Patents by Inventor Masanobu Miyano

Masanobu Miyano 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: 7297982
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels and a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the pixel region for driving the pixels. The peripheral circuit region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a first kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the first kind is at least 3 ?m. The pixel region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a second kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the second kind is at least 0.05 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenkichi Suzuki, Tetsuya Nagata, Michiko Takahashi, Masakazu Saito, Toshio Ogino, Masanobu Miyano
  • Publication number: 20060110869
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels and a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the pixel region for driving the pixels. The peripheral circuit region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a first kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the first kind is at least 3 ?m. The pixel region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a second kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the second kind is at least 0.05 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Kenkichi Suzuki, Tetsuya Nagata, Michiko Takahashi, Masakazu Saito, Toshio Ogino, Masanobu Miyano
  • Patent number: 6965122
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels and a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the pixel region for driving the pixels. The peripheral circuit region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a first kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the first kind is at least 3 ?m. The pixel region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a second kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the second kind is at least 0.05 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenkichi Suzuki, Tetsuya Nagata, Michiko Takahashi, Masakazu Saito, Toshio Ogino, Masanobu Miyano
  • Publication number: 20030164501
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels and a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the pixel region for driving the pixels. The peripheral circuit region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a first kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the first kind is at least 3 &mgr;m. The pixel region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a second kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the second kind is at least 0.05 &mgr;m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Kenkichi Suzuki, Tetsuya Nagata, Michiko Takahashi, Masakazu Saito, Toshio Ogino, Masanobu Miyano
  • Patent number: 6512247
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels and a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the pixel region for driving the pixels. The peripheral circuit region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a first kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the first kind is at least 3 &mgr;m. The pixel region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a second kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the second kind is at least 0.05 &mgr;m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenkichi Suzuki, Tetsuya Nagata, Michiko Takahashi, Masakazu Saito, Toshio Ogino, Masanobu Miyano
  • Patent number: 6274888
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a thin film transistor including an insulating substrate, an island made of a polycrystalline semiconductor material and disposed on the insulating substrate, a conductive layer made of the polycrystalline semiconductor material and at least one of metals and metallic silicides and surrounding the island, a source region and a drain region spaced from the source region, the source region and the drain region being formed in said island, a gate electrode disposed on the island with an insulating film interposed between the island and the gate electrode, the gate facing a spacing between the source region and the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, LTD
    Inventors: Kenkichi Suzuki, Tetsuya Nagata, Michiko Takahashi, Masakazu Saito, Toshio Ogino, Masanobu Miyano