Patents by Inventor Naoaki Hashimoto

Naoaki Hashimoto 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: 12127471
    Abstract: A light-emitting element which includes a plurality of light-emitting layers between a pair of electrodes and has low driving voltage and high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element including first to third light-emitting layers between a cathode and an anode is provided. The first light-emitting layer includes a first phosphorescent material and a first electron-transport material; the second light-emitting layer includes a second phosphorescent material and a second electron-transport material; the third light-emitting layer includes a fluorescent material and a third electron-transport material; the first to third light-emitting elements are provided in contact with an electron-transport layer positioned on a cathode side; and a triplet excitation energy level of a material included in the electron-transport layer is lower than triplet excitation energy levels of the first electron-transport material and the second electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Naoaki Hashimoto, Eriko Saijo, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240341186
    Abstract: An organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), X1 to X4 each independently represent any one of groups represented by General Formulae (g1-1) to (g1-3). Two or three of X1 to X4 represent the group represented by General Formula (g1-1) or (g1-2). R1 to R14 each independently represent any one of hydrogen (including deuterium), a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and having a bridged structure, a trialkylsilyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a alkoxy group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Ar1 to Ar4 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya HARUYAMA, Harue OSAKA, Naoaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240324307
    Abstract: A high-resolution light-emitting apparatus that emits blue light with a high blue index is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a pixel electrode A; a pixel electrode B adjacent to the pixel electrode A; a common electrode; an EL layer A sandwiched between the pixel electrode A and the common electrode; an EL layer B sandwiched between the pixel electrode B and the common electrode; and an insulating layer positioned between the common electrode and each of the EL layer A and the EL layer B. The insulating layer has an opening portion A overlapping with the pixel electrode A and an opening portion B overlapping with the pixel electrode B. The EL layer A includes a light-emitting layer A. The light-emitting layer A contains a light-emitting substance A. The light-emitting substance A emits blue light. The EL layer A is in contact with the pixel electrode A. The EL layer B is in contact with the pixel electrode B. The EL layer A is in contact with the common electrode in the opening portion A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Toshiki SASAKI, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 12101997
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device, a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency, a light-emitting device with a long lifetime, or a light-emitting device with low driving voltage is provided. An EL layer includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side. The first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The fourth layer contains a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. A HOMO level of the second organic compound is higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The fourth layer includes a region where the amount of seventh organic compound is large and a region where the amount of seventh organic compound is small in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoaki Hashimoto, Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Yusuke Takita, Takumu Okuyama, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Shunpei Yamazaki, Toshiki Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240315066
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having high heat resistance in a manufacturing process is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yui YOSHIYASU, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240306493
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a novel organic compound. The organic compound is a triarylamine derivative. The triarylamine derivative has an aryl group including a skeleton in which a naphthyl group is bonded to a naphthylene group. The other two aryl groups are each independently a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, or a terphenyl group. These groups may each have a substituent. As the substituent, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms can be selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Anna TADA, Yusuke TAKITA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240306408
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having a long driving lifetime at high temperature is provided. The light-emitting device ncludes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, and a light-emitting layer in this order from the anode side. The first layer includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The second layer includes a third organic compound. The third layer includes a fourth organic compound. The light-emitting layer includes a fifth organic compound and an emission center substance. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. A difference between HOMO levels of the fourth organic compound and the fifth organic compound is less than or equal to 0.24 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKITA, Tsunenori Suzuki, Naoaki Hashimoto, Takumu Okuyama, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12082429
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having a long lifetime is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having low driving voltage is provided. A light-emitting device including an EL layer including a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side is provided. The first layer includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The fourth layer includes a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the second organic compound is from ?5.7 eV to ?5.4 eV. The HOMO level of the seventh organic compound is ?6.0 eV or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Takumu Okuyama, Yusuke Takita, Naoaki Hashimoto, Hiromi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Toshiki Sasaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240292648
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting device with low driving voltage is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer. The hole-injection layer is positioned between the anode and the light-emitting layer. The electron-transport layer is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The hole-injection layer contains a first substance and a second substance. The first substance is an organic compound which has a hole-transport property and a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The second substance exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the first substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Hiromi SEO, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Kanta ABE, Yuji IWAKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tsunenori SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12063856
    Abstract: A novel mixed material for a light-emitting device with improved heat resistance is provided. The mixed material for a light-emitting device includes a first heteroaromatic compound and a second heteroaromatic compound. The first heteroaromatic compound includes a first heteroaromatic ring. The first heteroaromatic ring includes a ring including two or more nitrogen atoms and any one of a benzene ring and a pyridine ring or a ring including a diazine ring or a triazine ring. The second heteroaromatic compound includes a second heteroaromatic ring. The second heteroaromatic ring includes a ring including two or more nitrogen atoms and any one of a benzene ring and a pyridine ring or a ring including a diazine ring or a triazine ring. A structure of the first heteroaromatic ring is different from a structure of the second heteroaromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Yoshiyasu, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Sachiko Kawakami, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12063803
    Abstract: A light-emitting element that includes a fluorescent material and has a high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element in which a delayed fluorescence component due to TTA accounts for a high proportion of emissive components is provided. A novel light-emitting device with a high emission efficiency and a low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting element includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer including a host material and an electron-transport layer including a first material in contact with the light-emitting layer. The LUMO level of the first material is lower than that of the host material. The proportion of a delayed fluorescence component due to TTA is greater than or equal to 10 percent of the light emission from the EL layer. The proportion of the delayed fluorescence component due to TTA may be greater than or equal to 15 percent of the light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoaki Hashimoto, Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Hiromi Seo, Hiromitsu Kido
  • Publication number: 20240251667
    Abstract: A novel organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. In General Formula (G1), X1 and X2 each independently represent a secondary or tertiary alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and having a branched carbon atom which is bonded to a phenyl group. In addition, Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring skeleton having 10 to 60 carbon atoms and composed of two or more rings or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed heteroaromatic ring skeleton having 8 to 60 carbon atoms and composed of two or more rings. Furthermore, Ar2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms. Moreover, n represents any of 1 to 3, and in the case where n is 2 or more, two or more groups bonded to Ar1 may be identical or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoko TAKEDA, Harue OSAKA, Hiroshi KADOMA, Satoshi SEO, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 12043618
    Abstract: An organic compound has a benzonaphthofuran skeleton and is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), A represents a pyrene skeleton. In the case where the pyrene skeleton has a substituent, the substituent is a diarylamino group including two substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups each having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms. The two aryl groups of the diarylamino group may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Haruyama, Sachiko Kawakami, Naoaki Hashimoto, Yusuke Takita, Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240206306
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable display unit having a function of sensing light. The display unit includes a light-receiving device and a light-emitting device. The light-receiving device includes an active layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting device includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-receiving device and the light-emitting device share one of the electrodes, and may further share another common layer between the pair of electrodes. The hole-injection layer is in contact with an anode and contains a first compound and a second compound. The electron-transport property of the electron-transport layer is low; hence, the light-emitting layer is less likely to have excess electrons. Here, the first compound is the material having a property of accepting electrons from the second compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Taisuke KAMADA, Ryo HATSUMI, Daisuke KUBOTA, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Harue OSAKA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240164209
    Abstract: Provided is a novel light-emitting element, a light-emitting element with a long lifetime, or a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer containing a fluorescent substance and a host material, a first electron-transport layer containing a first electron-transport material, and a second electron-transport layer containing a second electron-transport material, which are in contact with each other and in this order. The LUMO level of each of the host material and the second electron-transport material is higher than the LUMO level of the first electron-transport material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11985890
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a novel organic compound. The organic compound is a triarylamine derivative. The triarylamine derivative has an aryl group including a skeleton in which a naphthyl group is bonded to a naphthylene group. The other two aryl groups are each independently a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, or a terphenyl group. These groups may each have a substituent. As the substituent, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms can be selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Anna Tada, Yusuke Takita, Tsunenori Suzuki, Naoaki Hashimoto, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240155863
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having high heat resistance in a manufacturing process is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Yoshiyasu, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240147745
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with a high resolution and favorable characteristics manufactured by a photolithography method is provided. In the light-emitting device, a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device are adjacent each other. The first light-emitting device includes a first EL layer, and the second light-emitting device includes a second EL layer. The first EL layer includes at least a first light-emitting layer and a first electron-transport layer, and the second EL layer includes at least a second light-emitting layer and a second electron-transport layer. The first electron-transport layer contains a first heteroaromatic compound and a first organic compound, and the second electron-transport layer contains a second heteroaromatic compound and a second organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui YOSHIYASU, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 11974447
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting device with low driving voltage is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer. The hole-injection layer is positioned between the anode and the light-emitting layer. The electron-transport layer is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The hole-injection layer contains a first substance and a second substance. The first substance is an organic compound which has a hole-transport property and a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The second substance exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the first substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hiromi Seo, Kunihiko Suzuki, Kanta Abe, Yuji Iwaki, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tsunenori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240124477
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound that exhibits light emission with favorable chromaticity is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound that exhibits blue light emission with favorable chromaticity is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound with favorable emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound having a high carrier-transport property is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound with favorable reliability is provided. An organic compound including at least one amino group in which any one of a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group is boneded to any one of a substituted or unsubstituted naphthobisbenzofuran skeleton, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthobisbenzothiophene skeleton, and a substituted or unsubstituted naphthobenzofuranobenzothiophene skeleton is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoko Takeda, Harue Osaka, Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Naoaki Hashimoto, Yusuke Takita