Patents by Inventor Mai Osada

Mai Osada 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: 10032840
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including a first pixel and a second pixel each including a transistor and an EL element including a pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor. A ratio of a channel width (W) to a channel length (L) of the transistor in the first pixel is different from a ratio of a channel width (W) to a channel length (L) of the transistor in the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 9793335
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting device in which low power consumption can be realized even in the case of a large screen. The surface of a source signal line or a power supply line in a pixel portion is plated to reduce a resistance of a wiring. The source signal line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a source signal line in a driver circuit portion. The power supply line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a power supply line led on a substrate. A terminal is similarly plated to made the resistance reduction. It is desirable that a wiring before plating is made of the same material as a gate electrode and the surface of the wiring is plated to form the source signal line or the power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20170154940
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 9502483
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness. When a drain current of a plurality of current controlling TFTs is Id, a mobility is ?, a gate capacitance per unit area is Co, a maximum gate voltage is Vgs(max), a channel width is W, a channel length is L, an average value of a threshold voltage is Vth, a deviation from the average value of the threshold voltage is ?Vth, and a difference in emission brightness of a plurality of EL elements is within a range of ±n %, a semiconductor display device is characterized in that A = 2 ? ? Id ? * C 0 A ( Vgs ( max ) - Vth ) 2 ? W L ? ( 1 + n 100 - 1 ) 2 * A ? ? ? Vth 2 ? ? ? ? Vth ? ? ( 1 + n 100 - 1 ) * A * L / W .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20160233279
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20160133685
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting device in which low power consumption can be realized even in the case of a large screen. The surface of a source signal line or a power supply line in a pixel portion is plated to reduce a resistance of a wiring. The source signal line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a source signal line in a driver circuit portion. The power supply line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a power supply line led on a substrate. A terminal is similarly plated to made the resistance reduction. It is desirable that a wiring before plating is made of the same material as a gate electrode and the surface of the wiring is plated to form the source signal line or the power supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 9331130
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness. When a drain current of a plurality of current controlling TFTs is Id, a mobility is ?, a gate capacitance per unit area is Co, a maximum gate voltage is Vgs(max), a channel width is W, a channel length is L, an average value of a threshold voltage is Vth, a deviation from the average value of the threshold voltage is ?Vth, and a difference in emission brightness of a plurality of EL elements is within a range of ±n %, a semiconductor display device is characterized in that A = 2 ? ? I ? ? d ? * C 0 A ( Vgs ( max ) - Vth ) 2 ? W L ? ( 1 + n 100 - 1 ) 2 * A ? ? ? Vth 2 ? ? ? ? Vth ? ? ( 1 + n 100 - 1 ) * A * L / W .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20160049452
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 9231044
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting device in which low power consumption can be realized even in the case of a large screen. The surface of a source signal line or a power supply line in a pixel portion is plated to reduce a resistance of a wiring. The source signal line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a source signal line in a driver circuit portion. The power supply line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a power supply line led on a substrate. A terminal is similarly plated to made the resistance reduction. It is desirable that a wiring before plating is made of the same material as a gate electrode and the surface of the wiring is plated to form the source signal line or the power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 9196663
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to suppress power consumption of an EL display. In accordance with the brightness of an image to be displayed in a pixel portion, the contrast of the image is determined whether to be inverted or not, and the number of bits of the digital video signal to be input into the pixel portion is reduced, and the magnitude of a current to flow through the EL element is allowed to be maintained at a constant level even when a temperature of an EL layer changes by providing the EL display with another EL element to be used for monitoring a temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mitsuaki Osame, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 9178004
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20150243717
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 9112963
    Abstract: The number of operation keys is normally on the order of 12 to 20, corresponding to numeral keys and specialized keys, even for a portable telephone device capable of sending signals to, and receiving signals from, the Internet. In order to input Japanese language characters, including kanji, and specialized characters as data, a complex operation is necessary for switching the input mode. With the present invention, display devices are formed in operation keys for inputting information to electronic devices such as portable information terminals, typically portable telephone devices, and information terminals, typically personal computer or stationary telephone devices. A user is able to recognize the operation keys by characters, symbols, and numerals displayed in the operation keys by the display devices. The user is able to recognize the operation keys even in a dark location in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 9035853
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20140346481
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting device in which low power consumption can be realized even in the case of a large screen. The surface of a source signal line or a power supply line in a pixel portion is plated to reduce a resistance of a wiring. The source signal line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a source signal line in a driver circuit portion. The power supply line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a power supply line led on a substrate. A terminal is similarly plated to made the resistance reduction. It is desirable that a wiring before plating is made of the same material as a gate electrode and the surface of the wiring is plated to form the source signal line or the power supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20140253811
    Abstract: An electro-optical device having a plurality of pixels including a plurality of EL elements, wherein the electro-optical device provides a gray scale display by controlling a period of time at which the plurality of the EL elements emit light in one frame period; the plurality of the EL elements have a first electrode and a second electrode; the first electrode is held at a constant potential; and a potential of the second electrode changes in such a manner that a polarity of an EL driving voltage, which is a difference between the potentials applied to the first and second electrodes, is inverted for each one frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Shunpei Yamazaki, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20140183511
    Abstract: There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 8736520
    Abstract: An electro-optical device having a plurality of pixels including a plurality of EL elements, wherein the electro-optical device provides a gray scale display by controlling a period of time at which the plurality of the EL elements emit light in one frame period; the plurality of the EL elements have a first electrode and a second electrode; the first electrode is held at a constant potential; and a potential of the second electrode changes in such a manner that a polarity of an EL driving voltage, which is a difference between the potentials applied to the first and second electrodes, is inverted for each one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Koyama, Kazutaka Inukai, Shunpei Yamazaki, Mai Osada
  • Patent number: 8735909
    Abstract: There is provided a light emitting device in which low power consumption can be realized even in the case of a large screen. The surface of a source signal line or a power supply line in a pixel portion is plated to reduce a resistance of a wiring. The source signal line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a source signal line in a driver circuit portion. The power supply line in the pixel portion is manufactured by a step different from a power supply line led on a substrate. A terminal is similarly plated to made the resistance reduction. It is desirable that a wiring before plating is made of the same material as a gate electrode and the surface of the wiring is plated to form the source signal line or the power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mai Osada
  • Publication number: 20140124773
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to suppress power consumption of an EL display. In accordance with the brightness of an image to be displayed in a pixel portion, the contrast of the image is determined whether to be inverted or not, and the number of bits of the digital video signal to be input into the pixel portion is reduced, and the magnitude of a current to flow through the EL element is allowed to be maintained at a constant level even when a temperature of an EL layer changes by providing the EL display with another EL element to be used for monitoring a temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Mitsuaki Osame, Mai Osada