Patents by Inventor Koji KUSUNOKI

Koji KUSUNOKI 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: 20240250112
    Abstract: A display device with high resolution is provided. Manufacturing cost of a display device using a micro LED as a display element is reduced. The display device includes a substrate, a plurality of transistors, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of light-emitting diodes are provided in a matrix over the substrate. Each of the plurality of transistors are electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of light-emitting diodes are positioned closer to the substrate than the plurality of transistors are. The plurality of light-emitting diodes emit light to the opposite side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Shingo EGUCHI, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Kazunori WATANABE, Kouhei TOYOTAKA
  • Patent number: 12040333
    Abstract: A highly functional semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor layer, a second gate electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode. The first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are connected to each other, and the second electrode and the third electrode are connected to each other. A first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer are stacked over the first semiconductor layer. The first insulating layer is less likely to diffuse hydrogen than the second insulating layer. The second insulating layer contains oxide, the first semiconductor layer contains polycrystalline silicon, and the second semiconductor layer contains a metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshimoto, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Marina Hiyama, Motoharu Saito
  • Publication number: 20240237414
    Abstract: A display apparatus having an image capturing function is provided. A display apparatus or an image capturing device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. The first light-emitting element includes a first pixel electrode, a first organic layer, and a common electrode. The light-receiving element includes a second pixel electrode, a second organic layer, and the common electrode. The first organic layer includes a first light-emitting layer, and the second organic layer includes a photoelectric conversion layer. A first layer and a second layer are included in a region between the first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. The first layer overlaps with the second organic layer and the second pixel electrode and contains a material identical to a material of the first organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Ryo HATSUMI, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20240237376
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a light sensing function and including a high-resolution display portion is provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of pixels, and the pixels each include first and second light-receiving devices, first to fifth transistors, a capacitor, and a first wiring. One electrode of the first light-receiving device is electrically connected to the first wiring, and the other electrode is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor. One electrode of the second light-receiving device is electrically connected to the first wiring, and the other electrode is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Tomoaki ATSUMI, Satoshi YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240231526
    Abstract: A novel functional panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a first driver circuit, a second driver circuit, and a pixel set, the first driver circuit has a function of supplying a first selection signal and a second selection signal, a second driver circuit has a function of supplying an image signal and a control signal, and the control signal includes a first level and a second level. The pixel set includes a first pixel, and the first pixel includes a first element and a first pixel circuit. The first pixel circuit has functions of obtaining the image signal on the basis of the first selection signal, obtaining the control signal on the basis of the second selection signal, and holding a first state to a third state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Patent number: 12033987
    Abstract: A display device with high display quality and low power consumption is provided. In the display device, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first conductive layer, and a light-emitting diode package are included in a pixel, and then the light-emitting diode package includes a first light-emitting diode, a second light-emitting diode, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer, and a fourth conductive layer. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first light-emitting diode through the second conductive layer. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second light-emitting diode through the third conductive layer. The first conductive layer supplied with a constant potential is electrically connected to the other electrodes of the first and second light-emitting diodes through the fourth conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe, Koji Kusunoki, Taiki Nonaka, Hiroki Adachi, Koichi Takeshima
  • Publication number: 20240224706
    Abstract: A display apparatus having an image capturing function is provided. A display apparatus or an image capturing with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display apparatus includes a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. A first pixel electrode, a first organic layer, and a common electrode are stacked in this order in the light-emitting element. A second pixel electrode, a second organic layer, and the common electrode are stacked in this order in the light-receiving element. The second organic layer includes a photoelectric conversion layer. A first layer and a second layer are included in a region between the first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. The first layer overlaps with the second organic layer and contains a material the same as a material of the first organic layer. The second layer overlaps with the first organic layer and contains a material the same as a material of the second organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20240212774
    Abstract: An object is to provide a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit. A pulse signal output circuit according to one embodiment of the disclosed invention includes first to tenth transistors. The ratio W/L of the channel width W to the channel length L of the first transistor and W/L of the third transistor are each larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is equal to W/L of the seventh transistor. W/L of the third transistor is larger than W/L of the fourth transistor. With such a structure, a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Seiko AMANO, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Aya MIYAZAKI, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Patent number: 12020513
    Abstract: An electronic device having an authentication method with high security is provided. The electronic device includes a pixel portion, a sensor portion, and an authentication portion. The pixel portion includes a display element and a light-receiving element. The pixel portion includes a first region and has a function of making the display element of the first region emit light. The pixel portion has a function of obtaining first authentication information by capturing an image of an object that is in contact with the first region with the use of the light-receiving element. The sensor portion includes a second region and has a function of obtaining second authentication information by capturing an image of an object that is in contact with the second region. The authentication portion has a function of performing first authentication processing using the first authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Koji Kusunoki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240196688
    Abstract: A high-resolution display apparatus having a function of detecting light is provided. The display apparatus includes a light-receiving device and a light-emitting device, the light-receiving device includes a first electrode, an active layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the active layer, the light-emitting device includes a third electrode, a light-emitting layer over the third electrode, and the second electrode over the light-emitting layer, and a part of the active layer and a part of the light-emitting layer overlap with each other in an outer side of the first electrode and an outer side of the third electrode in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Ryo HATSUMI, Taisuke KAMADA, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20240188330
    Abstract: A novel semiconductor device is provided. A gate of a second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a first transistor and one of a source and a drain of a third transistor. Aback gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a fourth transistor and one terminal of a first capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor, the other terminal of the first capacitor, and one terminal of a light-emitting element. A semiconductor layer in each of the first, third, and fourth transistors is partly in an opening formed in an insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Motoharu SAITO, Tomoaki ATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240188404
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a novel structure is provided. The display apparatus includes a display surface, a flexible non-rectangular substrate over which part of the display surface is formed, and a light-emitting device formed over the flexible substrate. The light-emitting device includes pixel regions formed in a matrix. The display surface has a convex or concave region when part of the flexible non-rectangular substrate is bent. A novel light-emitting apparatus, a novel display apparatus, a novel input/output apparatus, or a novel semiconductor apparatus can be achieved. The display apparatus enables the degree of design flexibility of a display apparatus to be increased and design of the display apparatus to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Yoshiaki OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12001634
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of performing authentication in a short time is provided. The display apparatus includes a first display portion where first pixels are arranged in a matrix, a second display portion where second pixels are arranged in a matrix, first and second row driver circuits, and a control circuit. Each of the first and the second pixels includes a light-receiving element. The first and the second pixels each have a function of acquiring imaging data by using the light-receiving element. The first and the second row driver circuits each have a function of selecting the first and the second pixels which read out the imaging data. The control circuit has a function of sequentially driving the first and the second row driver circuits in a first mode, and has a function of driving one of the first and the second row driver circuits on the basis of the imaging data in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshimoto, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Ryo Yamauchi, Motoharu Saito, Koji Kusunoki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240173014
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of measuring the blood flow speed in a retina blood vessel or the like of an eye is provided. The electronic device includes a display portion, a sending portion, a receiving portion, and a control circuit. The sending portion has a function of generating a first ultrasonic wave with a first frequency and a function of sending a first electric signal corresponding to the first frequency to the control circuit. The receiving portion has a function of receiving a second ultrasonic wave, which is the first ultrasonic wave reflected by an object, with a second frequency, a function of generating a second electric signal corresponding to the second frequency, and a function of sending the second electric signal to the control circuit. Note that the object is one or more selected from a retina blood vessel and a blood vessel included in a retina of a user's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Tatsunori INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240169914
    Abstract: A display device that has high display quality is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a first transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a second transistor. A gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a third transistor. A semiconductor layer of the second transistor and a semiconductor layer of the third transistor each include indium, zinc and a third metal. The ratio of the number of indium atoms to the total number of the indium atoms, zinc atoms, and atoms of the third metal in the semiconductor layer of the second transistor is higher than or equal to 30 atomic % and lower than or equal to 100 atomic %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI
  • Patent number: 11990502
    Abstract: To provide a display device capable of performing image processing. Each pixel is provided with a memory circuit in which desired correction data is retained. The correction data is generated by calculation in an external device and written to each pixel. The correction data is added to image data by capacitive coupling and supplied to a display element. Thus, the display element can display a corrected image. Through the correction, image upconversion can be performed, or image quality decreased because of variations in pixel transistor characteristics can be corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Kouhei Toyotaka, Naoto Kusumoto, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240164166
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a light detection function and including a high-resolution display portion is provided. The semiconductor device is a display apparatus including a light-emitting device, a light-receiving device, and a substrate. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, a first electron-transport layer, an electron-injection layer, and a second electrode stacked in this order over the substrate. The light-receiving device includes a third electrode, an active layer, a first hole-transport layer, the electron-injection layer, and the second electrode stacked in this order over the substrate. The first electrode is supplied with a first potential. The second electrode is preferably supplied with a second potential lower than the first potential. The third electrode is preferably supplied with a third potential higher than the second potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke KUBOTA, Taisuke KAMADA, Akio YAMASHITA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Tomoaki ATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240162203
    Abstract: A display device with a high luminance, a high contrast, and low power consumption is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a light-emitting element, a coloring layer, a phosphor layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The light-emitting element is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode is electrically connected to the transistor, and the second electrode is positioned on the same plane as the first electrode. The coloring layer is positioned over the light-emitting element, the phosphor layer is positioned between the light-emitting element and the coloring layer, and the phosphor layer, the light-emitting element, and the coloring layer include a region in which they overlap with one another. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting diode chip, and the phosphor layer has a function of emitting light of a complementary color of an emission color of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI
  • Patent number: 11984064
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a wide range of threshold voltage compensation function is provided. In the display apparatus, a p-channel transistor is used as a driving transistor of the light-emitting device. Discharging is performed through a source-drain path while constant voltage is supplied to a gate so that Vth is extracted between the gate and the source. In addition, when a drain potential is set to the sum of forward voltage and a cathode potential of the light-emitting device or a potential sufficiently lower than the sum, it is possible to continue the discharging even when Vth is positive voltage. That is, compensation can be performed even in the case where Vth variation occurs from positive voltage to negative voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Satoshi Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20240144879
    Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable semiconductor device. The present invention relates to a shift register circuit including a plurality of stages of sequential circuits. An output signal of a sequential circuit is input to a sequential circuit in the subsequent stage. Before a sequential circuit outputs a signal and after the sequential circuit outputs the signal, the potential of a gate of a transistor included in the sequential circuit is changed in accordance with a clock signal so as to avoid voltage stress application between the gate and a source of the transistor for a long time. The shift register circuit can be applied to a scan line driver circuit of a display apparatus, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIMOTO, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kazunori WATANABE, Tomoaki ATSUMI, Koji KUSUNOKI