Patents by Inventor Masato Ishii

Masato Ishii 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: 20100317177
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods for depositing silicon germanium (SiGe) layers on a substrate are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the method may include depositing a first layer comprising silicon and germanium (e.g., a seed layer) atop the substrate using a first precursor comprising silicon and chlorine; and depositing a second layer comprising silicon and germanium (e.g., a bulk layer) atop the silicon germanium seed layer using a second precursor comprising silicon and hydrogen. In some embodiments, the first silicon precursor gas may comprise at least one of dichlorosilane (H2SiCl2), trichlorosilane (HSiCl3), or silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4). In some embodiments, the second silicon precursor gas may comprise at least one of silane (SiH4), or disilane (Si2H6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: YI-CHIAU HUANG, MASATO ISHII, ERROL SANCHEZ
  • Publication number: 20100289331
    Abstract: To provide for a movable electronic device a power receiving device that when charging a battery, simplifies charging of the battery from a power feeder, which is a power supply means, and does not have faults due to an external factor relating to a relay terminal, or damage of the relay terminal, that are caused by directly connecting the battery and the power feeder, and further, to provide an electronic device including the power receiving device. An antenna circuit and a booster antenna for supplying electric power are provided in a movable electronic device. The antenna circuit receives a radio signal such as an electromagnetic wave via the booster antenna, and electric power that is obtained through the receiving of the radio signal is supplied to the battery through a signal processing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka SHIONOIRI, Jun KOYAMA, Yoshiyuki KUROKAWA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Takayuki IKEDA, Takeshi OSADA, Tomoaki ATSUMI, Masato ISHII
  • Publication number: 20100188318
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display section including a plurality of pixels which emit light in an amount varied depending on an amount of current; signal lines for inputting a display signal voltage to the plurality of pixels; a switch circuit for switching between the signal lines to output signals corresponding to pixel states of the plurality of pixels, the pixel states being obtained through a supply of a detection-use power source to the plurality of pixels; and an A/D conversion section which includes a circuit for changing a reference voltage, and which sequentially detects signals corresponding to pixel states of pixels in each of a plurality of blocks which are obtained by dividing pixels in a horizontal line of the display section. The deteriorated pixels, which is accompanied by an in-plane gradient and fluctuations of the display section, are compensated without increasing a scale of a detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Naruhiko Kasai, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20100163631
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of wireless communication which has low power consumption in a step for decoding an encoded signal to obtain data is provided. The semiconductor device includes an antenna configured to convert received carrier waves into an AC signal, a rectifier circuit configured to rectify the AC signal into a DC voltage, a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the AC signal into an encoded signal, an oscillator circuit configured to generate a clock signal having a certain frequency by supply of the DC voltage, a synchronizing circuit configured to generate a synchronized encoded signal by synchronizing the encoded signal obtained by demodulating the AC signal with the clock signal, a decoder circuit configured to decode the synchronized encoded signal into a decoded signal, and a register configured to store the decoded signal as a clock (referred to as a digital signal).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Tomoaki Atsumi
  • Publication number: 20100120235
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods for depositing silicon germanium (SiGe) layers on a substrate are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the method includes depositing a silicon germanium seed layer atop the substrate using a first precursor comprising silicon and chlorine; and depositing a silicon germanium bulk layer atop the silicon germanium seed layer using a second precursor comprising silicon and hydrogen. In some embodiments, the first silicon precursor gas may comprise at least one of dichlorosilane (H2SiCl2), trichlorosilane (HSiCl3), or silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4). In some embodiments, the second silicon precursor gas may comprise at least one of silane (SiH4), or disilane (Si2H6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Chiau HUANG, Masato ISHII, Errol SANCHEZ
  • Patent number: 7710270
    Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device including an RFID which can transmit/receive individual information without a change of a battery accompanied by deterioration over time of the battery as a drive power source, and to which driving power can be supplied to keep a favorable transmission/reception state of the individual information even when an external electromagnetic wave is not sufficient. The semiconductor device includes a signal processing circuit, a first antenna circuit and a second antenna circuit operationally connected to the signal processing circuit, and a battery operationally connected to the signal processing circuit, in which the first antenna circuit transmits/receives a signal for transmitting data stored in the signal processing circuit; the second antenna circuit receives a signal for charging the battery; and a signal received by the first antenna circuit and a signal received by the second antenna circuit have different wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yutaka Shionoiri, Jun Koyama, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Shunpei Yamazaki, Takayuki Ikeda, Takeshi Osada, Tomoaki Atsumi, Masato Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100085349
    Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of freely setting correction based on a state of a luminance gradient in a self-emission display device for eliminating the luminance gradient. The display device includes: a data line drive circuit for outputting emission control signals for controlling light emission of display elements during a retrace period during which display signal voltages are not output; and an emission power supply circuit for supplying power supply voltages for the light emission of the display elements to power supply lines from at least one of external sides of a display region corresponding to a group including the display elements. The data line drive circuit generates and outputs the emission control signals different among data lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Naruhiko KASAI, Masato Ishii, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20100033410
    Abstract: An image display device comprises a unit which divides one line into a plurality of blocks (blocks A, B, and C) in a horizontal direction and detects in parallel, a unit which collectively detects a plurality of lines (lines A and B) in a vertical direction in parallel. The unit detects a pixel state of a pixel of the block (for example, block A) and a pixel state of the same pixel as an adjacent block (for example, block B), and corrects a variation between the detection result of the block and the detection result of the adjacent block. The unit detects a pixel state of a pixel through the line (for example, line A) and a pixel state of the same pixel through a different line (for example, line B), and corrects a variation between the detection result of the line and the detection result of the different line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Masato ISHII, Naruhiko Kasai, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20090303162
    Abstract: Provided is an image display device in which deterioration of a self-light-emitting element within a pixel is corrected accurately. A driver transistor provided in each pixel to drive the self-light-emitting element is driven in a saturation region. A voltage detection unit detects a voltage across the self-light-emitting element of each pixel, which is observed when a constant current is supplied to the self-light-emitting element. When the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit exceeds a threshold voltage, one of a reference voltage and a power supply voltage is controlled to keep an operation region of the driver transistor to the saturation region in every one of a plurality of the pixels of the image display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto, Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii
  • Publication number: 20090303163
    Abstract: Provided is an image display device in which deterioration of a self-light-emitting element within a pixel is corrected accurately. A detection unit detects, within a detection period, a difference in characteristics between self-light-emitting elements of adjacent pixels. A first subtraction circuit outputs a differential voltage between a reference voltage and an image voltage to a self-light-emitting element that is determined by the detection unit as a deteriorated element. An amplifier amplifies an output of the first subtraction circuit with a gain [1/{1-(?/100)}]1/2 when a driver transistor is driven in a saturation region. The amplifier amplifies the output of the first subtraction circuit with a gain [1/{1-(?/100)}] when the driver transistor is driven in a linear region. A differential between the reference voltage and an output of the amplifier obtained by a second subtraction circuit is used as a corrected image voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Tohru KOHNO, Hajime Akimoto, Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii
  • Publication number: 20090244043
    Abstract: To provide an image display device having a circuit for solving burning phenomenon without increasing the size of the circuit. An image display device is provided having a display unit formed using display devices, a signal line for inputting a display signal voltage to the display unit, and a display control unit for controlling the display signal voltage, the image display device comprising a detection power source, a switch for causing a current of the detection power source to flow to the display device, a detection circuit for detecting the current, and a detection information storage circuit for storing information, and compensating the display signal voltage, using the information, wherein using a first reference voltage, and current detection is carried out, the detection circuit feeds back the current detected to set a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage, and carries out current detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20090243973
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a display section including a plurality of pixels which emit light in an amount varied depending on an amount of current; signal lines used to input a display signal voltage to the pixels; a switch circuit which switches between the signal lines to output signals corresponding to pixel states of the pixels, the pixel states being obtained through a supply of a power source to the pixels; and an A/D converter which sequentially detects the signals corresponding to the pixel states of the pixels along a horizontal line of the display section, in which the A/D converter includes a circuit for changing a reference voltage of the A/D converter, and is structured so as to perform block-by-block detection of signals corresponding to pixel states of pixels in each of a plurality of blocks into which the pixels in the horizontal line are divided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Naruhiko Kasai, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20090179832
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display device is provided having a display section including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; and a detection section for detecting a luminance characteristic of an OLED element in each of the pixels. The detection section includes a first path for allowing a detected characteristic value to pass therethrough and a second path for attenuating the detected characteristic value. A first switch is provided for the first path whereas a second switch is provided for the second path, the second switch being opened when the first switch is closed. The detected characteristic value having passed through any one of the first path and the second path is input to a same analog-to-digital converter to be converted into a digital quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto, Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii
  • Publication number: 20090141017
    Abstract: An image display with high brightness where a long time can be secured for light emission of self-luminous elements can be implemented using only line memories. The period for the writing in of a display voltage (period for writing in of data) continues for a number of lines (three lines), and the reset pulse becomes of a “high” state. Subsequently, operation for three lines is carried out collectively during a triangular wave period (period for writing in of a triangular wave voltage), and only the light emission controlling pulse becomes of a “high” state. During the period for the writing in of a triangular wave voltage, the writing in of a triangular wave voltage from the second time onward is rewriting of a triangular wave voltage, and thus, the period for rewriting the display voltage (dotted line portion) becomes unnecessary, and a longer period for light emission, where the light emission controlling pulse becomes of a “high” state, can be secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20090141015
    Abstract: A shift in the frame of a moving image in an image display device using self-luminous elements is made hard to see. A data line driving circuit 14 is provided with a triangular wave generating circuit 71 for generating a number of types of triangular waves having different phases and waveforms, and a gradation voltage-triangular wave switching circuit 75 for selecting and switching one of the number of types of triangular waves generated by the triangular wave generating circuit 71 for each signal line. One horizontal period is divided into a signal write-in period and a triangular wave period, so that the signal voltage and the triangular wave are outputted during the signal write-in period and the triangular wave period, respectively. Different triangular waves are selected and outputted for each signal line, so that the location of the shift in the outline in a moving image changes for each column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20090129593
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless chip in which a hardware thereof is not required to be modified in each time that encryption algorithm with higher security is developed. In a wireless chip, a circuit capable of communicating information by wireless communication, a CPU, and a memory are included. In the memory, two or more regions, of each a region to which an encryption program is assigned and a region to which a decryption is assigned, are included. Accordingly, a wireless chip in which an encryption/decryption program can be rewritten without modifying a hardware structure can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Ishii
  • Publication number: 20090073094
    Abstract: To detect reduction of luminous efficiency of respective light-emitting elements arranged in a matrix state while suppressing increase of costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Hajime Akimoto, Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii, Tohru Kohno, Mitsuhide Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20090066614
    Abstract: A display device including independent power sources for a display use and a detection use, display elements, switches (21, 22 and 23) for independently connecting the power sources and the individual elements, a circuit (10) for controlling the switches, and a variable amplifier (16) as detection means, which reads a state of each pixel of a display panel section (2), which generates a read result in a controllable shape, and which can change-over a detection result from an external sensor section (3) and an internal detection result through a timing control, so as to convert the detection result into a value corresponding to a subject to-be-detected, whereby detections can be performed with a detection circuit of one loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Masato ISHII, Naruhiko Kasai, Tohru Kohno, Hajime Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20090027374
    Abstract: To implement brightness change of pixels due to variations in environmental temperatures with low electric power, the display device includes a display part having a display area arrayed with plural pixels, a display scanning circuit and a signal driving circuit for driving the plural pixels, and a power circuit that supplies a current for illuminating each of the plural pixels with brightness corresponding to a display signal from the signal driving circuit; and a detection unit that includes: a monitor element for driving a constant current that detects environmental temperatures; and plural constant current sources, detects a voltage value relating to the luminous intensity of the pixels by the monitor element to generate a signal to control an output voltage of the power circuit, and changes over a constant current source of the monitor element according to a voltage value detected in the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Tohru Kohno, Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Hajime Akimoto, Naruhiko Kasai, Masato Ishii
  • Publication number: 20090027313
    Abstract: To determine a deterioration and maintain a high-quality image without unevenness of brightness by performing a precise correction, a detection scanning line for selecting a pixel which detects a deterioration of a pixel, a detection line for informing the outside of the display area of the property of a pixel selected for detecting the deterioration, a deterioration determination means for determining a deterioration amount based on a voltage corresponding to a current detected by the detection line, and a deterioration correction means (computation circuit) for reflecting the determination result of the deterioration determination means in image data supplied to the pixel, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Tohru Kohno, Masato Ishii, Naruhiko Kasai, Hajime Akimoto