Patents by Inventor Takahiro Iguchi

Takahiro Iguchi 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: 20170271378
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a reduced layout area of transistors is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a first oxide semiconductor film and a second transistor including a second oxide semiconductor film over a substrate. When the oxide semiconductor films are subjected to electron diffraction, the ratio of the integrated intensity of luminance of a diffraction spot derived from c-axis alignment to the integrated intensity of luminance of a diffraction spot derived from alignment in any direction in the first oxide semiconductor film is higher than that in the second oxide semiconductor film. In addition, part of the first transistor is located between the second transistor and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Kengo AKIMOTO, Masami JINTYOU, Takahiro IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170236845
    Abstract: A change in electrical characteristics can be inhibited and reliability can be improved in a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor. The semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film includes a first insulating film, the oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film, a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, and a third insulating film over the second insulating film. The second insulating film includes oxygen and silicon, the third insulating film includes nitrogen and silicon, and indium is included in a vicinity of an interface between the second insulating film and the third insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi OKAZAKI, Junichi KOEZUKA, Masami JINTYOU, Takahiro IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9640555
    Abstract: A change in electrical characteristics can be inhibited and reliability can be improved in a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor. The semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film includes a first insulating film, the oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film, a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, and a third insulating film over the second insulating film. The second insulating film includes oxygen and silicon, the third insulating film includes nitrogen and silicon, and indium is included in a vicinity of an interface between the second insulating film and the third insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Okazaki, Junichi Koezuka, Masami Jintyou, Takahiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20170104049
    Abstract: A novel display device that is highly convenient with low power consumption is provided. The display device includes a display element including a liquid crystal layer, a display element including a light-emitting layer, and a pixel circuit. Electrodes of the display element including the liquid crystal layer and the display element including the light-emitting layer are electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The electrode of the display element including the liquid crystal layer includes a reflective film including an opening. The pixel circuit includes a transistor including a semiconductor film. The number of insulating films in a region overlapping with the opening is smaller than that of insulating films overlapping with the semiconductor film. In addition, the display element including the light-emitting layer includes two light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Toshiki SASAKI, Masataka NAKADA, Naoto GOTO, Takahiro IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170033233
    Abstract: In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor, a change in electrical characteristics is suppressed and reliability is improved. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film over a first insulating film; a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film; a gate electrode over the second insulating film; a metal oxide film in contact with a side surface of the second insulating film; and a third insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, the gate electrode, and the metal oxide film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a channel region overlapping with the gate electrode, a source region in contact with the third insulating film, and a drain region in contact with the third insulating film. The source region and the drain region contain one or more of hydrogen, boron, carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, titanium, and a rare gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Junichi KOEZUKA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Masami JINTYOU, Takahiro IGUCHI, Naoto GOTO
  • Patent number: 9508592
    Abstract: To improve the reliability of a semiconductor device including a low-resistance material such as copper, aluminum, gold, or silver as a wiring. Provided is a semiconductor device including a pair of electrodes electrically connected to a semiconductor layer which has a stacked-layer structure including a first protective layer in contact with the semiconductor layer and a conductive layer containing the low-resistance material and being over and in contact with the first protective layer. The top surface of the conductive layer is covered with a second protective layer functioning as a mask for processing the conductive layer. The side surface of the conductive layer is covered with a third protective layer. With this structure, entry or diffusion of the constituent element of the pair of conductive layers containing the low-resistance material into the semiconductor layer is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Koezuka, Masami Jintyou, Yukinori Shima, Takahiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20160299601
    Abstract: A touch panel including an oxide semiconductor film having conductivity is provided. The touch panel includes a transistor, a second insulating film, and a touch sensor. The transistor includes a gate electrode; a gate insulating film; a first oxide semiconductor film; a source electrode and a drain electrode; a first insulating film; and a second oxide semiconductor film. The second insulating film is over the second oxide semiconductor film so that the second oxide semiconductor film is positioned between the first insulating film and the second insulating film. The touch sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. One of the first and second electrodes includes the second oxide semiconductor film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Hajime KIMURA, Masami JINTYOU, Yasuharu HOSAKA, Naoto GOTO, Takahiro IGUCHI, Daisuke KUROSAKI, Junichi KOEZUKA
  • Publication number: 20160276486
    Abstract: To suppress a change in electrical characteristics and improve reliability in a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film. Provided is a semiconductor device including a transistor including a first gate electrode, a first insulating film over the first gate electrode, a first oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film, a source electrode electrically connected to the first oxide semiconductor film, a drain electrode electrically connected to the first oxide semiconductor film, a second insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film, a second oxide semiconductor film as a second gate electrode over the second insulating film, and a third insulating film over the second oxide semiconductor film. The second insulating film includes an excess oxygen region having a concentration gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Junichi KOEZUKA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Masami JINTYOU, Daisuke KUROSAKI, Takahiro IGUCHI, Naoto GOTO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160260837
    Abstract: To suppress a change in electrical characteristics in a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film. The transistor includes a first gate electrode, a first insulating film, an oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a second insulating film, a second gate electrode, and a third insulating film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first oxide semiconductor film on the first gate electrode side, and a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film. The first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film include In, M, and Zn (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn). In a region of the second oxide semiconductor film, the number of atoms of In is smaller than that in the first oxide semiconductor film. The second gate electrode includes at least one metal element included in the oxide semiconductor film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Junichi KOEZUKA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Yasuharu HOSAKA, Masami JINTYOU, Takahiro IGUCHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160260751
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device with high capacitance while the aperture ratio is increased or a semiconductor device whose manufacturing cost is low. The semiconductor device includes a transistor, a first insulating film, and a capacitor including a second insulating film between a pair of electrodes. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film in contact with the gate electrode, a first oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the first oxide semiconductor film. One of the pair of electrodes of the capacitor includes a second oxide semiconductor film. The first insulating film is over the first oxide semiconductor film. The second insulating film is over the second oxide semiconductor film so that the second oxide semiconductor film is between the first insulating film and the second insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi OKAZAKI, Masami JINTYOU, Takahiro IGUCHI, Yasuharu HOSAKA, Junichi KOEZUKA, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160042990
    Abstract: To improve the reliability of a semiconductor device including a low-resistance material such as copper, aluminum, gold, or silver as a wiring. Provided is a semiconductor device including a pair of electrodes electrically connected to a semiconductor layer which has a stacked-layer structure including a first protective layer in contact with the semiconductor layer and a conductive layer containing the low-resistance material and being over and in contact with the first protective layer. The top surface of the conductive layer is covered with a second protective layer functioning as a mask for processing the conductive layer. The side surface of the conductive layer is covered with a third protective layer. With this structure, entry or diffusion of the constituent element of the pair of conductive layers containing the low-resistance material into the semiconductor layer is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi KOEZUKA, Masami JINTYOU, Yukinori SHIMA, Takahiro IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160005873
    Abstract: A change in electrical characteristics can be suppressed and reliability can be improved in a semiconductor device including a transistor having an oxide semiconductor. A semiconductor device includes a transistor, and the transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film over a first insulating film, a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode over the gate insulating film, a conductive film in contact with a side surface of the gate electrode in a channel length direction, and a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first region overlapping with the gate electrode, a second region overlapping with the conductive film, and a third region in contact with the second insulating film. The third region includes a region having higher impurity element concentration than the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masami JINTYOU, Takahiro IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150372022
    Abstract: A change in electrical characteristics can be inhibited and reliability can be improved in a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor. The semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film includes a first insulating film, the oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film, a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, and a third insulating film over the second insulating film. The second insulating film includes oxygen and silicon, the third insulating film includes nitrogen and silicon, and indium is included in a vicinity of an interface between the second insulating film and the third insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi OKAZAKI, Junichi KOEZUKA, Masami JINTYOU, Takahiro IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9171803
    Abstract: To improve the reliability of a semiconductor device including a low-resistance material such as copper, aluminum, gold, or silver as a wiring. Provided is a semiconductor device including a pair of electrodes electrically connected to a semiconductor layer which has a stacked-layer structure including a first protective layer in contact with the semiconductor layer and a conductive layer containing the low-resistance material and being over and in contact with the first protective layer. The top surface of the conductive layer is covered with a second protective layer functioning as a mask for processing the conductive layer. The side surface of the conductive layer is covered with a third protective layer. With this structure, entry or diffusion of the constituent element of the pair of conductive layers containing the low-resistance material into the semiconductor layer is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Koezuka, Masami Jintyou, Yukinori Shima, Takahiro Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20140374908
    Abstract: To improve the reliability of a semiconductor device including a low-resistance material such as copper, aluminum, gold, or silver as a wiring. Provided is a semiconductor device including a pair of electrodes electrically connected to a semiconductor layer which has a stacked-layer structure including a first protective layer in contact with the semiconductor layer and a conductive layer containing the low-resistance material and being over and in contact with the first protective layer. The top surface of the conductive layer is covered with a second protective layer functioning as a mask for processing the conductive layer. The side surface of the conductive layer is covered with a third protective layer. With this structure, entry or diffusion of the constituent element of the pair of conductive layers containing the low-resistance material into the semiconductor layer is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Junichi Koezuka, Masami JINTYOU, Yukinori SHIMA, Takahiro IGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8507308
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits bonded to a structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin. The plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits are provided at openings formed in the structure body and each include a photoelectric conversion element, a light-transmitting substrate which has stepped sides and in which the width of the projected section on a first surface side is smaller than that of a second surface, a semiconductor integrated circuit portion provided on the second surface of the light-transmitting substrate, and a chromatic color light-transmitting resin layer which covers the first surface and part of side surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate. The plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits include the chromatic color light-transmitting resin layers of different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Takahashi, Daiki Yamada, Yohei Monma, Takahiro Iguchi, Hiroki Adachi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8227886
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the breakage of appearance such as a crack, a split and a chip by external stress of a semiconductor device. Another object is that manufacturing yield of a thin semiconductor device increases. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits mounted on the interposer. Each of the plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits includes a light transmitting substrate which have a step on the side surface and in which the width of one section of the light transmitting substrate is narrower than that of the other section of the light transmitting substrate when the light transmitting substrate is divided at a plane including the step, a semiconductor element layer including a photoelectric conversion element provided on one surface of the light transmitting substrate, and a chromatic color light transmitting resin layer which covers the other surface of the light transmitting substrate and a part of the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Takahashi, Yohei Monma, Daiki Yamada, Takahiro Iguchi, Kazuo Nishi
  • Patent number: 8132989
    Abstract: A drill achieves a long tool life while improving a property for discharging chips. The drill includes: a columnar body which is rotated about an axis; a plurality of cutting edges each being formed at a tip end portion of the body; and a plurality of thinning edges each being formed in conjunction with the cutting edge nearer the axis by providing thinnings at the tip end portion of the body. At least one of the plurality of thinning edges is provided with a concave portion that is formed by cutting the thinning edge to be recessed in a semicircular shape toward the rear side in the rotational direction, and a center of the semicircular-shaped concave portion is provided on a line extended from the tip end portion of the thinning edge when viewed from a tip end direction of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: OSG Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Iguchi, Takayuki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20120021540
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits bonded to a structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin. The plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits are provided at openings formed in the structure body and each include a photoelectric conversion element, a light-transmitting substrate which has stepped sides and in which the width of the projected section on a first surface side is smaller than that of a second surface, a semiconductor integrated circuit portion provided on the second surface of the light-transmitting substrate, and a chromatic color light-transmitting resin layer which covers the first surface and part of side surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate. The plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits include the chromatic color light-transmitting resin layers of different colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu TAKAHASHI, Daiki YAMADA, Yohei MONMA, Takahiro IGUCHI, Hiroki ADACHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8049292
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits bonded to a structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin. The plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits are provided at openings formed in the structure body and each include a photoelectric conversion element, a light-transmitting substrate which has stepped sides and in which the width of the projected section on a first surface side is smaller than that of a second surface, a semiconductor integrated circuit portion provided on the second surface of the light-transmitting substrate, and a chromatic color light-transmitting resin layer which covers the first surface and part of side surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate. The plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits include the chromatic color light-transmitting resin layers of different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Takahashi, Daiki Yamada, Yohei Monma, Takahiro Iguchi, Hiroki Adachi, Shunpei Yamazaki