Patents by Inventor Tetsuji Ito

Tetsuji Ito 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: 20260226345
    Abstract: An object is to provide quantum dots that enable obtaining a sheet with a quantum dot layer thickness of 50 ?m or less and good aging durability against degradation from the sheet edges, a quantum dot-containing sheet using the quantum dots, and a backlight device or a display device. Quantum dots of the present disclosure do not include RoHS-regulated substances and have a higher absorption coefficient at 450 nm than InP. In the present disclosure, the quantum dots preferably includes a core formed from an I-III-VI chalcopyrite system. It is preferable that Group I includes at least one of Ag and Cu, Group III includes at least one of Ga and In, and Group VI includes at least one of S, Se and Te. A quantum dot-containing sheet formed by curing a quantum dot-containing composition including the quantum dots of the present disclosure, wherein the quantum dot-containing sheet has a quantum dot layer thickness of 50 ?m or less. It is preferable that degradation from the edges of the sheet is 500 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO
  • Publication number: 20260231594
    Abstract: An infrared sensor is provided that is capable of selecting a preferred combination of materials for an electron transport layer and a hole transport layer, and a method for producing the infrared sensor. An infrared sensor includes an electron transport layer, a light absorption layer and a hole transport layer. The light absorption layer contains quantum dots, the electron transport layer contains at least one metal oxide selected from ZnO, MgZnO, SnO2 and SnO, and the hole transport layer contains at least one metal oxide selected from NiO and MOO. Oxidation deficiency in the metal oxide constituting the electron transport layer and the hole transport layer is smaller than that in a bulk material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Mayuko WATANABE, Tetsuji ITO
  • Publication number: 20260218047
    Abstract: Quantum dots each having a core-shell structure which can be realized to have Type I structure in a ZnTe core. The quantum dots are cadmium-free core-shall structured quantum dots, in which the core contains Zn and Te and the shell contains Mg and S. The quantum dots may be structured with (a core containing Zn and Te)/MgS, (a core containing Zn and Te)/MgS, (a core containing Zn and Te)/ZnMgS/MgS, (a core containing Zn and Te)/MgS/ZnS, (a core containing Zn and Te)/ZnMgS/MgS/ZnS, (a core containing Zn and Te)/MgS/ZnO, or (a core containing Zn and Te)/ZnMgS/MgS/ZnO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Masanori TANAKA, Yuko OGURA
  • Publication number: 20260176525
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area includes a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a first layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a second layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in that order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. An electron transport layer or an electron injection layer is provided in the first layer between the first electrode and the emitting layer, or in the second layer between the emitting layer and the second electrode. The electron transport layer or the electron injection layer comprises SnO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Patent number: 12570895
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Toppan Inc.
    Inventors: Akiharu Miyanaga, Tetsuji Ito, Mayuko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250185386
    Abstract: An infrared sensor is provided, which includes a light absorption layer that absorbs an infrared ray. The light absorption layer includes quantum dots. The quantum dots include at least one kind of PbS, PbSe, CdHgTe, Ag2S, Ag2Se, Ag2Te, AgInSe2, AgInTe2, CuInSe2, CuInTe2, and InAs. Moreover, the light absorption layer includes a quantum dot layer divided into at least two regions, including the quantum dots and having mutually different absorption edge wavelengths, out of a wavelength region from a near-infrared region to a far-infrared region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO
  • Patent number: 12266734
    Abstract: An object is to provide an infrared sensor with a quantum dot optimized. The present invention provides an infrared sensor (1) including a light absorption layer (5) that absorbs an infrared ray, wherein the light absorption layer includes a plurality of spherical quantum dots (21). Alternatively, the present invention provides an infrared sensor including a light absorption layer that absorbs an infrared ray, wherein the light absorption layer includes a plurality of quantum dots and the quantum dot includes at least one kind of PbS, PbSe, CdHgTe, Ag2S, Ag2Se, Ag2Te, AgInSe2, AgInTe2, CuInSe2, CuInTe2, and InAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu Miyanaga, Tetsuji Ito
  • Publication number: 20250084305
    Abstract: A QD is a Cd-free quantum dot including a core and a shell and configured to emit blue light. The core at least contains Zn and Se. The shell has a film thickness in a range from 0.5 nm to 3 nm, contains Zn, Se, and S in a boundary portion adjacent to the core, and contains Zn and S in an outermost portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: TADASHI KOBASHI, HIROHISA YAMADA, TAKAHIRO DOE, Keisuke KITANO, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Masanori TANAKA, Mikihiro TAKASAKI, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240365576
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240360360
    Abstract: A quantum dot includes a core including Zn and Se, and a shell composed of ZnS and provided on a surface of the core, adjacently to the core. The quantum dot-emits blue light, is Cd free, and has a particle diameter within a range from 3 nm to 20 nm and a fluorescence lifetime in a thin film state of 50 ns or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Masaki YAMAMOTO, Kazuki GOTO, HIROHISA YAMADA, MASAYA UEDA, Yuko OGURA, Masanori TANAKA, Mikihiro TAKASAKI, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Patent number: 12069878
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu Miyanaga, Tetsuji Ito, Mayuko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230247849
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230232647
    Abstract: A quantum dot (QD) dispersion solution includes QD phosphor particles, ligands, and a solvent. Each ligand includes a thiol group and at least one functional group of ester groups and ether groups. The solvent is propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMAMOTO, Kazuki GOTO, Yuma YAGUCHI, Soichiro NIKATA, Yuko OGURA, Masanori TANAKA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Tetsuji ITO, Mikihiro TAKASAKI
  • Patent number: 11672135
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu Miyanaga, Tetsuji Ito, Mayuko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230080877
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a quantum dot (QD) layer including quantum dots and arranged between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The quantum dots are Cd-free quantum dots that include at least Zn and Se, and do not include Cd at a mass ratio of 1/30 or greater in relation to Zn. The particle size of each quantum dot is within a range from 3 nm to 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki YAMAMOTO, Hirohisa YAMADA, Yoshihiro UETA, Keisuke KITANO, Kazuki GOTO, Yusuke SAKAKIBARA, Tadashi KOBASHI, Masashi KAGO, Soichiro NIKATA, Yuko OGURA, Masanori TANAKA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Tetsuji ITO
  • Publication number: 20220199925
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The film thickness of the QD layer is 12 nm or more and 49 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220199924
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and a hole transport layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The hole transport layer includes poly[(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl)-co-(4,4?-(N-(4-sec-butylphenyl)diphenylamine)]. A film thickness of the hole transport layer is 10 nm or more and 57 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220199926
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and an electron transport layer. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The electron transport layer contains zinc oxide. A film thickness of the electron transport layer is 15 nm or more and 85 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tadashi KOBASHI, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220195300
    Abstract: The electroluminescent element includes a QD layer and an electron transport layers. QD phosphor particles contained in the QD layer are nanocrystals containing zinc and selenium, or zinc, selenium, and sulfur. A fluorescent half width of the QD phosphor particles is 25 nm or less, and a fluorescent peak wavelength of the QD phosphor particles is 410 nm or more and 470 nm or less. The QD layer contains a surface modifier that protects surfaces of the quantum dots, and a weight ratio of the surface modifier to the QD phosphor particles is 0.115 and more and 0.207 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kanako NAKATA, Kazuki GOTO, Tatsuya RYOHWA, Masaki YAMAMOTO, Yuko OGURA, Yuka TAKAMIZUMA, Masanori TANAKA, Soichiro NIKATA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210399249
    Abstract: Provided is a display device containing quantum dots. A display device includes a display area. The display area has a light emitting device in which a first electrode, a layer between the first electrode and an emitting layer, the emitting layer, a layer between the emitting layer and a second electrode, and the second electrode are stacked in this order on a substrate. The emitting layer is formed of an inorganic layer containing quantum dots, and the light emitting device is a top emission device. A thin film transistor connected to the light emitting device is preferably an n-ch TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: NS MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Akiharu MIYANAGA, Tetsuji ITO, Mayuko WATANABE