Patents by Inventor Kazufumi Watabe

Kazufumi Watabe 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: 10115774
    Abstract: A base body including a plurality of first regions and a second region having a shape surrounding each of the first regions is prepared. A resin layer is formed in the plurality of first regions while avoiding the second region. A buried layer having a moisture-proof property higher than the resin layer is formed in the second region. A functional layer including a self-emitting element layer emitting light whose luminance is controlled for each of a plurality of unit pixels constituting an image is formed on the resin layer and the buried layer. The buried layer and the functional layer are cut along a line passing through the second region, so as to separate the resin layer into a plurality of portions respectively corresponding to the plurality of first regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kuriyagawa, Kazufumi Watabe
  • Patent number: 10115740
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a first semiconductor layer formed of silicon and positioned above the insulating substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed of a metal oxide and positioned above the first semiconductor layer, a first insulating film formed of a silicon nitride and positioned between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a block layer positioned between the first semiconductor film and the second semiconductor layer, the block layer hydrogen diffusion of which is lower than that of the first insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hanada, Hajime Watakabe, Kazufumi Watabe
  • Publication number: 20180308869
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to make it possible to form an LIPS TFT and an oxide semiconductor TFT on the same substrate. A display device includes a substrate having a display region in which pixels are formed. The pixel includes a first TFT using an oxide semiconductor 109. An oxide film 110 as an insulating material is formed on the oxide semiconductor 109. A gate electrode 111 is formed on the oxide film 110. A first electrode 115 is connected to a drain of the first TFT via a first through hole formed in the oxide film 110. A second electrode 116 is connected to a source of the first TFT via a second through hole formed in the oxide film 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Isao SUZUMURA, Kazufumi WATABE, Yoshinori ISHII, Hidekazu MIYAKE, Yohei YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10068959
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device including a pixel region including a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element and a terminal region provided outside the pixel region and including connection terminals; the method comprising: forming a recessed portion in a part of a top surface of each of the connection terminals; forming a first inorganic insulating layer, an organic insulating layer, and a second inorganic insulating layer sequentially in the pixel region and continuously in the terminal region; and etching the first inorganic insulating layer and the second inorganic insulating layer in an area where the first inorganic insulating layer and the second inorganic insulating layer are stacked directly, the area being on the top surface except the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kuriyagawa, Kazufumi Watabe, Toshihiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20180203169
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a flexible display includes a resin substrate and a TFT having an oxide. The structure of the invention is as follows. A display device comprising: a substrate formed by resin, an inorganic insulating film and a thin film transistor including a semiconductor, wherein an infra-red light reflecting film is formed between the substrate and the thin film transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Watabe, Hiroshi Kawanago
  • Patent number: 10026754
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to make it possible to form an LIPS TFT and an oxide semiconductor TFT on the same substrate. A display device includes a substrate having a display region in which pixels are formed. The pixel includes a first TFT using an oxide semiconductor 109. An oxide film 110 as an insulating material is formed on the oxide semiconductor 109. A gate electrode 111 is formed on the oxide film 110. A first electrode 115 is connected to a drain of the first TFT via a first through hole formed in the oxide film 110. A second electrode 116 is connected to a source of the first TFT via a second through hole formed in the oxide film 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Dispaly Inc.
    Inventors: Isao Suzumura, Kazufumi Watabe, Yoshinori Ishii, Hidekazu Miyake, Yohei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9997737
    Abstract: A structure including a first resin layer and a second resin layer sandwiching a self-light emitting element layer, a first stopper layer, a first resin sacrificial layer and a first glass substrate which are stacked on the first resin layer on the opposite side of the self-light emitting element layer, and a second glass substrate stacked on the second resin layer is prepared. The first glass substrate is peeled off from the first resin sacrificial layer by irradiating the first glass substrate with a laser beam. The first resin sacrificial layer is decomposed by a chemical reaction using a gas. The first stopper layer has a resistance to the chemical reaction, and the first resin sacrificial layer is removed while leaving the first stopper layer in a step of decomposing the first resin sacrificial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Watabe, Hiroshi Kawanago
  • Patent number: 9978989
    Abstract: First rib layers made of an inorganic material are formed in first frame regions of a first glass substrate. First resin layers are formed in first product regions after the first rib layers are formed. First functional layers which include light emitting element layers as a result of luminance of each of unit pixels forming an image being controlled and sealing layers covering the light emitting element layers are formed on the first rib layers and the first resin layers. The first rib layers and the first functional layers are cut along lines passing through the first frame regions while avoiding the first product regions in order to separate the first product regions from each other. In the step of cutting the first rib layers and the first functional layers, the first rib layers and the sealing layers are cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Watabe, Hiroshi Kawanago, Manabu Yamashita, Hideaki Ishige
  • Patent number: 9960317
    Abstract: A lamination includes a sheet substrate and a display element layer. The sheet substrate includes a plurality of product regions cut out into a plurality of products and a blank region surrounding the product regions. The display element layer is formed on each of a plurality of display areas placed on each of the plurality of product regions for displaying an image. The sheet substrate adheres to a top of a substrate. The substrate has light transmissivity. A protective film is adhered to the lamination so as to cover the display areas. A divider line is formed in a blank region that surrounds the product regions by removing a portion of the lamination. The substrate is removed from the sheet substrate by irradiating the sheet substrate with a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Toribatake, Kazufumi Watabe
  • Publication number: 20180102478
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device, including: a stacking step of stacking, on a glass substrate, a sacrificial resin layer, a metal layer, a transparent metal oxide layer, a base material resin layer, and a functional layer including at least one of a pixel circuit-constituting layer driving a plurality of pixels and a color filter layer, in this order; a radiating step of radiating a pulsed light of a xenon flash lamp to the metal layer through the glass substrate and the sacrificial resin layer; and a detaching step of reducing a force of adhesion between the sacrificial resin layer and the metal layer with the pulsed light radiated in the radiating step, and detaching the sacrificial resin layer from the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawanago, Kazufumi Watabe
  • Publication number: 20180083224
    Abstract: A structure including a first resin layer and a second resin layer sandwiching a self-light emitting element layer, a first stopper layer, a first resin sacrificial layer and a first glass substrate which are stacked on the first resin layer on the opposite side of the self-light emitting element layer, and a second glass substrate stacked on the second resin layer is prepared. The first glass substrate is peeled off from the first resin sacrificial layer by irradiating the first glass substrate with a laser beam. The first resin sacrificial layer is decomposed by a chemical reaction using a gas. The first stopper layer has a resistance to the chemical reaction, and the first resin sacrificial layer is removed while leaving the first stopper layer in a step of decomposing the first resin sacrificial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kazufumi WATABE, Hiroshi Kawanago
  • Publication number: 20180062026
    Abstract: A lamination includes a sheet substrate and a display element layer. The sheet substrate includes a plurality of product regions cut out into a plurality of products and a blank region surrounding the product regions. The display element layer is formed on each of a plurality of display areas placed on each of the plurality of product regions for displaying an image. The sheet substrate adheres to a top of a substrate. The substrate has light transmissivity. A protective film is adhered to the lamination so as to cover the display areas. A divider line is formed in a blank region that surrounds the product regions by removing a portion of the lamination. The substrate is removed from the sheet substrate by irradiating the sheet substrate with a laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji TORIBATAKE, Kazufumi Watabe
  • Publication number: 20180040644
    Abstract: Separation of wirings formed on an organic passivation film is prevented in an organic EL display device or a liquid crystal display device. The organic EL display device includes a TFT formed on a substrate and an organic passivation film formed to cover the TFT. An intermediate film containing SiO or SiN is formed to cover the organic passivation film. An insulation film formed with an organic material is formed on the intermediate film. A reflective electrode is formed on the intermediate film. The reflective electrode is connected to the TFT via a through-hole formed in the organic passivation film and a through-hole formed in the intermediate film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinori ISHII, Kazufumi WATABE, Hidekazu MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20180040645
    Abstract: An organic EL display device has a semiconductor circuit substrate comprising a TFT and an organic passivation layer thereon. An AlO layer is formed over the organic passivation layer, and an electrode layer is formed on the AlO layer. The electrode layer connects with TFT via a through hole formed in the AlO layer and in the organic passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinori ISHII, Kazufumi WATABE, Hidekazu MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20180040671
    Abstract: The organic EL display device includes a TFT substrate on which a scanning line extends in a first direction, a video signal line extends in a second direction, and a pixel having an anode, an organic EL layer, and a cathode is formed on a region enclosed with the scanning line and the video signal line. A first detection electrode extends in the first direction above the pixel via insulation films. A counter substrate is disposed while covering the first detection electrode via an adhesive. A second detection electrode extends in the second direction at the outer side of the counter substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hidekazu Miyake, Kazufumi Watabe, Yoshinori Ishii
  • Publication number: 20180026138
    Abstract: The invention allows stable fabrication of a TFT circuit board used in a display device and having thereon an oxide semiconductor TFT. A TFT circuit board includes a TFT that includes an oxide semiconductor. The TFT has a gate insulating film formed on part of the oxide semiconductor and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. A portion of the oxide semiconductor that is covered with the gate electrode 104 and a portion of the oxide semiconductor that is not covered with the gate electrode are both covered with a first interlayer insulating film. The first interlayer insulating film is covered with a first film 106, and the first film is covered with a first AlO film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yohei YAMAGUCHI, Kazufumi Watabe, Tomoyuki Ariyoshi, Osamu Karikome, Ryohei Takaya
  • Patent number: 9865817
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device, including: a stacking step of stacking, on a glass substrate, a sacrificial resin layer, a metal layer, a transparent metal oxide layer, a base material resin layer, and a functional layer including at least one of a pixel circuit-constituting layer driving a plurality of pixels and a color filter layer, in this order; a radiating step of radiating a pulsed light of a xenon flash lamp to the metal layer through the glass substrate and the sacrificial resin layer; and a detaching step of reducing a force of adhesion between the sacrificial resin layer and the metal layer with the pulsed light radiated in the radiating step, and detaching the sacrificial resin layer from the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawanago, Kazufumi Watabe
  • Publication number: 20170338429
    Abstract: The invention provides a reliable organic EL display device with improved moisture barrier characteristics. An organic EL display device includes: an organic EL layer as a light-emitting layer formed on a resin substrate; and a barrier layer formed between the organic EL layer and the resin substrate, the barrier layer including an undercoat layer and AlOx layer. The undercoat layer is formed closer to the resin substrate than the AlOx layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Kazufumi WATABE
  • Publication number: 20170338249
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to make it possible to form an LIPS TFT and an oxide semiconductor TFT on the same substrate. A display device includes a substrate having a display region in which pixels are formed. The pixel includes a first TFT using an oxide semiconductor 109. An oxide film 110 as an insulating material is formed on the oxide semiconductor 109. A gate electrode 111 is formed on the oxide film 110. A first electrode 115 is connected to a drain of the first TFT via a first through hole formed in the oxide film 110. A second electrode 116 is connected to a source of the first TFT via a second through hole formed in the oxide film 110.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Isao SUZUMURA, Kazufumi WATABE, Yoshinori ISHII, Hidekazu MIYAKE, Yohei YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170338433
    Abstract: An organic EL display device has a TFT formed on the substrate, and an organic EL layer formed on the TFT. A protective layer is formed on the organic EL layer, and a first bather layer which contains AlOx is formed between the substrate and the TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinori ISHII, Kazufumi WATABE, Isao SUZUMURA