Patents Assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11925097
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable display unit having a function of sensing light. The display unit includes a light-receiving device and a light-emitting device. The light-receiving device includes an active layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting device includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-receiving device and the light-emitting device share one of the electrodes, and may further share another common layer between the pair of electrodes. The hole-injection layer is in contact with an anode and contains a first compound and a second compound. The electron-transport property of the electron-transport layer is low; hence, the light-emitting layer is less likely to have excess electrons. Here, the first compound is the material having a property of accepting electrons from the second compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Kamada, Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tsunenori Suzuki, Harue Osaka, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 11923204
    Abstract: A semiconductor device for high power application in which a novel semiconductor material having high mass productivity is provided. An oxide semiconductor film is formed, and then, first heat treatment is performed on the exposed oxide semiconductor film in order to reduce impurities such as moisture or hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film. Next, in order to further reduce impurities such as moisture or hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film, oxygen is added to the oxide semiconductor film by an ion implantation method, an ion doping method, or the like, and after that, second heat treatment is performed on the exposed oxide semiconductor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Hiroki Ohara
  • Patent number: 11925041
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and low driving voltage. The light-emitting element includes a guest material and a host material. A LUMO level of the guest material is lower than a LUMO level of the host material. An energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the guest material is larger than an energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the host material. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. An energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to energy of light emission of the guest material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Takeyoshi Watabe, Satomi Mitsumori
  • Patent number: 11923707
    Abstract: A battery protection circuit with a novel configuration and a power storage device including the battery protection circuit are provided. The battery protection circuit includes a switch circuit for controlling charge and discharge of a battery cell; the switch circuit includes a mechanical relay, a first transistor, and a second transistor; the switch circuit has a function of controlling electrical connection between a first terminal and a second terminal; the mechanical relay has a function of breaking electrical connection between the first terminal and the second terminal; the first transistor has a function of supplying first current between the first terminal and the second terminal; the second transistor has a function of supplying second current between the first terminal and the second terminal; and the first current is higher than the second current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takayuki Ikeda, Munehiro Kozuma, Takanori Matsuzaki, Akio Suzuki, Seiya Saito
  • Patent number: 11924589
    Abstract: Color filters are used for color images obtained using imaging devices such as conventional image sensors. Imaging elements with color filters are sold, and an appropriate combination of the imaging element and a lens or the like is incorporated in an electronic device. Only providing a color filter to overlap a light-receiving region of an image sensor reduces the amount of light reaching the light-receiving region. An imaging system of the present invention includes a solid-state imaging element without a color filter, a storage device, and a learning device. As a selection standard for reducing the amount of learning data, in an HSV color space, saturation is used, and selection is performed so that the saturation has optimal distribution. When colorization disclosed in this specification is performed, the colorization and object highlight processing can be performed at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Akimoto, Seiko Inoue, Daichi Mishima
  • Patent number: 11921382
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes an island-shaped first semiconductor film 102 which is formed over a base insulating film 101 and in which a source 102d, a channel forming region 102a, and a drain 102b are formed; a first electrode 102c which is formed of a material same as the first semiconductor film 102 to be the source 102d or the drain 102b and formed over the base insulating film 101; a second electrode 108 which is formed over the first electrode 102c and includes a first opening pattern 112; and a liquid crystal 110 which is provided over the second electrode 108.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240074227
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first region and a second region. The second region is provided with a first component, and the second region can be bent with the first component facing outward. The first component includes a first elastic body and a second elastic body. The second elastic body includes an end portion part or the whole of which is covered with the first elastic body. The second elastic body has a higher elastic modulus than the first elastic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hiroki ADACHI, Shingo EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240067664
    Abstract: A novel organic compound that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is to be provided. The organic compound is represented by General Formula (G0). In General Formula (G0), X and Y each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. Ar1 to Ar4 each independently represent an aromatic ring or a nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring, the aromatic ring contains 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and the nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring is composed only of one or more six-membered rings and contains 4 to 9 carbon atoms. R, R11, R21, R21, R22, R31, R32, R41, and R42 each independently represent hydrogen, a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted diarylamine having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylamine having 3 to 18 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoko Takeda, Harue Osaka, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tsunenori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240069398
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a data generation circuit, a source driver circuit, and a pixel. The source driver circuit is electrically connected to the pixel through first and second wirings. The pixel includes a display device that is a liquid crystal device, a potential of one electrode of the display device can be a potential of the first wiring, and a potential of the other electrode of the display device can be a potential of the second wiring. The image data generation circuit has a function of generating digital image data including first and second data. One of the first and second wirings is made to have a potential corresponding to first data, and the other of the first and second wirings is made to have a potential corresponding to the second_data. The potential of the first wiring and the potential of the second wiring are interchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kazunori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240074272
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a light detection function is provided. The display apparatus includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel. The second pixel includes a third subpixel. The first subpixel is a subpixel that emits light with the shortest wavelength (e.g., blue light or light with a shorter wavelength than blue light) in subpixels included in the first pixel. The second subpixel has a function of receiving the light emitted by the first subpixel. The third subpixel is a subpixel that emits light with the shortest wavelength in subpixels included in the second pixel. The wavelength of the light emitted by the first subpixel is shorter than the wavelength of the light emitted by the third subpixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI, Taisuke KAMADA
  • Patent number: 11917318
    Abstract: An imaging device with low power consumption is provided. A pixel includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit can generate imaging data and retain difference data that is a difference between the imaging data and data obtained in an initial frame. The second circuit includes a circuit that compares the difference data and a voltage range set arbitrarily. The second circuit supplies a reading signal based on the comparison result. With the use of the structure, reading from the pixel is not performed when it is determined that the difference data is within the set voltage range and reading from the pixel can be performed when it is determined that the difference data is outside the voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Yoneda, Hiroki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11917840
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting device with a high blue index (BI) is provided. A light-emitting device with low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode which are a reflective electrode and a semi-transmissive and semi-reflective electrode, and an EL layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the EL layer contains an emission center substance, where when the emission center substance in the EL layer includes only one kind of substance, photon energy of a peak wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting device is designed from an average value of photon energy of light emitted by the emission center substance in a solution state and emission edge energy on a short wavelength side of an emission spectrum of the emission center substance in the solution state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Toshiki Sasaki, Ryohei Yamaoka, Shiho Nomura
  • Patent number: 11917882
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, an electronic device, or a lighting device with low power consumption and high reliability is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a third light-emitting element, and a fourth light-emitting element. The first to fourth light-emitting elements include the same EL layer between an anode and a cathode. The EL layer includes a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer contains a fluorescent substance. The peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the fluorescent substance in a toluene solution of the fluorescent substance is 440 nm to 460 nm, preferably 440 nm to 455 nm. The second light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent substance. The first light-emitting element exhibits blue emission. The second light-emitting element exhibits green emission. The third light-emitting element exhibits red emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Toshiki Sasaki, Tsunenori Suzuki, Sachiko Kawakami, Naoaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11917908
    Abstract: A novel organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. In General Formula (G1), X1 and X2 each independently represent a secondary or tertiary alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and having a branched carbon atom which is bonded to a phenyl group. In addition, Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring skeleton having 10 to 60 carbon atoms and composed of two or more rings or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed heteroaromatic ring skeleton having 8 to 60 carbon atoms and composed of two or more rings. Furthermore, Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms. Moreover, n represents any of 1 to 3, and in the case where n is 2 or more, two or more groups bonded to Ar1 may be identical or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoko Takeda, Harue Osaka, Hiroshi Kadoma, Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Naoaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11916065
    Abstract: A novel comparison circuit, a novel amplifier circuit, a novel battery control circuit, a novel battery protection circuit, a power storage device, a semiconductor device, an electronic device, and the like are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Takeshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 11916184
    Abstract: A secondary battery with high capacity per unit volume can be provided. A flexible secondary battery with a novel structure can be provided. A secondary battery that can be bent repeatedly can be provided. A highly reliable secondary battery can be provided. A long-life secondary battery can be provided. A secondary battery comprises an inner structure and an exterior body that surrounds the inner structure. The inner structure comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The exterior body comprises a first exterior film and a second exterior film. A region comprising reduced graphene oxide lies between the first exterior film and the second exterior film. The graphene oxide preferably comprises a region where the concentration of oxygen is higher than or equal to 2 atomic percent and lower than or equal to 20 atomic percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryota Tajima
  • Patent number: 11917838
    Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring; a second wiring; a third wiring; a fourth wiring; a first transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; and a second transistor having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The first transistor is provided in a substrate including a semiconductor material. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Kiyoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11916150
    Abstract: One of the objects is to improve display quality by reduction in malfunctions of a circuit. In a driver circuit formed using a plurality of pulse output circuits having first to third transistors and first to fourth signal lines, a first clock signal is supplied to the first signal line; a preceding stage signal is supplied to the second signal line; a second clock signal is supplied to the third signal line; an output signal is output from the fourth signal line. Duty ratios of the first clock signal and the second clock signal are different from each other. A period during which the second clock signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal after the first clock signal is changed from an H-level signal to an L-level signal is longer than a period during which the preceding stage signal is changed from an L-level signal to an H-level signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 11916088
    Abstract: First to fourth switches are provided so that conduction states are able to be controlled independently of each other. The first switch, the third switch, and the second switch are electrically connected in series between a first wiring and a third wiring. The fourth switch has a function of controlling a conduction state between the light-emitting element and a fourth wiring. In a first transistor, a gate is electrically connected to a node to which the third switch and the second switch are electrically connected, one of a source and a drain is electrically connected to a second wiring, and the other is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A capacitor includes first and second electrodes, the first electrode is electrically connected to a node to which the first switch and the third switch are electrically connected, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Publication number: 20240063028
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which variation in characteristics is small is provided. A first insulator is formed; a first insulator is formed; a conductor is formed over the first insulator; a second insulator is formed over the conductor; a third insulator is formed over the second insulator; an oxide is formed over the third insulator; first heat treatment is performed; and second heat treatment following the first heat treatment is performed. The temperature of the first heat treatment is lower than the temperature of the second heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Shunichi ITO, Yoshihiro KAMATSU, Shinobu KAWAGUCHI, Shinya SASAGAWA