Patents by Inventor Kohei Yokoyama

Kohei Yokoyama 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: 20120088324
    Abstract: An evaporation donor substrate which enables only a desired evaporation material to be evaporated at the time of deposition by an evaporation method, and capable of reduction in manufacturing cost by increase in use efficiency of the evaporation material and deposition with high uniformity. An evaporation donor substrate capable of controlling laser light so that a desired position of an evaporation donor substrate is irradiated with the laser light in accordance with the wavelength of the emitted laser light at the time of evaporation. Specifically, an evaporation donor substrate in which a region which reflects laser light and a region which absorbs laser light at the time of irradiation with laser light having a wavelength of greater than or equal to 400 nm and less than or equal to 600 nm at the time of evaporation are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOYAMA, Takahiro IBE, Takuya TSURUME, Koichiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8153201
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device and an evaporation donor substrate, by which the precision of patterning of an EL layer of each color can be improved in manufacture of a full color flat panel display using emission colors of red, green, and blue. A first substrate which includes a reflective layer including an opening portion, a heat insulating layer including an opening portion in a position overlapped with the opening portion of the reflective layer over the reflective layer, a light absorption layer covering the opening portion of the reflective layer and the opening portion of the heat insulating layer over the heat insulating layer, and a material layer over the light absorption layer is used. While one surface of the first substrate is disposed close to a deposition target surface of a second substrate, the first substrate is irradiated with light from the other surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Yosuke Sato, Kohei Yokoyama, Rena Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120018767
    Abstract: The manufacturing method of the light-emitting device is provided in which an auxiliary electrode in contact with an electrode formed using a transparent conductive film of a light-emitting element is formed using a mask, and direct contact between the auxiliary electrode and an EL layer is prevented by oxidizing the auxiliary electrode. Further, the light-emitting device manufactured according to the method and the lighting device including the light-emitting device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Kohei Yokoyama, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8080811
    Abstract: An evaporation donor substrate which enables only a desired evaporation material to be evaporated at the time of deposition by an evaporation method, and capable of reduction in manufacturing cost by increase in use efficiency of the evaporation material and deposition with high uniformity. An evaporation donor substrate capable of controlling laser light so that a desired position of an evaporation donor substrate is irradiated with the laser light in accordance with the wavelength of the emitted laser light at the time of evaporation. Specifically, an evaporation donor substrate in which a region which reflects laser light and a region which absorbs laser light at the time of irradiation with laser light having a wavelength of greater than or equal to 400 nm and less than or equal to 600 nm at the time of evaporation are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Takahiro Ibe, Takuya Tsurume, Koichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110193124
    Abstract: The deposition substrate of the present invention includes a light-transmitting substrate having a first region and a second region. In the first region, a first heat-insulating layer transmitting light is provided over the light-transmitting substrate, a light absorption layer is provided over the first heat-insulating layer, and a first organic compound-containing layer is provided over the light absorption layer. In the second region, a reflective layer is provided over the light-transmitting substrate, a second heat-insulating layer is provided over the reflective layer, and a second organic compound-containing layer is provided over the second heat-insulating layer. The edge of the second heat-insulating layer is placed inside the edge of the reflective layer, and there is a space between the first heat-insulating layer and the second heat-insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Hisao Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7932112
    Abstract: The deposition substrate of the present invention includes a light-transmitting substrate having a first region and a second region. In the first region, a first heat-insulating layer transmitting light is provided over the light-transmitting substrate, a light absorption layer is provided over the first heat-insulating layer, and a first organic compound-containing layer is provided over the light absorption layer. In the second region, a reflective layer is provided over the light-transmitting substrate, a second heat-insulating layer is provided over the reflective layer, and a second organic compound-containing layer is provided over the second heat-insulating layer. The edge of the second heat-insulating layer is placed inside the edge of the reflective layer, and there is a space between the first heat-insulating layer and the second heat-insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Hisao Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100098879
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device is provided, which includes a step of forming a light-absorbing layer including an unevenness portion over a first substrate, a step of forming a first organic compound layer over the light-absorbing layer, a step of providing a second substrate over the first substrate with the light-absorbing layer and the first organic compound layer interposed therebetween, and a step of irradiating the light-absorbing layer with light to deposit a second organic compound layer including a material contained in the first organic compound layer onto the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Koichiro Tanaka, Hisao Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20100015424
    Abstract: One surface of a first substrate provided with at least light-absorbing layers separately formed, partition layers each formed between the light-absorbing layers and having an inverse taper shape, and material layers formed on the light-absorbing layers and on the partition layers so that the material layers are separated from each other is disposed to face a deposition target surface of a second substrate; light irradiation is performed from the other surface of the first substrate, only the material layers in regions overlapped with the light-absorbing layers are heated and evaporated to the deposition target surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Kohei Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20090269509
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, which improves use efficiency of an evaporation material and increases accuracy in forming an evaporated pattern by using an evaporation donor substrate by which a material layer to be a transfer layer is prevented from being excessively evaporated and a desired evaporated pattern can be formed. In a method of manufacturing an evaporation donor substrate, a first substrate which is an evaporation donor substrate is irradiated with first light (laser light) through a second substrate which is a mask substrate, whereby a material layer over the first substrate is patterned. In addition, in a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, the first substrate provided with the material layer which is patterned by the above method is irradiated with second light, whereby the material layer can be evaporated onto a third substrate which is a deposition target substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Yosuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20090256169
    Abstract: The deposition substrate of the present invention includes a light-transmitting substrate having a first region and a second region. In the first region, a first heat-insulating layer transmitting light is provided over the light-transmitting substrate, a light absorption layer is provided over the first heat-insulating layer, and a first organic compound-containing layer is provided over the light absorption layer. In the second region, a reflective layer is provided over the light-transmitting substrate, a second heat-insulating layer is provided over the reflective layer, and a second organic compound-containing layer is provided over the second heat-insulating layer. The edge of the second heat-insulating layer is placed inside the edge of the reflective layer, and there is a space between the first heat-insulating layer and the second heat-insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Hisao Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20090197017
    Abstract: A first substrate which includes a reflective layer having an opening, a light-absorbing layer, and a material layer formed in contact with the light-absorbing layer over one of surfaces is provided; the surface of the first substrate over which the material layer is formed and a deposition target surface of the second substrate are disposed to face each other; and irradiation with laser light whose repetition rate is greater than or equal to 10 MHz and pulse width is greater than or equal to 100 fs and less than or equal to 10 ns is performed from the other surface side of the first substrate to selectively heat a part of the material layer at a position overlapping with the opening of the reflective layer and deposit the part of the material layer over the deposition target surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Koichiro TANAKA, Takahiro IBE, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Hisao IKEDA, Norifumi TAKESUE
  • Patent number: 7560749
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel light emitting material. Another object is to provide a light emitting device and an electronic device with reduced power consumption. Still another object is to provide a light emitting device and an electronic device which can be manufactured at low cost. Provided is a light emitting element including a base material, a first impurity element, a second impurity element, and a third impurity element. The base material is one of ZnS, CdS, CaS, Y2S3, Ga2S3, SrS, BaS, ZnO, Y2O3, AlN, GaN, InN, ZnSe, ZnTe, and SrGa2S4; the first impurity element is any of Cu, Ag, Au, Pt, and Si; the second impurity element is any of F, Cl, Br, I, B, Al, Ga, In, and Tl; and the third impurity element is any of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, N, P, As, Sb, and Bi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Sakata, Takahiro Kawakami, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Miki Katayama, Kohei Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20090169809
    Abstract: An evaporation donor substrate that makes it possible to evaporate only a desired evaporation material in the case of performing deposition by an evaporation method. Thus, the use efficiency of an evaporation material can be increased resulting in reduction in production cost, and further a film with high uniformity can be deposited. The evaporation donor substrate can be obtained by forming a reflective layer having an opening over a substrate, forming a thermal insulation layer having a light-transmitting property separately over the substrate and the reflective layer, forming a light absorption layer over the thermal insulation layer, and forming a material layer over the light absorption layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Yosuke Sato, Tomoya Aoyama, Rena Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090166563
    Abstract: An evaporation donor substrate which enables only a desired evaporation material to be evaporated at the time of deposition by an evaporation method, and capable of reduction in manufacturing cost by increase in use efficiency of the evaporation material and deposition with high uniformity. An evaporation donor substrate capable of controlling laser light so that a desired position of an evaporation donor substrate is irradiated with the laser light in accordance with the wavelength of the emitted laser light at the time of evaporation. Specifically, an evaporation donor substrate in which a region which reflects laser light and a region which absorbs laser light at the time of irradiation with laser light having a wavelength of greater than or equal to 400 nm and less than or equal to 600 nm at the time of evaporation are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Takahiro Ibe, Takuya Tsurume, Koichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7528418
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting device with high current efficiency and high display quality, in which a change in luminance with time is suppressed. The light-emitting device is provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements in each of which a plurality of light-emitting units each including at least one light-emitting layer are connected in series between a pair of electrodes. Between one of light-emitting units and the other light-emitting unit, an intermediate conductive layer is provided in the light-emitting unit. The light-emitting layer includes base material which is a compound containing an element belonging to group 2 and an element belonging to group 16 or a compound containing an element belonging to group 12 and an element belonging to group 16, and an impurity element which is an emission center. This structure makes it possible to increase light emission luminance without increasing current density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Takahiro Kawakami, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Miki Katayama, Kohei Yokoyama, Yasuyuki Arai
  • Publication number: 20090104835
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device and an evaporation donor substrate, by which the precision of patterning of an EL layer of each color can be improved in manufacture of a full color flat panel display using emission colors of red, green, and blue. A first substrate which includes a reflective layer including an opening portion, a heat insulating layer including an opening portion in a position overlapped with the opening portion of the reflective layer over the reflective layer, a light absorption layer covering the opening portion of the reflective layer and the opening portion of the heat insulating layer over the heat insulating layer, and a material layer over the light absorption layer is used. While one surface of the first substrate is disposed close to a deposition target surface of a second substrate, the first substrate is irradiated with light from the other surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama, Yosuke Sato, Kohei Yokoyama, Rena Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090104403
    Abstract: To provide an evaporation donor substrate which is used for deposition by an evaporation method and which allows reduction in manufacturing cost and high uniformity of a film which is deposited. In addition, to provide a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device using the evaporation donor substrate. The evaporation donor substrate includes a reflective layer having an opening which is formed over a substrate, a heat insulating layer having a light-transmitting property which is formed over the substrate and the reflective layer, a light absorption layer which is formed over the heat insulating layer; and a material layer which is formed over the light absorption layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Yosuke SATO, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Rena TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20090075214
    Abstract: An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a light emitting device, by which manufacturing costs in manufacturing a flat panel display can be reduced. A first substrate provided with a reflective layer having an opening over a first surface, and provided with a light absorption layer and an evaporation material over a second surface facing the first surface is used. Then, in a state where the second surface of the first substrate is disposed close to a first surface of a second substrate, light irradiation is performed from the first surface side of the first substrate. The irradiation light is absorbed by a portion of the light absorption layer overlapping with the opening in the reflective layer, thereby heating the evaporation material. The heated evaporation material is attached to the first surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Hisao IKEDA, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Yosuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20090011677
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device including a layer containing different evaporation materials, by which a desired layer containing the different evaporation materials is formed easily using a plurality of evaporation materials. A light-emitting device is manufactured in such a manner that a plurality of layers each containing a different evaporation material from each other is stacked over a first substrate; a second substrate which has a first electrode is placed at a position facing the first substrate; the plurality of layers containing evaporation materials is heated to form a layer containing different evaporation materials is formed on the first electrode provided for the second substrate; and a second electrode is formed on the layer containing different evaporation materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Takahiro Ibe, Yosuke Sato, Kohei Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20080268135
    Abstract: For a full-color flat panel display, demands for high definition, high aperture ratio and high reliability have been increasing. Therefore, increasing in the number of pixels and narrowing a pixel pitch have been major issues. According to the present invention, a layer including an organic compound is selectively formed with a light-exposure apparatus used in a photolithography technique without a resist mask. A material layer including a photopolymerization initiator, a material polymerized with the photopolymerization initiator, and an organic compound are formed on a plate, and then are exposed to light and selectively cured. A film-formation substrate is disposed so as to face the plate. The film-formation substrate or the material layer is heated so that the organic compound included in a region exposed to light or a region not exposed to light is evaporated to be selectively deposited on the surface of the film-formation substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Kohei Yokoyama, Hisao Ikeda, Yosuke Sato, Tomoya Aoyama, Takahiro Ibe, Yoshiharu Hirakata