Patents by Inventor Seiko Amano

Seiko Amano 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: 20100327739
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to prevent an insulating film from peeling in a section where the insulating film is adjacent to a sealing region. Over a first substrate 104, a pixel portion 100 provided with a light emitting element, a source driver 101, a gate driver 102, and a sealing region 103 are provided. A light emitting element is sealed between the first substrate 104 and a second substrate 110 by a sealant 108. An insulating film 107 serves as a partition wall of the light emitting element. An end portion of the insulating film 107 which is adjacent to the sealing region 103 does not overlap with a step formed by a side surface and an upper surface of a conductive film 106 which serves as a wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiko Amano
  • Patent number: 7812524
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to prevent an insulating film from peeling in a section where the insulating film is adjacent to a sealing region. Over a first substrate 104, a pixel portion 100 provided with a light emitting element, a source driver 101, a gate driver 102, and a sealing region 103 are provided. A light emitting element is sealed between the first substrate 104 and a second substrate 110 by a sealant 108. An insulating film 107 serves as a partition wall of the light emitting element. An end portion of the insulating film 107 which is adjacent to the sealing region 103 does not overlap with a step formed by a side surface and an upper surface of a conductive film 106 which serves as a wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiko Amano
  • Publication number: 20100035661
    Abstract: To output a digital signal corresponding to illuminance without being adversely affected by circuit delay. A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion element; a ramp-wave output circuit; a first comparator for comparing the ramp-wave signal and a first potential; a second comparator for comparing the ramp-wave signal and a second potential; a flip-flop circuit for generating a clock signal whose frequency is changed in accordance with the amount of photocurrent; a circuit for calculating a negative OR of the output signal of the first comparator and the output signal of the second comparator; a counter circuit for counting the pulse number of the clock signal; and a pulse output circuit for generating a period during which the pulse number is counted in the counter circuit. The pulse output circuit includes a switch for stopping the generation of the period during which the pulse number is counted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiko AMANO, Hiroyuki MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20090324244
    Abstract: A photometric device with a wide dynamic range. The photometric device includes a constant current generation circuit, a fixed clock signal generation circuit which generates a fixed clock signal having a fixed frequency, a photoelectric conversion element, a variable clock signal generation circuit and a digital signal generation circuit. The fixed clock signal generation circuit generates a fixed clock signal that oscillates at a fixed frequency, from constant current The variable clock signal generation circuit generates a variable clock signal that oscillates at a frequency proportional to the amount of photocurrent, from photocurrent generated in the photoelectric conversion element. The digital signal generation circuit sets a measurement period using the fixed clock signal, counts the number of pulses of the variable clock signal that oscillates for the measurement period, and outputs a digital signal including the count value as data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun KOYAMA, Seiko AMANO
  • Publication number: 20090289174
    Abstract: Objects are to accumulate electric charge in a capacitor so that light intensity can be detected even when the amount of incident light is small, and to operate a photoelectric conversion device without increasing the number of elements such as a constant current source or a switch. The photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion circuit, a capacitor, and a comparator for comparing a potential of one electrode of the capacitor with a second potential. The photoelectric conversion circuit includes a photoelectric conversion element and an amplifier circuit for amplifying an output current from the photoelectric conversion element In the capacitor, a first potential is supplied through a first switch, and charging or discharging is performed through a second switch in accordance with the current amplified by the amplifier circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun KOYAMA, Yoshifumi TANADA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Seiko AMANO, Makoto YANAGISAWA
  • Publication number: 20070164675
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to prevent an insulating film from peeling in a section where the insulating film is adjacent to a sealing region. Over a first substrate 104, a pixel portion 100 provided with a light emitting element, a source driver 101, a gate driver 102, and a sealing region 103 are provided. A light emitting element is sealed between the first substrate 104 and a second substrate 110 by a sealant 108. An insulating film 107 serves as a partition wall of the light emitting element. An end portion of the insulating film 107 which is adjacent to the sealing region 103 does not overlap with a step formed by a side surface and an upper surface of a conductive film 106 which serves as a wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventor: Seiko Amano
  • Publication number: 20070090385
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device in which a power line is not affected by noise due to a voltage drop caused by instantaneous high-current consumption in the buffer portion and that has no possibility that a logic portion malfunctions. In a case where the same potential is supplied to a logic portion and a buffer portion, by a method in which separate FPC terminals are used for the logic portion and the buffer portion, or by a method in which the FPC terminal is shared but a power line is branched for the logic portion and the buffer portion at a point close to the FPC terminal, a problem that the logic portion is affected by noise generated by a voltage drop of the power line due to instantaneous high-current consumption in the buffer portion can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota FUKUMOTO, Mitsuaki OSAME, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Yoshifumi TANADA, Seiko AMANO