Patents Assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240365602
    Abstract: A highly reliable display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer. The first light-emitting element includes a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer over the first pixel electrode, and a common electrode over the first EL layer. The second light-emitting element includes a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer over the second pixel electrode, and the common electrode over the second EL layer. The first 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hidekazu MIYAIRI, Ryo TAGASHIRA
  • Publication number: 20240365597
    Abstract: A display apparatus with high display quality is provided. The display apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel placed to be adjacent to the first pixel, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer. The first pixel includes a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer covering the first pixel electrode, a third insulating layer over the first EL layer, and a common electrode over the first EL layer and the third insulating layer. The second pixel includes a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer covering the second pixel electrode, a fourth insulating layer over the second EL layer, and the common electrode over the second EL layer and the fourth insulating layer. Part of the second insulating layer overlaps with the first pixel electrode. Another part of the second insulating layer overlaps with the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu MIYAIRI, Yoshinobu ASAMI, Takahiro FUJIE, Ryo TAGASHIRA
  • Publication number: 20240365578
    Abstract: A light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants emitting light in a balanced manner and has high emission efficiency is provided. Further, a light-emitting device, a display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. A light-emitting element which includes a plurality of light-emitting layers including different phosphorescent materials is provided. In the light-emitting element, the light-emitting layer which includes a light-emitting material emitting light with a long wavelength includes two kinds of carrier-transport compounds having properties of transporting carriers with different polarities. Further, in the light-emitting element, the triplet excitation energy of a host material included in the light-emitting layer emitting light with a short wavelength is higher than the triplet excitation energy of at least one of the carrier-transport compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Takahiro ISHISONE
  • Patent number: 12132057
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that occupies a small area is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a first oxide semiconductor; a second transistor including a second oxide semiconductor; a capacitor element; a first insulator; and a first conductor in contact with a source or a drain of the second transistor. The capacitor element includes a second conductor, a third conductor, and a second insulator. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the first conductor are placed to be embedded in the first insulator. The second conductor is placed in contact with a top surface of the first conductor and a top surface of a gate of the first transistor. The second insulator is placed over the second conductor and the first insulator. The third conductor is placed to cover the second conductor with the second insulator therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kunitake, Tatsuya Onuki, Hajime Kimura, Takayuki Ikeda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12132334
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with reduced power consumption is provided. The semiconductor device includes a node ND1, a node ND2, a resistor, a capacitor, and a comparison circuit. The resistor is electrically connected in series between one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a secondary battery and a first terminal. The resistor has a function of converting current flowing between the one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the secondary battery and the first terminal into a first voltage. The first voltage is added to a voltage of the node ND2 through the capacitor. The comparison circuit has a function of comparing a voltage of the node ND1 and the voltage of the node ND2. The comparison circuit outputs a signal that notifies detection of overcurrent when the voltage of the node ND2 is higher than the voltage of the node ND1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Yuki Okamoto, Minato Ito, Takahiko Ishizu, Hiroki Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12131087
    Abstract: A novel bendable and highly portable information processor is provided. In addition, a novel information processor capable of displaying information or the like on a seamless large screen is provided. A novel information processor in which one display region can be divided into two regions at a bend position is provided. A novel information processor in which different images or images for different purposes can be displayed in the respective regions is provided. The present inventors have conceived a program including a step of dividing the display region and displaying image data in the respective regions when a display unit of the information processor is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Iwaki, Katsuki Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 12132060
    Abstract: An imaging device capable of image processing is provided. The imaging device can retain analog data (image data) obtained by an image-capturing operation in a pixel and extract data obtained by multiplying the analog data by a predetermined weight coefficient. When the data is taken in a neural network or the like, processing such as image recognition can be performed. Since enormous volumes of image data can be retained in pixels in the state of analog data, processing can be performed efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Yoneda, Yusuke Negoro
  • Patent number: 12132090
    Abstract: A transistor which is resistant to a short-channel effect is provided. The transistor includes a first conductor in a ring shape, an oxide semiconductor including a region extending through an inside of a ring of the first conductor, a first insulator between the first conductor and the oxide semiconductor, a second insulator between the first conductor and the first insulator, and a charge trap layer inside the ring of the first conductor. The charge trap layer is inside the second insulator and configured to be in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Shinpei Matsuda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12131706
    Abstract: It is an object to decrease the number of transistors connected to a capacitor. In a structure, a capacitor and one transistor are included, one electrode of the capacitor is connected to a wiring, and the other electrode of the capacitor is connected to a gate of the transistor. Since a clock signal is input to the wiring, the clock signal is input to the gate of the transistor through the capacitor. Then, on/off of the transistor is controlled by a signal which synchronizes with the clock signal, so that a period when the transistor is on and a period when the transistor is off are repeated. In this manner, deterioration of the transistor can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 12132121
    Abstract: Provided are a transistor which has electrical characteristics requisite for its purpose and uses an oxide semiconductor layer and a semiconductor device including the transistor. In the bottom-gate transistor in which at least a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating film, and the semiconductor layer are stacked in this order, an oxide semiconductor stacked layer including at least two oxide semiconductor layers whose energy gaps are different from each other is used as the semiconductor layer. Oxygen and/or a dopant may be added to the oxide semiconductor stacked layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Satoshi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 12130659
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel mounted on a curved surface, and driver circuits including circuit elements which are mounted on a plurality of plane surfaces provided on the back of the curved surface in a stepwise shape along the curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Publication number: 20240355833
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of stable operation with low power consumption is provided. A logic circuit having a circuit configuration using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region is included. The logic circuit is a two-input/two-output two-wire logic circuit. Transistors included in the logic circuit each include a gate and a back gate. An input terminal is electrically connected to one of a gate and a back gate of a transistor electrically connected to a wiring for supplying a high power supply potential. An output terminal is connected to the other of the gate and the back gate of the transistor electrically connected to the wiring for supplying a high power supply potential. An output terminal is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a transistor electrically connected to a wiring for supplying a low power supply potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko ISHIZU, Seiichi YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20240357846
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with favorable emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with a favorable lifetime is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with a low driving voltage is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound that is positioned between the anode and the cathode, in which the layer including the organic compound includes a first layer, a second layer, and a light-emitting layer in this order from the anode side, the first layer includes a first substance and a second substance, the second layer includes a third substance, the first substance is an organic compound a HOMO level of which is higher than or equal to ?5.8 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Yusuke Takita, Takumu Okuyama, Anna Tada
  • Publication number: 20240357223
    Abstract: An object is to provide a display device that makes it easy to photograph a user's face looking at a display screen, or the like, in a dark place. Another object is to provide a display device that makes it easy to check a user's face looking at a display screen, or the like, in a dark place. A display device includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a function of displaying an image of a subject. The second region has a function of illuminating a subject with light. An electronic device includes a display device and an imaging device. The display device includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a function of displaying an image of a subject that is obtained using the imaging device. The second region has a function of illuminating a subject with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hajime Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240355829
    Abstract: A display device including a display portion with an extremely high resolution is provided. The display device includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a first element layer including a first transistor and a second element layer including a second transistor. A channel formation region of the first transistor includes silicon. The first transistor has a function of driving the light-emitting element. The second transistor functions as a switch. A channel formation region of the second transistor includes a metal oxide. The metal oxide functions as a semiconductor. The second element layer is provided over the first element layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20240355839
    Abstract: The circuit includes a first transistor; a second transistor whose first terminal is connected to a gate of the first transistor for setting the potential of the gate of the first transistor to a level at which the first transistor is turned on; a third transistor for setting the potential of a gate of the second transistor to a level at which the second transistor is turned on and bringing the gate of the second transistor into a floating state; and a fourth transistor for setting the potential of the gate of the second transistor to a level at which the second transistor is turned off. With such a configuration, a potential difference between the gate and a source of the second transistor can be kept at a level higher than the threshold voltage of the second transistor, so that operation speed can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 12125919
    Abstract: To provide a novel metal oxide. The metal oxide includes a first region and a second region. A third region is included between the first region and the second region. An interface of the first region is covered with the third region. The crystallinity of the third region is lower than the crystallinity of the first region. The crystallinity of the second region is lower than the crystallinity of the third region. The size of the first region measured from an image observed with a transmission electron microscope is greater than or equal to 1 nm and less than or equal to 3 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tomonori Nakayama, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12127471
    Abstract: A light-emitting element which includes a plurality of light-emitting layers between a pair of electrodes and has low driving voltage and high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element including first to third light-emitting layers between a cathode and an anode is provided. The first light-emitting layer includes a first phosphorescent material and a first electron-transport material; the second light-emitting layer includes a second phosphorescent material and a second electron-transport material; the third light-emitting layer includes a fluorescent material and a third electron-transport material; the first to third light-emitting elements are provided in contact with an electron-transport layer positioned on a cathode side; and a triplet excitation energy level of a material included in the electron-transport layer is lower than triplet excitation energy levels of the first electron-transport material and the second electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Naoaki Hashimoto, Eriko Saijo, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12127418
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a display device each consume less power are provided. The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element that share an EL layer. The EL layer includes a layer containing a light-emitting material that emits blue fluorescence and a layer containing a light-emitting material that emits yellow or green phosphorescence. Light emitted from the second light-emitting element enters a color filter layer or a second color conversion layer, and light emitted from the third light-emitting element enters a first color conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 12127479
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with an improved reliability, a light-emitting element with a high current efficiency (or a high quantum efficiency), and a novel dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline derivative that is favorably used in a light-emitting element which is one embodiment of the present invention. A light-emitting element includes an EL layer between an anode and a cathode. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer; the light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound having an electron-transport property and a hole-transport property, a second organic compound having a hole-transport property, and a light-emitting substance; the combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex; the HOMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the HOMO level of the second organic compound; and a difference between the HOMO level of the first organic compound and the HOMO level of the second organic compound is less than or equal to 0.4 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Takao Hamada, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Yasushi Kitano, Hiroki Suzuki, Hideko Inoue