Patents by Inventor Sachiko Kawakami

Sachiko Kawakami 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: 9343681
    Abstract: A highly efficient light-emitting element capable of providing a plurality of emission colors is provided, which does not easily deteriorate and can minimize a decrease in external quantum efficiency even when a light-emitting layer has a stacked structure. A light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device which have low power consumption and long lifetime are provided. A light-emitting element includes a plurality of light-emitting layers stacked between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layers each contain a host material and a guest material. The guest materials of the light-emitting layers are substances which have different HOMO levels but have substantially the same LUMO levels and emit light of different colors. A light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device are fabricated using the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160118605
    Abstract: A long-life light-emitting element is provided by reducing a specific kind of impurity in the light-emitting element, particularly an impurity originating in an iridium complex. The light-emitting element includes an iridium complex. The iridium complex includes an iridium metal and a ligand coordinated to the iridium metal. In analysis of the light-emitting element by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry using a chromatograph of a photodiode array detector, the proportion of the peak area of a ligand not coordinated to the iridium metal to the peak area of the iridium complex is greater than or equal to 0% and less than or equal to 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Rina NAKAMURA, Nozomi KOMATSU, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Toshiki HAMADA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 9324951
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a novel material having a bipolar property, a light emitting element provided with the novel material, and a display device that includes the light emitting element. It is an object to provide a pyrazine derivative represented by the following general formula (g-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Murata, Masakazu Egawa, Harue Nakashima, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20160087209
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a material having a high Tg and a wide energy gap. The present invention provides a spirofluorene derivative represented by General Formula 1. (In the formula, R1 is any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a group represented by General Formula 2. Each of R2 and R3 is either hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and may be identical or different. R4 is an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms. Each of R5 and R6 is any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms and may be identical or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Harue NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160079314
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, an electronic device, or a lighting device with low power consumption and high reliability is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a third light-emitting element, and a fourth light-emitting element. The first to fourth light-emitting elements include the same EL layer between an anode and a cathode. The EL layer includes a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer contains a fluorescent substance. The peak wavelength of an emission spectrum of the fluorescent substance in a toluene solution of the fluorescent substance is 440 nm to 460 nm, preferably 440 nm to 455 nm. The second light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent substance. The first light-emitting element exhibits blue emission. The second light-emitting element exhibits green emission. The third light-emitting element exhibits red emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Toshiki SASAKI, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9287511
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel anthracene derivative. Another object is to provide a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency. Yet another object is to provide a light-emitting element with a long lifetime. Still another object is to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device having a long lifetime by using the light-emitting elements of the present invention. The anthracene derivative represented by General Formula (1) is provided. The ability of the anthracene derivative represented by General Formula (1) to exhibit high luminous efficiency allows the production of a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency and a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Egawa, Harue Nakashima, Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki, Ryoji Nomura
  • Patent number: 9257654
    Abstract: Novel anthracene derivatives are provided. Further, a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic appliance each using the novel anthracene derivative are provided. Anthracene derivatives represented by general formulae (G11) and (G21) are provided. The anthracene derivatives represented by the general formulae (G11) and (G21) each emit blue light with high color purity and have a carrier-transporting property. Therefore, each of the anthracene derivatives represented by the general formulae (G11) and (G21) is suitable for use in a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9257655
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element which has high emission efficiency and a long lifetime and is driven at low voltage. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a compound which gives a first peak at a m/z of around 266.10 in a mass spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9240558
    Abstract: Provided is a novel compound which can be used for a transport layer or as a host material or a light-emitting material in a light-emitting element and with which a high-performance light-emitting element can be manufactured. A dibenzo[c,g]carbazole compound in which an aryl group having 14 to 30 carbon atoms and including at least anthracene is bonded to nitrogen of a dibenzo[c,g]carbazole derivative is synthesized. By use of the dibenzo[c,g]carbazole compound, a light-emitting element having very good characteristics can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9219235
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting element, which is resistant to repetition of an oxidation reaction. It is another object of the invention to provide a light emitting element, which is resistant to repetition of a reduction reaction. An anthracene derivative is represented by a general formula (1). In the general formula (1), R1 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, R3 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, Ph1 represents a phenyl group, and X1 represents an arylene group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harue Nakashima, Sachiko Kawakami, Kumi Kojima, Ryoji Nomura, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 9212308
    Abstract: A liquid crystal composition for forming a polymer/liquid crystal composite in which disorder of an orientation state is reduced is provided. The liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase and a liquid crystalline monomer represented by the following general formula (G1). Note that the liquid crystal composition may include a non-liquid-crystalline monomer and a polymerization initiator. In the general formula (G1), X represents a mesogenic skeleton; and Y1 and Y2 individually represent an alkylene group having a sum of carbon atoms and/or oxygen atoms of 1 to 20. Also in the general formula (G1), the alkylene group and the alkyl group may include a carbonyl group and may have an ether bond. In addition, the carbonyl group and the ether bond may form an ester structure. In the general formula (G1), Z1 and Z2 individually represent an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Sachiko Kawakami, Makoto Ikenaga, Takahiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9209408
    Abstract: Novel benzoxazole derivatives are provided to reduce driving voltage of light-emitting elements, and to reduce power consumption of light-emitting elements, light-emitting devices, and electronic devices. A benzoxazole derivative represented by the general formula (G1) is provided. Since the benzoxazole derivative represented by the general formula (G1) has an electron-injecting property, the benzoxazole derivative can be suitably used for light-emitting elements, light-emitting devices, and electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kadoma, Sachiko Kawakami, Hiroko Nomura, Takahiro Ushikubo, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9203035
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a material having a high Tg and a wide energy gap. The present invention provides a spirofluorene derivative represented by General Formula 1. (In the formula, R1 is any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a group represented by General Formula 2. Each of R2 and R3 is either hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and may be identical or different. R4 is an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms. Each of R5 and R6 is any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms and may be identical or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Harue Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20150329514
    Abstract: An organic compound that emits blue light with high color purity and has a long lifetime is provided as a novel substance. The organic compound is a fluorescent organic compound having a structure in which benzonaphthofuranylamine is bonded to the 1-position and the 6-position of a pyrene skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20150318495
    Abstract: To provide a novel compound which can be used as a host material in which a light-emitting substance is dispersed. To provide a light-emitting element having a long lifetime. A compound represented by General Formula (G0). In the formula, A1 represents a dibenzo[f,h]quinoxalinyl group, A2 represents a benzo[b]naphtho[2,3-d]furanyl group, and Ar represents an arylene group having 6 to carbon atoms. The dibenzo[f,h]quinoxalinyl group, the benzo[b]naphtho[2,3-d]furanyl group, and the arylene group are separately unsubstituted or substituted by any one of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Hiromi SEO, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 9174927
    Abstract: A novel stilbene derivative is provided with motivation of providing a blue emissive material showing excellent color purity. The use of the stilbene derivative of the present invention allows the fabrication of a blue-emissive light-emitting element with excellent color purity. The invention also includes an electronic device equipped with a display portion in which the stilbene derivative is employed. The stilbene derivative of the present invention is represented by formula (1), in which Ar1 and Ar2 may form a 5-membered ring by being directly bonded to each other. In formula (1), A11 represents any one of substituents represented by general formulas (1-1) to (1-3). The variables shown in formula (1) and (1-1) to (1-3) are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Egawa, Harue Osaka, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo, Ryoji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20150287934
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency which includes a novel carbazole derivative that has a wide energy gap and can be used for a transport layer or a host material in a light-emitting element. A carbazole derivative in which the 4-position of dibenzothiophene or dibenzofuran is bonded to the 2- or 3-position of carbazole has been able to be provided by use of the carbazole derivative. Further, a light-emitting element having high emission efficiency has been able to be provided by use of the carbazole derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Harue Osaka, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Tsunenori Suzuki, Hiromi Nowatari, Hiroki Suzuki, Kyoko Takeda
  • Patent number: 9150786
    Abstract: A novel polymerizable monomer compound that can be used for a variety of liquid crystal devices is provided. Particularly, a novel liquid crystal composition including the novel polymerizable monomer compound and exhibiting a blue phase is provided. Further, a liquid crystal display device manufactured with the use of the liquid crystal composition is provided. A polymerizable monomer compound represented by the following general formula (G1) is provided. In the general formula (G1), n and m are individually an integer from 1 to 20 and may be the same as or different from each other, and R1 and R2 individually represent hydrogen or a methyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ikenaga, Daisuke Kubota, Takahiro Yamamoto, Sachiko Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20150270484
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element having high light-emission efficiency by provision of a novel fluorene derivative as represented by General. Formula (G1) below. In the formula, R1 to R8 independently represent any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group. Further, ?1 to ?4 independently represent any of a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms. Furthermore, Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent any of an aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring and Ar3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms. J, k, m, and n each independently represent 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Harue OSAKA, Satoko SHITAGAKI, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 9142783
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting element that includes an organic compound and an inorganic compound and has low driving voltage. The light emitting element of the invention includes a plurality of layers between a pair of electrodes, wherein the plurality of layers includes a layer that contains a carbazole derivative represented by a general formula (1) and an inorganic compound exhibiting an electron accepting property with respect to the carbazole derivative. By utilizing this structure, electrons are transported between the carbazole derivative and the inorganic compound and carriers are internally generated, and hence, the driving voltage of the light emitting element can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harue Nakashima, Sachiko Kawakami, Daisuke Kumaki, Satoshi Seo, Hisao Ikeda, Junichiro Sakata, Yuji Iwaki