Patents by Inventor Eisuke Matsuda

Eisuke Matsuda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9209233
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display, the method including the steps of: disposing a substrate over which a plurality of lower electrodes and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes are formed and a donor film over which a light-emitting functional layer is formed so that the light-emitting functional layer contacts with the lower electrodes and does not contact with the auxiliary electrodes; irradiating the donor film with an energy beam to selectively transfer the light-emitting functional layer onto the lower electrodes; and forming an upper electrode that covers the light-emitting functional layer and the auxiliary electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Eisuke Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20150060837
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including a lower electrode disposed on a substrate, an organic layer having at least a light emission layer and disposed above the lower electrode, and upper electrode having a transparent conductive film and disposed above the organic layer, in which the device has an electron injecting layer between the organic layer and the upper electrode. The electron injecting layer has a buffer layer comprising an insulative material and a mixed layer comprising an organic material that has an electron transporting property and a metal material that has an electron injecting property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shibanuma, Eisuke Matsuda, Yasunori Kijima, Hirofumi Nakamura, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Patent number: 8906517
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device including a lower electrode disposed on a substrate, an organic layer having at least a light emission layer and disposed above the lower electrode, and upper electrode having a transparent conductive film and disposed above the organic layer, in which the device has an electron injecting layer between the organic layer and the upper electrode. The electron injecting layer has a buffer layer comprising an insulative material and a mixed layer comprising an organic material that has an electron transporting property and a metal material that has an electron injecting property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Shibanuma, Eisuke Matsuda, Yasunori Kijima, Hirofumi Nakamura, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Publication number: 20120104942
    Abstract: A display device and a method for manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device includes an organic layer on an auxiliary wiring is removed with high precision by one operation and, thereby, the yield and the productivity are improved. A lower electrode is formed by patterning in each pixel on a substrate. An auxiliary wiring including a light absorption layer is formed between individual pixels. An organic layer is formed on the substrate while covering the lower electrodes. Laser irradiation is conducted from the organic layer side, the laser light is converted to heat in the light absorption layer exposed at a portion under the organic layer, and the organic layer portion above the light absorption layer is removed selectively. An upper electrode is formed on the organic layer and is connected to the light absorption layer portion of the auxiliary wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nakayama, Takanori Shibasaki, Nobuo Ozawa, Eisuke Matsuda, Takashi Hirano, Tadashi Ishibashi, Yoichi Tomo, Keisuke Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20120061696
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display, the method including the steps of: disposing a substrate over which a plurality of lower electrodes and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes are formed and a donor film over which a light-emitting functional layer is formed so that the light-emitting functional layer contacts with the lower electrodes and does not contact with the auxiliary electrodes; irradiating the donor film with an energy beam to selectively transfer the light-emitting functional layer onto the lower electrodes; and forming an upper electrode that covers the light-emitting functional layer and the auxiliary electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eisuke Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8120021
    Abstract: A display device and a method for manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device includes an organic layer on an auxiliary wiring is removed with high precision by one operation and, thereby, the yield and the productivity are improved. A lower electrode is formed by patterning in each pixel on a substrate. An auxiliary wiring including a light absorption layer is formed between individual pixels. An organic layer is formed on the substrate while covering the lower electrodes. Laser irradiation is conducted from the organic layer side, the laser light is converted to heat in the light absorption layer exposed at a portion under the organic layer, and the organic layer portion above the light absorption layer is removed selectively. An upper electrode is formed on the organic layer and is connected to the light absorption layer portion of the auxiliary wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nakayama, Takanori Shibasaki, Nobuo Ozawa, Eisuke Matsuda, Takashi Hirano, Tadashi Ishibashi, Yoichi Tomo, Keisuke Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8062695
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a display, the method including the steps of: disposing a substrate over which a plurality of lower electrodes and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes are formed and a donor film over which a light-emitting functional layer is formed so that the light-emitting functional layer contacts with the lower electrodes and does not contact with the auxiliary electrodes; irradiating the donor film with an energy beam to selectively transfer the light-emitting functional layer onto the lower electrodes; and forming an upper electrode that covers the light-emitting functional layer and the auxiliary electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Eisuke Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20110260606
    Abstract: A display with: a plurality of lower electrodes formed over a substrate; an auxiliary electrode formed between the lower electrodes and having a film thickness which is less than a film thickness of the plurality of lower electrodes; an insulating film formed over the substrate and including openings that expose the lower electrodes and a connection hole that reaches the auxiliary electrode; a light-emitting functional layer formed on the lower electrodes exposed via the openings, the insulating film having a flat surface; and an upper electrode formed over the lower electrodes and connected to the auxiliary electrode via the connection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eisuke Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7723735
    Abstract: In a display device having a plurality of organic electroluminescence devices arranged on a substrate, each of the devices including a lower electrode, an organic layer at least containing a light emitting layer, and an upper electrode in this order, the light emitting layer of at least some of the organic electroluminescence devices has a first light emitting layer formed by vapor deposition and a second light emitting layer formed by thermal transfer, and the first light emitting layer emits light whose wavelength is equal to or shorter than that of blue light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Eisuke Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20100097411
    Abstract: A display device and a method for manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device includes an organic layer on an auxiliary wiring is removed with high precision by one operation and, thereby, the yield and the productivity are improved. A lower electrode is formed by patterning in each pixel on a substrate. An auxiliary wiring including a light absorption layer is formed between individual pixels. An organic layer is formed on the substrate while covering the lower electrodes. Laser irradiation is conducted from the organic layer side, the laser light is converted to heat in the light absorption layer exposed at a portion under the organic layer, and the organic layer portion above the light absorption layer is removed selectively. An upper electrode is formed on the organic layer and is connected to the light absorption layer portion of the auxiliary wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nakayama, Takanori Shibasaki, Nobuo Ozawa, Eisuke Matsuda, Takashi Hirano, Tadashi Ishibashi, Yoichi Tomo, Keisuke Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7691783
    Abstract: A transfer substrate includes a support base which transmits laser light with a predetermined wavelength, a photothermal conversion layer provided on the support base, and a transfer layer provided on the photothermal conversion layer, the transfer layer including at least a luminescent layer. The photothermal conversion layer is composed of a first material and a second material having different absorptances with respect to the laser light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Matsuda, Masao Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 7666707
    Abstract: A display device and a method for manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device includes an organic layer on an auxiliary wiring is removed with high precision by one operation and, thereby, the yield and the productivity are improved. A lower electrode is formed by patterning in each pixel on a substrate. An auxiliary wiring including a light absorption layer is formed between individual pixels. An organic layer is formed on the substrate while covering the lower electrodes. Laser irradiation is conducted from the organic layer side, the laser light is converted to heat in the light absorption layer exposed at a portion under the organic layer, and the organic layer portion above the light absorption layer is removed selectively. An upper electrode is formed on the organic layer and is connected to the light absorption layer portion of the auxiliary wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nakayama, Takanori Shibasaki, Nobuo Ozawa, Eisuke Matsuda, Takashi Hirano, Tadashi Ishibashi, Yoichi Tomo, Keisuke Matsuo
  • Patent number: 7648944
    Abstract: A transfer method includes the steps of placing a donor substrate including a support base and a transfer layer provided on the support base onto a receptor substrate such that the transfer layer faces the receptor substrate, evacuating a space between the receptor substrate and the donor substrate that are placed one on the other, and transferring the transfer layer onto the receptor substrate by applying a radiant ray onto the donor substrate in an evacuated atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsuo, Eisuke Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7632714
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a display device. The method includes the steps of: forming a bottom electrode for supplying a first charge, in individual pixels on a substrate; forming a pattern of a first light-emitting layer having a first-charge transport property above the bottom electrode in part of the pixels; subjecting the substrate having the first light-emitting layer formed thereon to heat treatment; forming a pattern of a second light-emitting layer having a second-charge transport property on the heat-treated surface above the bottom electrode in the other pixels; and forming a top electrode for supplying a second charge so that the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are sandwiched between the bottom electrode and the top electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Matsuda, Keiichi Kagami
  • Patent number: 7615290
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising an organic layer at least having a light emission layer provided between an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode has at least one layer comprised of an alloy containing aluminum as a main ingredient, and the alloy contains at least one element whose work function is relatively smaller than that of the main ingredient as a secondary ingredient, the device being relatively inexpensive, having high reliability and capable of reducing disconnection due to hillock or migration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Matsuda, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Patent number: 7553602
    Abstract: A transfer substrate includes: a support substrate; a light-to-heat conversion layer; a diffusion prevention layer preventing diffusion of a material constituting the light-to-heat conversion layer; and a transfer layer made of an organic material, wherein the light-to-heat conversion layer, the diffusion prevention layer and the transfer layer are formed on the support substrate in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Matsuda, Takashi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20080233827
    Abstract: Disclosed herein above is a method for manufacturing a display device, the method including the steps of: forming a transfer layer containing an organic light-emitting material over a support substrate by coating; heat-treating the transfer layer over the support substrate; and thermally transferring the heat-treated transfer layer over a device substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Kagami, Keisuke Matsuo, Kokichi Kohinata, Eisuke Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7399993
    Abstract: A display unit and method of fabricating same are provided. The display unit includes a plurality of organic electroluminescent devices, each including an organic layer portion including at least a hole-transport layer and a luminescent layer which are stacked each other, and two electrodes sandwiching the organic layer portion. The luminescent layers of the individual organic electroluminescent devices have different thicknesses. The luminescent layer in each organic electroluminescent device contains an organic material having substantially the same HOMO level as that of a hole-transporting material constituting the hole-transport layer, the content of the organic material being set according to the thickness of the luminescent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Eisuke Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20080124647
    Abstract: A transfer substrate includes: a support substrate; a light-to-heat conversion layer; a diffusion prevention layer preventing diffusion of a material constituting the light-to-heat conversion layer; and a transfer layer made of an organic material, wherein the light-to-heat conversion layer, the diffusion prevention layer and the transfer layer are formed on the support substrate in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Eisuke Matsuda, Takashi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20080108157
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a display device. The method includes the steps of: forming a bottom electrode for supplying a first charge, in individual pixels on a substrate; forming a pattern of a first light-emitting layer having a first-charge transport property above the bottom electrode in part of the pixels; subjecting the substrate having the first light-emitting layer formed thereon to heat treatment; forming a pattern of a second light-emitting layer having a second-charge transport property on the heat-treated surface above the bottom electrode in the other pixels; and forming a top electrode for supplying a second charge so that the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are sandwiched between the bottom electrode and the top electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Matsuda, Keiichi Kagami