Patents by Inventor Masashi IWARA

Masashi IWARA 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: 20160020328
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an oxide semiconductor thin film, which has relatively high carrier mobility and is suitable as a channel layer material for a TFT, from an oxynitride crystalline thin film. According to the present invention, a crystalline oxynitride semiconductor thin film is obtained by annealing an amorphous oxynitride semiconductor thin film containing In, O, and N or an amorphous oxynitride semiconductor thin film containing In, O, N, and an additional element M, where M is one or more elements selected from among Zn, Ga, Ti, Si, Ge, Sn, W, Mg, Al, Y and rare earth elements, at a heating temperature of 200° C. or more for a heating time of 1 minute to 120 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Eiichiro NISHIMURA, Tokuyuki NAKAYAMA, Masashi IWARA