Patents by Inventor Takeyoshi Watabe

Takeyoshi Watabe 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: 20180062084
    Abstract: In a light-emitting element, a layer including an organic compound includes a light-emitting layer; the light-emitting layer includes a tris iridium complex; and on the assumption that there is a rectangle which covers the iridium complex and in which at least one atom of the iridium complex is located over each of four sides when the iridium complex is two-dimensionally seen from a direction of a C3 symmetry axis of the iridium complex, A×B/C2 is greater than or equal to 2.5, where A represents a maximum length of a long side of the rectangle, B represents a length of a short side of the rectangle when the length of the long side of the rectangle is A, and C represents a width in the direction of the C3 symmetry axis when the iridium complex is two-dimensionally seen from a normal direction of the C3 symmetry axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satomi Watabe, Hideko Yoshizumi, Tomoka Hara, Yui Yamada, Takahiro Ishisone, Hiromitsu Kido, Kunihiko Suzuki, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20170338436
    Abstract: A light-emitting element having low driving voltage and high emission efficiency is provided. In the light-emitting element, a combination of a guest material and a host material forms an exciplex. The guest material is capable of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. Light emission from the light-emitting layer includes light emission from the guest material and light emission from the exciplex. The percentage of the light emission from the exciplex to the light emission from the light-emitting layer is greater than 0 percent and less than or equal to 60 percent. The energy after subtracting the energy of light emission from the exciplex from the energy of light emission from the guest material is greater than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.23 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satomi MITSUMORI, Takeyoshi WATABE, Satoshi SEO, Yuko KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 9812662
    Abstract: A light-emitting element of the present invention can have sufficiently high emission efficiency with a structure including a host material being able to remain chemically stable even if a phosphorescent compound having higher emission energy is used as a guest material. The relation between the relative emission intensity and the emission time of light emission obtained from the host material and the guest material contained in a light-emitting layer is represented by a multicomponent decay curve. The relative emission intensity of the slowest component of the multicomponent decay curve becomes 1/100 for a short time within a range where the slowest component is not interfered with by quenching of the host material (the emission time of the slowest component is preferably less than or equal to 15 ?sec); thus, sufficiently high emission efficiency can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20170309687
    Abstract: Providing a light-emitting element emitting light in a broad emission spectrum. A combination of a first organic compound and a second organic compound forms an exciplex. The first organic compound has a function of converting triplet-excitation energy into light emission. The lowest triplet excitation level of the second organic compound is higher than or equal to the lowest triplet excitation level of the first organic compound, and the lowest triplet excitation level of the first organic compound is higher than or equal to the lowest triplet excitation level of the exciplex. Light emission from a light-emitting layer includes light emission from the first organic compound and light emission from the exciplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Satomi MITSUMORI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Harue OSAKA, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20170271600
    Abstract: A novel organometallic complex is provided. An organometallic complex emitting green to blue phosphorescence is provided. An organometallic complex having a deep LUMO level and emitting green to blue phosphorescence is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element emitting green to blue phosphorescence and having low drive voltage is provided. A light-emitting device with low power consumption is provided. The organometallic complex includes iridium and a ligand having a triazole skeleton. The triazole skeleton has a group including a pyridine ring or a group including a pyrimidine ring and an aryl group. One of nitrogen atoms included in the triazole skeleton is coordinated to the iridium. The aryl group is bonded to the iridium at the ortho position of the aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki TSUNOI, Hideko INOUE, Takeyoshi WATABE, Satomi MITSUMORI, Nobuharu OHSAWA
  • Publication number: 20170222172
    Abstract: A light-emitting element of the present invention can have sufficiently high emission efficiency with a structure including a host material being able to remain chemically stable even if a phosphorescent compound having higher emission energy is used as a guest material. The relation between the relative emission intensity and the emission time of light emission obtained from the host material and the guest material contained in a light-emitting layer is represented by a multicomponent decay curve. The relative emission intensity of the slowest component of the multicomponent decay curve becomes 1/100 for a short time within a range where the slowest component is not interfered with by quenching of the host material (the emission time of the slowest component is preferably less than or equal to 15 ?sec); thus, sufficiently high emission efficiency can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20170213989
    Abstract: A novel organometallic complex having a low HOMO level and emitting blue to green phosphorescence is provided. The organometallic complex includes a structure represented by General Formula (G1). The organometallic complex includes iridium and a ligand. The ligand has an imidazole skeleton including nitrogen bonded to the iridium, and an N-carbazolyl group bonded to the 2-position of the imidazole skeleton through a phenylene group. The phenylene group is bonded to the iridium. In the formula, each of R1 to R14 independently represents any of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiaki TSUNOI, Hideko INOUE, Takahiro ISHISONE, Takeyoshi WATABE
  • Publication number: 20170186980
    Abstract: A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and high reliability is provided. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer containing a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The first organic compound has a nitrogen-containing six-membered heteroaromatic skeleton. In the light-emitting layer, the weight ratio of an organic compound having a nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocyclic skeleton with an NH group, a secondary amine skeleton with an NH group, or a primary amine skeleton with an NH group to the first organic compound is less than or equal to 0.03, or alternatively, the weight ratio of the organic compound having a nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocyclic skeleton with an NH group, a secondary amine skeleton with an NH group, or a primary amine skeleton with an NH group to the second organic compound is less than or equal to 0.01.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoko SHITAGAKI, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Harue OSAKA, Satomi MITSUMORI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20170183368
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting material is provided. A novel orgnometallic complex is provided. An orgnometallic complex having a high carrier-transport property is provided. An orgnometallic complex having a deep HOMO level and/or a deep LUMO level is provided. An orgnometallic complex having a high charge-injection property is provided. Another object is to provide an organometallic complex that can exhibit yellow to blue phosphorescence. An organometallic complex that has a high carrier-transport property and exhibits green to blue phosphorescence is provided. An organometallic complex including a ligand having a structure of 5-(2-pyridinyl)-5H-benzimidazo[1,2-a]benzimidazole and a light-emitting material including the organometallic complex are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Miki KANAMOTO, Hideko INOUE, Satoshi SEO, Satomi MITSUMORI, Takeyoshi WATABE, Nobuharu OHSAWA
  • Patent number: 9634267
    Abstract: A light-emitting element of the present invention can have sufficiently high emission efficiency with a structure including a host material being able to remain chemically stable even if a phosphorescent compound having higher emission energy is used as a guest material. The relation between the relative emission intensity and the emission time of light emission obtained from the host material and the guest material contained in a light-emitting layer is represented by a multicomponent decay curve. The relative emission intensity of the slowest component of the multicomponent decay curve becomes 1/100 for a short time within a range where the slowest component is not interfered with by quenching of the host material (the emission time of the slowest component is preferably less than or equal to 15 ?sec); thus, sufficiently high emission efficiency can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20170092890
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and low driving voltage. The light-emitting element includes a guest material and a host material. A HOMO level of the guest material is higher than a HOMO level of the host material. An energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the guest material is larger than an energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the host material. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. An energy difference between the LUMO level of the host material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than or equal to energy of light emission of the guest material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Takeyoshi WATABE, Satomi MITSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170092889
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and low driving voltage. The light-emitting element includes a guest material and a host material. A LUMO level of the guest material is lower than a LUMO level of the host material. An energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the guest material is larger than an energy difference between the LUMO level and a HOMO level of the host material. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. An energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to energy of light emission of the guest material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Takeyoshi Watabe, Satomi Mitsumori
  • Publication number: 20170069852
    Abstract: Provided is a novel compound or a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The provided novel compound includes a bicarbazole skeleton and a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a benzothienopyrimidine skeleton. The provided light-emitting element includes the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miki KANAMOTO, Takeyoshi WATABE, Hideko INOUE, Satoshi SEO, Satomi MITSUMORI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170040553
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and low driving voltage. The light-emitting element includes a guest material and a host material. A LUMO level of the host material is higher than a LUMO level of the host material, and a HOMO level of the guest material is lower than a HOMO level of the host material. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of the host material is greater than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV. The energy difference between the LUMO level and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to light emission energy of the guest material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Satoshi SEO, Satomi MITSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170025630
    Abstract: A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the LUMO level of the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the guest material is higher than the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than the energy difference between the LUMO level of the first organic compound and the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Takeyoshi WATABE, Satomi MITSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20170018727
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element having a light-emitting layer which contains at least a host material and a plurality of guest materials, where the host material has a lower T1 level than that of at least one of the plurality of guest materials. The emission of the one of the plurality of guest materials exhibits a multicomponent decay curve, and the lifetime thereof is less than or equal to 15 ?sec, preferably less than or equal to 10 ?sec, more preferably less than or equal to 5 ?sec, where the lifetime is defined as a time for the emission to decrease in intensity to 1/100 of its initial intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20160380223
    Abstract: To increase emission efficiency of a fluorescent light-emitting element by efficiently utilizing a triplet exciton generated in a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer of the light-emitting element includes at least a host material and a guest material. The triplet exciton generated from the host material in the light-emitting layer is changed to a singlet exciton by triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA). The guest material (fluorescent dopant) is made to emit light by energy transfer from the singlet exciton. Thus, the emission efficiency of the light-emitting element is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Nonaka, Satoshi SEO, Harue OSAKA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Takeyoshi WATABE
  • Publication number: 20160372688
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than that of the second organic compound, and the HOMO level of the first organic compound is lower than that of the second organic compound. The LUMO level of a guest material is higher than that of the first organic compound, and the HOMO level of the guest material is lower than that of the second organic compound. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Takeyoshi WATABE, Hideko INOUE, Yui YAMADA, Satomi MITSUMORI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Tomoka HARA
  • Publication number: 20160336517
    Abstract: Provided is a novel substance that can be used in an element capable of emitting phosphorescence, a novel substance that contributes to high emission efficiency, or a novel substance that contributes to light emission with high color purity. A light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a substance including a carbazole skeleton. The substance is bonded to a substituted or unsubstituted first arylene group through a nitrogen atom included in the carbazole skeleton. The first arylene group is bonded to a substituted or unsubstituted benzofuropyridyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted benzothienopyridyl group. The first arylene group includes 1 to 5 substituted or unsubstituted second arylene groups which are bonded to one another. The EL layer may further include a layer including an emission center substance, specifically an iridium compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Hirose, Harue OSAKA, Takeyoshi WATABE, Satomi MITSUMORI, Yuko KUBOTA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20160322589
    Abstract: A light-emitting element of the present invention can have sufficiently high emission efficiency with a structure including a host material being able to remain chemically stable even if a phosphorescent compound having higher emission energy is used as a guest material. The relation between the relative emission intensity and the emission time of light emission obtained from the host material and the guest material contained in a light-emitting layer is represented by a multicomponent decay curve. The relative emission intensity of the slowest component of the multicomponent decay curve becomes 1/100 for a short time within a range where the slowest component is not interfered with by quenching of the host material (the emission time of the slowest component is preferably less than or equal to 15 ?sec); thus, sufficiently high emission efficiency can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoshi SEO