Patents Assigned to Laboratory Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240196657
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a wide viewing angle is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element over a substrate. The first light-emitting element includes a first pixel electrode, a first organic layer, and a common electrode, and the second light-emitting element includes a second pixel electrode, a second organic layer, and the common electrode. In a top view of the substrate, the first light-emitting element includes a first side and a second side that is shorter than the first side. An absolute value of a difference between a chromaticity difference between a chromaticity in a front direction and a chromaticity in a first direction and a chromaticity difference between the chromaticity in the front direction and a chromaticity in a second direction is less than or equal to 0.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Daiki NAKAMURA, Ryo YAMAUCHI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Shingo EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240190907
    Abstract: A novel organometallic complex and a novel light-emitting device that are highly useful or reliable are provided. The organometallic complex represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. Note that R1, R2, and R4 to R22 each independently represent hydrogen (including deuterium), an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, at least one of R2 and R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and any one or more of R18 to R22 represent an alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Enegry Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yamaguchi, Hideko Yoshizumi, Yui Yoshiyasu, Masatoshi Takabatake, Hiroki Murakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240196713
    Abstract: A display device that has high display quality is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided and 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 a first layer, a second layer over the first layer, and a third layer over the second layer. The first layer includes a first transistor including silicon in a channel formation region. The second layer includes a second transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki IKEDA, Yuichi YANAGISAWA, Yasumasa YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20240196641
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic compound layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic compound layer includes a first light-emitting unit, an intermediate layer, and a second light-emitting unit in this order from the first electrode side. The first light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, and the second light-emitting unit includes a second light-emitting layer. The intermediate layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer in this order from the first electrode side, with the second layer being in contact with the first layer and the third layer. The spin density of the first layer is lower than or equal to 1×1017 spins/cm3. The LUMO level of a material included in the second layer is greater than or equal to ?4.30 eV and less than or equal to ?3.00 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromi SEO, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 12009688
    Abstract: The safety is ensured in such a manner that with an abnormality detection system of a secondary battery, abnormality of a secondary battery is detected, for example, a phenomenon that lowers the safety of the secondary battery is detected early, and a user is warned or the use of the secondary battery is stopped. The abnormality detection system of the secondary battery determines whether the temperature of the secondary battery is within a temperature range in which normal operation can be performed on the basis of temperature data obtained with a temperature sensor. In the case where the temperature of the secondary battery is high, a cooling device is driven by a control signal from the abnormality detection system of the secondary battery. The abnormality detection system of the secondary battery includes at least a memory means. The memory means has a function of holding an analog signal and includes a transistor using an oxide semiconductor for a semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munehiro Kozuma, Takayuki Ikeda, Takanori Matsuzaki, Kei Takahashi, Mayumi Mikami, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12009432
    Abstract: A transistor whose characteristic degradation due to stray light is small is provided. The transistor includes a first insulator, a second insulator over the first insulator, a metal oxide over the second insulator, a first and a second conductor over the metal oxide, a third insulator over the first insulator, the second insulator, the metal oxide, the first conductor, and the second conductor, a fourth insulator over the metal oxide, a fifth insulator over the fourth insulator, and a third conductor over the fifth insulator. The third insulator has an opening to overlap with a region between the first conductor and the second conductor. The fourth insulator, the fifth insulator, and the third conductor are positioned in the opening. The metal oxide has a bandgap greater than or equal to 3.3 eV. The transistor has Vsh higher than or equal to ?0.3 V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kunitake, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Naoki Okuno, Masahiro Takahashi, Tomonori Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12009434
    Abstract: As a display device has a higher definition, the number of pixels, gate lines, and signal lines are increased. When the number of the gate lines and the signal lines are increased, a problem of higher manufacturing cost, because it is difficult to mount an IC chip including a driver circuit for driving of the gate and signal lines by bonding or the like. A pixel portion and a driver circuit for driving the pixel portion are provided over the same substrate, and at least part of the driver circuit includes a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor interposed between gate electrodes provided above and below the oxide semiconductor. Therefore, when the pixel portion and the driver portion are provided over the same substrate, manufacturing cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Miyairi, Takeshi Osada, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12008975
    Abstract: A display device that achieves both high-accuracy sensing by a touch sensor unit and smooth input using the touch sensor unit is provided. The display device includes a display unit and the touch sensor unit. The touch sensor unit performs touch sensing operation at a different timing from display image rewriting by the display unit, whereby the high-accuracy sensing can be achieved. The display unit has a function of rewriting a display image only in a region that needs to be rewritten. In the case where the entire display region is not necessarily rewritten, the time for the sensing operation by the touch sensor unit can be lengthened, whereby the smooth input can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12007656
    Abstract: An object is to provide a display device that performs accurate display. A circuit is formed using a transistor that includes an oxide semiconductor and has a low off-state current. A precharge circuit or an inspection circuit is formed in addition to a pixel circuit. The off-state current is low because the oxide semiconductor is used. Thus, it is not likely that a signal or voltage is leaked in the precharge circuit or the inspection circuit to cause defective display. As a result, a display device that performs accurate display can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 12008185
    Abstract: An input/output device includes a first sensor electrode and a second sensor electrode. In addition, the input/output device includes a first electrode and a second electrode which are electrodes for a display element, and a substrate sandwiched between the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode. The second sensor electrode is formed concurrently with the first electrode using the same material. The input/output device sensors a change in capacitance of a capacitor formed between the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode. Furthermore, a third sensor electrode to which a floating potential is applied may be provided to overlap with the first electrode. In the input/output device, either a liquid crystal element or a light-emitting element may be used, or both the liquid crystal element and the light-emitting element may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12010861
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element which has an anode, a light-emitting layer over the anode, an electron-transport layer over and in contact with the light-emitting layer, an electron-injection layer over and in contact with the electron-transport layer, and a cathode over and in contact with the electron-injection layer. The light-emitting layer has an electron-transport property, and the electron-transport layer includes an anthracene derivative. The light-emitting layer further includes a phosphorescent substance. This device structure allows the formation of a highly efficient blue-emissive light-emitting element even though the phosphorescent substance has higher triplet energy than the anthracene derivative which directly contacts with the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoko Shitagaki, Takahiro Ishisone, Satoshi Seo, Takeyoshi Watabe
  • Publication number: 20240188433
    Abstract: A novel organic compound with which the emission characteristics, emission efficiency, and reliability of a light-emitting element can be improved is provided. The organic compound has an imidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridine skeleton and a dibenzothiophene skeleton or a dibenzofuran skeleton bonded through an arylene group. The light-emitting element including the organic compound in a light-emitting layer shows high efficiency and low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya HIROSE, Hiroshi Kadoma, Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240186486
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material particle with little deterioration is provided. A power storage device with little deterioration is provided. A highly safe power storage device is provided. The positive electrode active material particle includes a first crystal grain, a second crystal grain, and a crystal grain boundary positioned between the crystal grain and the second crystal grain; the first crystal grain and the second crystal grain include lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen; the crystal grain boundary includes magnesium and oxygen; and the positive electrode active material particle includes a region where the ratio of the atomic concentration of magnesium in the crystal grain boundary to the atomic concentration of the transition metal in first crystal grain and the second crystal grain is greater than or equal to 0.010 and less than or equal to 0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Teruaki OCHIAI, Yohei MOMMA, Ayae TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20240188404
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a novel structure is provided. The display apparatus includes a display surface, a flexible non-rectangular substrate over which part of the display surface is formed, and a light-emitting device formed over the flexible substrate. The light-emitting device includes pixel regions formed in a matrix. The display surface has a convex or concave region when part of the flexible non-rectangular substrate is bent. A novel light-emitting apparatus, a novel display apparatus, a novel input/output apparatus, or a novel semiconductor apparatus can be achieved. The display apparatus enables the degree of design flexibility of a display apparatus to be increased and design of the display apparatus to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Yoshiaki OIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240187720
    Abstract: A small light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device which is less likely to produce a shadow is provided. A structure including a switching circuit for supplying a pulsed constant current and a light-emitting panel supplied with the pulsed constant current has been conceived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hisao IKEDA, Kazuhiko FUJITA, Akihiro KAITA
  • Publication number: 20240186331
    Abstract: To provide a miniaturized semiconductor device with low power consumption. A method for manufacturing a wiring layer includes the following steps: forming a second insulator over a first insulator; forming a third insulator over the second insulator; forming an opening in the third insulator so that it reaches the second insulator; forming a first conductor over the third insulator and in the opening; forming a second conductor over the first conductor; and after forming the second conductor, performing polishing treatment to remove portions of the first and second conductors above a top surface of the third insulator. An end of the first conductor is at a level lower than or equal to the top level of the opening. The top surface of the second conductor is at a level lower than or equal to that of the end of the first conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka OKAZAKI, Tomoaki Moriwaka, Shinya Sasagawa, Takashi Ohtsuki
  • Patent number: 11999179
    Abstract: The electrostatic printing method of the present invention comprises arranging and adhering an original plate which is composed of an electrode and a plate layer having built-in a letterpress, intaglio plate, or gravure plate pattern or a mask sheet having ion-permeable openings on one or both sides of an image receiving sheet having an electrode and an image receiving layer, and forming a predetermined electrostatic pattern on the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet by applying a voltage between the electrode of the original plate and the electrode of the image receiving sheet or by performing ion irradiation through the mask sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ePrint Laboratories Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Mitani, Kazuhiko Honjyo
  • Patent number: 12001241
    Abstract: A portable electronic device that can operate even when electric power supplied through contactless charge by electromagnetic induction is low is provided. The portable electronic device includes a reflective liquid crystal display which includes a transistor including an oxide semiconductor, a power source portion which includes a rechargeable battery capable of charge by contactless charge, and a signal processing portion which includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. In the portable electronic device, electric power stored in the rechargeable battery is used in the reflective liquid crystal display and the signal processing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 11999627
    Abstract: Provided is a calcium carbonate that comprises crystals having a particular shape and structure and has a nano-order average particle size. Provided are a method for producing a calcium carbonate that comprises crystals having a particular shape and structure and has an average particle size in a particular range and a crystal growth method. The calcium carbonate has the calcite structure, has a BET specific surface area of 2 to 50 m2/g, has a number-based average particle size of 30 nm to 1.0 ?m as determined by electron microscopy, and partially comprises substantially ring-like particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SHIRAISHI CENTRAL LABORATORIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kezuka, Maya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12001634
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of performing authentication in a short time is provided. The display apparatus includes a first display portion where first pixels are arranged in a matrix, a second display portion where second pixels are arranged in a matrix, first and second row driver circuits, and a control circuit. Each of the first and the second pixels includes a light-receiving element. The first and the second pixels each have a function of acquiring imaging data by using the light-receiving element. The first and the second row driver circuits each have a function of selecting the first and the second pixels which read out the imaging data. The control circuit has a function of sequentially driving the first and the second row driver circuits in a first mode, and has a function of driving one of the first and the second row driver circuits on the basis of the imaging data in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshimoto, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Ryo Yamauchi, Motoharu Saito, Koji Kusunoki, Shunpei Yamazaki