Patents by Inventor Hideaki Kuwabara
Hideaki Kuwabara 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).
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Patent number: 11837461Abstract: An object is to reduce leakage current and parasitic capacitance of a transistor used for an LSI, a CPU, or a memory. A semiconductor integrated circuit such as an LSI, a CPU, or a memory is manufactured using a thin film transistor in which a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor which becomes an intrinsic or substantially intrinsic semiconductor by removing impurities which serve as electron donors (donors) from the oxide semiconductor and has larger energy gap than that of a silicon semiconductor. With use of a thin film transistor using a highly purified oxide semiconductor layer with sufficiently reduced hydrogen concentration, a semiconductor device with low power consumption due to leakage current can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kei Takahashi, Kouhei Toyotaka, Masashi Tsubuku, Kosei Noda, Hideaki Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230387136Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure with which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be sufficiently reduced. An oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer is formed over part of an oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer. In the same step as formation of the oxide insulating layer, an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is formed. The oxide insulating layer which covers the peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided to increase the distance between the gate electrode layer and a wiring layer formed above or in the periphery of the gate electrode layer, whereby parasitic capacitance is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroki Ohara, Toshinari Sasaki, Kosei Noda, Hideaki Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230350563Abstract: A data processing device which includes a flexible position input portion for sensing proximity or a touch of an object such as a user's palm and finger. In the case where a first region of the flexible position input portion is held by a user for a certain period, supply of image signals to the first region is selectively stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hajime KIMURA, Hideaki KUWABARA, Koji DAIRIKI
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Patent number: 11770965Abstract: As a result of miniaturization of a pixel region associated with an improvement in definition and an increase in a substrate size associated with an increase in area, defects due to precision, bending, and the like of a mask used at the lime of evaporation have become issues. A partition including portions with different thicknesses over a pixel electrode (also referred to as a first electrode) in a display region and in the vicinity of a pixel electrode layer is formed, without increasing the number of steps, by using a photomask or a reticle provided with an auxiliary pattern having a light intensity reduction function made of a diffraction grating pattern or a semi-transmissive film.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventors: Hideaki Kuwabara, Hideto Ohnuma
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Patent number: 11726378Abstract: A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yukie Suzuki, Hideaki Kuwabara, Hajime Kimura
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Patent number: 11728350Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure with which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be sufficiently reduced. An oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer is formed over part of an oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer. In the same step as formation of the oxide insulating layer, an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is formed. The oxide insulating layer which covers the peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided to increase the distance between the gate electrode layer and a wiring layer formed above or in the periphery of the gate electrode layer, whereby parasitic capacitance is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroki Ohara, Toshinari Sasaki, Kosei Noda, Hideaki Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20230251515Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Shingo EGUCHI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Kazune YOKOMIZO
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Patent number: 11714542Abstract: A data processing device which includes a flexible position input portion for sensing proximity or a touch of an object such as a user's palm and finger. In the case where a first region of the flexible position input portion is held by a user for a certain period, supply of image signals to the first region is selectively stopped.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura, Hideaki Kuwabara, Koji Dairiki
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Patent number: 11715741Abstract: An aperture ratio of a semiconductor device is improved. A driver circuit and a pixel are provided over one substrate, and a first thin film transistor in the driver circuit and a second thin film transistor in the pixel each include a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode layer, an oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, source and drain electrode layers over the oxide semiconductor layer, and an oxide insulating layer in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, and the source and drain electrode layers. The gate electrode layer, the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, the source and drain electrode layers, and the oxide insulating layer of the second thin film transistor each have a light-transmitting property.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Hideaki Kuwabara, Tatsuya Takahashi
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Patent number: 11635647Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Eguchi, Hideaki Kuwabara, Kazune Yokomizo
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Publication number: 20220390787Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Shingo EGUCHI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Kazune YOKOMIZO
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Publication number: 20220326740Abstract: A highly convenient electronic device used while being worn on a body is provided. The electronic device is an arm-worn electronic device including a display panel, a power storage device, a circuit, and a sealing structure. The display panel displays an image with power supplied from the power storage device. The circuit includes an antenna and charges the power storage device wirelessly. Inside the sealing structure, the display panel, the power storage device, and the circuit are provided. The sealing structure includes a portion that transmits visible light. The sealing structure can be worn on an arm or is connected to a structure body that can be worn on an arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke YOSHITANI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Natsuko TAKASE
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Patent number: 11442302Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Eguchi, Hideaki Kuwabara, Kazune Yokomizo
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Publication number: 20220283654Abstract: A novel electronic device is provided. Alternatively an electronic device of a novel embodiment is provided. An electronic device includes a support and a display portion. The support has a first curved surface. The display portion is provided over the support. The display portion has a top surface and a side surface in contact with at least one side of the top surface. The side surface has a second curved surface. The top surface includes a first display region. The side surface includes a second display region. The first display region and the second display region are continuously provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Hideaki KUWABARA, Masaaki HIROKI
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Patent number: 11397451Abstract: A highly convenient electronic device used while being worn on a body is provided. The electronic device is an arm-worn electronic device including a display panel, a power storage device, a circuit, and a sealing structure. The display panel displays an image with power supplied from the power storage device. The circuit includes an antenna and charges the power storage device wirelessly. Inside the sealing structure, the display panel, the power storage device, and the circuit are provided. The sealing structure includes a portion that transmits visible light. The sealing structure can be worn on an arm or is connected to a structure body that can be worn on an arm.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Yoshitani, Hideaki Kuwabara, Natsuko Takase
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Publication number: 20220214789Abstract: A data processing device which includes a flexible position input portion for sensing proximity or a touch of an object such as a user's palm and finger. In the case where a first region of the flexible position input portion is held by a user for a certain period, supply of image signals to the first region is selectively stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hajime KIMURA, Hideaki KUWABARA, Koji DAIRIKI
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Publication number: 20220181359Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure with which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be sufficiently reduced. Au oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer is formed over part of an oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer. In the same step as formation of the oxide insulating layer, an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is formed. The oxide insulating layer which covers the peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided to increase the distance between the gate electrode layer and a wiring layer formed above or in the periphery of the gate electrode layer, whereby parasitic capacitance is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroki Ohara, Toshinari Sasaki, Kosei Noda, Hideaki Kuwabara
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Patent number: 11348949Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure with which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be sufficiently reduced. An oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer is formed over part of an oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer. In the same step as formation of the oxide insulating layer, an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is formed. The oxide insulating layer which covers the peripheral portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided to increase the distance between the gate electrode layer and a wiring layer formed above or in the periphery of the gate electrode layer, whereby parasitic capacitance is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroki Ohara, Toshinari Sasaki, Kosei Noda, Hideaki Kuwabara
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Patent number: 11294561Abstract: A data processing device which includes a flexible position input portion for sensing proximity or a touch of an object such as a user's palm and finger. In the case where a first region of the flexible position input portion is held by a user for a certain period, supply of image signals to the first region is selectively stopped.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura, Hideaki Kuwabara, Koji Dairiki
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Publication number: 20220091453Abstract: A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yukie SUZUKI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Hajime KIMURA