Patents by Inventor Kazuko Ikeda

Kazuko Ikeda 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: 20150076503
    Abstract: A light emitting device of the invention includes a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, an electrode which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole formed on the insulating layer, and a light emitting element formed by interposing a light emitting layer between a first electrode which is electrically connected to the electrode and a second electrode. The light emitting device further includes a layer formed of a different material from that of the insulating layer only between the electrode and the first electrode over the insulating layer and the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Masayuki SAKAKURA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Kazuko IKEDA, Tomoya FUTAMURA
  • Patent number: 8980733
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode which covers an end portion of the semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer for insulating the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The film thickness of the insulating layer which insulates a region where an end portion of the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode overlap each other is thicker than the film thickness of the insulating layer which covers the central portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yukie Suzuki, Yasuyuki Arai, Yoshitaka Moriya, Kazuko Ikeda, Yoshifumi Tanada, Shuhei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8901809
    Abstract: A light emitting device of the invention includes a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, an electrode which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole formed on the insulating layer, and a light emitting element formed by interposing a light emitting layer between a first electrode which is electrically connected to the electrode and a second electrode. The light emitting device further includes a layer formed of a different material from that of the insulating layer only between the electrode and the first electrode over the insulating layer and the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakakura, Shuhei Takahashi, Kazuko Ikeda, Tomoya Futamura
  • Patent number: 8834989
    Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with improved reliability and for which a defect due to an end portion of a semiconductor layer provided in an island-shape is prevented, and a manufacturing method thereof. A structure includes an island-shaped semiconductor layer provided over a substrate, an insulating layer provided over a top surface and a side surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode provided over the island-shaped semiconductor layer with the insulating layer interposed therebetween. In the insulating layer provided to be in contact with the island-shaped semiconductor layer, a region that is in contact with the side surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer is made to have a lower dielectric constant than a region over the top surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuko Ikeda, Shinya Sasagawa, Hideomi Suzawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20120056214
    Abstract: A light emitting device of the invention includes a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, an electrode which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole formed on the insulating layer, and a light emitting element formed by interposing a light emitting layer between a first electrode which is electrically connected to the electrode and a second electrode. The light emitting device further includes a layer formed of a different material from that of the insulating layer only between the electrode and the first electrode over the insulating layer and the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki SAKAKURA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI, Kazuko IKEDA, Tomoya FUTAMURA
  • Publication number: 20120058631
    Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with improved reliability and for which a defect due to an end portion of a semiconductor layer provided in an island-shape is prevented, and a manufacturing method thereof. A structure includes an island-shaped semiconductor layer provided over a substrate, an insulating layer provided over a top surface and a side surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode provided over the island-shaped semiconductor layer with the insulating layer interposed therebetween. In the insulating layer provided to be in contact with the island-shaped semiconductor layer, a region that is in contact with the side surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer is made to have a lower dielectric constant than a region over the top surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuko Ikeda, Shinya Sasagawa, Hideomi Suzawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8067772
    Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with improved reliability and for which a defect due to an end portion of a semiconductor layer provided in an island-shape is prevented, and a manufacturing method thereof. A structure includes an island-shaped semiconductor layer provided over a substrate, an insulating layer provided over a top surface and a side surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode provided over the island-shaped semiconductor layer with the insulating layer interposed therebetween. In the insulating layer provided to be in contact with the island-shaped semiconductor layer, a region that is in contact with the side surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer is made to have a lower dielectric constant than a region over the top surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuko Ikeda, Shinya Sasagawa, Hideomi Suzawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20110254004
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufactured utilizing an SOI substrate, in which defects due to an end portion of an island-shaped silicon layer are prevented and the reliability is improved, and a manufacturing method thereof. The following are included: an SOI substrate in which an insulating layer and an island-shaped silicon layer are stacked in order over a support substrate; a gate insulating layer provided over one surface and a side surface of the island-shaped silicon layer; and a gate electrode which is provided over the island-shaped silicon layer with the gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. The gate insulating layer is formed such that the dielectric constant in the region which is in contact with the side surface of the island-shaped silicon layer is lower than that over the one surface of the island-shaped silicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kazuko IKEDA, Shinya SASAGAWA, Hideomi SUZAWA
  • Patent number: 8038496
    Abstract: A light emitting device of the invention includes a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, an electrode which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole formed on the insulating layer, and a light emitting element formed by interposing a light emitting layer between a first electrode which is electrically connected to the electrode and a second electrode. The light emitting device further includes a layer formed of a different material from that of the insulating layer only between the electrode and the first electrode over the insulating layer and the insulating layer. The structure of the light emitting device and its manufacturing method reduces the amount of water remaining in the light emitting device and suppresses the deterioration of the light emitting element due to water remaining in the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakakura, Shuhei Takahashi, Kazuko Ikeda, Tomoya Futamura
  • Patent number: 7968884
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufactured utilizing an SOI substrate, in which defects due to an end portion of an island-shaped silicon layer are prevented and the reliability is improved, and a manufacturing method thereof. The following are included: an SOI substrate in which an insulating layer and an island-shaped silicon layer are stacked in order over a support substrate; a gate insulating layer provided over one surface and a side surface of the island-shaped silicon layer; and a gate electrode which is provided over the island-shaped silicon layer with the gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. The gate insulating layer is formed such that the dielectric constant in the region which is in contact with the side surface of the island-shaped silicon layer is lower than that over the one surface of the island-shaped silicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kazuko Ikeda, Shinya Sasagawa, Hideomi Suzawa
  • Publication number: 20110027980
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode which covers an end portion of the semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer for insulating the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The film thickness of the insulating layer which insulates a region where an end portion of the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode overlap each other is thicker than the film thickness of the insulating layer which covers the central portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yukie SUZUKI, Yasuyuki ARAI, Yoshitaka MORIYA, Kazuko IKEDA, Yoshifumi TANADA, Shuhei TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 7821002
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode which covers an end portion of the semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer for insulating the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The film thickness of the insulating layer which insulates a region where an end portion of the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode overlap each other is thicker than the film thickness of the insulating layer which covers the central portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yukie Suzuki, Yasuyuki Arai, Yoshitaka Moriya, Kazuko Ikeda, Yoshifumi Tanada, Shuhei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080293322
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure and a manufacturing method of a light emitting device, which reduces the amount of water remaining in the light emitting device. Another object of the invention is to provide a structure and a manufacturing method of a light emitting device, which suppresses the deterioration of a light emitting element due to water remaining in the light emitting device. A light emitting device of the invention includes a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, an electrode which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole formed on the insulating layer, and a light emitting element formed by interposing a light emitting layer between a first electrode which is electrically connected to the electrode and a second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakakura, Shuhei Takahashi, Kazuko Ikeda, Tomoya Futamura
  • Patent number: 7423373
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure and a manufacturing method of a light emitting device, which reduces the amount of water remaining in the light emitting device. Another object of the invention is to provide a structure and a manufacturing method of a light emitting device, which suppresses the deterioration of a light emitting element due to water remaining in the light emitting device. A light emitting device of the invention includes a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, an electrode which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole formed on the insulating layer, and a light emitting element formed by interposing a light emitting layer between a first electrode which is electrically connected to the electrode and a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakakura, Shuhei Takahashi, Kazuko Ikeda, Tomoya Futamura
  • Publication number: 20080128703
    Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with improved reliability and for which a defect due to an end portion of a semiconductor layer provided in an island-shape is prevented, and a manufacturing method thereof. A structure includes an island-shaped semiconductor layer provided over a substrate, an insulating layer provided over a top surface and a side surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode provided over the island-shaped semiconductor layer with the insulating layer interposed therebetween. In the insulating layer provided to be in contact with the island-shaped semiconductor layer, a region that is in contact with the side surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer is made to have a lower dielectric constant than a region over the top surface of the island-shaped semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuko Ikeda, Shinya Sasagawa, Hideomi Suzawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20080128808
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufactured utilizing an SOI substrate, in which defects due to an end portion of an island-shaped silicon layer are prevented and the reliability is improved, and a manufacturing method thereof. The following are included: an SOI substrate in which an insulating layer and an island-shaped silicon layer are stacked in order over a support substrate; a gate insulating layer provided over one surface and a side surface of the island-shaped silicon layer; and a gate electrode which is provided over the island-shaped silicon layer with the gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. The gate insulating layer is formed such that the dielectric constant in the region which is in contact with the side surface of the island-shaped silicon layer is lower than that over the one surface of the island-shaped silicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kazuko Ikeda, Shinya Sasagawa, Hideomi Suzawa
  • Publication number: 20070281400
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode which covers an end portion of the semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer for insulating the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The film thickness of the insulating layer which insulates a region where an end portion of the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode overlap each other is thicker than the film thickness of the insulating layer which covers the central portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yukie Suzuki, Yasuyuki Arai, Yoshitaka Moriya, Kazuko Ikeda, Yoshifumi Tanada, Shuhei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20050212420
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure and a manufacturing method of a light emitting device, which reduces the amount of water remaining in the light emitting device. Another object of the invention is to provide a structure and a manufacturing method of a light emitting device, which suppresses the deterioration of a light emitting element due to water remaining in the light emitting device. A light emitting device of the invention includes a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, an electrode which is electrically connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole formed on the insulating layer, and a light emitting element formed by interposing a light emitting layer between a first electrode which is electrically connected to the electrode and a second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakakura, Shuhei Takahashi, Kazuko Ikeda, Tomoya Futamura
  • Patent number: 5658765
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel xylanases, a process for producing the enzyme, a microorganism capable of producing the enzyme, a method for the treatment of pulp with the xylanase enzyme, and a process for producing xylose or xylo-oligosaccharide using the enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Noguchi, Kazuko Ikeda, Eiko Masatsuji, Masahiko Seko