Patents by Inventor Takaya TAMARU

Takaya TAMARU 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: 20230317833
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes; forming an oxide semiconductor layer above a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer above the oxide semiconductor layer; forming a metal oxide layer containing aluminum as a main component above the gate insulating layer; performing a heat treatment in a state where the metal oxide layer is formed above the gate insulating layer; removing the metal oxide layer after the heat treatment; and forming a gate electrode above the gate insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Masashi TSUBUKU, Toshinari SASAKI, Takaya TAMARU
  • Publication number: 20230317834
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: forming a first metal oxide layer containing aluminum as a main component above a substrate; forming an oxide semiconductor layer above the first metal oxide layer; forming a gate insulating layer above the oxide semiconductor layer; forming a second metal oxide layer containing aluminum as a main component above the gate insulating layer; performing a heat treatment in a state where the second metal oxide layer is formed above the gate insulating layer; removing the second metal oxide layer after the heat treatment; and forming a gate electrode above the gate insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Masashi TSUBUKU, Toshinari SASAKI, Takaya TAMARU
  • Publication number: 20230292551
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element; a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series between the light-emitting element and a driving power line; a third transistor electrically connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor; and a fourth transistor connected in parallel between a drain electrode of the first transistor and the light-emitting element, wherein a ratio of a channel width W1 to a channel length L1 of the first transistor (a W1/L1 ratio) and a ratio of a channel width W2 to a channel length L2 of the second transistor (a W2/L2 ratio) are larger than a ratio of a channel width W3 to a channel length L3 of the third transistor (a W3/L3 ratio) and a ratio of a channel width W4 to a channel length L4 of the fourth transistor (a W4/L4 ratio).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi TSUBUKU, Takeshi SAKAI, Kentaro MIURA, Hajime WATAKABE, Takaya TAMARU, Hiroshi TABATAKE, Yutaka UMEDA
  • Publication number: 20230108412
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer including a source area, a drain area and a channel area, a first insulating layer, an etching stopper layer located immediately above the channel area and being thinner than the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer provided on the etching stopper layer and being thicker than the first insulating layer, a gate electrode, a third insulating layer which covers the etching stopper layer, the second insulating layer and the gate electrode and covers the first insulating layer immediately above the source area and immediately above the drain area, a source electrode in contact with the source area, and a drain electrode in contact with the drain area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Masashi TSUBUKU, Kentaro MIURA, Akihiro HANADA, Takaya TAMARU
  • Publication number: 20220367691
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a first insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer, a buffer layer and a metal layer sequentially on a base, forming a patterned resist on the metal layer, etching the buffer layer and the metal layer using the resist as a mask to expose an upper surface of the second insulating layer, reducing a volume of the resist to expose an upper surface along a side surface of the metal layer, etching the metal layer using the resist as a mask, to form a gate electrode and to expose an upper surface of the buffer layer, and carrying out ion implantation on the oxide semiconductor layer using the gate electrode as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime WATAKABE, Masashi TSUBUKU, Kentaro MIURA, Akihiro HANADA, Takaya TAMARU
  • Publication number: 20220231149
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming an oxide semiconductor layer, forming a gate insulating layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and covering the oxide semiconductor layer, and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer so as to overlap the oxide semiconductor layer, and injecting boron through the gate electrode and the gate insulating layer after forming the gate electrode, wherein a boron concentration included in a region of the gate insulating layer overlapping the gate electrode is in a range of 1E+16 [atoms/cm3] or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro HANADA, Kentaro MIURA, Hajime WATAKABE, Masashi TSUBUKU, Toshinari SASAKI, Takaya TAMARU, Takeshi SAKAI