Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Jinbo

Yasuhiro Jinbo 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: 20250151393
    Abstract: A display device in which a peripheral circuit portion has high operation stability is provided. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A first insulating layer is provided over a first surface of the first substrate. A second insulating layer is provided over a first surface of the second substrate. The first surface of the first substrate and the first surface of the second substrate face each other. An adhesive layer is provided between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. A protective film in contact with the first substrate, the first insulating layer, the adhesive layer, the second insulating layer, and the second substrate is formed in the vicinity of a peripheral portion of the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Takashi HAMADA, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Daisuke KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20250113480
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a high operation speed is provided. The semiconductor device includes a second oxide semiconductor; a second conductor; a third conductor; a first insulator over the second oxide semiconductor, the second conductor, and the third conductor; a second insulator and a fourth conductor in a first opening portion of the first insulator; and a third insulator and a fifth conductor in a second opening portion of the first insulator. The second oxide semiconductor is formed by removing a region covering the top surface of a columnar insulator from a first oxide semiconductor formed to cover the columnar insulator. The second conductor and the third conductor are formed by sequentially forming a first conductor and a first insulator over the second oxide semiconductor and removing a region overlapping with the second opening portion of the first insulator from the first conductor to expose the second oxide semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Toshihiko SAITO, Yasuhiro JINBO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20250103156
    Abstract: A novel functional panel, a novel device, or a novel data processor is provided. A structure in which a first plane, a second plane that is opposite the first plane, and a neutral plane between the first plane and the second plane are provided and a portion of a functional layer having a thickness greater than or equal to half of the thickness of the functional layer is in a region between the first plane and the neutral plane was conceived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yasuhiro JINBO, Akio ENDO
  • Publication number: 20250081539
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a small variation in transistor characteristics is provided. An oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film, an interlayer insulating film placed to cover the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode over the oxide semiconductor film are included; an opening is formed overlapping with a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode in the interlayer insulating film; the gate electrode is placed in the opening in the interlayer insulating film; and the source electrode and the drain electrode include a conductive film having compressive stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yasuhiro JINBO, Tomosato KANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20250081737
    Abstract: A highly reliable display device is provided. The display device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element adjacent to the first light-emitting element, a first insulating layer provided between the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, and a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer. The first light-emitting element includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer covering an upper surface and a side surface of the first conductive layer, a first EL layer covering an upper surface and a side surface of the second conductive layer, and a common electrode over the first EL layer. The second light-emitting element includes a third conductive layer, a fourth conductive layer covering an upper surface and a side surface of the third conductive layer, a second EL layer covering an upper surface and a side surface of the fourth conductive layer, and the common electrode over the second EL layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Ryota HODO, Yasuhiro JINBO, Yasunori SASAMURA, Hiromi SAWAI
  • Publication number: 20250072115
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3×2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Hisao IKEDA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Hiroyuki MIYAKE, Kohei YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Yoshitaka DOZEN, Takaaki NAGATA, Shinichi HIRASA
  • Patent number: 12230647
    Abstract: A display device in which a peripheral circuit portion has high operation stability is provided. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A first insulating layer is provided over a first surface of the first substrate. A second insulating layer is provided over a first surface of the second substrate. The first surface of the first substrate and the first surface of the second substrate face each other. An adhesive layer is provided between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. A protective film in contact with the first substrate, the first insulating layer, the adhesive layer, the second insulating layer, and the second substrate is formed in the vicinity of a peripheral portion of the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Takashi Hamada, Kohei Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Tetsuji Ishitani, Daisuke Kubota
  • Publication number: 20250046937
    Abstract: A safe charging environment with respect to a flexible battery capable of following the movement of a housing is provided. A flexible battery management system or an electronic device mounted with the flexible battery includes a sensor that senses a movement of the flexible battery and a charge control circuit having a function of starting charging or stopping charging of the flexible battery on the basis of a signal from the sensor; charging of the flexible battery is started using the charge control circuit when the sensor senses the flexible battery in a first mode where the flexible battery is opened and senses the flexible battery in a second mode where the flexible battery is curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yasuhiro JINBO, Yosuke TSUKAMOTO, Kazutaka KURIKI, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Shuhei YOSHITOMI, Takeshi OSADA
  • Publication number: 20250015298
    Abstract: A secondary battery that can inhibit degradation of an electrode is provided. A flexible secondary battery is provided. A flexible secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an exterior body surrounding the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided over the positive electrode current collector. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided over the negative electrode current collector. One or both of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector have rubber elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tetsuya KAKEHATA, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Kazutaka KURIKI, Masayuki KIMURA, Yasuhiro JINBO
  • Publication number: 20250015194
    Abstract: A transistor that can be miniaturized is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, first to fourth conductive layers, and first to fourth insulating layers. Over the first conductive layer including a depressed portion, the first insulating layer, the second conductive layer, the second insulating layer, and the third conductive layer which include a first opening portion overlapping with the depressed portion are provided in this order. The third insulating layer is in contact with at least the side surface of the second conductive layer in the first opening portion. The oxide semiconductor layer is in contact with the top surface of the third conductive layer and the bottom and side surfaces of the depressed portion, and is in contact with the third insulating layer in the first opening portion. The fourth insulating layer is on an inner side of the oxide semiconductor layer in the first opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tsutomu Murakawa, Fumito Isaka, Hitoshi Kunitake, Yasuhiro Jinbo
  • Publication number: 20250008741
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a transistor including a back gate, a capacitor including a pair of electrodes, and a first insulator that can have ferroelectricity between the back gate of the transistor and a semiconductor. The first insulator overlaps with the semiconductor with a second insulator therebetween. One of a source electrode and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode. The other of the source and the drain of the transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the pair of electrodes. The pair of electrodes are each in contact with the first insulator and include a region where the pair of electrodes overlap with each other with the first insulator therebetween. As the first insulator, a ferroelectric is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Takanori MATSUZAKI, Tatsuya ONUKI, Hitoshi KUNITAKE, Ryota HODO, Yasuhiro JINBO
  • Publication number: 20240429319
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yasuhiro JINBO, Jun ISHIKAWA, Sachiaki TEZUKA, Tetsuya KAKEHATA
  • Patent number: 12170291
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3×2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Kouhei Toyotaka, Hideaki Shishido, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kohei Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Yoshitaka Dozen, Takaaki Nagata, Shinichi Hirasa
  • Patent number: 12159941
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a small variation in transistor characteristics is provided. An oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film, an interlayer insulating film placed to cover the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode over the oxide semiconductor film are included; an opening is formed overlapping with a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode in the interlayer insulating film; the gate electrode is placed in the opening in the interlayer insulating film; and the source electrode and the drain electrode include a conductive film having compressive stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Tomosato Kanagawa
  • Publication number: 20240389393
    Abstract: A display device with high display quality is provided. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting devices each including a pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer, a functional layer, a common layer, and a common electrode in this order and includes an insulating layer positioned between side surfaces of the light-emitting layers adjacent to each other. The light-emitting layer and the functional layer each having an island shape are provided in each light-emitting device, and the plurality of light-emitting devices share the common layer. The common layer and the common electrode are provided to cover the insulating layer. In a cross-sectional view, an end portion of the insulating layer has a tapered shape with a taper angle greater than 0° and less than 90°. The plurality of light-emitting devices each contain a first light-emitting material emitting blue light and a second light-emitting material emitting light having a longer wavelength than blue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Shinya SASAGAWA, Ryota HODO, Kentaro SUGAYA, Yoshikazu HIURA, Takahiro FUJIE, Yasuhiro JINBO
  • Publication number: 20240379869
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, first to third conductive layers, and first to third insulating layers. The first conductive layer includes a first depressed portion. The first insulating layer over the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer over the first insulating layer include a first opening portion overlapping with the first depressed portion. The oxide semiconductor layer is in contact with a top surface of the second conductive layer, bottom and side surfaces of the first depressed portion, a side surface of the second conductive layer, and a side surface of the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned inside the oxide semiconductor layer in the first opening portion. The third insulating layer covers top and side surfaces of the oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer, and includes a second opening portion overlapping with the first opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motomu KURATA, Ryota HODO, Yasuhiro JINBO, Tsutomu MURAKAWA, Satoru SAITO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240379866
    Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a transistor. The transistor includes an oxide, a first conductor and a second conductor that are over the oxide, a first insulator over the first conductor and the second conductor, a second insulator in an opening included in the first insulator, a third insulator over the second insulator, a fourth insulator over the third insulator, and a third conductor over the fourth insulator. The opening includes a region overlapping with the oxide. The third conductor includes a region overlapping with the oxide with the second insulator, the third insulator, and the fourth insulator therebetween. The second insulator is in contact with a top surface of the oxide and a sidewall of the opening. The thickness of the second insulator is smaller than that of the third insulator. The fourth insulator is less permeable to oxygen than the third insulator is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hitoshi KUNITAKE, Ryota HODO, Yasuhiro JINBO, Motomu KURATA, Shinya SASAGAWA, Kunihiro FUKUSHIMA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240357750
    Abstract: A light-emitting device can be folded in such a manner that a flexible light-emitting panel is supported by a plurality of housings which are provided spaced from each other and the light-emitting panel is bent so that surfaces of adjacent housings are in contact with each other. Furthermore, in the light-emitting device, in which part or the whole of the housings have magnetism, the two adjacent housings can be fixed to each other by a magnetic force when the light-emitting device is used in a folded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Yasuhiro JINBO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20240334796
    Abstract: A highly reliable display device is provided. The display device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element adjacent to the first light-emitting element, a first insulating layer provided between the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, a light-blocking layer over the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer over the light-blocking layer. The first light-emitting element includes a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer over the first pixel electrode, and a common electrode over the first EL layer; and the second light-emitting element includes a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer over the second pixel electrode, and the common electrode over the second EL layer. The common electrode is placed over the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Ryota HODO, Yasuhiro JINBO, Chisato KATO
  • Patent number: 12094979
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Jinbo, Jun Ishikawa, Sachiaki Tezuka, Tetsuya Kakehata