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: 20240423005
    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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Takumu OKUYAMA, Yusuke TAKITA, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Hiromi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Toshiki SASAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 12171127
    Abstract: A multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application is provided. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission peak on the shorter wavelength side than light emitted from the second light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishisone, Satoshi Seo, Yusuke Nonaka, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Publication number: 20240414987
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus including a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device is provided. The first light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first light-emitting layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first layer positioned between the first electrode and the first light-emitting layer, and a second layer positioned between the first layer and the first light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting device includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode, a second light-emitting layer positioned between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, a third layer positioned between the third electrode and the second light-emitting layer, a fourth layer positioned between the third layer and the second light-emitting layer, and a fifth layer positioned between the third electrode and the second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer includes a first light-emitting substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Labratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240414988
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting apparatus including a light-emitting device A and a light-emitting device B is provided. The light-emitting device A includes a first electrode A, a second electrode A, a light-emitting layer A between the first electrode A and the second electrode A, and a first layer A between the first electrode A and the light-emitting layer A. The light-emitting device B includes a first electrode B, a second electrode B, a light-emitting layer B between the first electrode B and the second electrode B, a first layer B between the first electrode B and the light-emitting layer B, and a second layer B between the first electrode B and the light-emitting layer B. The light-emitting layer A contains a light-emitting substance A. The light-emitting layer B contains a light-emitting substance B. An emission peak wavelength of the light-emitting substance A is shorter than an emission peak wavelength of the light-emitting substance B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240414971
    Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. The display device includes first to third light-emitting devices, first and second color conversion layers, first to third coloring layers, and an insulating layer. The first to third light-emitting devices each include a pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer over the pixel electrode, and a common electrode over the light-emitting layer. The pixel electrode is provided in each light-emitting device. Each of the first to third light-emitting devices emits white light. The common electrode is shared by the light-emitting devices. Light emitted from the first light-emitting device is converted into red light in the first color conversion layer and the first coloring layer. Light emitted from the second light-emitting device is converted into green light in the second color conversion layer and the second coloring layer. Light emitted from the third light-emitting device is converted into blue light in the third coloring layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Satoshi SEO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240414974
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus including a light-emitting device A and a light-emitting device B is provided. The light-emitting device A includes a first electrode A, a second electrode A, a light-emitting layer A interposed between the first electrode A and the second electrode A, a first layer A interposed between the first electrode A and the light-emitting layer A, and a second layer A interposed between the first layer A and the light-emitting layer A. The light-emitting device B includes a first electrode B, a second electrode B, a light-emitting layer B interposed between the first electrode B and the second electrode B, a first layer B interposed between the first electrode B and the light-emitting layer B, a second layer B positioned between the first layer B and the light-emitting layer B, and a third layer B interposed between the first electrode B and the light-emitting layer B. The light-emitting layer A contains a light-emitting substance A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 12167675
    Abstract: As a novel substance having a novel skeleton, an organometallic complex with high emission efficiency which achieves improved color purity by a reduction of half width of an emission spectrum is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is an organometallic complex in which a ?-diketone and a six-membered heteroaromatic ring including two or more nitrogen atoms inclusive of a nitrogen atom that is a coordinating atom are ligands. In General Formula (G1), X represents a substituted or unsubstituted six-membered heteroaromatic ring including two or more nitrogen atoms inclusive of a nitrogen atom that is a coordinating atom. Further, R1 to R4 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Hiromi Seo, Satoshi Seo, Kunihiko Suzuki, Miki Kanamoto
  • Publication number: 20240407224
    Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. A first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device are provided over an insulating surface. A first sidewall insulating layer is in contact with a side surface of a first pixel electrode included in the first light-emitting device, and a second sidewall insulating layer is in contact with a side surface of a second pixel electrode included in the second light-emitting device. The first light-emitting device overlaps with a first coloring layer with a first color conversion layer therebetween. The first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device share a common electrode. A first layer included in the first light-emitting device, a second layer included in the second light-emitting device, and a material layer positioned over a top surface of an insulating layer and between the first sidewall insulating layer and the second sidewall insulating layer each contain the same light-emitting material and are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Satoshi SEO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 12161006
    Abstract: A display device having a high display quality is provided. A display device that can perform desired display without image data conversion is provided. The display device includes a first pixel. The first pixel includes a first light-emitting element, a color conversion layer, and a first memory circuit. The first light-emitting element exhibits blue light. The color conversion layer has a function of converting light emitted by the first light-emitting element into light having a longer wavelength. A first image signal and a first correction signal are supplied to the first pixel. The first memory circuit has a function of retaining the first correction signal and a function of adding the first correction signal to the first image signal. The first pixel has a function of displaying an image using the first image signal and the first correction signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Satoshi Seo, Koji Kusunoki, Kei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12161007
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants and has high emission efficiency. In one embodiment of the present invention, a light-emitting device, a light-emitting module, a light-emitting display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. Attention is paid to Förster mechanism, which is one of mechanisms of intermolecular energy transfer. Efficient energy transfer by Förster mechanism is achieved by making an emission wavelength of a molecule which donates energy overlap with a local maximum peak on the longest wavelength side of a graph obtained by multiplying an absorption spectrum of a molecule which receives energy by a wavelength raised to the fourth power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Satoshi Seo, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Takahiro Ishisone
  • Publication number: 20240397818
    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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui YOSHIYASU, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Sachiko Kawakami, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240397738
    Abstract: A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the LUMO level of the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the guest material is higher than the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than the energy difference between the LUMO level of the first organic compound and the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Takeyoshi WATABE, Satomi MITSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20240397742
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus with high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes light-emitting devices A and B each including an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer. An EL layer A includes a first layer A to a third layer A and a light-emitting layer A. An EL layer B includes a first layer B to a fourth layer B and a light-emitting layer B. The light-emitting layer A includes a light-emitting substance A and the light-emitting layer B includes a light-emitting substance B. An emission peak wavelength (wavelength A) of the light-emitting substance A is shorter than an emission peak wavelength (wavelength B) of the light-emitting substance B. The first layers A and B have similar structures, the second layers A and B have similar structures, and the third layers A and B have similar structures. The ordinary refractive index (no) of each of the first layer A and the third layer A is lower than the no of the second layer A at the wavelength A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240389377
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first unit, and a first layer, and the first unit is held between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a second layer, a third layer, and a fourth layer. The second layer is held between the third layer and the fourth layer, and the second layer contains a light-emitting material. The fourth layer is held between the second layer and the second electrode and contains a first organic compound. The first organic compound has a ?-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring skeleton and a ?-electron rich heteroaromatic ring skeleton and has a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?6.0 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.6 eV. The first layer is held between the first electrode and the first unit, is in contact with the first electrode, and contains a second organic compound and a third organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Satoshi SEO, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Hiromi SEO
  • Publication number: 20240389373
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency and a low drive voltage. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer which contains a phosphorescent compound and a material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence between a pair of electrodes, wherein a peak of a fluorescence spectrum and/or a peak of a phosphorescence spectrum of the material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence overlap(s) with a lowest-energy-side absorption band in an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound, and wherein the phosphorescent compound exhibits phosphorescence in the light-emitting layer by voltage application between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventor: Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 12145946
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel composition for an EL device. Another object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a composition for an EL device capable of easily manufacturing an EL device with stable characteristics. Another object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a composition for an EL device capable of manufacturing an EL device with stable characteristics at low cost. The present inventors have studied a composition for an EL device in which different substances are mixed in advance and which does not cause change in characteristics of the EL device even when evaporation is repeated with use of the composition. As a result, a composition for an EL device in which a difference in the 5% weight loss temperature under a pressure lower than or equal to 0.1 Pa between contained substances is less than or equal to 50° C. is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Toshiki Sasaki, Hiromitsu Kido
  • Patent number: 12150325
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency, or a light-emitting element with a long lifetime. The light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a light-emitting layer including a guest material and a host material, in which an emission spectrum of the host material overlaps with an absorption spectrum of the guest material, and phosphorescence is emitted by conversion of an excitation energy of the host material into an excitation energy of the guest material. By using the overlap between the emission spectrum of the host material and the absorption spectrum of the guest material, the energy smoothly transfers from the host material to the guest material, so that the energy transfer efficiency of the light-emitting element is high. Accordingly, a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hideko Inoue, Masahiro Takahashi, Kunihiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240381684
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a third organic compound. The first organic compound has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The second organic compound is preferably a TADF material. The third organic compound is a fluorescent compound. Light emitted from the light-emitting element is obtained from the third organic compound. Triplet excitation energy in a light-emitting layer is transferred to the third organic compound by reverse intersystem crossing caused by the second organic compound or through the first organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12139446
    Abstract: To provide a novel arylamine compound with a low refractive index. The provided arylamine compound includes at least one aromatic group. The aromatic group includes a first benzene ring, a second benzene ring, a third benzene ring, and at least three alkyl groups. The first benzene ring, the second benzene ring, and the third benzene ring are directly bonded in this order. The first benzene ring is bonded to nitrogen of amine. The first benzene ring may further include a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group. The second benzene ring or the third benzene ring may further include an alkylated phenyl group. Each of first positions and third positions of two or more of the first to third benzene rings is independently bonded to another benzene ring, a benzene ring of the alkylated phenyl group, any of the at least three alkyl groups, or the nitrogen of the amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Tomohiro Kubota, Takeyoshi Watabe, Airi Ueda, Yasushi Kitano, Takao Tosu
  • Publication number: 20240373748
    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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka HARA, Keito TOSU, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Toshiki SASAKI, Hiromitsu KIDO, Satoshi SEO