Patents by Inventor Susumu Kawashima

Susumu Kawashima 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: 20230395022
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a common semiconductor apparatus for driving two different circuits. The semiconductor apparatus is capable of switching a plurality of signal potentials and sequentially outputting the plurality of signal potentials to the outside. The semiconductor apparatus can make one of two different circuits arranged in a matrix operate in all the rows and can make the other circuit operate in all the rows or only in a specific row. For example, in the case where the semiconductor apparatus is applied to a row driver that drives pixels of a display device in which sensor elements are incorporated, the operation of display elements in pixels in all the rows and the operation of sensor elements in pixels in all the rows or in the specific row can be switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIMOTO, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11822198
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving the image quality is provided. The display device includes a pixel in which a first node, a second node, a third node, and a display element are provided, and the same image data is written to the first node and the second node first. Then, at the same time when the image data is read from the second node to the third node, the image data is added to the image data in the first node by capacitive coupling. This operation enables a data potential higher than or equal to the output voltage of a source driver to be supplied to the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Naoto Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11825220
    Abstract: An imaging device including a miniaturized pixel is provided. A pixel is provided with a photoelectric conversion element, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. One electrode of the photoelectric conversion element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor. The gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor. In a first period, a first potential is supplied to the other electrode of the capacitor and the first transistor is set in an on state so that imaging data corresponding to illuminance of light delivered to the photoelectric conversion element is written to the pixel. Furthermore, in a second period, a second potential is supplied to the other electrode of the capacitor so that the imaging data is read from the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20230369344
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first transistor, a second transistor, and an insulating layer is provided. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer and a first conductive layer. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor layer and a second conductive layer. The insulating layer includes a first side surface over the first conductive layer and a second side surface over the second conductive layer. A gate insulating layer includes a portion facing the first side surface with the first semiconductor layer therebetween and a portion facing the second side surface with the second semiconductor layer therebetween. A gate electrode includes a portion facing the first side surface with the gate insulating layer and the first semiconductor layer therebetween and a portion facing the second side surface with the gate insulating layer and the second semiconductor layer therebetween. The first semiconductor layer is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Tomoaki ATSUMI, Motoharu SAITO
  • Patent number: 11817053
    Abstract: A display device that can easily achieve higher definition is provided The display device includes a pixel, a first wiring, and a second wiring. The pixel includes first to fourth transistors, a first capacitor, and a light-emitting element. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is connected to the first wiring, and the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is connected to a gate of the second transistor and to the first capacitor. The light-emitting element is connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. The first wiring is supplied with a first data potential. The second wiring is supplied with a second data potential and a reset potential in different periods. The third transistor supplies the second data potential to the first capacitor. The fourth transistor supplies the reset potential to the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 11815775
    Abstract: The display apparatus includes a data generation circuit, a source driver circuit, and a pixel. The source driver circuit is electrically connected to the pixel through first and second wirings. The pixel includes a display device that is a liquid crystal device, a potential of one electrode of the display device can be a potential of the first wiring, and a potential of the other electrode of the display device can be a potential of the second wiring. The image data generation circuit has a function of generating digital image data including first and second data. One of the first and second wirings is made to have a potential corresponding to first data, and the other of the first and second wirings is made to have a potential corresponding to the second data. The potential of the first wiring and the potential of the second wiring are interchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230350256
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer in a pixel. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the transistor. The first conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the transistor, the first insulating layer, and the first conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the third insulating layer is positioned over the pixel electrode, the common electrode is positioned over the third insulating layer, and the liquid crystal layer is positioned over the common electrode. The common electrode includes a region overlapping with the first conductive layer with the pixel electrode positioned therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Masataka NAKADA, Ami SATO
  • Patent number: 11798492
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving image quality is provided. The display device is provided with an adder circuit in and outside a display region, and the adder circuit has a function of adding a plurality of data supplied from a source driver together. Components of the adder circuit are divided and partly arranged in the display region. Thus, limitation on the size of the component included in the adder circuit can be eased, and data addition can be performed efficiently. In addition, by providing other components included in the adder circuit outside the display region, the number of wirings in the display region can be reduced and the aperture ratio of the pixel can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Naoto Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20230335050
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a pixel circuit that generates a PWM signal is provided. In the display apparatus, a pixel has a function of generating a PWM signal. The PWM signal can be generated by an operation of comparing gate-source voltage or on-state resistance of each of two transistors provided in the pixel. Light emission of a light-emitting device such as a micro LED or an organic EL element is controlled with a duty ratio using the generated PWM signal. The PWM signal is generated in a circuit formed of a small number of transistors, which is effective in increasing the definition and the area of the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Satoshi YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230335075
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving image quality is provided. The display device includes a first circuit, a pixel, and a wiring. The first circuit has a function of supplying data to the wiring and a function of making the wiring floating to hold the data. The pixel has a function of taking in the data twice from the wiring and performing addition. The pixel can perform the first writing of the data in a period during which the data is supplied to the wiring, and can perform the second writing of the data in a period during which the data is held in the wiring. Therefore, by one lime of data charging to a source line, a data potential larger than or equal to an output voltage of a source driver can be supplied to a display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Naoto KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230335605
    Abstract: A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device is a single-polarity semiconductor device including a vertical-channel transistor. In the vertical-channel transistor, the higher parasitic capacitance value of the gate-source parasitic capacitance and the gate-drain parasitic capacitance is used as a bootstrap capacitor, which decreases the occupied area of the semiconductor device. The use of an oxide semiconductor for a semiconductor layer of the vertical-channel transistor increases the breakdown voltage between the source and the drain, which can shorten the channel length. In addition, stable operation can be performed even in a high-temperature environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Tomoaki ATSUMI, Motoharu SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230326396
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a wide range of threshold voltage compensation function is provided. In the display apparatus, a p-channel transistor is used as a driving transistor of the light-emitting device. Discharging is performed through a source-drain path while constant voltage is supplied to a gate so that Vth is extracted between the gate and the source. In addition, when a drain potential is set to the sum of forward voltage and a cathode potential of the light-emitting device or a potential sufficiently lower than the sum, it is possible to continue the discharging even when Vth is positive voltage. That is, compensation can be performed even in the case where Vth variation occurs from positive voltage to negative voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Satoshi YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230326934
    Abstract: A highly functional semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor layer, a second gate electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode. The first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are connected to each other, and the second electrode and the third electrode are connected to each other. A first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer are stacked over the first semiconductor layer. The first insulating layer is less likely to diffuse hydrogen than the second insulating layer. The second insulating layer contains oxide, the first semiconductor layer contains polycrystalline silicon, and the second semiconductor layer contains a metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIMOTO, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kazunori WATANABE, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Marina HIYAMA, Motoharu SAITO
  • Patent number: 11783757
    Abstract: A novel display is provided. A display having a small change in chromaticity of a micro light-emitting diode in proportion to current density is provided. A display capable of reducing power consumption in the driver circuit when displaying a still image is provided. The display includes a plurality of pixels each including a display element and a microcontroller. The microcontroller includes a first transistor, a triangular wave generator circuit, a comparator, a switch, and a constant current circuit. The first transistor has a function of retaining a potential corresponding to data written to the pixel by being switched off. The triangular wave generator circuit has a function of generating a triangular wave signal. The comparator has a function of generating an output signal corresponding to the potential and the triangular wave signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20230317733
    Abstract: A display device capable of performing proper display without image signal conversion is provided. In the case of high-resolution display, individual data is supplied to each pixel through a first signal line and a first transistor included in each pixel. In the case of low-resolution display, the same data is supplied to a plurality of pixels through a second signal line and a second transistor electrically connected to the plurality of pixels. When the number of image signals to be displayed is more than one and the image signals support different resolutions, display can be performed without up conversion or down conversion by switching an image signal supply path as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Naoto KUSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11774816
    Abstract: A display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes, in a pixel, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a layer containing a liquid crystal material, and a common electrode. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the first transistor. The conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the first transistor, the second transistor, the first insulating layer, and the conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the layer containing a liquid crystal material is positioned over the pixel electrode, and the common electrode is positioned over the layer containing a liquid crystal material. The common electrode overlaps with the conductive layer with the layer containing a liquid crystal material and the pixel electrode therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Susumu Kawashima, Daisuke Kubota, Tetsuji Ishitani, Akio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11778878
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A novel display device is provided. The display panel includes a display region, a first terminal region, and a second terminal region, and the first terminal region is provided not to block the display region and includes a region overlapping with the display region. The first terminal region includes a first group of terminals, and the first group of terminals includes a first terminal. The second terminal region includes a second group of terminals, and the second group of terminals includes a second terminal. The display region includes one group of pixels, another group of pixels, a scan line, and a signal line. The one group of pixels includes a pixel and is arranged in a row direction. The another group of pixels includes the pixel and is arranged in a column direction intersecting the row direction. The scan line is electrically connected to the one group of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230298537
    Abstract: A display device that achieves both high-accuracy sensing by a touch sensor unit and smooth input using the touch sensor unit is provided. The display device includes a display unit and the touch sensor unit. The touch sensor unit performs touch sensing operation at a different timing from display image rewriting by the display unit, whereby the high-accuracy sensing can be achieved. The display unit has a function of rewriting a display image only in a region that needs to be rewritten. In the case where the entire display region is not necessarily rewritten, the time for the sensing operation by the touch sensor unit can be lengthened, whereby the smooth input can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Kei TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230298504
    Abstract: To provide a display device capable of displaying a plurality of images by superimposition using a plurality of memory circuits provided in a pixel. A plurality of memory circuits are provided in a pixel, and signals corresponding to images for superimposition are retained in each of the plurality of memory circuits. In the pixel, the signals corresponding to the images for superimposition are added to each of the plurality of memory circuits. The signals are added to the signals retained in the memory circuits by capacitive coupling. A display element can display an image corresponding to a signal in which a signal written to a pixel through a wiring is added to the signals retained in the plurality of memory circuits. Reduction in the amount of arithmetic processing for displaying images by superimposition can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu KAWASHIMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kei TAKAHASHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11763766
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A pixel circuit includes a first switch, a node, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a second switch. The first switch includes a first terminal to which a first signal is supplied and a second terminal electrically connected to the node. The first capacitor includes a first terminal electrically connected to the node. The second capacitor includes a first terminal electrically connected to the node and a second terminal electrically connected to the second switch. The second switch includes a first terminal to which a second signal is supplied and a second terminal electrically connected to the second terminal of the second capacitor. In addition, the second switch has a function of changing from a non-conducting state to a conducting state when the first switch is in a non-conducting state and a function of changing from a conducting state to a non-conducting state when the first switch is in a non-conducting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima