Patents by Inventor Toshimasa Ishigaki

Toshimasa Ishigaki 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).

  • Patent number: 8673545
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels has an insulator wall structure at a boundary of the pixels, and a wall electrode is provided at least at a side of the wall structure, the wall structure being formed by: using a chemically amplified resist as a material of the wall structure, a step of applying the chemically amplified resist; a step of exposing and developing the chemically amplified resist; a step of irradiating light on an entire surface to perform post exposure; a step of pre-calcinating the chemically amplified resist at a temperature lower than a main calcination temperature; and a step of performing main calcination at a temperature higher than a pre-calcination temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display East Inc.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Daisuke Sonoda, Masanao Yamamoto, Osamu Itou, Takato Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 8652766
    Abstract: An organic passivation film having a high transmittance and capable of setting a taper angle of a through hole within a predetermined range in a liquid crystal display device. A pixel electrode and a source electrode of a TFT are connected by way of a through hole formed in an organic passivation film. The organic passivation film having high productivity, high transmittance, and a predetermined taper angle ? of a through hole can be formed by using a chemical amplification photosensitive resin composition comprising, as a base material, an acrylic resin having a molecular weight of 4,000 to 20,000 and containing 1 to 6 wt % of a photoacid generator as the material for the organic passivation film, performing exposure and development for forming a through hole, and then performing post exposure, prebaking, and baking under appropriate conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Fumio Takahashi, Toshiki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20140036209
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device having wall structures, the generation of low-temperature shock bubbles is suppressed. Also, electrodes and the like within substrates are prevented from being damaged during manufacturing. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wall structures that are formed on the first substrate, pixel electrodes that are disposed on at least side wall of the wall structures, a common electrode that is formed on the first substrate, and a plurality of pixels including the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, in which higher portions are partially disposed on a surface of the second substrate, and the higher portions come into contact with the wall structures to bring the first substrate into contact with the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takato HIRATSUKA, Osamu ITOU, Miharu OTANI, Toshimasa ISHIGAKI, Daisuke SONODA
  • Publication number: 20130299830
    Abstract: In order to improve the transmissivity of each pixel and the brightness of a high-definition screen, a TFT and a projection are disposed in each pixel, a source electrode of the TFT extends so as to cover the projection, an inorganic passivation film is formed over the TFT and the projection, an organic passivation film is formed on the inorganic passivation film on the TFT, an opposed electrode is formed on the organic passivation film, an upper insulation film is formed over the opposed electrode, a pixel electrode is formed on the upper insulation film, and the pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode through a connection hole formed in the inorganic passivation film and the upper insulation film on the projection. Accordingly, the diameter of a through-hole can be made smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Japan Display East Inc.
    Inventors: Toshimasa ISHIGAKI, Fumio TAKAHASHI, Hideki KURIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130280661
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels has an insulator wall structure at a boundary of the pixels, and a wall electrode is provided at least at a side of the wall structure, the wall structure being formed by: using a chemically amplified resist as a material of the wall structure, a step of applying the chemically amplified resist; a step of exposing and developing the chemically amplified resist; a step of irradiating light on an entire surface to perform post exposure; a step of pre-calcinating the chemically amplified resist at a temperature lower than a main calcination temperature; and a step of performing main calcination at a temperature higher than a pre-calcination temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
    Inventors: Toshimasa ISHIGAKI, Daisuke SONODA, Masanao YAMAMOTO, Osamu ITOU, Takato HIRATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20130250199
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including: plural pixels disposed in a matrix shape, each pixel having insulating wall-shaped structures at the boundaries of the pixels and a small wall-shaped structure between the wall-shaped structures; wall electrodes, each having wall-shaped electrodes formed on the side faces of the wall-shaped structures, and planar electrodes that are connected to the wall-shaped electrodes and extend in the planar direction; electrodes, each having a TFT-side electrode covering the small wall-shaped structure and a storage capacitor electrode that is connected to the TFT-side electrode and extends in the planar direction of the substrate; and interlayer insulating films formed between the storage capacitor electrodes and the planar electrodes. And the interlayer insulating films of inorganic films are not formed on the upper and side faces and at the base portions of the wall-shaped structures at the boundaries of the pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
    Inventors: Takato HIRATSUKA, Osamu ITOU, Masanao YAMAMOTO, Daisuke SONODA, Toshimasa ISHIGAKI
  • Patent number: 8325299
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for a liquid crystal display device, wherein the liquid crystal display device comprises first and second color filters provided on the liquid crystal side of one of a pair of substrates which are positioned so as to face each other and sandwich liquid crystal in between so as to be adjacent to each other, and a first side portion of the first color filter on the second color filter side overlaps with a second side portion of the second color filter on the first color filter side, characterized in that the border between the light blocking region and the non-light blocking region in a photomask for forming the first color filter, which corresponds to the first side portion, has a zigzag pattern with repeating mountains and valleys along this border, and the border between the light blocking region and the non-light blocking region in a photomask for forming the second color filter, which corresponds to the second side portion, has a zigzag pattern with rep
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Yasukazu Kimura, Jun Fujiyoshi
  • Patent number: 8274642
    Abstract: A maskless exposure method of drawing a circuit pattern includes: moving a substrate with respect to a projection optical system; scanning, by the projection optical system, the substrate in a first direction; shifting a scanning region in a second direction; scanning the substrate in the first direction so that an overlapping part is formed. A plurality of marks different from the circuit pattern are exposed in a vicinity of the overlapping part. The plurality of marks are a set of marks at least including two marks disposed on one side of the overlapping part and two marks disposed on another side of the overlapping part. Deviations between the pair of the scanning regions, an inclination of exposing light, and a yawing angle of a stage are analyzed by measuring deviations of distances among the plurality of marks. Calibration data are obtained from a result of the analyzing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Matsuura, Seiji Ishikawa, Tadamichi Wachi, Toshimasa Ishigaki
  • Publication number: 20120082941
    Abstract: An organic passivation film having a high transmittance and capable of setting a taper angle of a through hole within a predetermined range in a liquid crystal display device. A pixel electrode and a source electrode of a TFT are connected by way of a through hole formed in an organic passivation film. The organic passivation film having high productivity, high transmittance, and a predetermined taper angle ? of a through hole can be formed by using a chemical amplification photosensitive resin composition comprising, as a base material, an acrylic resin having a molecular weight of 4,000 to 20,000 and containing 1 to 6 wt % of a photoacid generator as the material for the organic passivation film, performing exposure and development for forming a through hole, and then performing post exposure, prebaking, and baking under appropriate conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Fumio Takahashi, Toshiki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20110058133
    Abstract: In an IPS-type liquid crystal display device, peeling-off between a common electrode formed in a matted manner in plane and an interlayer insulation film is prevented. The common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film in a matted manner in plane, the interlayer insulation film is formed on the common electrode, and a comb-teeth-shaped pixel electrode is formed on the interlayer insulation film. The pixel electrode is connected with a source electrode via a through hole formed in the organic passivation film and an inorganic passivation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Toshimasa ISHIGAKI, Fumio TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20100259709
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for a liquid crystal display device, wherein the liquid crystal display device comprises first and second color filters provided on the liquid crystal side of one of a pair of substrates which are positioned so as to face each other and sandwich liquid crystal in between so as to be adjacent to each other, and a first side portion of the first color filter on the second color filter side overlaps with a second side portion of the second color filter on the first color filter side, characterized in that the border between the light blocking region and the non-light blocking region in a photomask for forming the first color filter, which corresponds to the first side portion, has a zigzag pattern with repeating mountains and valleys along this border, and the border between the light blocking region and the non-light blocking region in a photomask for forming the second color filter, which corresponds to the second side portion, has a zigzag pattern with rep
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Toshimasa ISHIGAKI, Yasukazu KIMURA, Jun FUJIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 7709163
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates a control of a temperature of white color and color tones of respective colors of a color liquid crystal display device. To achieve such an aim, a display device of the present invention includes a display panel which arranges a plurality of color filters which differ in color for each pixel, and at least the color filter of one color is formed of a plurality of filter layers stacked on a transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Fumio Takahashi, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi
  • Patent number: 7692744
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective liquid crystal display device which includes diffusion reflective electrodes suitable for a display of high definition. Into an organic resin film material PET which is formed by mixing NQD as a photosensitive agent in an acrylic resin having a specific gravity of 1.05 and a refractive index of 1.50, spherical particles PTC made of acrylic modified polystyrene which has a specific gravity of 1.00, a refractive index of 1.50 and a particle size of 1.6 ?m are mixed at a rate of 3:1 so as to form an organic insulation film material in which a total solid content is adjusted to 30% and viscosity is adjusted 20 mPa·s. The organic insulation film material is applied and is dried to form an organic insulation film. A portion of the organic insulation film which is to be arranged below a diffusion reflective electrode is exposed using an exposure mask having half exposure apertures which are formed of a large number of slits and the organic insulation film is hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Masahiro Nishizawa, Fumio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090262319
    Abstract: A maskless exposure method of drawing a circuit pattern includes: moving a substrate with respect to a projection optical system; scanning, by the projection optical system, the substrate in a first direction; shifting a scanning region in a second direction; scanning the substrate in the first direction so that an overlapping part is formed. A plurality of marks different from the circuit pattern are exposed in a vicinity of the overlapping part. The plurality of marks are a set of marks at least including two marks disposed on one side of the overlapping part and two marks disposed on another side of the overlapping part. Deviations between the pair of the scanning regions, an inclination of exposing light, and a yawing angle of a stage are analyzed by measuring deviations of distances among the plurality of marks. Calibration data are obtained from a result of the analyzing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Matsuura, Seiji Ishikawa, Tadamichi Wachi, Toshimasa Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 7460189
    Abstract: The present invention realizes the two-layered resist structure for obtaining a half exposure pattern of high sensitivity and high accuracy and a manufacturing method of a display device which includes thin film transistors which are formed using the two-layered resist. The resist is constituted of five layers, that is, a base film, a cushion layer, an upper-layer resist, a lower-layer resist and a cover film. Thicknesses of these structural members are set such that base film has a thickness of 50 to 100 ?m, the cushion layer has a thickness of 10 to 30 ?m, the upper-layer resist has a thickness of 0.5 to 1.0 ?m, the lower-layer resist has a thickness of 0.5 to 1.0 ?m, and the cover film has a thickness of 10 to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Masahiro Nishizawa, Fumio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080088776
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective liquid crystal display device which includes diffusion reflective electrodes suitable for a display of high definition. Into an organic resin film material PET which is formed by mixing NQD as a photosensitive agent in an acrylic resin having a specific gravity of 1.05 and a refractive index of 1.50, spherical particles PTC made of acrylic modified polystyrene which has a specific gravity of 1.00, a refractive index of 1.50 and a particle size of 1.6 ?m are mixed at a rate of 3:1 so as to form an organic insulation film material in which a total solid content is adjusted to 30% and viscosity is adjusted 20 mPa·s. The organic insulation film material is applied and is dried to form an organic insulation film. A portion of the organic insulation film which is to be arranged below a diffusion reflective electrode is exposed using an exposure mask having half exposure apertures which are formed of a large number of slits and the organic insulation film is hardened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Masahiro Nishizawa, Fumio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070046868
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates a control of a temperature of white color and color tones of respective colors of a color liquid crystal display device. To achieve such an aim, a display device of the present invention includes a display panel which arranges a plurality of color filters which differ in color for each pixel, and at least the color filter of one color is formed of a plurality of filter layers stacked on a transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Fumio Takahashi, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi
  • Publication number: 20070008442
    Abstract: The present invention realizes the two-layered resist structure for obtaining a half exposure pattern of high sensitivity and high accuracy and a manufacturing method of a display device which includes thin film transistors which are formed using the two-layered resist. The resist is constituted of five layers, that is, a base film, a cushion layer, an upper-layer resist, a lower-layer resist and a cover film. Thicknesses of these structural members are set such that base film has a thickness of 50 to 100 ?m, the cushion layer has a thickness of 10 to 30 ?m, the upper-layer resist has a thickness of 0.5 to 1.0 ?m, the lower-layer resist has a thickness of 0.5 to 1.0 ?m, and the cover film has a thickness of 10 to 30 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Masahiro Nishizawa, Fumio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6424086
    Abstract: A color cathode-ray tube providing a nonglare effect which can be regenerated without degradation of its nonglare function and which can be inexpensively formed. A light scattering film composed of metal containing compound micro-particles having a high index of refraction and a particle size of 0.1 &mgr;m to 2 &mgr;m is formed in contact with the internal surface of a faceplate of the color cathode-ray tube, and a black matrix having a multiplicity of holes is formed on the light scattering film. A red phosphor layer, a green phosphor layer and a blue phosphor-layer are formed in the holes of the black matrix on the light scattering film in such a manner that the phosphor layers of red, green and blue are disposed cyclically in that order. External light incident on the faceplate is partly reflected by the external surface of the faceplate, and the remainder of the external light passes through the faceplate and is made incident on the light scattering film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Odaka, Masahiro Nishizawa, Toshimasa Ishigaki
  • Publication number: 20010040428
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube and a method of manufacturing the cathode ray tube, wherein a black matrix layer and at least one phosphor layer is formed on inner surface of panel portion, a filming liquid containing an acrylic emulsion having methyl methacrylate as a major component is applied on the at least one phosphor layer, the filming liquid is dried to make an organic film resin on the at least one phosphor layer, a metal is metal deposited on the organic film, and the portion is baked to remove the organic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ishigaki, Masahiro Nishizawa, Fumio Takahashi, Tetsuo Suzuki