Patents Assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20250017036Abstract: A light-emitting device that can be used in a high-resolution display apparatus and has a low driving voltage and high current efficiency is provided. A tandem light-emitting device is fabricated through a photolithography process and includes a plurality of light-emitting units and an intermediate layer therebetween. The intermediate layer includes a layer that includes a metal oxide and an organic compound having a phenanthroline ring with an electron-donating group. The layer of the intermediate layer is in contact with a light-emitting unit on the anode side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiki SASAKI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromi SEO, Shinya FUKUZAKI
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Publication number: 20250011260Abstract: A novel compound for a host material is provided. A compound for a host material that is capable of increasing the lifetime of a light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. A material whose thermophysical properties such as a glass transition temperature are high is provided. An anthracene compound for a host material represented by General Formula (G1) below is provided. (Note that in General Formula (G1), R1 to R7 each independently represent hydrogen or an aryl group having 1 to 25 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO, Hiroshi KADOMA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20250017035Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element contains first to third organic compounds. The first organic compound has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light. The second organic compound has a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a benzothienopyrimidine skeleton. The third organic compound is a fluorescent compound. Light emitted from the light-emitting element is light emitted from the third organic compound that receives excitation energy from the first organic compound or from an exciplex formed by the first and second organic compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi Seo
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Publication number: 20250013333Abstract: A display device having a photosensing function is provided. A display device having a biometric authentication function typified by fingerprint authentication is provided. A display device having both a touch panel function and a biometric authentication function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a light guide plate, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a light-receiving element. The first substrate and the light guide plate are provided to face each other. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are provided between the first substrate and the light guide plate. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting first light through the light guide plate. The second light-emitting element has a function of emitting second light to a side surface of the light guide plate. The light-receiving element has a function of receiving the second light and converting the second light into an electric signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Roy HATSUMI, Taisuke KAMADA
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Publication number: 20250015194Abstract: A transistor that can be miniaturized is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, first to fourth conductive layers, and first to fourth insulating layers. Over the first conductive layer including a depressed portion, the first insulating layer, the second conductive layer, the second insulating layer, and the third conductive layer which include a first opening portion overlapping with the depressed portion are provided in this order. The third insulating layer is in contact with at least the side surface of the second conductive layer in the first opening portion. The oxide semiconductor layer is in contact with the top surface of the third conductive layer and the bottom and side surfaces of the depressed portion, and is in contact with the third insulating layer in the first opening portion. The fourth insulating layer is on an inner side of the oxide semiconductor layer in the first opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tsutomu Murakawa, Fumito Isaka, Hitoshi Kunitake, Yasuhiro Jinbo
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Publication number: 20250015089Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator, a first metal oxide, a first conductor, a second conductor, and a third conductor. The first metal oxide includes a first depressed portion, a second depressed portion, and a third depressed portion positioned between the first depressed portion and the second depressed portion. The first conductor is provided to fill the first depressed portion, and the second conductor is provided to fill the second depressed portion. A top surface of the first conductor and a top surface of the second conductor are level with or substantially level with a top surface of the first metal oxide. The first insulator is provided inside the third depressed portion. The third conductor is provided over the first insulator and includes a region overlapping with the first metal oxide with the first insulator therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hitoshi KUNITAKE, Ryota HODO, Tsutomu MURAKAWA
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Patent number: 12193244Abstract: It is an object to provide a memory device whose power consumption can be suppressed and a semiconductor device including the memory device. As a switching element for holding electric charge accumulated in a transistor which functions as a memory element, a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film as an active layer is provided for each memory cell in the memory device. The transistor which is used as a memory element has a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, a semiconductor film located between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, a first insulating film located between the first gate electrode and the semiconductor film, a second insulating film located between the second gate electrode and the semiconductor film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the semiconductor film.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Shionoiri, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kiyoshi Kato
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Patent number: 12190842Abstract: A first flipflop outputs a first signal synchronized with a first clock signal. In the first transistor, the first clock signal is input to a first terminal and the second signal is output from a second terminal. In the fourth transistor, a first signal is input to a first terminal and a second terminal is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor. In the sixth transistor, the third signal is input to a first terminal, a second terminal is electrically connected to the gate of the fourth transistor, and the gate of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the first terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
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Patent number: 12191312Abstract: A lightweight flexible light-emitting device which is able to possess a curved display portion and display a full color image with high resolution and the manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The light-emitting device comprises: a plastic substrate; an insulating layer with an adhesive interposed therebetween; a thin film transistor over the insulating layer; a protective insulating film over the thin film transistor; a color filter over the protective insulating film; an interlayer insulating film over the color filter; and a white-emissive light-emitting element formed over the interlayer insulating film and being electrically connected to the thin film transistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Kaoru Hatano
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Patent number: 12191322Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device exemplified by an inverter circuit and a shift register circuit, which is characterized by a reduced number of transistors. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring, and the other thereof is electrically connected to a second wiring. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring, a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, and the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor, while the other electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to a third wiring. The first and second transistors have the same conductivity type.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
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Patent number: 12189232Abstract: In a semi-transmission liquid crystal display device, two resist masks are required to form a reflective electrode and a transparent electrode; therefore, cost is high. A transparent electrode and a reflective electrode which function as a pixel electrode are stacked. A resist pattern which includes a region having a thick film thickness and a region having a thinner film thickness than the aforementioned region is formed over the reflective electrode by using a light exposure mask which includes a semi-transmission portion. The reflective electrode and the transparent electrode are formed by using the resist pattern. Therefore, the reflective electrode and the transparent electrode can be formed by using one resist mask.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hajime Kimura
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Patent number: 12193236Abstract: A memory device with a small number of wirings using a NAND flash memory having a three-dimensional structure with a large number of stacked memory cell layers is provided. A decoder is formed using an OS transistor. An OS transistor can be formed by a method such as a thin film method, whereby the decoder can be provided to be stacked above the NAND flash memory having a three-dimensional structure. This can reduce the number of wirings provided substantially perpendicular to the memory cell layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Kunitake, Satoru Ohshita, Kazuki Tsuda, Tatsuya Onuki
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Patent number: 12190812Abstract: 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. A light-emitting element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a first transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a second transistor. A gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a third transistor. A semiconductor layer of the second transistor and a semiconductor layer of the third transistor each include indium, zinc and a third metal. The ratio of the number of indium atoms to the total number of the indium atoms, zinc atoms, and atoms of the third metal in the semiconductor layer of the second transistor is higher than or equal to 30 atomic % and lower than or equal to 100 atomic %.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kenichi Okazaki, Koji Kusunoki
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Patent number: 12191313Abstract: A region containing a high proportion of crystal components and a region containing a high proportion of amorphous components are formed separately in one oxide semiconductor film. The region containing a high proportion of crystal components is formed so as to serve as a channel formation region and the other region is formed so as to contain a high proportion of amorphous components. It is preferable that an oxide semiconductor film in which a region containing a high proportion of crystal components and a region containing a high proportion of amorphous components are mixed in a self-aligned manner be formed. To separately form the regions which differ in crystallinity in the oxide semiconductor film, first, an oxide semiconductor film containing a high proportion of crystal components is formed and then process for performing amorphization on part of the oxide semiconductor film is conducted.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 12190079Abstract: A semiconductor device having a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of operation circuits that can switch different kinds of operation processing; a plurality of switch circuits that can switch a connection state between the operation circuits; and a controller. The operation circuit includes a first memory that stores data corresponding to a weight parameter used in the plurality of kinds of operation processing. The operation circuit executes a product-sum operation by switching weight data in accordance with a context. The switch circuit includes a second memory that stores data for switching a plurality of connection states in response to switching of a second context signal. The controller generates a second context signal on the basis of a first context signal. The amount of data stored in the second memory can be smaller than the amount of data stored in the first memory in the operation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Munehiro Kozuma, Takeshi Aoki, Seiichi Yoneda, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 12191399Abstract: A transistor with stable electrical characteristics. A semiconductor device includes a first insulator over a substrate, a second insulator over the first insulator, an oxide semiconductor in contact with at least part of a top surface of the second insulator, a third insulator in contact with at least part of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor, a first conductor and a second conductor electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor, a fourth insulator over the third insulator, a third conductor which is over the fourth insulator and at least part of which is between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a fifth insulator over the third conductor. The first insulator contains a halogen element.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Ichijo, Toshiya Endo, Akihisa Shimomura, Yuji Egi, Sachiaki Tezuka, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 12191440Abstract: To provide a novel structure of a separator in a secondary battery. A nonaquesous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, a first separator, and a second separator. The first separator and the second separator are provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The first separator is provided with a first pore, the second separator is provided with a second pore, and the size of the first pore is different from the size of the second pore. Furthermore, the proportion of the volume of the first pores in the first separator is different from the proportion of the volume of the second pores in the second separator.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20250002500Abstract: A benzofuropyrimidine derivative or benzothienopyrimidine derivative that is a novel organic compound is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) below. Q represents oxygen or sulfur. Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and Ar4 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, and the number of carbon atoms included in the aromatic hydrocarbon ring is 6 to 25. m and n are each 0 or 1. A is a group having 12 to 100 carbon atoms in total and includes one or more of a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a fluorene ring, a phenanthrene ring, a triphenylene ring, a heteroaromatic ring including a dibenzothiophene ring, a heteroaromatic ring including a dibenzofuran ring, a heteroaromatic ring including a carbazole ring, a benzimidazole ring, and a triphenylamine structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Satomi Watabe, Hideko Yoshizumi, Hiromitsu Kido, Toshiki Sasaki, Akira Nagasaka, Yuta Kawano
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Publication number: 20250008835Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. A novel organic compound having a hole-transport property is provided. A novel hole-transport material is provided. A novel light-emitting element is provided. A light-emitting element with a favorable lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element with favorable emission efficiency is provided. An organic compound having a substituted or unsubstituted benzonaphthofuran skeleton, a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole skeleton, and a substituted or unsubstituted amine skeleton is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting element that uses the hole-transport material is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Rina SHIMAZAKI, Takumu OKUYAMA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO
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Publication number: 20250008781Abstract: A high-resolution display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a first sidewall insulating layer, a second sidewall insulating layer, an insulating layer, a first coloring layer, and a second coloring layer. The first light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer, and a common electrode. The second light-emitting device includes a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer, and the common electrode. The first EL layer and the second EL layer emit white light. The first sidewall insulating layer is in contact with the side surface of the first pixel electrode. The second sidewall insulating layer is in contact with the side surface of the second pixel electrode. The insulating layer covers the side surface and part of the top surface of the first EL layer and the side surface and part of the top surface of the second EL layer. The first coloring layer overlaps with the first light-emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya SASAGAWA, Ryota HODO, Kentaro SUGAYA, Yuichi YANAGISAWA