Patents by Inventor Toshinobu Ohnishi

Toshinobu Ohnishi 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: 8021915
    Abstract: There is provided a field effect transistor having an organic semiconductor layer, including: an organic semiconductor layer containing at least porphyrin; and a layer composed of at least a polysiloxane compound, the layer being laminated on the organic semiconductor layer so as to be in intimate contact with the organic semiconductor layer. As a result, there can be provided a field effect transistor which enables an organic semiconductor layer having high crystallinity and high orientation to be formed and which exhibits a high mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota, Akane Masumoto, Hidetoshi Tsuzuki, Makiko Miyachi
  • Patent number: 7960716
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a field effect transistor showing high field-effect mobility and a high ON/OFF ratio, which can be produced simply by using a porphyrin compound with excellent crystallinity and orientation. The field effect transistor according to the present invention transistor contains at least an organic semiconductor layer, wherein the organic semiconductor layer contains at least a porphyrin compound and has a maximum diffraction intensity I1 in a Bragg angle (2?) range of 9.9° to 10.4° stronger than a maximum diffraction intensity I2 in a Bragg angle (2?) range of 23.0° to 26.0° in X-ray diffraction using CuK? radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota, Akane Masumoto, Satomi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7795636
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor device is provided which includes an organic semiconductor layer and an insulating layer. The insulating layer is made of a cured material formed from a composition containing a resin and a crosslinking agent. The resin contains an organic resin having a hydroxyl group. The crosslinking agent contains a compound having at least two crosslinking groups. At least one of the crosslinking groups is a methylol group or an NH group. The composition contains the crosslinking agent in the range of 15 to 45 percent by weight relative to 100 parts by weight in total of the resin and the crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Daisuke Miura
  • Patent number: 7695999
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a semiconductor device having an organic semiconductor layer, which includes the steps of providing a crystallization promoting layer on a substrate; providing an organic semiconductor precursor on the crystallization promoting layer; and applying light energy and thermal energy simultaneously to the organic semiconductor precursor to form a layer containing an organic semiconductor. Thereby, an organic semiconductor device is provided which is low cost and has excellent durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akane Masumoto, Shintetsu Go, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 7605392
    Abstract: There is provided a field effect transistor including a substrate, an organic semiconductor layer 6, an insulating layer 3, and a conductive layers 2, 4, and 5, wherein the insulating layer 3 comprises a cured product of a phenol resin represented by the following general formula (1): (R1, R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxymethyl group, alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl group, alkinyl group, alkoxyl group, alkylthio group, or alkyl ester group, X1 and X2 each represent hydrogen atom, alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl group, alkinyl group, or aryl group, and n represents an integer of 0 to 2,000.) According to the present invention, a field effect transistor capable of smoothening the gate electrode having a low surface smoothness, in which a current leak to the gate electrode is small can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota
  • Publication number: 20090186490
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor device is provided which includes an organic semiconductor layer and an insulating layer. The insulating layer is made of a cured material formed from a composition containing a resin and a crosslinking agent. The resin contains an organic resin having a hydroxyl group. The crosslinking agent contains a compound having at least two crosslinking groups. At least one of the crosslinking groups is a methylol group or an NH group. The composition contains the crosslinking agent in the range of 15 to 45 percent by weight relative to 100 parts by weight in total of the resin and the crosslinking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Daisuke Miura
  • Publication number: 20090124040
    Abstract: There is provided a field effect transistor having an organic semiconductor layer, including: an organic semiconductor layer containing at least porphyrin; and a layer composed of at least a polysiloxane compound, the layer being laminated on the organic semiconductor layer so as to be in intimate contact with the organic semiconductor layer. As a result, there can be provided a field effect transistor which enables an organic semiconductor layer having high crystallinity and high orientation to be formed and which exhibits a high mobility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota, Akane Masumoto, Hidetoshi Tsuzuki, Makiko Miyachi
  • Patent number: 7511296
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor device is provided which includes an organic semiconductor layer and an insulating layer. The insulating layer is made of a cured material formed from a composition containing a resin and a crosslinking agent. The resin contains an organic resin having a hydroxyl group. The crosslinking agent contains a compound having at least two crosslinking groups. At least one of the crosslinking groups is a methylol group or an NH group. The composition contains the crosslinking agent in the range of 15 to 45 percent by weight relative to 100 parts by weight in total of the resin and the crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Daisuke Miura
  • Patent number: 7491967
    Abstract: There is provided a field effect transistor having an organic semiconductor layer, including: an organic semiconductor layer containing at least porphyrin; and a layer composed of at least a polysiloxane compound, the layer being laminated on the organic semiconductor layer so as to be in intimate contact with the organic semiconductor layer. As a result, there can be provided a field effect transistor which enables an organic semiconductor layer having high crystallinity and high orientation to be formed and which exhibits a high mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota, Akane Masumoto, Hidetoshi Tsuzuki, Makiko Miyachi
  • Publication number: 20080308789
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a field effect transistor showing high field-effect mobility and a high ON/OFF ratio, which can be produced simply by using a porphyrin compound with excellent crystallinity and orientation. The field effect transistor according to the present invention transistor contains at least an organic semiconductor layer, wherein the organic semiconductor layer contains at least a porphyrin compound and has a maximum diffraction intensity I1 in a Bragg angle (2?) range of 9.9° to 10.4° stronger than a maximum diffraction intensity I2 in a Bragg angle (2?) range of 23.0° to 26.0° in X-ray diffraction using CuK? radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota, Akane Masumoto, Satomi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7459338
    Abstract: A substrate is provided which comprises an organic resin layer on a base material, wherein the base material has an average surface roughness of not less than 1.2 nm but no more than 5 nm and a maximum height of a surface unevenness of not less than 0.1 ?m but no more than 1.0 ?m; the organic resin layer has an average surface roughness of not more than 1 nm and a maximum peak height of a surface unevenness of not more than 30 nm; and at least a part of a surface of the organic resin layer comprises a hydrophilic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota, Daisuke Miura
  • Patent number: 7435989
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a substrate; a layer containing one or more kinds of polymer compounds on the substrate; and an organic semiconductor layer in contact with the layer containing the one or more kinds of polymer compounds, in which at least one kind of the one or more kinds of polymer compounds is a polymer compound having one or more secondary or tertiary aliphatic amino groups, wherein the one or more aliphatic amino groups of the polymer compound having the aliphatic amino groups are bound to at least one of a side chain or a branched chain, and wherein said the layer containing the one or more kinds of polymer compounds contains polysiloxane compounds. With the constitution, a semiconductor device excellent in crystallinity and orientation can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Akane Masumoto, Shintetsu Go, Toshinobu Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 7394096
    Abstract: Provided is a field effect transistor having an organic semiconductor layer, in which the organic semiconductor layer contains at least a tetrabenzo copper porphyrin crystal and has peaks at two or more of Bragg angles (2?) in CuK? X-ray diffraction of 8.4°±0.2°, 10.2°±0.2°, 11.8°±0.2°, and 16.9°±0.2°, and the tetrabenzo copper porphyrin crystal comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (1). (Wherein R2's each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkyl group, oxyalkyl group, thioalkyl group, or alkylester group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and R3's each represent a hydrogen atom or an aryl group.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota
  • Publication number: 20080048185
    Abstract: Provided is a field effect transistor having an organic semiconductor layer, in which the organic semiconductor layer contains at least a tetrabenzo copper porphyrin crystal and has peaks at two or more of Bragg angles (2?) in CuK? X-ray diffraction of 8.4°±0.2°, 10.2°±0.2°, 11.8°±0.2°, and 16.9°±0.2°, and the tetrabenzo copper porphyrin crystal comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (1). General Formula (1): (Wherein R2's each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkyl group, oxyalkyl group, thioalkyl group, or alkylester group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and R3's each represent a hydrogen atom or an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota
  • Patent number: 7285441
    Abstract: Provided is a field effect transistor having an organic semiconductor layer, in which the organic semiconductor layer contains at least a tetrabenzo copper porphyrin crystal and has peaks at two or more of Bragg angles (2?) in CuK? X-ray diffraction of 8.4°±0.2°, 10.2°±0.2°, 11.8°±0.2°, and 16.9°±0.2°, and the tetrabenzo copper porphyrin crystal comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (1): (Wherein R2's each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkyl group, oxyalkyl group, thioalkyl group, or alkylester group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and R3's each represent a hydrogen atom or an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota
  • Publication number: 20070096079
    Abstract: There is provided a field effect transistor including a substrate, an organic semiconductor layer 6, an insulating layer 3, and a conductive layers 2, 4, and 5, wherein the insulating layer 3 comprises a cured product of a phenol resin represented by the following general formula (1): (R1, R2 and R3 each represent hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxymethyl group, alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl group, alkinyl group, alkoxyl group, alkylthio group, or alkyl ester group, X1 and X2 each represent hydrogen atom, alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl group, alkinyl group, or aryl group, and n represents an integer of 0 to 2,000.) According to the present invention, a field effect transistor capable of smoothening the gate electrode having a low surface smoothness, in which a current leak to the gate electrode is small can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota
  • Publication number: 20070085072
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a semiconductor device having an organic semiconductor layer, which includes the steps of providing a crystallization promoting layer on a substrate; providing an organic semiconductor precursor on the crystallization promoting layer; and applying light energy and thermal energy simultaneously to the organic semiconductor precursor to form a layer containing an organic semiconductor. Thereby, an organic semiconductor device is provided which is low cost and has excellent durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akane Masumoto, Shintetsu Go, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20070051947
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a substrate; a layer containing one or more kinds of polymer compounds on the substrate; and an organic semiconductor layer in contact with the layer containing the one or more kinds of polymer compounds, in which at least one kind of the one or more kinds of polymer compounds is a polymer compound having one or more secondary or tertiary aliphatic amino groups, wherein the one or more aliphatic amino groups of the polymer compound having the aliphatic amino groups are bound to at least one of a side chain or a branched chain, and wherein said the layer containing the one or more kinds of polymer compounds contains polysiloxane compounds. With the constitution, a semiconductor device excellent in crystallinity and orientation can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Akane Masumoto, Shintetsu Go, Toshinobu Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20070012914
    Abstract: There is provided a field effect transistor having an organic semiconductor layer, including: an organic semiconductor layer containing at least porphyrin; and a layer composed of at least a polysiloxane compound, the layer being laminated on the organic semiconductor layer so as to be in intimate contact with the organic semiconductor layer. As a result, there can be provided a field effect transistor which enables an organic semiconductor layer having high crystallinity and high orientation to be formed and which exhibits a high mobility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke Miura, Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Makoto Kubota, Akane Masumoto, Hidetoshi Tsuzuki, Makiko Miyachi
  • Publication number: 20060214159
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor device is provided which includes an organic semiconductor layer and an insulating layer. The insulating layer is made of a cured material formed from a composition containing a resin and a crosslinking agent. The resin contains an organic resin having a hydroxyl group. The crosslinking agent contains a compound having at least two crosslinking groups. At least one of the crosslinking groups is a methylol group or an NH group. The composition contains the crosslinking agent in the range of 15 to 45 percent by weight relative to 100 parts by weight in total of the resin and the crosslinking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Nakayama, Toshinobu Ohnishi, Daisuke Miura