Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Tokunaga

Kazuhiko Tokunaga 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: 9054197
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulating film disposed on the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating film and having a channel region located to face the gate electrode; a channel protective layer disposed on the gate insulating film and the oxide semiconductor layer; and source and drain electrodes each connected to the oxide semiconductor layer through a connection hole formed in the channel protective layer, in which the oxide semiconductor layer has, in a part of the channel region, a narrow region with a narrower width than a width of the connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Toshiaki Arai
  • Publication number: 20150108477
    Abstract: A thin film transistor including: a channel layer mainly containing a conductive oxide semiconductor; a pair of electrodes on the channel layer; and a protective film covering an exposed surface of the channel layer, exposed to the gap between the pair of electrodes. The protective film includes at least an oxygen transmission film in contact with the channel layer, and an oxygen disturbance film hardly transmitting oxygen in comparison with the oxygen transmission film, in this order from the channel layer side. A length of the oxygen disturbance film in a direction where the pair of electrodes face each other is equal to or larger than a value obtained by multiplying a width of the pair of electrodes in a direction orthogonal to the direction where the pair of electrodes face each other by 0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 8846773
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cation exchange resin, wherein the method includes the steps of: copolymerizing a monovinyl aromatic monomer and a cross-linkable aromatic monomer to obtain a cross-linked copolymer; specifying a content of a leachable compound represented by formula (I) to be 400 ?g or less relative to 1 g of the cross-linked copolymer, wherein Z represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and l represents a natural number; and then sulfonating the cross-linked copolymer to form a sulfonylated cross-linked copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Fukui, Tetsuo Mizuniwa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Masako Yasutomi
  • Patent number: 8765825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an anion exchange resin, wherein the method includes the step of contacting a water soluble polymer containing an anionic dissociative group with a resin to produce an anion exchange resin. In the method, an amount of contact of the water soluble polymer is 0.01 to 10 mmol/L, in terms of an amount of the anionic dissociative group, relative to 1 liter of the anion exchange resin, and a wafer surface flatness (Rms) of the anion exchange resin is 4 ? or less, determined by a silicon wafer test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Fukui, Tetsuo Mizuniwa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Masako Yasutomi
  • Patent number: 8673661
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a plurality of thin film transistors; and an interconnect region, wherein each of the thin film transistors includes a first protective film held in contact with a channel layer and disposed remotely from a gate electrode, a second protective film disposed on the first protective film, and a source and drain electrode assembly including a pair of electrodes held in contact with the channel layer, and the interconnect region includes a first interconnect, a second interconnect disposed in alignment with the first interconnect, and an insulating layer interposed between the first interconnect and the second interconnect and having a stacked structure including a first insulating film joined to the gate insulating film and a second insulating film joined to the second protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 8497504
    Abstract: A thin film transistor with which oxygen is easily supplied to an oxide semiconductor layer and favorable transistor characteristics are able to be restored and a display unit including the same. The thin film transistor includes, sequentially over a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulting film, an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, and a channel protective layer covering the channel region A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the oxide semiconductor layer located on both sides of the channel protective layer, and at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode has an aperture to expose the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Arai, Narihiro Morosawa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Hiroshi Sagawa, Kiwamu Miura
  • Patent number: 8476324
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an anion exchange resin, in which remaining of impurities and generation of decomposition products are suppressed and leachables are reduced, the method including the following steps (1-a) to (1-e) of: (1-a) obtaining a cross-linked copolymer by copolymerizing a monovinyl aromatic monomer and a cross-linkable aromatic monomer; (1-b) specifying the content of a specific leachable compound to be 400 ?g or less relative to 1 g of the cross-linked copolymer; (1-c) haloalkylating the cross-linked copolymer so as to introduce 80 percent by mole or less of haloalkyl group relative to the monovinyl aromatic monomer; (1-d) removing a specific leachable compound from the haloalkylated cross-linked copolymer; and (1-e) subjecting the haloalkylated cross-linked copolymer to a reaction with an amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Kurita Water Industries Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Fukui, Tetsuo Mizuniwa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Masako Yasutomi
  • Patent number: 8319226
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film transistor realizing improved reliability by suppressing deterioration in electric characteristics. The thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film forming a channel; a gate electrode disposed on one side of the oxide semiconductor film via a gate insulating film; and a pair of electrodes formed as a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film and obtained by stacking at least first and second metal layers in order from the side of the oxide semiconductor film The first metal layer is made of a metal having ionization energy equal to or higher than molybdenum (Mo), a metal having oxygen barrier property, or a nitride or a silicon nitride of the metal having oxygen barrier property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 8309956
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulting film formed on the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor thin film layer forming a channel region corresponding to the gate electrode on the gate insulating film; a channel protective layer that is formed at least in a region corresponding to the channel region on the gate insulating film and the oxide semiconductor thin film layer, and that includes a first channel protective layer on a lower layer side and a second channel protective layer on an upper layer side; and a source/drain electrode that is formed on the channel protective layer and is electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor thin film layer. The first channel protective layer is made of an oxide insulating material, and one or both of the first channel protective layer and the second channel protective layer is made of a low oxygen permeable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Arai, Narihiro Morosawa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20120267625
    Abstract: A thin film transistor that includes an oxide semiconductor film forming a channel, a gate electrode disposed on one side of the oxide semiconductor film via a gate insulating film and a pair of electrodes formed as a source region and a drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20120255911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an anion exchange resin, wherein the method includes the step of contacting a water soluble polymer containing an anionic dissociative group with a resin to produce an anion exchange resin. In the method, an amount of contact of the water soluble polymer is 0.01 to 10 mmol/L, in terms of an amount of the anionic dissociative group, relative to 1 liter of the anion exchange resin, and a wafer surface flatness (Rms) of the anion exchange resin is 4 ? or less, determined by a silicon wafer test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo FUKUI, Tetsuo MIZUNIWA, Kazuhiko TOKUNAGA, Masako YASUTOMI
  • Publication number: 20120241744
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a plurality of thin film transistors; and an interconnect region, wherein each of the thin film transistors includes a first protective film held in contact with a channel layer and disposed remotely from a gate electrode, a second protective film disposed on the first protective film, and a source and drain electrode assembly including a pair of electrodes held in contact with the channel layer, and the interconnect region includes a first interconnect, a second interconnect disposed in alignment with the first interconnect, and an insulating layer interposed between the first interconnect and the second interconnect and having a stacked structure including a first insulating film joined to the gate insulating film and a second insulating film joined to the second protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 8269217
    Abstract: A thin film transistor with which oxygen is easily supplied to an oxide semiconductor layer and favorable transistor characteristics are able to be restored and a display unit including the same are provided. The thin film transistor includes sequentially over a substrate a gate electrode, a gate insulting film, an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, and a channel protective layer covering the channel region A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the oxide semiconductor layer located on both sides of the channel protective layer, and at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode has an aperture to expose the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Arai, Narihiro Morosawa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Hiroshi Sagawa, Kiwamu Miura
  • Publication number: 20120220674
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cation exchange resin, wherein the method includes the steps of: copolymerizing a monovinyl aromatic monomer and a cross-linkable aromatic monomer to obtain a cross-linked copolymer; specifying a content of a leachable compound represented by formula (I) to be 400 ?g or less relative to 1 g of the cross-linked copolymer, wherein Z represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and l represents a natural number; and then sulfonating the cross-linked copolymer to form a sulfonylated cross-linked copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Fukui, Tetsuo Mizuniwa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Masako Yasutomi
  • Publication number: 20120043548
    Abstract: A thin film transistor with which oxygen is easily supplied to an oxide semiconductor layer and favorable transistor characteristics are able to be restored and a display unit including the same. The thin film transistor includes, sequentially over a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulting film, an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, and a channel protective layer covering the channel region A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the oxide semiconductor layer located on both sides of the channel protective layer, and at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode has an aperture to expose the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Arai, Narihiro Morosawa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Hiroshi Sagawa, Kiwamu Miura
  • Publication number: 20100200843
    Abstract: A thin film transistor with which oxygen is easily supplied to an oxide semiconductor layer and favorable transistor characteristics are able to be restored and a display unit including the same are provided. The thin film transistor includes sequentially over a substrate a gate electrode, a gate insulting film, an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, and a channel protective layer covering the channel region A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the oxide semiconductor layer located on both sides of the channel protective layer, and at least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode has an aperture to expose the oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Arai, Narihiro Morosawa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Hiroshi Sagawa, Kiwamu Miura
  • Publication number: 20100133525
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulting film formed on the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor thin film layer forming a channel region corresponding to the gate electrode on the gate insulating film; a channel protective layer that is formed at least in a region corresponding to the channel region on the gate insulating film and the oxide semiconductor thin film layer, and that includes a first channel protective layer on a lower layer side and a second channel protective layer on an upper layer side; and a source/drain electrode that is formed on the channel protective layer and is electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor thin film layer. The first channel protective layer is made of an oxide insulating material, and one or both of the first channel protective layer and the second channel protective layer is made of a low oxygen permeable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Arai, Narihiro Morosawa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20100130626
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an anion exchange resin, in which remaining of impurities and generation of decomposition products are suppressed and leachables are reduced, the method including the following steps (1-a) to (1-e) of: (1-a) obtaining a cross-linked copolymer by copolymerizing a monovinyl aromatic monomer and a cross-linkable aromatic monomer; (1-b) specifying the content of a specific leachable compound to be 400 ?g or less relative to 1 g of the cross-linked copolymer; (1-c) haloalkylating the cross-linked copolymer so as to introduce 80 percent by mole or less of haloalkyl group relative to the monovinyl aromatic monomer; (1-d) removing a specific leachable compound from the haloalkylated cross-linked copolymer; and (1-e) subjecting the haloalkylated cross-linked copolymer to a reaction with an amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD., MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Fukui, Tetsuo Mizuniwa, Kazuhiko Tokunaga, Masako Yasutomi
  • Publication number: 20100123131
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film transistor realizing improved reliability by suppressing deterioration in electric characteristics. The thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film forming a channel; a gate electrode disposed on one side of the oxide semiconductor film via a gate insulating film; and a pair of electrodes formed as a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film and obtained by stacking at least first and second metal layers in order from the side of the oxide semiconductor film The first metal layer is made of a metal having ionization energy equal to or higher than molybdenum (Mo), a metal having oxygen barrier property, or a nitride or a silicon nitride of the metal having oxygen barrier property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20100065844
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film transistor including: a channel layer mainly containing a conductive oxide semiconductor; a pair of electrodes on the channel layer; and a protective film covering an exposed surface of the channel layer, exposed to the gap between the pair of electrodes. The protective film includes at least an oxygen transmission film in contact with the channel layer, and an oxygen disturbance film hardly transmitting oxygen in comparison with the oxygen transmission film, in this order from the channel layer side. A length of the oxygen disturbance film in a direction where the pair of electrodes face each other is equal to or larger than a value obtained by multiplying a width of the pair of electrodes in a direction orthogonal to the direction where the pair of electrodes face each other by 0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tokunaga