Patents by Inventor Hideko Inoue

Hideko Inoue 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).

  • Publication number: 20160254461
    Abstract: An organometallic complex that has high emission efficiency and high heat resistance and emits blue light is provided as a novel substance. In a light-emitting element including a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, the light-emitting layer includes an organometallic complex, and the organometallic complex includes a central metal and two types of ligands coordinated to the central metal. One of the two types of ligands includes a triazole skeleton including nitrogen bonded to the central metal, and the other includes a nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocyclic skeleton including carbene carbon bonded to the central metal and nitrogen bonded to carbene carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Takahiro ISHISONE, Satoko SHITAGAKI, Takao HAMADA, Tomoka HARA
  • Publication number: 20160240794
    Abstract: A novel organic compound that can be used as an electron-injection material or an electron-transport material of a light-emitting element is provided. An organic compound with which a display device having less crosstalk can be obtained is provided. A light-emitting device, a display device, and an electronic device each having less crosstalk are provided. An organic compound including two or three benzo[h]quinazoline rings is provided. In the organic compound, two or three benzo[h]quinazoline rings are preferably included in the substituent including an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring and having 3 to 30 carbon atoms. When two or three benzo[h]quinazoline rings are included in a substituent particularly including a heteroaromatic ring and having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, a high electron-transport property can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui YAMADA, Hideko INOUE, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 9412956
    Abstract: An organometallic iridium complex has high emission efficiency and a long lifetime. The iridium complex includes the structure represented by Formula (G1). In the formula, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms. R1 to R6 independently represent any one of hydrogen and a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and one of R2 and R6 represents the alkyl group. X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and when X represents a carbon atom, hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms is bonded to the carbon atom. A dihedral angle between a ring bonded to R1 and a phenyl group bonded to R2 to R6 is 30° or more and 90° or less. An interior angle of the pyridine/pyrimidine ring facing R1 is within a range of 118° to 122°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hideko Inoue, Satoshi Seo, Miki Kanamoto
  • Patent number: 9412953
    Abstract: A light-emitting element with high heat resistance and high emission efficiency is provided. A novel heterocyclic compound that can be used in such a light-emitting element is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a light-emitting element which includes, between a pair of electrodes, a layer containing a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a light-emitting substance; the first organic compound includes one pyrimidine ring and one ring with a hole-transport skeleton; the second organic compound is an aromatic amine; and the light-emitting substance converts triplet excitation energy into light. A combination of the first organic compound, which includes the one pyrimidine ring and the one ring with the hole-transport skeleton, and the second organic compound, which is the aromatic amine, forms an exciplex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Miyako Morikubo, Naoaki Hashimoto, Hiromi Seo, Satoshi Seo, Miki Kanamoto, Tomoka Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9406895
    Abstract: To provide a novel organometallic complex, and light emitting elements, light emitting devices, and electronic devices which include the organometallic complex. In addition, to provide a composition in which the organometallic complex is dissolved and to provide a method for manufacturing light emitting elements using the composition. An organometallic complex has high solubility in a solvent. In the organometallic complex, the ligand including a pyrazine skeleton is bound to an atom belonging to Group 9 (Co, Rh, or Ir) or an atom belonging to Group 10 (Ni, Pd, or Pt). In addition, the light emission efficiency is high. Therefore, the organometallic complex is preferably used for manufacturing a light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9406894
    Abstract: A novel and highly reliable organometallic complex which has an emission region in the wavelength band of blue to yellow is provided. A light-emitting element using the organometallic complex, a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each using the light-emitting element are provided. An organometallic complex including a structure represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. The organometallic complex including the structure represented by General Formula (G1) is a novel and highly reliable organometallic complex which has an emission region in the wavelength band of blue to yellow. In addition, a light-emitting element using the organometallic complex, a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each including the light-emitting element are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Tomoka Nakagawa, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 9391283
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having high emission efficiency and long lifetime is provided. By manufacturing a light-emitting device using the light-emitting element, the light-emitting device having low power consumption and long lifetime is provided. The light-emitting element is manufactured in which a light-emitting layer is included between a first electrode serving as an anode and a second electrode serving as a cathode. The light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound having a hole-transporting property, a second organic compound having an electron-transporting property, and an organometallic complex including a dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline skeleton as a ligand. Further, a light-emitting device is manufactured using the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hideko Inoue, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20160190471
    Abstract: An object is to provide an organic compound having high heat resistance and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a display device each having high reliability. Provided are an organic compound having a 2,2?-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bipyrimidine skeleton in which the 2-positions of pyrimidine skeletons are bonded to the 2- and 6-positions of a pyridine skeleton, and having a structure in which at least one aryl group having a fused structure with 10 to 16 carbon atoms is bonded to the 2,2?-(pyridine-2,6-diyl)bipyrimidine skeleton, and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a display device each containing the organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Yui YAMADA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20160190479
    Abstract: The organic compound represented by Formula G1 below has a structure in which the 2-position of a dibenzoquinazoline ring is directly, or via one or more arylene groups, bonded to a skeleton with a hole-transport property. In the formula, n represents any of 0 to 3, m represents 1 or 2, A represents a single bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, B represents a ring having a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuran skeleton, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophene skeleton, or a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole skeleton, and each of R1 to R14 independently represents any of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 5 to 7 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka HARA, Hideko INOUE, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Takao HAMADA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20160181550
    Abstract: To provide an organometallic complex with high emission efficiency and high heat resistance, which emits yellow green light. The organometallic complex includes a metal and a ligand which is a benzo[h]quinazoline skeleton including a condensed ring bonded to benzo[h]quinazoline through a carbon-carbon bond between the 5-position and the 6-position. The organometallic complex has a structure represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), M represents a metal belonging to Group 9 or 10; each of R1 to R4 independently represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; and R5 represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group. A ring X represents a substituted or unsubstituted six-membered aromatic ring formed with carbon or both carbon and nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui YAMADA, Hideko INOUE, Hiromi SEO, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9373799
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organometallic complex that can emit phosphorescence. In the following general formula (G1), X represents —O— or —N(R10)—. R1 to R9 each represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a halogen group, a haloalkyl group, and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms. In addition, R10 represents any of an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a heteroaryl group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms. Moreover, M represents an element belonging to Group 9 or 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Masakazu Egawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20160155960
    Abstract: The light emitting element includes a first electrode and a second electrode, between which a light emitting layer, a hole transporting layer provide in contact with the light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer provided in contact with the light emitting layer, and a mixed layer provided between the electron transporting layer and the second electrode. The mixed layer includes an electron transporting substance and a substance showing an electron donating property with respect to the electron transporting substance. The light emitting layer includes an organometallic complex represented in General Formula (1) and a host. R1 and R2 each represent an electron-withdrawing substituent group. R3 and R4 each represent any of hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. L represents any of a monoanionic ligand having a beta-diketone structure, a monoanionic bidentate chelating ligand having a carboxyl group, or a monoanionic bidentate chelating ligand having a phenolic hydroxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hideko Inoue, Satoshi Seo, Satoko Shitagaki
  • Patent number: 9356250
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with high light emission efficiency, a long lifetime, and reduced driving voltage. To provide a light-emitting element including an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of light-emitting layers which are in contact with each other so that a stacked structure is formed, between the anode and the cathode, in which the plurality of light-emitting layers are formed with a first light-emitting layer which is close to the anode and a second light-emitting layer which is close to the cathode, the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer each include a host material, a hole-transporting material, and a light-emitting material, and the concentration of the hole-transporting material in the first light-emitting layer is higher than the concentration of the hole-transporting material in the second light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hideko Inoue, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20160118606
    Abstract: A high-purity organometallic iridium complex is provided. The organometallic iridium complex includes iridium and a plurality of ligands cyclometallated to the iridium. Each of the plurality of ligands includes a heteroaromatic ring having a coordinatable nitrogen atom. In LC analysis of the organometallic iridium complex, an impurity which has a monochlorinated ligand among the plurality of ligands is 0.1% or less by quantitating using peak area count with a PDA detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi SEO, Yui YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160108006
    Abstract: Provided is a 5,6-diaryl-2-pyrazyl triflate, its synthetic method, and a method for synthesizing an organometallic complex having a triarylpyrazine ligand from the 5,6-diaryl-2-pyrazyl triflate. The triflate is readily obtained from the corresponding 5,6-diarylpyrazin-2-ol, and the palladium-catalyzed coupling of the 5,6-diaryl-2-pyrazyl triflate with an arylboronic acid derivative leads to a high yield of a triarylpyrazine derivative having high purity. The use of the triarylpyrazine derivative in the reaction with a metal compound such as a metal chloride results in an ortho-metallated organometallic complex with high purity. The high purity of the organometallic complex contributes to the extremely high durability of a light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Miki KANAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9309458
    Abstract: A novel phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex is provided in which a coordination position of a ligand with respect to a metal can be controlled in synthesis. A novel phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex is provided which can keep high quantum efficiency and can emit phosphorescence in the blue to green wavelength region. A phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex which includes a structure represented by General Formula (G1) and whose ligand is a 4H-1,2,4-triazole compound which has an unsubstituted phenyl group at the 3-position, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group at the 4-position, and a phenyl group at the 5-position. In the phenyl group at the 5-position, an alkyl group is bonded to at least one of the ortho-positions, and the other of the ortho-positions, the meta-positions, and the para-position are substituted or unsubstituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Takahiro Ishisone, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo, Takao Hamada
  • Patent number: 9312498
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. In addition, a novel organic compound with high heat resistance is provided. In the organic compound, a dibenzoquinoxaline skeleton and a 4,4-bidibenzofuran skeleton or a 4,4?-bidibezothiophene skeleton are connected to each other through an arylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Hiroki Suzuki, Hiromi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20160093817
    Abstract: An organometallic iridium complex having high emission efficiency and high heat resistance and emitting yellow light is provided as a novel substance. The organometallic iridium complex includes iridium and a ligand and includes a structure represented by General Formula (G1). The ligand includes a 5H-indeno[1,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton and an aryl group bonded to the 4-position of the 5H-indeno[1,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton. The 3-position of the 5H-indeno[1,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton and the aryl group are bonded to the iridium. In the formula, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, and each of R1 to R7 independently represents hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Hiromi SEO, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20160093818
    Abstract: An organometallic complex emitting light with high color purity. The organometallic complex is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), L represents a monoanionic ligand; R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms; each of R2 to R5 independently represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; the organometallic complex is monosubstituted, disubstituted, trisubstituted, tetrasubstituted, or unsubstituted by the R5; X represents O, S, or Se; and M represents a metal belonging to Group 9 or 10. When M represents a metal belonging to Group 9, in is 3 and n is 1, 2, or 3. When M represents a metal belonging to Group 10, m is 2 and n is 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Tomoya YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160064678
    Abstract: Provided is a novel substance that can emit phosphorescence. Alternatively, provided is a novel substance with high emission efficiency. An organometallic complex in which a 4-arylpyrimidine derivative is a ligand and iridium is a central metal is provided. Specifically, an organometallic complex having a structure represented by a general formula (G1) is provided. In the general formula (G1), R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 represents any of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, R3 represents hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Satoko Shitagaki, Takahiro Ushikubo, Satoshi Seo, Yui Yamada, Hiromi Nowatari