Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Mashiyama

Mitsuo Mashiyama 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: 10205062
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shingo Eguchi, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Masatoshi Kataniwa, Hironobu Shoji, Masataka Nakada, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20180374995
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shingo EGUCHI, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Masatoshi KATANIWA, Hironobu SHOJI, Masataka NAKADA, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 10079330
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shingo Eguchi, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Masatoshi Kataniwa, Hironobu Shoji, Masataka Nakada, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9905516
    Abstract: A metal oxide layer is in contact with an interlayer insulating layer covering a transistor, and has a stacked-layer structure including a first metal oxide layer having an amorphous structure and a second metal oxide layer having a polycrystalline structure. In the first metal oxide layer, there are no crystal grain boundaries, and grid intervals are wide as compared to those in a metal oxide layer in a crystalline state; thus, the first metal oxide layer easily traps moisture between the lattices. In the second metal oxide layer having a polycrystalline structure, crystal parts other than crystal grain boundary portions have dense structures and extremely low moisture permeability. Thus, the structure in which the metal oxide layer including the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer is in contact with the interlayer insulating layer can effectively prevent moisture permeation into the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Takuya Handa, Kenichi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20170323789
    Abstract: The impurity concentration in the oxide semiconductor film is reduced, and a highly reliability can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Motoki NAKASHIMA, Hideyuki KISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170250204
    Abstract: Stable electrical characteristics of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are achieved. A highly reliable semiconductor device including the transistor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a multilayer film formed of an oxide layer and an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide layer, and a gate electrode overlapping with the multilayer film with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The oxide layer contains a common element to the oxide semiconductor layer and has a large energy gap than the oxide semiconductor layer. The composition between the oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer gradually changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Takuya HANDA, Masahiro WATANABE, Hajime TOKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 9660092
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor and having stable electrical characteristics. Specifically, a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor and including a gate insulating film with favorable characteristics is provided. Further, a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. The gate insulating film includes at least a silicon oxynitride film and an oxygen release type oxide film which is formed over the silicon oxynitride film. The oxide semiconductor film is formed on and in contact with the oxygen release type oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Takuya Handa, Kenichi Okazaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9660093
    Abstract: Stable electrical characteristics of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are achieved. A highly reliable semiconductor device including the transistor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a multilayer film formed of an oxide layer and an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide layer, and a gate electrode overlapping with the multilayer film with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The oxide layer contains a common element to the oxide semiconductor layer and has a large energy gap than the oxide semiconductor layer. The composition between the oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer gradually changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kenichi Okazaki, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Takuya Handa, Masahiro Watanabe, Hajime Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 9614095
    Abstract: An oxide semiconductor transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor layer with high conductivity is provided. A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor layer comprising an oxide containing indium, gallium, and zinc (IGZO) and a particle of indium oxide; a gate electrode overlapping with a channel formation region in the oxide semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween; and a source electrode and a drain electrode overlapping with a source region and a drain region in the oxide semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device may be a top-gate oxide semiconductor transistor or a bottom-gate oxide semiconductor transistor. The oxide semiconductor layer may be formed over or below the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okazaki, Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama
  • Publication number: 20170016108
    Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tetsunori MARUYAMA, Yuki IMOTO, Hitomi SATO, Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Motoki NAKASHIMA, Takashi SHIMAZU
  • Patent number: 9382611
    Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tetsunori Maruyama, Yuki Imoto, Hitomi Sato, Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Kenichi Okazaki, Motoki Nakashima, Takashi Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20160079433
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, which has stable electric characteristics and has high reliability. To provide a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film formed over the gate insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed over the oxide semiconductor film, and a protective film. The protective film includes a metal oxide film, and the metal oxide film has a film density of higher than or equal to 3.2 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Takuya HANDA, Kenichi OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9252279
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, which has stable electric characteristics and has high reliability. To provide a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film formed over the gate insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed over the oxide semiconductor film, and a protective film. The protective film includes a metal oxide film, and the metal oxide film has a film density of higher than or equal to 3.2 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Takuya Handa, Kenichi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20150380364
    Abstract: A metal oxide layer is in contact with an interlayer insulating layer covering a transistor, and has a stacked-layer structure including a first metal oxide layer having an amorphous structure and a second metal oxide layer having a polycrystalline structure. In the first metal oxide layer, there are no crystal grain boundaries, and grid intervals are wide as compared to those in a metal oxide layer in a crystalline state; thus, the first metal oxide layer easily traps moisture between the lattices. In the second metal oxide layer having a polycrystalline structure, crystal parts other than crystal grain boundary portions have dense structures and extremely low moisture permeability. Thus, the structure in which the metal oxide layer including the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer is in contact with the interlayer insulating layer can effectively prevent moisture permeation into the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Takuya HANDA, Kenichi OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9142681
    Abstract: A metal oxide layer is in contact with an interlayer insulating layer covering a transistor, and has a stacked-layer structure including a first metal oxide layer having an amorphous structure and a second metal oxide layer having a polycrystalline structure. In the first metal oxide layer, there are no crystal grain boundaries, and grid intervals are wide as compared to those in a metal oxide layer in a crystalline state; thus, the first metal oxide layer easily traps moisture between the lattices. In the second metal oxide layer having a polycrystalline structure, crystal parts other than crystal grain boundary portions have dense structures and extremely low moisture permeability. Thus, the structure in which the metal oxide layer including the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer is in contact with the interlayer insulating layer can effectively prevent moisture permeation into the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Takuya Handa, Kenichi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20150060890
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shingo Eguchi, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Masatoshi Kataniwa, Hironobu Shoji, Masataka Nakada, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8889477
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tetsunori Maruyama, Yuki Imoto, Hitomi Sato, Masahiro Watanabe, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Kenichi Okazaki, Motoki Nakashima, Takashi Shimazu
  • Patent number: 8860306
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shingo Eguchi, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Masatoshi Kataniwa, Hironobu Shoji, Masataka Nakada, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20140103335
    Abstract: Stable electrical characteristics of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are achieved. A highly reliable semiconductor device including the transistor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a multilayer film formed of an oxide layer and an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide layer, and a gate electrode overlapping with the multilayer film with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The oxide layer contains a common element to the oxide semiconductor layer and has a large energy gap than the oxide semiconductor layer. The composition between the oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer gradually changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kenichi Okazaki, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Takuya Handa, Masahiro Watanabe, Hajime Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20130048977
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, which has stable electric characteristics and has high reliability. To provide a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film formed over the gate insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed over the oxide semiconductor film, and a protective film. The protective film includes a metal oxide film, and the metal oxide film has a film density of higher than or equal to 3.2 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro WATANABE, Mitsuo MASHIYAMA, Takuya HANDA, Kenichi OKAZAKI