Patents by Inventor Ryuuta Watanabe

Ryuuta Watanabe 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: 11287709
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes: a signal line provided in an image display region; and a terminal provided in a frame region and electrically connected to the signal line. The terminal includes: a metal layer; a first contact layer located closer to one side in a lamination direction than the metal layer, and electrically connected to the metal layer, a first interlayer insulating layer located closer to the one side in the lamination direction than the first contact layer; and a second contact layer located closer to the one side in the lamination direction than the first interlayer insulating layer, and electrically connected to the first contact layer through a first through-hole formed in the first interlayer insulating layer. The first contact layer is made of a transparent metal oxide or a semiconductor material doped with impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fukami, Kenichirou Nishida, Ryuuta Watanabe, Masahiro Ishii
  • Publication number: 20200278587
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes: a signal line provided in an image display region; and a terminal provided in a frame region and electrically connected to the signal line. The terminal includes: a metal layer; a first contact layer located closer to one side in a lamination direction than the metal layer, and electrically connected to the metal layer, a first interlayer insulating layer located closer to the one side in the lamination direction than the first contact layer; and a second contact layer located closer to the one side in the lamination direction than the first interlayer insulating layer, and electrically connected to the first contact layer through a first through-hole formed in the first interlayer insulating layer. The first contact layer is made of a transparent metal oxide or a semiconductor material doped with impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuo FUKAMI, Kenichirou NISHIDA, Ryuuta WATANABE, Masahiro ISHII
  • Patent number: 8685631
    Abstract: A nozzle is moved while supplying a photoresist liquid from a slit. A photoresist layer is formed on a film. A resist pattern which covers a portion of the film is formed from the photoresist layer by photolithography. Inspection of the resist pattern is performed. The photolithography includes an exposure which is performed so as to transfer a latent image to the photoresist layer, and a development of the photoresist layer which is performed so as to leave the latent image. The latent image contains a dummy latent image which extends in an unbroken manner parallel to the longitudinal direction of the slit. The resist pattern contains a dummy resist formed correspondingly to the dummy latent image. The inspection of the resist pattern includes the detection of the presence or non-presence of a cut in the dummy resist in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Daito, Ryuuta Watanabe, Yoshitaka Imabayashi
  • Publication number: 20100323304
    Abstract: A nozzle is moved while supplying a photoresist liquid from a slit. A photoresist layer is formed on a film. A resist pattern which covers a portion of the film is formed from the photoresist layer by photolithography. Inspection of the resist pattern is performed. The photolithography includes an exposure which is performed so as to transfer a latent image to the photoresist layer, and a development of the photoresist layer which is performed so as to leave the latent image. The latent image contains a dummy latent image which extends in an unbroken manner parallel to the longitudinal direction of the slit. The resist pattern contains a dummy resist formed correspondingly to the dummy latent image. The inspection of the resist pattern includes the detection of the presence or non-presence of a cut in the dummy resist in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshihiro DAITO, Ryuuta Watanabe, Yoshitaka Imabayashi
  • Patent number: 7576828
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, pixel regions which are formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of the pair of substrates, and thin film transistors which are formed on respective pixel regions, wherein each thin film transistor includes a gate electrode connected to a gate signal line, a semiconductor layer laminated to the gate electrode by way of an insulation film, a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and connected to a drain signal line, and a source electrode connected to a pixel electrode, and the semiconductor layer is formed in a periodically irregular shape in a zone having a width substantially larger than a width of the source electrode on a side thereof from which at least the source electrode is pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Nakayama, Ryuuta Watanabe, Jun Ooida, Yasuko Gotoh, Kaori Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7561243
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, pixel regions which are formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of the pair of substrates, and thin film transistors which are formed on respective pixel regions, wherein each thin film transistor includes a gate electrode connected to a gate signal line, a semiconductor layer laminated to the gate electrode by way of an insulation film, a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and connected to a drain signal line, and a source electrode connected to a pixel electrode, and the semiconductor layer is formed in a periodically irregular shape in a zone having a width substantially larger than a width of the source electrode on a side thereof from which at least the source electrode is pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Nakayama, Ryuuta Watanabe, Jun Ooida, Yasuko Gotoh, Kaori Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20080266476
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, pixel regions which are formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of the pair of substrates, and thin film transistors which are formed on respective pixel regions, wherein each thin film transistor includes a gate electrode connected to a gate signal line, a semiconductor layer laminated to the gate electrode by way of an insulation film, a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and connected to a drain signal line, and a source electrode connected to a pixel electrode, and the semiconductor layer is formed in a periodically irregular shape in a zone having a width substantially larger than a width of the source electrode on a side thereof from which at least the source electrode is pulled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Takanori Nakayama, Ryuuta Watanabe, Jun Ooida, Yasuko Gotoh, Kaori Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20030043307
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, pixel regions which are formed on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of the pair of substrates, and thin film transistors which are formed on respective pixel regions, wherein each thin film transistor includes a gate electrode connected to a gate signal line, a semiconductor layer laminated to the gate electrode by way of an insulation film, a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and connected to a drain signal line, and a source electrode connected to a pixel electrode, and the semiconductor layer is formed in a periodically irregular shape in a zone having a width substantially larger than a width of the source electrode on a side thereof from which at least the source electrode is pulled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Nakayama, Ryuuta Watanabe, Jun Ooida, Yasuko Gotoh, Kaori Miyazaki