Patents by Inventor Takahiro Ushikubo

Takahiro Ushikubo 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).

  • Patent number: 9935158
    Abstract: A technique of manufacturing a display device with high productivity is provided. In addition, a high-definition display device with high color purity is provided. By adjusting the optical path length between an electrode having a reflective property and a light-emitting layer by the central wavelength of a wavelength range of light passing through a color filter layer, the high-definition display device with high color purity is provided without performing selective deposition of light-emitting layers. In a light-emitting element, a plurality of light-emitting layers emitting light of different colors are stacked. The closer the light-emitting layer is positioned to the electrode having a reflective property, the shorter the wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting layer is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Toshiki Sasaki, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Takahiro Ushikubo, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20180090706
    Abstract: At the time of removing a flexible organic electroluminescence display device from a support substrate, delamination is prevented from occurring at a laminate structure of an OLED. The organic electroluminescence display device includes a flexible base material, a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements, each comprising a pixel electrode, a reflective layer that is disposed between the base material and the pixel electrode and reflects light, a semitransparent counter electrode that is disposed on a light-emitting surface side with respect to the pixel electrode, and an organic electroluminescence function layer that is a lamination including an organic light-emitting layer and disposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, a transparent electrode laminated on the counter electrode, an organic film laminated on the transparent electrode 80, and a gap 84 generated at a part of an interface between the transparent electrode 80 and the organic film 82.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro USHIKUBO
  • Publication number: 20180076390
    Abstract: A composite material which includes an organic compound and an inorganic compound and has a high carrier-transport property is provided. A composite material having a good property of carrier injection into an organic compound is provided. A composite material in which light absorption due to charge-transfer interaction is unlikely to occur is provided. A composite material having a high visible-light-transmitting property is provided. A composite material including a hydrocarbon compound and an inorganic compound exhibiting an electron-accepting property with respect to the hydrocarbon compound is provided. The hydrocarbon compound has a substituent bonded to a naphthalene skeleton, a phenanthrene skeleton, or a triphenylene skeleton and has a molecular weight of 350 to 2000, and the substituent has one or more rings selected from a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a phenanthrene ring, and a triphenylene ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kaori OGITA, Hiromi NOWATARI, Harue OSAKA, Takahiro USHIKUBO, Satoshi SEO, Takako TAKASU
  • Patent number: 9876185
    Abstract: A light-emitting element at least includes a first electrode, a first light-emitting layer over the first electrode, a second light-emitting layer over and in contact with the first light-emitting layer, a third light-emitting layer over and in contact with the first light-emitting layer, and a second electrode over the third light-emitting layer. Each of the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent compound. The third light-emitting layer contains a fluorescent compound. Each of the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer, and the third light-emitting layer includes an organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Takahiro Ushikubo
  • Publication number: 20180009751
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element having high luminous efficiency and to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device which consumes low power and is driven at low voltage, a carbazole derivative represented by the general formula (1) is provided. In the formula, ?1, ?2, ?3, and ?4 each represent an arylene group having less than or equal to 13 carbon atoms; Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aryl group having less than or equal to 13 carbon atoms; R1 represents any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; and R2 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group. In addition, l, m, and n are each independently 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Nomura, Harue Osaka, Takahiro Ushikubo, Sachiko Kawakami, Satoshi Seo, Satoko Shitagaki
  • Publication number: 20170352829
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting layer is provided between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layer is a stack of a first light-emitting layer, which contains at least a first phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound having an electron-transport property, and a second organic compound having a hole-transport property and is provided on the anode side, and a second light-emitting layer, which contains at least a second phosphorescent compound and the first organic compound having an electron-transport property. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hiromi SEO, Satoko SHITAGAKI, Satoshi SEO, Takahiro USHIKUBO, Toshiki SASAKI, Shogo UESAKA
  • Patent number: 9831435
    Abstract: A composite material which includes an organic compound and an inorganic compound and has a high carrier-transport property is provided. A composite material having a good property of carrier injection into an organic compound is provided. A composite material in which light absorption due to charge-transfer interaction is unlikely to occur is provided. A composite material having a high visible-light-transmitting property is provided. A composite material including a hydrocarbon compound and an inorganic compound exhibiting an electron-accepting property with respect to the hydrocarbon compound is provided. The hydrocarbon compound has a substituent bonded to a naphthalene skeleton, a phenanthrene skeleton, or a triphenylene skeleton and has a molecular weight of 350 to 2000, and the substituent has one or more rings selected from a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a phenanthrene ring, and a triphenylene ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Ogita, Hiromi Nowatari, Harue Osaka, Takahiro Ushikubo, Satoshi Seo, Takako Takasu
  • Publication number: 20170279067
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes an anode, a cathode and a light-emitting unit disposed between the anode and the cathode. The cathode is a transparent conductive film formed on the light-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer disposed between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, and an electron injection layer, disposed between the electron transport layer and the cathode, which is doped with an alkali metal. A thickness of the electron injection layer is equal to or greater than two times that of the electron transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ushikubo, Hironori Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20170279065
    Abstract: A light-emitting element whose degree of deterioration with driving time is improved and of which emission colors are easily controlled. A light-emitting emitting element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing an organic compound located between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the layer containing the organic compound at least has, from the second electrode side, a light-emitting layer in which a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer are stacked, and a hole-transporting layer provided in contact with the third layer; the first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound; the second layer contains a third organic compound and a fourth organic compound; and the third layer contains the first organic compound and a fifth organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Ushikubo
  • Publication number: 20170256742
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains at least a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound (host material) having an electron-transport property, and a second organic compound (assist material) having a hole-transport property. The light-emitting layer has a stacked-layer structure including a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer, and the first light-emitting layer contains a higher proportion of the second organic compound than the second light-emitting layer. In the light-emitting layer (the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer), a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hiromi SEO, Satoko SHITAGAKI, Satoshi SEO, Takahiro USHIKUBO, Toshiki SASAKI, Shogo UESAKA
  • Publication number: 20170250231
    Abstract: A reflecting layer is provided for each of a white pixel PW and a plurality of chromatic color pixels PR, PG and PB. A semitransparent reflecting layer is provided for each of the white pixel PW and the plurality of chromatic color pixels PR, PG and PB. The distance between the reflecting layer and the semitransparent reflecting layer in the white pixel PW is larger than the largest distance among distances between the reflecting layer and the semitransparent reflecting layer in the chromatic color pixels PR, PG, PB. Such display device can suppress increase in manufacturing cost and obtain both merits of optical micro-cavity structure and of the white pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Norihisa MAEDA, Takahiro USHIKUBO
  • Publication number: 20170250233
    Abstract: The reflecting layer is formed on a white pixel PW and chromatic color pixels PR, PG, and PB. The semitransparent reflecting layer is formed on the white pixel PW and the chromatic color pixels PR, PG, and PB. The semitransparent reflecting layer and the intermediate layer in the white pixel PW constitute the light scattering structure. According to this display device, it is possible to obtain an advantage of a micro-cavity structure and an advantage of the white pixel while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro USHIKUBO
  • Patent number: 9748495
    Abstract: A carbazole derivative represented by the general formula (1) is provided. In the formula, Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring; ? and ? independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms which form a ring; R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring; and R11 to R17 and R21 to R28 independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroko Nomura, Harue Osaka, Takahiro Ushikubo, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9698365
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting layer is provided between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layer is a stack of a first light-emitting layer, which contains at least a first phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound having an electron-transport property, and a second organic compound having a hole-transport property and is provided on the anode side, and a second light-emitting layer, which contains at least a second phosphorescent compound and the first organic compound having an electron-transport property. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Seo, Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo, Takahiro Ushikubo, Toshiki Sasaki, Shogo Uesaka
  • Patent number: 9685623
    Abstract: A light-emitting element whose degree of deterioration with driving time is improved and of which emission colors are easily controlled. A light-emitting emitting element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing an organic compound located between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the layer containing the organic compound at least has, from the second electrode side, a light-emitting layer in which a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer are stacked, and a hole-transporting layer provided in contact with the third layer; the first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound; the second layer contains a third organic compound and a fourth organic compound; and the third layer contains the first organic compound and a fifth organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Ushikubo
  • Publication number: 20170117470
    Abstract: A triarylamine derivative represented by a general formula (G1) given below is provided. Note that in the formula, Ar represents either a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; ? represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; ? represents either hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; n and m each independently represent 1 or 2; and R1 to R8 each independently represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harue OSAKA, Takahiro USHIKUBO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO, Tsunenori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170084670
    Abstract: A technique of manufacturing a display device with high productivity is provided. In addition, a high-definition display device with high color purity is provided. By adjusting the optical path length between an electrode having a reflective property and a light-emitting layer by the central wavelength of a wavelength range of light passing through a color filter layer, the high-definition display device with high color purity is provided without performing selective deposition of light-emitting layers. In a light-emitting element, a plurality of light-emitting layers emitting light of different colors are stacked. The closer the light-emitting layer is positioned to the electrode having a reflective property, the shorter the wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting layer is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SATOSHI SEO, TOSHIKI SASAKI, NOBUHARU OSHAWA, TAKAHIRO USHIKUBO, SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9590208
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains at least a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound (host material) having an electron-transport property, and a second organic compound (assist material) having a hole-transport property. The light-emitting layer has a stacked-layer structure including a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer, and the first light-emitting layer contains a higher proportion of the second organic compound than the second light-emitting layer. In the light-emitting layer (the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer), a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Seo, Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo, Takahiro Ushikubo, Toshiki Sasaki, Shogo Uesaka
  • Publication number: 20170025479
    Abstract: A technique of manufacturing a display device with high productivity is provided. In addition, a high-definition display device with high color purity is provided. By adjusting the optical path length between an electrode having a reflective property and a light-emitting layer by the central wavelength of a wavelength range of light passing through a color filter layer, the high-definition display device with high color purity is provided without performing selective deposition of light-emitting layers. In a light-emitting element, a plurality of light-emitting layers emitting light of different colors are stacked. The closer the light-emitting layer is to the electrode having a reflective property, the longer the wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting layer is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Toshiki SASAKI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Takahiro USHIKUBO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9540315
    Abstract: A triarylamine derivative represented by a general formula (G1) given below is provided. Note that in the formula, Ar represents either a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; ? represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; ? represents either hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; n and m each independently represent 1 or 2; and R1 to R8 each independently represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harue Osaka, Takahiro Ushikubo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki