Patents by Inventor Satoshi Seo

Satoshi Seo 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).

  • 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: 12043624
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. That is, a novel organic compound that is effective in improving the element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound has a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a benzothienopyrimidine skeleton and is represented by General Formula (G1). Note that in General Formula (G1), Q represents oxygen or sulfur; ? represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms; n represents an integer of 0 to 4; A1 represents a group including an aryl group or a heteroaryl group and having 6 to 100 carbon atoms; R1 to R4 independently represent any one of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms; and A2 represents a condensed ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miki Kurihara, Tomoka Hara, Hideko Yoshizumi, Satomi Watabe, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • 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
  • Patent number: 12048176
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element contains first to third organic compounds. The first organic compound has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light. The second organic compound has a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a benzothienopyrimidine skeleton. The third organic compound is a fluorescent compound. Light emitted from the light-emitting element is light emitted from the third organic compound that receives excitation energy from the first organic compound or from an exciplex formed by the first and second organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12048244
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. The organic compound is represented by General Formulae (G1), (u1), and (g1), where Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring, one of R1 and R2 represents a group represented by General Formula (u1), and any one of R30 to R40 represents a bond. In addition, A is a group represented by General Formula (g1), and B represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group. Moreover, n is an integer of 0 to 2, and Q1 and Q2 independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yamaguchi, Hideko Yoshizumi, Yuta Kawano, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12048178
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance, a separation layer containing a substance having a hole-transport property and a substance having an electron-transport property, and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds that form an exciplex and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that a light-emitting element in which light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission spectrum peak on the shorter wavelength side than an emission spectrum peak of the second light-emitting layer is more effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Yusuke Nonaka, Takahiro Ishisone, Satoshi Seo, Takuya Kawata
  • Publication number: 20240244732
    Abstract: Provided is a novel light adjustment program that can make a human feel at ease. Provided is the light adjustment program that includes the steps of obtaining basic data having 1/f fluctuation characteristics; generating first smoothed data and second smoothed data by performing moving average processing with different periods on the basic data having 1/f fluctuation characteristics; generating light adjustment data by subjecting the first smoothed data and the second smoothed data to arithmetic processing; and changing luminance of a light-emitting device in time series in accordance with the light adjustment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi SHINGU, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO, Haruki KATAGIRI, Noboru INOUE, Kazuhiko FUJITA, Toshiki SASAKI, Hideko YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240224739
    Abstract: Provided is a novel display apparatus that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable. The display apparatus includes a blue-light-emitting device and a green-light-emitting device. The blue-light-emitting device includes a first unit, a second unit, and a first intermediate layer; and the first unit and the second unit each emit blue light. The first intermediate layer is interposed between the first unit and the second unit and supplies electrons to one of them and holes to the other; the second unit includes a first layer containing a first light-emitting material; and the first layer has its central plane a first distance away from a first reflective film. The green-light-emitting device includes a third unit, a fourth unit, and a second intermediate layer; and the third unit and the fourth unit each emit green light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240224575
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes an intermediate layer, a first light-emitting unit, and a second light-emitting unit. The intermediate layer includes a region interposed between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit. The intermediate layer has a function of supplying an electron to one of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit and supplying a hole to the other. The first light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, the first light-emitting layer includes a first light-emitting material, the second light-emitting unit includes a second light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer includes a second light-emitting material, the second light-emitting layer has a first distance from the first light-emitting layer, and the first distance is longer than or equal to 5 nm and shorter than or equal to 65 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Airi Ueda, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12029056
    Abstract: A display device having a long lifetime is provided. A large-sized display device is provided. A display device includes a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device. The first light-emitting device includes a hole-injection layer, a first light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer. The second light-emitting device includes a second light-emitting layer. The hole-injection layer contains a first compound and a second compound. The first light-emitting layer contains a third compound that emits light of a first color. The second light-emitting layer contains a fourth compound that emits light of a second color. The electron-transport layer contains a fifth compound. The first compound has a property of accepting electrons from the second compound. The second compound has a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The fifth compound has a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Satoshi Seo, Harue Osaka
  • Patent number: 12029118
    Abstract: A novel organic compound, a benzofuropyrimidine derivative or a benzothienopyrimidine derivative is provided. The organic compound has a structure in which a benzothienocarbazolyl ring, a benzofurocarbazolyl ring, an indolocarbazolyl ring, or an indenocarbazolyl ring is bonded to the 8-position of a benzofuropyrimidine ring or a benzothienopyrimidine ring directly or through an aromatic hydrocarbon ring. That is, the organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1) below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Keito Tosu, Hideko Yoshizumi, Toshiki Sasaki, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12029114
    Abstract: A light-emitting element containing a light-emitting material and having high light emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element includes a host material and a guest material. The host material includes at least a first molecule and a second molecule having the same molecular structure. The guest material has a function of exhibiting fluorescence or converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first molecule and the second molecule each include a first skeleton, a second skeleton, and a third skeleton, and the first skeleton and the second skeleton are bonded to each other through the third skeleton. The first skeleton includes at least one of a ?-electron rich heteroaromatic skeleton and an aromatic amine skeleton and the second skeleton includes a ?-electron deficient heteroaromatic skeleton. The first molecule and the second molecule have a function of forming an excited complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 12029057
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with favorable emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with a favorable lifetime is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with a low driving voltage is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound that is positioned between the anode and the cathode, in which the layer including the organic compound includes a first layer, a second layer, and a light-emitting layer in this order from the anode side, the first layer includes a first substance and a second substance, the second layer includes a third substance, the first substance is an organic compound a HOMO level of which is higher than or equal to ?5.8 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Yusuke Takita, Takumu Okuyama, Anna Tada
  • Patent number: 12029059
    Abstract: A light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants emitting light in a balanced manner and has high emission efficiency is provided. Further, a light-emitting device, a display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. A light-emitting element which includes a plurality of light-emitting layers including different phosphorescent materials is provided. In the light-emitting element, the light-emitting layer which includes a light-emitting material emitting light with a long wavelength includes two kinds of carrier-transport compounds having properties of transporting carriers with different polarities. Further, in the light-emitting element, the triplet excitation energy of a host material included in the light-emitting layer emitting light with a short wavelength is higher than the triplet excitation energy of at least one of the carrier-transport compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Takahiro Ishisone
  • Publication number: 20240215290
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element capable of emitting light with a high luminance even at a low voltage, and having a long lifetime. The light-emitting element includes n EL layers between an anode and a cathode (n is a natural number of two or more), and also includes, between m-th EL layer from the anode and (m+1)-th EL layer (m is a natural number, 1?m?n?1), a first layer including a first donor material in contact with the m-th EL layer, a second layer including an electron-transport material and a second donor material in contact with the first layer, and a third layer including a hole-transport material and an acceptor material in contact with the second layer and the (m+1)-th EL layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromi NOWATARI, Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Takahiro USHIKUBO, Tetsuo TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20240215443
    Abstract: A highly efficient and highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes an organic compound layer between a pair of electrodes. The organic compound layer includes a light-emitting layer, the light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a light-emitting substance, the first organic compound contains deuterium, and in a PL measurement of a mixed layer of the first organic compound and the second organic compound, a spectrum of an exciplex is observed at room temperature, and a spectrum of the exciplex is not observed at a temperature in a temperature range of 4 K to 80 K, inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Yui YOSHIYASU, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromitsu KIDO, Masatoshi TAKABATAKE, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240215287
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element which includes a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound between a pair of electrodes. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex (excited complex). An emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with an absorption band located on the longest wavelength side of an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound. A peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the exciplex is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the absorption band located on the longest wavelength side of the absorp-tion spectrum of the phosphorescent compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Satoko Shitagaki, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hideko Inoue, Kunihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12022725
    Abstract: An electronic device with high outcoupling efficiency or a high light-trapping effect is provided. The electronic device includes a first layer and a second layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, the first layer is included between the first electrode and the second layer, the first layer includes a first organic compound and a first substance, the refractive index of a thin film of the first organic compound is higher than or equal to 1 and lower than or equal to 1.75, the first substance has an electron-accepting property, and the second layer has a function of emitting or absorbing light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240206206
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with a high resolution and favorable characteristics manufactured by a photolithography method is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes first and second light-emitting devices. The first and second light-emitting devices are adjacent to each other. The first light-emitting device includes a first EL layer A and a second EL layer. The second light-emitting device includes a first EL layer B and the second EL layer. The first EL layer A and the first EL layer B are independent of each other. The second EL layer is shared by the first and second light-emitting devices. An end surface of the first EL layer A on the first EL layer B side and an end surface of the first EL layer B on the first EL layer A side face each other. The first EL layer A includes a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes a light-emitting material, first and second organic compounds. The first organic compound is an organic compound having an electron-transport property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Tsunenori SUZUKI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240206209
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and low driving voltage. The light-emitting element includes a guest material and a host material. A LUMO level of the guest material is lower than a LUMO level of the host material. An energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the guest material is larger than an energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the host material. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. An energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to energy of light emission of the guest material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Takeyoshi WATABE, Satomi MITSUMORI