Patents Assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11898261
    Abstract: To form graphene to a practically even thickness on an object having an uneven surface or a complex surface, in particular, an object having a surface with a three-dimensional structure due to complex unevenness, or an object having a curved surface. The object and an electrode are immersed in a graphene oxide solution, and voltage is applied between the object and the electrode. At this time, the object serves as an anode. Graphene oxide is attracted to the anode because of being negatively charged, and deposited on the surface of the object to have a practically even thickness. A portion where graphene oxide is deposited is unlikely coated with another graphene oxide. Thus, deposited graphene oxide is reduced to graphene, whereby graphene can be formed to have a practically even thickness on an object having surface with complex unevenness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Oguni, Takeshi Osada, Toshihiko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11899311
    Abstract: A low-resolution image is displayed at high resolution and power consumption is reduced. Resolution is made higher by super-resolution processing. Then, display is performed with the luminance of a backlight controlled by local dimming after the super-resolution processing. By controlling the luminance of the backlight, power consumption can be reduced. Further, by performing the local dimming after the super-resolution processing, accurate display can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 11899478
    Abstract: A low-power semiconductor device is provided. A retention transistor is provided between a control circuit and an output transistor. An output terminal of the control circuit is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the retention transistor, and the other of the source and the drain of the retention transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the output transistor. A node to which the other of the source and the drain of the retention transistor and the gate of the output transistor are electrically connected is a retention node. When the retention transistor is in an on state, a potential corresponding to a potential output from the control circuit is written to the retention node. Then, when the retention transistor is in an off state, the potential of the retention node is retained. Thus, a gate potential of the output transistor can be kept at a constant value even when the control circuit is off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita Sato, Yuto Yakubo, Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11899296
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a large display portion with improved portability is provided. The display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel, and an adhesive layer. The area of the second display panel is larger than the area of the first display panel. The first display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a reflective liquid crystal element and a first transistor each positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second display panel includes a first resin layer having flexibility, a second resin layer having flexibility, and a light-emitting element and a second transistor each positioned between the first resin layer and the second resin layer. The liquid crystal element has a function of reflecting light toward the second substrate side. The light-emitting element has a function of emitting light toward the second resin layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Eguchi, Hideaki Kuwabara, Kazune Yokomizo
  • Patent number: 11901548
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material, which has a high capacity and excellent charge and discharge cycle performance, for a lithium-ion secondary battery is provided. Alternatively, a positive electrode active material that inhibits a decrease in capacity in charge and discharge cycles when used in a lithium-ion secondary battery is provided. Alternatively, a high-capacity secondary battery is provided. Alternatively, a highly safe or reliable secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material contains a first substance including a first crack and a second substance positioned inside the first crack. The first substance contains one or more of cobalt, manganese, and nickel, lithium, oxygen, magnesium, and fluorine. The second substance contains phosphorus and oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Machikawa, Yohei Momma, Teruaki Ochiai, Mayumi Mikami
  • Patent number: 11899328
    Abstract: The display device includes a first substrate provided with a driver circuit region that is located outside and adjacent to a pixel region and includes at least one second transistor which supplies a signal to the first transistor in each of the pixels in the pixel region, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first interlayer insulating film including an inorganic insulating material over the first transistor and the second transistor, a second interlayer insulating film including an organic insulating material over the first interlayer insulating film, and a third interlayer insulating film including an inorganic insulating material over the second interlayer insulating film. The third interlayer insulating film is provided in part of an upper region of the pixel region, and has an edge portion on an inner side than the driver circuit region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Hosaka, Yukinori Shima, Kenichi Okazaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11900721
    Abstract: A novel electronic device is provided. An electronic device capable of executing various types of processing by simple operation is provided. An electronic device with a high security level is provided. The electronic device includes a control portion, a detection portion, and a memory portion. The detection portion has a function of detecting touch operation and a function of obtaining fingerprint data on a touching finger. The memory portion has a function of retaining fingerprint data on a plurality of finger registered in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Koji Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 11901460
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes first and second transistors and first and second capacitors. Each of the first and second transistors includes a gate insulator and a gate electrode over an oxide. Each of the first and second capacitors includes a conductor, a dielectric over the conductor, and the oxide. The first and second transistors are provided between the first capacitor and the second capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is also used as one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is also used as one electrode of the first capacitor. The other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is also used as one electrode of the second capacitor. The channel lengths of the first and second transistors are larger than the lengths in a direction parallel to short sides of fourth and fifth conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Endo, Hideomi Suzawa
  • Patent number: 11903227
    Abstract: A light-emitting element containing a fluorescent material and having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element contains the fluorescent material and a host material. The host material contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound can form an exciplex. The minimum value of a distance between centroids of the fluorescent material and at least one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is 0.7 nm or more and 5 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hosoumi, Takahiro Ishisone, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 11901377
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 11901485
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting display device in which a pixel including a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor has a high aperture ratio. The light-emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels each including a thin film transistor and a light-emitting element. The pixel is electrically connected to a first wiring functioning as a scan line. The thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer over the first wiring with a gate insulating film therebetween. The oxide semiconductor layer is extended beyond the edge of a region where the first wiring is provided. The light-emitting element and the oxide semiconductor layer overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Arasawa, Hideaki Shishido
  • Publication number: 20240047774
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is to provide a highly safe monitoring system for a secondary battery which ensures safety by warning a user when detecting an abnormality in the secondary battery, for example, when detecting a phenomenon that impairs safety of the secondary battery in an early stage. The monitoring system uses an imaging device which captures images of an external view of the secondary battery. Furthermore, for facilitating an abnormality detection, temperature sensitive paint is either sprayed or applied on at least part of a surface of an exterior body of the secondary battery. In addition, a light source for irradiating the temperature sensitive paint with light is also provided. With this structure, the abnormal portion can emit light (or exhibit a color) in the case where abnormal heat generation occurs locally, whereby the imaging device can distinguish an abnormal portion from image data by the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi OSADA, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Takayuki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240047583
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with stable electrical characteristics is provided. Alternatively, a semiconductor device having normally-off electrical characteristics is provided. A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulator, and an oxide semiconductor, the oxide semiconductor contains fluorine in a channel formation region, and a fluorine concentration in the channel formation region is higher than or equal to 1×1020 atoms/cm3 and lower than or equal to 1×1022 atoms/cm3. Note that fluorine is added by an ion implantation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kosei NODA
  • Patent number: 11893299
    Abstract: An electronic device including a housing, a display panel with a flexible substrate, and a flexible printed circuit, in which the housing comprises a flat surface and a side surface comprising a curved region, the display panel comprises a first region that overlaps with the flat surface and a second region that overlaps with the side surface, the display panel comprises a convex portion that comprises a region overlapping with a flexible printed circuit, and the display panel comprises a display portion in the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11894486
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a thin film transistor and wirings connected to the thin film transistor, in which the thin film transistor has a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor layer, and a copper metal is used for at least one of a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate wiring, a source wiring, and a drain wiring. The extremely low off current of the transistor with the oxide semiconductor layer contributes to reduction in power consumption of the semiconductor device. Additionally, the use of the copper metal allows the combination of the semiconductor device with a display element to provide a display device with high display quality and negligible defects, which results from the low electrical resistance of the wirings and electrodes formed with the copper metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Miyuki Hosoba, Suzunosuke Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 11894040
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of constant current circuits each given a digital signal. The constant current circuits each include a first transistor to a third transistor. The first transistor has a function of making a first current corresponding to set analog potential flow therethrough. The second transistor has a function of controlling the first current flowing between a source and a drain of the first transistor, in response to the digital signal. The third transistor has a function of holding the analog potential supplied to a gate of the first transistor, by being turned off. The first transistor to the third transistor each include a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ikeda, Hitoshi Kunitake
  • Patent number: 11893474
    Abstract: A neuron circuit can switch between two functions: as an input neuron circuit, and as a hidden neuron circuit. An error circuit can switch between two functions: as a hidden error circuit, and as an output neuron circuit. A switching circuit is configured to be capable of changing the connections between the neuron circuit, a synapse circuit, and the error circuit. The synapse circuit includes an analog memory that stores data that corresponds to the connection strength between the input neuron circuit and the hidden neuron circuit or between the hidden neuron circuit and the output neuron circuit, a writing circuit that changes the data in the analog memory, and a weighting circuit that weights an input signal in reaction to the data of the analog memory and outputs the weighted output signal. The analog memory includes a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor with extremely low off-state current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11894523
    Abstract: A wearable device needs to have a design corresponding to complicated surfaces of human bodies. Thus, an electronic device that can fit the characteristics of each individual human body after being purchased and can be worn naturally and comfortably is provided. The electronic device includes a secondary battery which can be transformed. By using a secondary battery which can be transformed, for example, a secondary battery can be efficiently placed in a narrow and elongated space in the electronic device, and the elongated secondary battery can be bent together with the electronic device. Furthermore, the weight balance of the electronic device can be easily adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Tajima, Masaaki Hiroki, Daisuke Furumatsu
  • Patent number: 11894380
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device capable of functioning as a memory device. The memory device comprises a plurality of memory cells, and each of the memory cells contains a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is provided over a substrate containing a semiconductor material and has a channel formation region in the substrate. The second transistor has an oxide semiconductor layer. The gate electrode of the first transistor and one of the source and drain electrodes of the second transistor are electrically connected to each other. The extremely low off current of the second transistor allows the data stored in the memory cell to be retained for a significantly long time even in the absence of supply of electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11892878
    Abstract: An electronic device has a structure in which two portions between which a bent portion of a display panel is positioned are each fixed to a housing. The electronic device takes two forms of a form in which the display panel is opened and a form in which the display panel is folded in three. The electronic device includes a mechanism for sliding two housings parallel to each other. The display panel is changed in shape so that a portion where a display surface of the display panel is convexly curved and a portion where the display surface of the display panel is concavely curved in the folded state move in directions parallel and opposite to each other. At this time, the two portions of the display panel which are supported by the housings are slid while their display surfaces maintain a state parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kensuke Yoshizumi