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: 20250072250
    Abstract: One object of this invention is to provide a novel light-emitting device with low power consumption. The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting element includes the first electrode, a third electrode, and the light-emitting layer. The second electrode comprises only a first conductive film, and the third electrode comprises a second conductive film and a third conductive film. The first electrode has a function of reflecting light. The second conductive film has functions of reflecting light and transmitting light. The first conductive film and the third conductive film each have a function of transmitting light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO, Toshiki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 12239010
    Abstract: A novel organometallic complex with high reliability is provided. A light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer contains an organometallic complex. The organometallic complex includes a first ligand and a second ligand which are coordinated to a central metal. The HOMO is distributed over the first ligand, and the LUMO is distributed over the second ligand. The first ligand and the second ligand are cyclometalated ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hideko Inoue, Miki Kurihara, Yui Yamada, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Hiromitsu Kido
  • Publication number: 20250063937
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. Alight-emitting element is provided which includes a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound between a pair of electrodes, in which a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex (excited complex). The light-emitting element transfers energy by utilizing an overlap between the emission spectrum of the exciplex and the absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound and thus has high energy transfer efficiency. Therefore, a light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Satoko SHITAGAKI, Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hideko INOUE, Kunihiko SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12232420
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. That is, a novel organic compound that is effective in improving reliability of a light-emitting element is provided. The organic compound includes a condensed ring including a pyrimidine ring and is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), A represents a group having 6 to 100 carbon atoms and includes at least one of an aromatic ring and a heteroaromatic ring. The aromatic ring and the heteroaromatic ring may each include a substituent. Furthermore, Q represents oxygen or sulfur. A ring X represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthalene ring or a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrene ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miki Kurihara, Hideko Yoshizumi, Satomi Watabe, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12232342
    Abstract: An organic semiconductor device with low driving voltage is provided. The organic semiconductor device includes a layer containing an organic compound between a pair of electrodes. The layer containing an organic compound includes a hole-transport region. The hole-transport region includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is positioned between the anode and the second layer. When a potential gradient of a surface potential of an evaporated film is set as GSP (mV/nm), a value obtained by subtracting GSP of an organic compound in the second layer from GSP of an organic compound in the first layer is less than or equal to 20 (mV/nm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Seo, Takeyoshi Watabe, Airi Ueda, Yuta Kawano, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12225812
    Abstract: An organic compound having a hole-transport property and a low refractive index is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) shown below is provided. In General Formula (G1), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring, n represents an integer of 0 or 1, and Ar2 represents an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms in a ring and includes at least one branched-chain or cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. The total number of carbon atoms of the branched-chain or cyclic alkyl group in Ar2 is more than or equal to 6. R1 to R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. R11 to R14 and R21 to R24 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Any one of R15 to R18 and any one of R25 to R28 each represent a bond directly bonded to a nitrogen atom, and the others each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kubota, Takao Tosu, Takeyoshi Watabe, Airi Ueda, Yuta Kawano, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12225748
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Takeyoshi Watabe, Satomi Mitsumori
  • Publication number: 20250048926
    Abstract: Alight-emitting element having high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a low driving voltage is provided. A novel compound which can be used for a transport layer or as a host material or a light-emitting material of a light-emitting element is provided. A novel compound with a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton is provided. Also provided is a light-emitting element which includes the compound with the benzofuropyrimidine skeleton between a pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Miki Kanamoto, Hiromi Seo, Satoshi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Tomoka Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12218305
    Abstract: A material that can be used in a wide temperature range is provided. A graphene compound includes graphene or graphene oxide and a substituted or unsubstituted chain group, the chain group includes two or more ether bonds, and the chain group is bonded to the above graphene or graphene oxide through a Si atom. Alternatively, a method for forming a graphene compound includes a first step and a second step after the first step. In the first step, graphene oxide and a base are stirred under a nitrogen stream. In the second step, the mixture is cooled to room temperature, a silylating agent that has a group having two or more ether bonds is introduced into the mixture, and the obtained mixture is stirred. The base is butylamine, pentylamine, hexylamine, diethylamine, dipropylamine, dibutylamine, triethylamine, tripropylamine, or pyridine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kadoma, Teppei Oguni, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12219873
    Abstract: Provided is a novel light-emitting element, a light-emitting element with a long lifetime, or a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer containing a fluorescent substance and a host material, a first electron-transport layer containing a first electron-transport material, and a second electron-transport layer containing a second electron-transport material, which are in contact with each other and in this order. The LUMO level of each of the host material and the second electron-transport material is higher than the LUMO level of the first electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Naoaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 12219862
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable display unit having a function of sensing light. The display unit includes a light-receiving device and a light-emitting device. The light-receiving device includes an active layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting device includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-receiving device and the light-emitting device share one of the electrodes, and may further share another common layer between the pair of electrodes. The hole-injection layer is in contact with an anode and contains a first compound and a second compound. The electron-transport property of the electron-transport layer is low; hence, the light-emitting layer is less likely to have excess electrons. Here, the first compound is the material having a property of accepting electrons from the second compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Kamada, Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tsunenori Suzuki, Harue Osaka, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20250040430
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device, a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency, a light-emitting device with a long lifetime, or a light-emitting device with low driving voltage is provided. An EL layer includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side. The first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The fourth layer contains a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. A HOMO level of the second organic compound is higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The fourth layer includes a region where the amount of seventh organic compound is large and a region where the amount of seventh organic compound is small in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Satoshi SEO, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Yusuke TAKITA, Takumu OKUYAMA, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Toshiki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20250040429
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting element is provided. A light-emitting element with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency is provided. A novel organic compound is provided. A novel organic compound having a hole-transport property is provided. A novel hole-transport material is provided. A hole-transport material including an organic compound having a substituted or unsubstituted benzonaphthofuran skeleton and a substituted or unsubstituted amine skeleton is provided. A light-emitting element using the hole-transport material is provided. An organic compound in which an amine skeleton including two aromatic hydrocarbon groups having 6 to 60 carbon atoms is bonded to the 6- or 8-position of the benzonaphthofuran skeleton is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Yusuke TAKITA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250040336
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device not only including a light-emitting layer in which energy is efficiently transferred from a host material to a guest material but also having high reliability. The light-emitting device not only includes a light-emitting layer in which the T1 levels and the S1 levels of a host material and a guest material fall within certain ranges so that energy can be efficiently transferred from the host material to the guest material and but also has improved reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250031573
    Abstract: A novel compound and a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and a long lifetime are provided. The novel compound includes a benzofuropyrazine skeleton or a benzothienopyrazine skeleton, and each of a benzene ring and a pyrazine ring in the benzofuropyrazine skeleton or the benzothienopyrazine skeleton independently includes a substituent with a total number of carbon atoms of 6 to 100 inclusive. The light-emitting element includes the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Hideko Yoshizumi, Hiromitsu Kido, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20250031515
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a display device each consume less power are provided. The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element that share an EL layer. The EL layer includes a layer containing a light-emitting material that emits blue fluorescence and a layer containing a light-emitting material that emits yellow or green phosphorescence. Light emitted from the second light-emitting element enters a color filter layer or a second color conversion layer, and light emitted from the third light-emitting element enters a first color conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA
  • Publication number: 20250024697
    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: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Yusuke NONAKA, Takahiro ISHISONE, Satoshi SEO, Takuya KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20250024741
    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 interposed between the first electrode A and the second electrode A, and a first layer A interposed 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 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, and a second 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. The light-emitting layer B contains a light-emitting substance B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 12201018
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer. The light-emitting layer is positioned between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer and an electron-transport layer. The electron-transport layer is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and an emission center substance. The combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound can form an exciplex. The electron-transport layer contains an organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) below. (Note that in General Formula (G1) below, Ar1 represents a benzoquinolyl group or a benzoisoquinolyl group, and Ar2 represents a triphenylenylnaphthylene group or a naphthylenyltriphenylene-diyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Nozomi Komatsu, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12200983
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a light-emitting device which includes a first flexible substrate having a first electrode, a light-emitting layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode with a projecting portion over the light-emitting layer and a second flexible substrate having a semiconductor circuit and a third electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor circuit, in which the projecting portion of the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to each other; a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device; and a cellular phone which includes a housing incorporating the light-emitting device and having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, in which the light-emitting device is disposed on a front side and in an upper portion in the longitudinal direction of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hatano, Satoshi Seo, Shunpei Yamazaki