is thermally connected to the second electrode, and a low-reflectivity layer with which a metal substrate surface facing the support substrate is provided and which has lower reflectivity than the metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeru Sasaki, Tomoya Aoyama, Hisao Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150250038
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device is provided. The method includes forming a display element interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate and peeling the second substrate from the first substrate so that an electrode, which is located between the first and second substrates and to be connected to an external electrode, is exposed simultaneously with the peeling of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya SAKUISHI, Daiki NAKAMURA, Akihiro CHIDA, Tomoya AOYAMA
  • Patent number: 9121568
    Abstract: A lighting device with high emission efficiency and directivity is provided with the use of an organic EL element and a light-emitting diode. The lighting device includes a light-emitting diode whose emission wavelength peak is greater than or equal to 400 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, a planar organic EL light-emitting body which emits light having a complementary color of that of light from the light-emitting diode, and a planar reflector. The organic EL light-emitting body and the reflector face each other to form a cone having an open end to which light is emitted. The light-emitting diode is provided in a space between a plane including a light-emitting surface of the organic EL light-emitting body and a plane including a reflecting surface of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Satoshi Seo