Patents by Inventor Hiromi SAWAI

Hiromi SAWAI 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: 20240057451
    Abstract: A high-resolution display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display device includes a first insulating layer, a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element over the first insulating layer, a third insulating layer located to be over and cover the first light-emitting element, and a fifth insulating layer located to be over and cover the second light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element emit light of different colors. A first groove and a second groove are provided in a region that is in the first insulating layer and between the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element. Part of the third insulating layer is embedded in the first groove, and part of the fifth insulating layer is embedded in the second groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yuichi YANAGISAWA, Ryota HODO, Shiro NISHIZAKI, Hiromi SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20240006539
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a conductor, a first insulator in contact with a side surface of the conductor, a second insulator in contact with a top surface of the conductor and a top surface of the first insulator, and an oxide over the second insulator. The oxide includes a region that overlaps with the conductor with the second insulator interposed therebetween. The maximum height of a roughness curve (Rz) of the top surface of the conductor is 6.0 nm or smaller. The region includes crystals, and c-axes of the crystals are aligned in the normal direction of the top surface of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hiromi SAWAI, Ryo TOKUMARU, Toshihiko TAKEUCHI, Tsutomu MURAKAWA, Sho NAGAMATSU, Tomoaki MORIWAKA
  • Patent number: 11784259
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a conductor, a first insulator in contact with a side surface of the conductor, a second insulator in contact with a top surface of the conductor and a top surface of the first insulator, and an oxide over the second insulator. The oxide includes a region that overlaps with the conductor with the second insulator interposed therebetween. The maximum height of a roughness curve (Rz) of the top surface of the conductor is 6.0 nm or smaller. The region includes crystals, and c-axes of the crystals are aligned in the normal direction of the top surface of the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiromi Sawai, Ryo Tokumaru, Toshihiko Takeuchi, Tsutomu Murakawa, Sho Nagamatsu, Tomoaki Moriwaka
  • Publication number: 20230113593
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a small variation in transistor characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film, an interlayer insulating film placed to cover the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, a first gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, a second gate insulating film over the first gate insulating film, and a gate electrode over the second gate insulating film. The interlayer insulating film has an opening overlapping with a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, the first gate insulating film, the second gate insulating film, and the gate electrode are placed in the opening of the interlayer insulating film, the first gate insulating film includes oxygen and aluminum, and the first gate insulating film includes a region thinner that is than the second gate insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshihiro KOMATSU, Shota MIZUKAMI, Shinobu KAWAGUCHI, Hiromi SAWAI, Yasumasa YAMANE, Yuji EGI, Yujiro SAKURADA, Shinya SASAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230020225
    Abstract: An illumination device according to the present disclosure includes: a first light source that outputs first illumination light subjected to phase modulation to have desired intensity distribution; a second light source that outputs second illumination light; an integrator optical system that uniformizes intensity distribution of the second illumination light; a polarization conversion element that aligns polarization directions of incident light in one polarization direction; and a reflection element disposed on an optical path between the integrator optical system and the polarization conversion element, the reflection element multiplexing the first illumination light and the second illumination light and causing each of the first illumination light and the second illumination light to enter the polarization conversion element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: HIROMI SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20220399370
    Abstract: A highly reliable memory device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromi SAWAI, Tsutomu MURAKAWA, Hitoshi KUNITAKE
  • Publication number: 20220336670
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a conductor, a first insulator in contact with a side surface of the conductor, a second insulator in contact with a top surface of the conductor and a top surface of the first insulator, and an oxide over the second insulator. The oxide includes a region that overlaps with the conductor with the second insulator interposed therebetween. The maximum height of a roughness curve (Rz) of the top surface of the conductor is 6.0 nm or smaller. The region includes crystals, and c-axes of the crystals are aligned in the normal direction of the top surface of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hiromi SAWAI, Ryo TOKUMARU, Toshihiko TAKEUCHI, Tsutomu MURAKAWA, Sho NAGAMATSU, Tomoaki MORIWAKA
  • Publication number: 20220320339
    Abstract: A novel metal oxide is provided. The metal oxide includes a c-axis aligned crystal and contains indium, an element M (M is gallium, aluminum, yttrium, or tin), and zinc. In the metal oxide, the diffusion length of hydrogen is 200 nm or less and absorption due to localized states measured by a CPM is 0.01/cm or less. The diffusion length of hydrogen is calculated with the temperature being 400° C. and 1 hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshihiro KOMATSU, Hiromi SAWAI, Ryosuke WATANABE, Shinobu KAWAGUCHI, Shunichi ITO
  • Publication number: 20220238719
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with less variation in transistor characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor film, a pair of blocking films over the semiconductor film, and an insulating film provided over the semiconductor film and between the pair of blocking films. The semiconductor film includes a pair of n-type regions and an i-type region provided between the pair of n-type regions. The n-type regions overlap with the blocking films. The i-type region overlaps with the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hiromi SAWAI, Hiroki KOMAGATA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Naoki OKUNO, Yoshihiro KOMATSU, Motoharu ANDO, Tomoaki MORIWAKA, Koji MORIYA, Jun ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220189766
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide, an insulator over the first oxide, a first conductor over the insulator, a second conductor electrically connected to the first oxide, and a second oxide provided between the first oxide and the second conductor, and the contact area between the second oxide and the second conductor is larger than the contact area between the second oxide and the first oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi YANAGISAWA, Hiromi SAWAI, Daisuke MATSUBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11282964
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a conductor, a first insulator in contact with a side surface of the conductor, a second insulator in contact with a top surface of the conductor and a top surface of the first insulator, and an oxide over the second insulator. The oxide includes a region that overlaps with the conductor with the second insulator interposed therebetween. The maximum height of a roughness curve (Rz) of the top surface of the conductor is 6.0 nm or smaller. The region includes crystals, and c-axes of the crystals are aligned in the normal direction of the top surface of the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiromi Sawai, Ryo Tokumaru, Toshihiko Takeuchi, Tsutomu Murakawa, Sho Nagamatsu, Tomoaki Moriwaka
  • Patent number: 11257722
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a high threshold voltage is provided. A first conductor positioned over a substrate, a first insulator positioned over the first conductor, a first oxide positioned in contact with the top surface of the first insulator, a second insulator positioned in contact with the top surface of the first oxide, a second oxide positioned over the second insulator, a third insulator positioned over the second oxide, and a second conductor positioned over the third insulator are included. A mixed layer is formed between the first insulator and the first oxide. The mixed layer contains at least one of atoms contained in the first insulator and at least one of atoms contained in the first oxide. The mixed layer has fixed negative charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Tanemura, Etsuko Kamata, Hiromi Sawai, Daisuke Matsubayashi
  • Patent number: 11211500
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a high on-state current is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator, a first oxide over the first insulator, a second oxide over the first oxide, a first conductor and a second conductor over the second oxide, a third oxide over the second oxide, a second insulator over the third oxide, a third conductor that is located over the second insulator and overlaps with the third oxide, a third insulator that is located over the first insulator and in contact with a side surface of the first oxide, a side surface of the second oxide, a side surface of the first conductor, a top surface of the first conductor, a side surface of the second conductor, and a top surface of the second conductor, and a fourth insulator over the third conductor, the second insulator, the third oxide, and the third insulator. The fourth insulator is in contact with a top surface of each of the third conductor, the second insulator, and the third oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiromi Sawai, Ryo Tokumaru, Toshihiko Takeuchi, Tsutomu Murakawa, Sho Nagamatsu, Tomoaki Moriwaka
  • Patent number: 11177176
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can have favorable electrical characteristics and can be highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator; a second insulator over the first insulator; an oxide over the second insulator; a first conductor and a second conductor over the oxide; a third insulator over the oxide; a third conductor positioned over the third insulator and overlapping with the oxide; a fourth insulator in contact with the second insulator, a side surface of the oxide, a side surface of the first conductor, a top surface of the first conductor, a side surface of the second conductor, a top surface of the second conductor, and a side surface of the third insulator; and a fifth insulator in contact with a top surface of the third insulator and a top surface of the third conductor, and a top surface of the fourth insulator is in contact with the fifth insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Toshihiko Takeuchi, Hiromi Sawai, Ryota Hodo, Katsuaki Tochibayashi
  • Publication number: 20210210635
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a conductor, a first insulator in contact with a side surface of the conductor, a second insulator in contact with a top surface of the conductor and a top surface of the first insulator, and an oxide over the second insulator. The oxide includes a region that overlaps with the conductor with the second insulator interposed therebetween. The maximum height of a roughness curve (Rz) of the top surface of the conductor is 6.0 nm or smaller. The region includes crystals, and c-axes of the crystals are aligned in the normal direction of the top surface of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hiromi SAWAI, Ryo TOKUMARU, Toshihiko TAKEUCHI, Tsutomu MURAKAWA, Sho NAGAMATSU, Tomoaki MORIWAKA
  • Patent number: 10964787
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductor; a first insulator thereover; a first oxide thereover; a second oxide thereover; a second conductor and a third conductor that are separate from each other thereover; a third oxide over the first insulator, the second oxide, the second conductor, and the third conductor; a second insulator thereover; a fourth conductor thereover; and a third insulator over the first insulator, the second insulator, and the fourth conductor. The second oxide includes a region where the energy of the conduction band minimum of an energy band is low and a region where the energy of the conduction band minimum of the energy band is high. The energy of the conduction band minimum of the third oxide is higher than that of the region of the second oxide where the energy of the conduction band minimum is low. Side surfaces of the first oxide and the second oxide are covered with the third oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Murakawa, Toshihiko Takeuchi, Hiroki Komagata, Hiromi Sawai, Yasumasa Yamane, Shota Sambonsuge, Kazuya Sugimoto, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20210090961
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a high threshold voltage is provided. A first conductor positioned over a substrate, a first insulator positioned over the first conductor, a first oxide positioned in contact with the top surface of the first insulator, a second insulator positioned in contact with the top surface of the first oxide, a second oxide positioned over the second insulator, a third insulator positioned over the second oxide, and a second conductor positioned over the third insulator are included. A mixed layer is formed between the first insulator and the first oxide. The mixed layer contains at least one of atoms contained in the first insulator and at least one of atoms contained in the first oxide. The mixed layer has fixed negative charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki TANEMURA, Etsuko KAMATA, Hiromi SAWAI, Daisuke MATSUBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200357923
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a high on-state current is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator, a first oxide over the first insulator, a second oxide over the first oxide, a first conductor and a second conductor over the second oxide, a third oxide over the second oxide, a second insulator over the third oxide, a third conductor that is located over the second insulator and overlaps with the third oxide, a third insulator that is located over the first insulator and in contact with a side surface of the first oxide, a side surface of the second oxide, a side surface of the first conductor, a top surface of the first conductor, a side surface of the second conductor, and a top surface of the second conductor, and a fourth insulator over the third conductor, the second insulator, the third oxide, and the third insulator. The fourth insulator is in contact with a top surface of each of the third conductor, the second insulator, and the third oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hiromi SAWAI, Ryo TOKUMARU, Toshihiko TAKEUCHI, Tsutomu MURAKAWA, Sho NAGAMATSU, Tomoaki MORIWAKA
  • Patent number: 10777687
    Abstract: A high-performance and highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first oxide; a source electrode; a drain electrode; a second oxide over the first oxide, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; a gate insulating film over the second oxide; and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film. The source electrode is electrically connected to the first oxide. The drain electrode is electrically connected to the first oxide. Each of the first oxide and the second oxide includes In, an element M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn), and Zn. Each of the first oxide and the second oxide includes more In atoms than element M atoms. An atomic ratio of the In, the Zn, and the element M in the first oxide is equal to or similar to an atomic ratio of the In, the Zn, and the element M in the second oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Endo, Hiromi Sawai, Hajime Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200266107
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can have favorable electrical characteristics and can be highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator; a second insulator over the first insulator; an oxide over the second insulator; a first conductor and a second conductor over the oxide; a third insulator over the oxide; a third conductor positioned over the third insulator and overlapping with the oxide; a fourth insulator in contact with the second insulator, a side surface of the oxide, a side surface of the first conductor, a top surface of the first conductor, a side surface of the second conductor, a top surface of the second conductor, and a side surface of the third insulator; and a fifth insulator in contact with a top surface of the third insulator and a top surface of the third conductor, and a top surface of the fourth insulator is in contact with the fifth insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Toshihiko TAKEUCHI, Hiromi SAWAI, Ryota HODO, Katsuaki TOCHIBAYASHI