Patents by Inventor Tomoya Aoyama
Tomoya Aoyama 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: 20250151601Abstract: The heat resistance of an organic semiconductor device including a step of forming an aluminum oxide film over and in contact with an organic semiconductor layer is improved. A heating step is performed after a layer containing an organometallic compound for a mask for an organic semiconductor layer, which is represented by General Formula (G1) below, is provided over the organic semiconductor layer. In General Formula (G1), Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, X represents oxygen or sulfur, M represents a metal, n represents an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 5, and n is the same as the valence of the metal M. Note that when n is greater than or equal to 2, a plurality of Ars may be the same or different and Xs may be the same or different.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yui YOSHIYASU, Kyoko TAKEDA, Masatoshi TAKABATAKE, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Toshiki SASAKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tomoya AOYAMA
-
Publication number: 20250151512Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting units emitting light of different colors. The light-emitting unit has a microcavity structure and intensifies light with a specific wavelength. In the light-emitting units emitting light of different colors, reflective layers with different thicknesses are formed, an insulating layer is formed to cover the reflective layers, and then a top surface of the insulating layer is subjected to planarization treatment, whereby an insulating layer with different thicknesses is formed. After that, light-emitting elements emitting white light are formed over the planarized top surface of the insulating layer to overlap with the respective reflective layers, whereby the light-emitting units that intensify different colors due to different optical path lengths are separately formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI
-
Publication number: 20250133903Abstract: A display device capable of performing display at high luminance is provided. A first layer containing a first light-emitting material emitting blue light is formed into an island shape over a first pixel electrode, and then a second layer containing a second light-emitting material emitting light having a longer wavelength than blue light is formed into an island shape over a second pixel electrode. After that, an insulating layer overlapping with a region interposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode is formed, and a common electrode is formed to cover the first layer, the second layer, and the insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Ryota HODO, Daiki NAKAMURA, Tomoya AOYAMA
-
Publication number: 20250107319Abstract: A display device in which film separation is sufficiently inhibited is provided. The display device includes a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, a first light-emitting device positioned over the first insulating layer, a second light-emitting device positioned over the second insulating layer, and a third insulating layer including a region covering part of a side surface of the first light-emitting device, a region covering part of the bottom surface of the first insulating layer, a region covering part of the bottom surface of the second insulating layer, and a region covering part of a side surface of the second light-emitting device. The first light-emitting device has a tandem structure and the second light-emitting device has a single structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Hisao IKEDA, Daiki NAKAMURA
-
Patent number: 12262623Abstract: A display device that can easily have high resolution is provided. A display device having both high display quality and high resolution is provided. A display device with high contrast is provided. A first EL film is deposited in contact with a top surface and a side surface of each of a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode each having a tapered shape. A first sacrificial film is formed to cover the first EL film. The first sacrificial film and the first EL film are etched to expose the second pixel electrode and form a first EL layer over the first pixel electrode and a first sacrificial layer over the first EL layer, and then, the first sacrificial layer is removed. The first EL film and the second EL film are etched by dry etching. The first sacrificial layer is removed by wet etching.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Tomoya Aoyama, Kensuke Yoshizumi
-
Publication number: 20250098464Abstract: A display device which exhibits light with high color purity is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. An embodiment is a display device which includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, a common electrode, a first protective layer, and a semi-transmissive layer. The light-emitting layer includes a first region positioned over the first pixel electrode and a second region positioned over the second pixel electrode. The common electrode is positioned over the light-emitting layer. The first protective layer is positioned over the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer is positioned over the first protective layer. Reflectivity with respect to visible light of the semi-transmissive layer is higher than reflectivity with respect to visible light of the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer does not overlap with the first region and overlaps with the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI, Tomoya AOYAMA
-
Publication number: 20250081748Abstract: A highly reliable display device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Hisao IKEDA, Daiki NAKAMURA
-
Publication number: 20250072254Abstract: Display unevenness in a display panel is suppressed. A display panel with a high aperture ratio of a pixel is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, a third light-emitting layer, a first common layer, a second common layer, a common electrode, and an auxiliary wiring. The first common layer is positioned over the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The first common layer has a portion overlapping with the first light-emitting layer and a portion overlapping with the second light-emitting layer. The second common layer is positioned over the third pixel electrode. The second common layer has a portion overlapping with the third light-emitting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Shingo EGUCHI, Tomoya AOYAMA, Nozomu SUGISAWA, Junya MARUYAMA, Kazuhiko FUJITA, Masataka SATO, Susumu KAWASHIMA
-
Publication number: 20250072258Abstract: A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Akihiro CHIDA
-
Publication number: 20250056973Abstract: A method for fabricating a highly reliable display device is provided. A first conductive film is formed; a first film containing a first light-emitting substance is formed over the first conductive film; a first mask film is formed over the first film; the first conductive film, the first film, and the first mask film are processed such that their side surfaces are substantially aligned with each other to form a first conductive layer, a first layer, and a first mask layer; a second conductive film is formed over the first mask layer and a first sidewall insulating layer; a second film containing a second light-emitting substance is formed over the second conductive film; a second mask film is formed over the second film; and the second conductive film, the second film, and the second mask film are processed such that their side surfaces are substantially aligned with each other to form a second conductive layer, a second layer, and a second mask layer and to expose the top surface of the first mask layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Hisao IKEDA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Nozomu SUGISAWA, Yuichi YANAGISAWA
-
Patent number: 12225761Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting units emitting light of different colors. The light-emitting unit has a microcavity structure and intensifies light with a specific wavelength. In the light-emitting units emitting light of different colors, reflective layers with different thicknesses are formed, an insulating layer is formed to cover the reflective layers, and then a top surface of the insulating layer is subjected to planarization treatment, whereby an insulating layer with different thicknesses is formed. After that, light-emitting elements emitting white light are formed over the planarized top surface of the insulating layer to overlap with the respective reflective layers, whereby the light-emitting units that intensify different colors due to different optical path lengths are separately formed.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Tomoya Aoyama, Kensuke Yoshizumi
-
Publication number: 20250024722Abstract: A method for manufacturing a highly reliable display device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Hisao IKEDA, Tomoya AOYAMA, Nozomu SUGISAWA, Yuichi YANAGISAWA
-
Patent number: 12200998Abstract: Display unevenness in a display panel is suppressed. A display panel with a high aperture ratio of a pixel is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, a third light-emitting layer, a first common layer, a second common layer, a common electrode, and an auxiliary wiring. The first common layer is positioned over the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The first common layer has a portion overlapping with the first light-emitting layer and a portion overlapping with the second light-emitting layer. The second common layer is positioned over the third pixel electrode. The second common layer has a portion overlapping with the third light-emitting layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Shingo Eguchi, Tomoya Aoyama, Nozomu Sugisawa, Junya Maruyama, Kazuhiko Fujita, Masataka Sato, Susumu Kawashima
-
Publication number: 20240429352Abstract: A display device having high light-extraction efficiency is provided. A low-power display device is provided. In a red or green pixel included in the display device, a light-emitting element, an optically functional layer, and a wavelength-conversion layer are stacked in this order. The light-emitting element emits blue light, the optically functional layer transmits the blue light and reflects red and green light, and the wavelength-conversion layer converts the blue light into red or green light. The blue light emitted by the light-emitting element passes through the optically functional layer and enters the wavelength-conversion layer, and red or green light is emitted to the outside. The red or green light emitted from the wavelength-conversion layer to the optically functional layer side is reflected by the optically functional layer and emitted to the outside, which improves light-extraction efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya AOYAMA, Koji KUSUNOKI, Kensuke YOSHIZUMI
-
Patent number: 12167660Abstract: A display device which exhibits light with high color purity is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. An embodiment is a display device which includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, a common electrode, a first protective layer, and a semi-transmissive layer. The light-emitting layer includes a first region positioned over the first pixel electrode and a second region positioned over the second pixel electrode. The common electrode is positioned over the light-emitting layer. The first protective layer is positioned over the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer is positioned over the first protective layer. Reflectivity with respect to visible light of the semi-transmissive layer is higher than reflectivity with respect to visible light of the common electrode. The semi-transmissive layer does not overlap with the first region and overlaps with the second region.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Kensuke Yoshizumi, Tomoya Aoyama
-
Publication number: 20240407222Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. The display device includes first to third light-emitting devices, first and second coloring layers, and first and second insulation layers. The first light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, and a common electrode. The second light-emitting device includes a second pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer, and the common electrode. The third light-emitting device includes a third pixel electrode, a third light-emitting layer, and the common electrode. The first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer include the same light-emitting material. The wavelength of light emitted by the third light-emitting device is shorter than those of light emitted by the first and second light-emitting devices. The first coloring layer overlaps with the first light-emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Nozomu SUGISAWA, Tomoya AOYAMA
-
Publication number: 20240407202Abstract: A novel functional panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a first element, a first reflective film, and an insulating film. The first element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing a light-emitting material; the layer containing a light-emitting material includes a region interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; the first electrode has a light-transmitting property; and the first electrode has a first thickness. The first electrode is interposed between a region of the first reflective film and the layer containing a light-emitting material, and the first reflective film has a second thickness. The insulating film includes a first opening portion, and the first opening portion overlaps with the first electrode. The insulating film has a first step-like cross-sectional shape, and the first step-like cross-sectional shape surrounds the first opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Fumiyasu SEINO, Tomoya AOYAMA, Takahiro ISHISONE
-
Publication number: 20240391939Abstract: An increase in the voltage of an organic semiconductor device including a step of forming an aluminum oxide film over and in contact with an organic semiconductor layer is inhibited. A layer containing an organometallic compound for a mask for an organic semiconductor layer, which is represented by General Formula (G1) below, is provided between the organic semiconductor layer and the aluminum oxide film. In General Formula (G1), Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, X represents oxygen or sulfur, M represents a metal, n represents an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 5, and n is the same as the valence of the metal M. Note that when n is greater than or equal to 2, a plurality of Ars may be the same or different and Xs may be the same or different.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Kyoko TAKEDA, Masatoshi TAKABATAKE, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Yui YOSHIYASU, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Toshiki SASAKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tomoya AOYAMA
-
Patent number: 12156455Abstract: A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida
-
Publication number: 20240381678Abstract: A display apparatus including first and second light-emitting elements and a light-receiving element can capture an image with high sensitivity. In the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the light-receiving element, a first pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, and a common electrode; a second pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer, and the common electrode; and a third pixel electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and the common electrode are stacked in this order, respectively. A first insulating layer between the second light-emitting element and the light-receiving element and a second insulating layer between the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element each contain a positive photosensitive material having a high visible-light-transmitting property.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tomoya AOYAMA, Ryota HODO