Patents by Inventor Osamu Tokuhiro

Osamu Tokuhiro 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: 8154483
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display wherein luminance change due to change of the light-emitting device over time is compensated while suppressing affects of characteristics change in the drive transistor. Specifically disclosed is an image display comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has a light-emitting device (OLED) which emits light when current is passed therethrough, a driver device (Td) for controlling light emission of the light-emitting device, and a control circuit (A) which is electrically connected to the light-emitting device and the driver device, and directly or indirectly detects the voltage applied to the light-emitting device at least during when the light-emitting device is emitting light and reflects the detection results to the driver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Takasugi, Osamu Tokuhiro, Kaoru Kusafuka, Yutaka Kuba
  • Publication number: 20090284511
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display wherein luminance change due to change of the light-emitting device over time is compensated while suppressing affects of characteristics change in the drive transistor. Specifically disclosed is an image display comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has a light-emitting device (OLED) which emits light when current is passed therethrough, a driver device (Td) for controlling light emission of the light-emitting device, and a control circuit (A) which is electrically connected to the light-emitting device and the driver device, and directly or indirectly detects the voltage applied to the light-emitting device at least during when the light-emitting device is emitting light and reflects the detection results to the driver device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Takasugi, Osamu Tokuhiro, Kaoru Kusafuka, Yutaka Kuba
  • Patent number: 7592275
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for manufacturing an active matrix device including a top gate type TFT. A manufacturing process of the top gate type TFT includes the steps of forming an oxide film on the inner wall of a CVD processing chamber and arranging a substrate having source and drain electrodes formed thereon in the processing chamber. Additional steps include doping the source and drain electrodes with P, and forming an a-Si layer and a gate insulating film in the processing chamber. Furthermore, an apparatus is provided for manufacturing an active matrix device including a top gate type TFT having the inner surface of the processing chamber coated with the oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20080230007
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for manufacturing an active matrix device including a top gate type TFT. A manufacturing process of the top gate type TFT includes the steps of forming an oxide film on the inner wall of a CVD processing chamber and arranging a substrate having source and drain electrodes formed thereon in the processing chamber. Additional steps include doping the source and drain electrodes with P, and forming an a-Si layer and a gate insulating film in the processing chamber. Furthermore, an apparatus is provided for manufacturing an active matrix device including a top gate type TFT having the inner surface of the processing chamber coated with the oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7344927
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for manufacturing an active matrix device including a top gate type TFT. A manufacturing process of the top gate type TFT includes the steps of forming an oxide film on the inner wall of a CVD processing chamber and arranging a substrate having source and drain electrodes formed thereon in the processing chamber. Additional steps include doping the source and drain electrodes with P, and forming an a-Si layer and a gate insulating film in the processing chamber. Furthermore, an apparatus is provided for manufacturing an active matrix device including a top gate type TFT having the inner surface of the processing chamber coated with the oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7115448
    Abstract: The present invention improves a productivity in growing an a-Si film in a thin film transistor and to obtain an excellent thin film transistor characteristic. More specifically, disclosed is a thin film transistor in which an amorphous silicon film 2, a gate insulating film 3 and a gate electrode are sequentially stacked on an insulating substrate 1. The amorphous silicon film 2 includes a low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5 formed at a low deposition rate and a high deposition rate amorphous silicon layer 6 formed at a deposition rate higher than that of the low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5. The low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5 in the amorphous silicon film 2 is grown closer to the insulating substrate 1, and the high deposition rate amorphous silicon layer 6 is grown closer to the gate insulating film 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7061018
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal panel comprises the steps of forming a gate insulating film, a channel layer and an etching stopper layer on a transparent substrate bearing a gate electrode, exposing the substrate to light from its back surface side by using the gate electrode as a light shielding mask by photolithography, developing the resist, etching the etching stopper layer, forming a source/drain layer, and etching the source/drain layer and a remaining part of the etching stopper by chemical gas phase etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Osamu Tokuhiro, Hiroyuki Ueda, Masahiko Machida
  • Patent number: 6859252
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are sequentially deposited on an insulating substrate. A transparent conductive layer is deposited on the source and drain electrodes so that the transparent conductive layer includes a portion deposited to be substantially the same pattern as those of the source and drain electrodes. The transparent conductive layer is connected to either the source electrode or the drain electrode to form a pixel electrode. A gate line is further included on which the gate insulating film is deposited. The gate line is to be connected to the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Kohichi Miwa, Mitsuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6816209
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the number of necessary steps in a thin-film-transistor manufacturing process and prevents an abnormal potential from being generated due to a leak current from another data line. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode 30 disposed on a predetermined substrate and formed in a predetermined pattern, a semiconductor layer formed correspondingly to patterning of the gate electrode 30, a pixel electrode 25 interposed by the semiconductor layer, and a signal electrode 26 interposed by the semiconductor layer and disposed at a predetermined interval from the pixel electrode 25, in which the signal electrode 26 is disposed at such a position where the signal electrode prevents crosstalk running from adjacent signal lines 32b and 32c to the pixel electrode 25 via the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Takashi Miyamoto, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka
  • Publication number: 20040203195
    Abstract: The present invention improves a productivity in growing an a-Si film in a thin film transistor and to obtain an excellent thin film transistor characteristic. More specifically, disclosed is a thin film transistor in which an amorphous silicon film 2, a gate insulating film 3 and a gate electrode are sequentially stacked on an insulating substrate 1. The amorphous silicon film 2 includes a low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5 formed at a low deposition rate and a high deposition rate amorphous silicon layer 6 formed at a deposition rate higher than that of the low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5. The low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5 in the amorphous silicon film 2 is grown closer to the insulating substrate 1, and the high deposition rate amorphous silicon layer 6 is grown closer to the gate insulating film 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 6801266
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the number of necessary steps in a thin-film-transistor manufacturing process and prevents an abnormal potential from being generated due to a leakage current from another signal line. A thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode 30 disposed on a predetermined substrate and formed in a predetermined pattern, a semiconductor layer 27 formed correspondingly to patterning of the gate electrode 30, a pixel electrode 25 interposed by the semiconductor layer, and a signal electrode 26 interposed by the semiconductor layer and disposed at a predetermined interval from the pixel electrode 25, in which the signal electrode 26 is disposed at such a position where the signal electrode prevents crosstalk leakage current flowing from adjacent signal lines 32b and 32c to the pixel electrode 25 via the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Takashi Miyamoto, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6794231
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (and a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel) includes a gate line and a signal line intersecting the gate line at an intersection portion where the gate line and the signal line intersect each other. The gate line includes at least two conductive portions and at least one opening portion on the intersection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Tokuhiro, Hiroyuki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20040165121
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are sequentially deposited on an insulating substrate. A transparent conductive layer is deposited on the source and drain electrodes so that the transparent conductive layer includes a portion deposited to be substantially the same pattern as those of the source and drain electrodes. The transparent conductive layer is connected to either the source electrode or the drain electrode to form a pixel electrode. A gate line is further included on which the gate insulating film is deposited. The gate line is to be connected to the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Kohichi Miwa, Mitsuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6753550
    Abstract: The present invention improves a productivity in growing an a-Si film in a thin film transistor and to obtain an excellent thin film transistor characteristic. More specifically, disclosed is a thin film transistor in which an amorphous silicon film 2, a gate insulating film 3 and a gate electrode are sequentially stacked on an insulating substrate 1. The amorphous silicon film 2 includes a low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5 formed at a low deposition rate and a high deposition rate amorphous silicon layer 6 formed at a deposition rate higher than that of the low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5. The low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5 in the amorphous silicon film 2 is grown closer to the insulating substrate 1, and the high deposition rate amorphous silicon layer 6 is grown closer to the gate insulating film 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20040105041
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the number of necessary steps in a thin-film-transistor manufacturing process and prevents an abnormal potential from being generated due to a leak current from another data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Takashi Miyamoto, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6707513
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are sequentially deposited on an insulating substrate. A transparent conductive layer is deposited on the source and drain electrodes so that the transparent conductive layer includes a portion deposited to be substantially the same pattern as those of the source and drain electrodes. The transparent conductive layer is connected to either the source electrode or the drain electrode to form a pixel electrode. A gate line is further included on which the gate insulating film is deposited. The gate line is to be connected to the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Kohichi Miwa, Mitsuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6653178
    Abstract: A thin film transistor and method of making the same is disclosed in which a contact hole is formed with a flattened interface between openings in an inorganic material passivation layer and an organic material interlayer insulating film thereabove. The method includes etching an opening in the interlayer insulating film, using that opening as a mask for subsequently etching a self-aligned opening in the passivation layer, and again etching the interlayer insulating film in a develop back process to obtain a contact hole having a flattened inner sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Taroh Hasumi, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka
  • Patent number: 6600196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to minimizing a leakage current in a floating island portion formed in a thin film transistor. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a thin film transistor including: a source electrode 14 and a drain electrode 15 disposed above an insulating substrate 11 at a predetermined interval; an s-Si film 16 disposed in relation to the source electrode 14 and drain electrode 15; a gate insulating film 17 overlapping the a-Si film 16; and a gate electrode 18 overlapping the gate insulating film 17, in which the a-Si film 16 is disposed between the source electrode 14 and the drain electrode 15 and has a floating island portion 20 above which or beneath which the gate electrode 18 is not formed, and boron ions are implanted into this portion to form a boron-ion-implanted region 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20030122126
    Abstract: The present invention improves a productivity in growing an a-Si film in a thin film transistor and to obtain an excellent thin film transistor characteristic. More specifically, disclosed is a thin film transistor in which an amorphous silicon film 2, a gate insulating film 3 and a gate electrode are sequentially stacked on an insulating substrate 1. The amorphous silicon film 2 includes a low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5 formed at a low deposition rate and a high deposition rate amorphous silicon layer 6 formed at a deposition rate higher than that of the low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5. The low defect-density amorphous silicon layer 5 in the amorphous silicon film 2 is grown closer to the insulating substrate 1, and the high deposition rate amorphous silicon layer 6 is grown closer to the gate insulating film 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Tsujimura, Osamu Tokuhiro, Mitsuo Morooka, Takashi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20030107040
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (and a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel) includes a gate line and a signal line intersecting the gate line at an intersection portion where the gate line and the signal line intersect each other. The gate line includes at least two conductive portions and at least one opening portion on the intersection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Tokuhiro, Hiroyuki Ueda