Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Morita

Tetsuo Morita 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: 20220352269
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprising a base, a first insulating layer, a first lower electrode, a second lower electrode, a first wiring, a second insulating layer disposed on the first wiring, a first organic layer disposed on the first lower electrode, a second organic layer disposed on the second lower electrode, a first separation wall disposed on the second insulating layer, and an upper wiring disposed continuously on the first organic layer, the second organic layer, and the first separation wall, wherein the upper wiring is electrically connected to the first wiring via a contact hole that penetrates the first separation wall and the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuo MORITA, Sho YANAGISAWA, Kenji HARADA, Hiroshi TABATAKE, Hideyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220319412
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a plurality of pixels, a power supply line and a power supply line drive circuit. The pixels each include a pixel circuit, a display element including a lower electrode, an upper electrode and an organic layer including a light-emitting layer. The upper electrode is connected to the power supply line that provides a predetermined potential to the upper electrode. The power supply line drive circuit supplies, to the power supply line, a first potential to the upper electrode during a light-emitting period and supplies, to the power supply line, a second potential to the upper electrode during a non-light-emitting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi TABATAKE, Tetsuo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220310003
    Abstract: A bootstrap circuit includes a first transistor including a gate electrode, a first and a second electrodes, a capacitor connected between the gate electrode and the second electrode, and a second transistor connected to the gate electrode. In a first period, the second transistor is turned on and the gate electrode is supplied with a first analog voltage, the first transistor is turned on, and the second electrode is supplied with a precharge voltage smaller than the first analog voltage from the first electrode. In a second period, the second transistor is turned off, the first electrode is supplied with a second analog voltage, the capacitor supplies a third analog voltage to the gate electrode in response to the first analog voltage and the second analog voltage, and the second electrode is supplied with the second analog voltage from the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji HARADA, Tetsuo MORITA
  • Patent number: 11410595
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display area and a driver. Each of pixels includes a light emitting element and a drive transistor connected in series. An image signal includes a first luminance data and a second luminance data. The first luminance data is based on an average value of a gradation value of pixels, and is common among the pixels included in said one area. The second luminance data is, based on a difference between the gradation value and the average value, an independent luminance data of each of the pixels. The driver controls a common luminance time of the pixels based on the first luminance data, and controls a current value to be supplied to the luminance element of each of the pixels based on the second luminance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Morita, Yasuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20220234471
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: an inter-load switch including a first switch and a second switch connected in series, a voltage generation unit, an electric storage device connected between the first switch and the second switch, a first state control unit configured to select a first state in which power is supplied from at least one of the voltage generation unit or the electric storage device to a first load and a second load, and a second state control unit configured to, when determining that a failure has occurred, select a second state in which power is supplied from the electric storage device to a load on a side of a no-failure-occurrence system in which no failure has occurred, by turning off a switch on a side of a failure-occurrence system in which a failure has occurred and turning on a switch on a side of the no-failure-occurrence system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220181429
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes; a plurality of pixel circuits below the plurality of pixel electrodes; some scan lines, each of the scan lines being connected to a corresponding one group of the plurality of pixel circuits; and a scan drive circuit configured to selectively send scanning signals to the scan lines. The plurality of pixel electrodes include effective pixel electrodes corresponding to respective pixels constituting a displayed image, and dummy pixel electrodes between the effective pixel electrodes and the scan drive circuit and corresponding to none of the respective pixels. Each of the effective pixel electrodes is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of pixel circuits. Each of the scan lines is electrically connected to the scan drive circuit through a corresponding at least one of the dummy pixel electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: Tetsuo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220157900
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a first insulating layer, a first pixel electrode on the first insulating layer in a pixel, a second pixel electrode on the first insulating layer in a dummy pixel, a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, a first organic layer in the pixel and in contact with the first pixel electrode, a second organic layer in the dummy pixel, a partition wall on the second insulating layer and between the organic layers and a common electrode covering the organic layers and the partition wall. An end portion of the first organic layer is in contact with a side surface of the partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Sho YANAGISAWA, Tetsuo MORITA, Kenji HARADA, Hiroshi TABATAKE, Hideyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220157899
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, first and second insulating layers, first and second pixel electrodes, first and second organic layers, first and second feed lines, first and second partitions, and a common electrode including first and second parts covering the first and second organic layers. The first organic layer is between the partitions. The second feed line and the second partition are located between the organic layers. The partitions are shaped such that a width of an upper part is greater than a width of a lower part. The first part is in contact with the first feed line between the first partition and the first organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Sho YANAGISAWA, Tetsuo MORITA, Kenji HARADA, Hiroshi TABATAKE, Hideyuki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11322571
    Abstract: A multi-piece substrate integrally having a plurality of product regions each provided with a light-emitting element driven by a current and a blank region adjacent to each of the plurality of product regions is prepared. The current is passed through a cathode pad and an anode pad to inspect the light-emitting element. A plurality of display panels are cut out from the multi-piece substrate so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of product regions. The multi-piece substrate includes a plurality of first test pads disposed in each of the plurality of product regions for inspecting the light-emitting element, and a plurality of second test pads disposed in the blank region for inspecting the light-emitting element. The cathode pad and the anode pad are included in the plurality of first test pads and are not included in the plurality of second test pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Morita, Hiroyuki Kimura, Makoto Shibusawa
  • Publication number: 20220097634
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a first power output portion, a second power output portion, and a ring-form main pathway. A power supply system includes a first output pathway connecting the main pathway with the first power output portion, a second output pathway connecting the main pathway with the second power output portion, and a loading pathway connecting the main pathway with an electric load. The power supply system includes multiple main switches and a control unit. The main switch is configured to switch between a ring connection state and a non-ring connection state of the main pathway. The control unit controls the switching of the main switch. The control unit is configured to activate a non-ring connection mode that turns off one of the main switches and turns on the remainder of the main switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220059026
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display region where pixels are arranged. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode, a light emitting element, a drive transistor, a first capacitance electrode layer opposed to the pixel electrode and held at a constant potential, and an insulating layer forming an auxiliary capacitance together with the pixel electrode and the first capacitance electrode layer. A value of the auxiliary capacitance of the first pixel, of the values of the auxiliary capacitance of the pixels is the largest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuo MORITA, Yasuhiro OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220005994
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, a light emitting element mounted on the pixel electrode, a drive transistor configured to control a current supplied to the light emitting element through the pixel electrode, and a conductive layer formed between the pixel electrode and the drive transistor so as to at least partially overlap with the pixel electrode in a planar view. The conductive layer does not overlap with a region of the pixel electrode on which the light emitting element is mounted in a planar view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuo MORITA, Hiroshi TABATAKE, Yasuhiro OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210408165
    Abstract: A drive circuit includes a holding capacitor, an element capacitor, and an additional capacitor interposed between one of the source and the drain, and one of the high-potential line and the low-potential line. The drive circuit configured to drive the first light emitter includes a first element capacitor as the element capacitor and a first additional capacitor as the additional capacitor. The driving circuit configured to drive the second light emitter includes a second element capacitor as the element capacitor and a second additional capacitor as the additional capacitor. The first element capacitor is larger in capacitance than the second element capacitor. The first additional capacitor is smaller in capacitance than the second additional capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi TABATAKE, Tetsuo Morita, Yasuhiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11195453
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display region where pixels are arranged. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode, a light emitting element, a drive transistor, a first capacitance electrode layer opposed to the pixel electrode and held at a constant potential, and an insulating layer forming an auxiliary capacitance together with the pixel electrode and the first capacitance electrode layer. A value of the auxiliary capacitance of the first pixel, of the values of the auxiliary capacitance of the pixels is the largest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Morita, Yasuhiro Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20210316679
    Abstract: In a power supply system, a first route includes a first power supply connected to a first load. A second route includes a second power supply connected to a second load. A connection path connects the first and second routes at a connection point. The first power supply includes a voltage generator generating an operating voltage operating the first and second loads. The second power supply includes an electrical storage device charging based on power supplied from the voltage generator. A switching circuit includes a first switch having a diode component with an anode and a cathode being directed to the electrical storage device and the connection path, respectively, and is disposed between the connection point and the electrical storage device. A switch state controller outputs a switch-off command to the first switch when the electrical storage device is in the fully charged condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuo MORITA
  • Publication number: 20210320506
    Abstract: An inductance component has a given value causing a time constant of a circuit composed of one of first and second routes in which an abnormality does not occur and a connection path connecting the first and second routes not to allow a voltage of one of loads disposed in the other one of the routes to decrease to less than a lower limit of an operating voltage of one of loads during a shut-off period, which starts from a time when it is determined by an abnormality determiner that an abnormality has occurred in any one of the first route and the second route to a time when an inter-route switch enters a switched off state upon receiving a switch-off command from a state controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuo MORITA
  • Patent number: 11127810
    Abstract: A lower base surface of wirings includes a stepped portion with upper surfaces having mutually different heights and stepped surfaces rising from respective upper surfaces. Each upper surface and the stepped surface form a projecting portion rising in each normal direction and constitute a first recessed corner portion immediately below the wirings and a second recessed corner portion at the tip of the projecting portion in the normal direction of the stepped surface. A first interval exists between the adjacent wirings. The first recessed corner portion has a first height. The second recessed corner portion has a second height and a second width in the first direction. The second width is smaller than the first interval, the second height is lower than the first height, or both the second width is smaller than the first interval and the second height is lower than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihito Sato, Tetsuo Morita, Hiroshi Tabatake
  • Publication number: 20210241684
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes first wiring layers, a second wiring layer, a first insulating layer, first mounting electrodes, a second mounting electrode, a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element. The second mounting electrode is arranged to surround a first mounting electrode and an other first mounting electrode. The first light emitting element is mounted across the first mounting electrode and the second mounting electrode. The second light emitting element is mounted across the other first mounting electrode and the second mounting electrode. The second mounting electrode is electrically connected to the second wiring layer through a second opening of the first insulating layer, in a non-display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro OGAWA, Tetsuo Morita
  • Publication number: 20210233452
    Abstract: Different groups include the same type of control lines. The first control lines are arranged such that control lines of different types belonging to each of group are adjacent to each other. In the second area, the second control lines are arranged such that control lines of different types belonging to each group are adjacent to each other. In the non-display area, the second control lines are arranged such that control lines of the same type belonging to different groups are adjacent to each other. The capacitor electrode includes portions connected to each other and arranged in the second direction. Each portion faces each other for control lines of the same type adjacent in the non-display area. Any of the portions and any of the other portions differ in width in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuo MORITA, Hiroyuki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210159297
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a plurality of pixels at least one of which has a first transistor and a light-emitting element. The first transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film, and a first terminal and a second terminal electrically connected to the semiconductor film. The second terminal is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A region in which the first terminal overlaps with the gate electrode can be smaller than a region in which the second terminal overlaps with the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuo Morita, Hiroyuki Kimura, Makoto Shibusawa, Hiroshi Tabatake, Yasuhiro Ogawa