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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184923 | Image analysis method, image analysis program, pixel evaluation system having the image analysis method, and pixel evaluation system having the image analysis program In the case where a digital camera is used for evaluating a display quality of an image display panel, moire is generated due to a shift of a pixel pitch between a pixel of a panel and a pixel of a digital camera, and thus, a great influence is given as measurement ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183793 | Method for synthesizing anthracene derivative and anthracene derivative, light emitting element, light emitting device, electronic device It is an object to provide a novel method for synthesizing an anthracene derivative with the small number of steps. It is another object to provide a novel anthracene derivative. It is further another object to provide a light-emitting element, a light-emitting devi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183559 | Organic field effect transistor In an organic field effect transistor, including, on a substrate having an insulating surface, at least a gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed in contact with the gate electrode, an organic semiconductor film formed in contact with the gate insulating film,... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183102 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof To improve field effect mobility of an inverted-staggered TFT using amorphous silicon. In an inverted-staggered TFT, a thin amorphous semiconductor layer which is made to have n-type conductivity is formed between a gate insulating film and an amorphous semiconducto... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183099 | Method for manufacturing transistor A hydrogen barrier layer is selectively provided over an oxide semiconductor layer including hydrogen and hydrogen is selectively desorbed from a given region in the oxide semiconductor layer by conducting oxidation treatment, so that regions with different conducti... | 05/22/2012 |
| RE43401 | Semiconductor device A circuit with a large load driving capability, which is structured by single polarity TFTs, is provided. With a capacitor (154) formed between a gate electrode and an output electrode of a TFT (152), the electric potential of the gate electrode of the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179170 | Semiconductor device and electronic appliance using the same A semiconductor device with less power consumption and an electronic appliance using the same. The semiconductor device of the invention is supplied with a first potential from a high potential power source and a second potential from a low potential power source. U... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178958 | Semiconductor device having antenna and method for manufacturing thereof The present invention provides an antenna in that the adhesive intensity of a conductive body formed on a base film is increased, and a semiconductor device including the antenna. The invention further provides a semiconductor device with high reliability that is fo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178885 | Aromatic amine compound, and light emitting element, light emitting device, and electronic device using aromatic amine compound An object is to provide an aromatic amine compound with excellent heat resistance. Another object is to provide a light emitting element, a light emitting device, and an electronic device with excellent heat resistance. An aromatic amine compound represented by Gene... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178880 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same An active matrix display device having a pixel structure in which pixel electrodes, gate wirings and source wirings are suitably arranged in the pixel portions to realize a high numerical aperture without increasing the number of masks or the number of steps. The de... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178869 | Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same A light-emitting element is disclosed that can drive at a low driving voltage and that has a longer lifetime than the conventional light-emitting element, and a method is disclosed for manufacturing the light-emitting element. The disclosed light-emitting element in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178398 | Manufacturing method of display device To improve a deposition rate of a microcrystalline semiconductor layer by using a deposition method and to improve productivity of a display device including a TFT of a microcrystalline semiconductor, a reactive gas containing helium is supplied to a treatment chamb... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178217 | Triazole derivative, and light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic device with the use of triazole derivative It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel triazole derivative. Further, it is another object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element having high luminous efficiency with the use of the novel triazole derivative. Moreover, it is... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177137 | Sensor device having non-contact charge function and containers having the same A first base having a first antenna receiving electromagnetic waves and a second base having a sensor portion are separated. An antenna is provided over each of the first base and the second base such that the antennas are electromagnetically coupled. The first ante... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174021 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device An object is to provide a semiconductor device provided with a thin film transistor having excellent electric characteristics using an oxide semiconductor layer. An In—Sn—O-based oxide semiconductor layer including SiOX is used for a channel formation... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174006 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof and method for writing memory element An object is to provide a higher-performance and higher-reliability memory device and a semiconductor device provided with the memory device at low cost and with high yield. A semiconductor device of the invention has a memory element including an insulating layer a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173520 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a peeling method that causes no damage to a layer to be peeled and to allow not only a layer to be peeled with a small surface area but also a layer to be peeled with a large surface area to be peeled entirely. Fur... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173519 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a photocatalytic layer and an organic compound layer in contact with the photocatalytic layer over a substrate having a light transmitting property; forming an element forming layer over the substra... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173496 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A stack including at least an insulating layer, a first electrode, and a first impurity semiconductor layer is provided over a supporting substrate; a first semiconductor layer to which an impurity element imparting one conductivity type is added is formed over the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169588 | Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same A flexible and highly reliable liquid crystal display device which is not easily damaged even if subjected to external pressure is provided. A method for manufacturing, with high yield, a flexible and highly reliable liquid crystal display device which is not easily... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169192 | Wireless power storage device, semiconductor device including the wireless power storage device, and method for operating the same To simplify charging of a battery in a power storage device which includes the battery. Further, to provide a wireless power storage device which can transmit and receive information without the task of replacing a battery for drive power supply, which becomes neces... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169137 | Light source and device using electroluminescence element Deterioration of the whole electroluminescence layer which is caused by moisture penetration through the electroluminescence layer because of a pinhole in an electrode is prevented. A plurality of island-shaped electroluminescence layers is provided. That is, an ele... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168975 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A wiring line is electrically connected in parallel to an auxiliary wiring line via a plurality of contact holes. The contact holes are formed through an insulating film and arranged in vertical direction to the wiring line. Since the auxiliary wiring line is formed... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168523 | Manufacturing method of semiconductor device The invention provides a technique to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device and a display device at high yield. As an exposure mask, an exposure mask provided with a diffraction grating pattern or an auxiliary pattern formed of a semi-transmissive film ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168512 | Manufacturing method of semiconductor device To provide a thin semiconductor device having flexibility. A groove is formed in one surface of a substrate; an element layer including an element is formed, the element being disposed within the groove; the substrate is thinned from the other surface of the substra... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168510 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor layer and semiconductor device An object is that a region separated from a semiconductor substrate when a supporting substrate is larger than the semiconductor substrate does not easily move. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor layer includes the steps of: irradiating a plurality of semico... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168481 | Method of manufacturing SOI substrate The method of one embodiment of the present invention includes: a first step of irradiating a bond substrate with ions to form an embrittlement region in the bond substrate; a second step of bonding the bond substrate to a base substrate with an insulating layer the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168461 | Micro-electro-mechanical device and method of manufacturing the same The present invention improves mechanical strength of a micro-electro-mechanical device (MEMS) having a movable portion to improve reliability. In a micro-electro-mechanical device (MEMS) having a movable portion, a portion which has been a hollow portion in the cas... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164557 | Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same In the case of conducting an overdriving with a liquid crystal display device, the circuit for comparing the previous and present gray-scale data, the circuit for converting the gray-scale data upon the comparison result, and the like complicate the structure of the... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164548 | Signal line driver circuit and light emitting device and driving method therefor The variation of characteristics of transistors occurs. The present invention is a signal line drive circuit having a plurality of current source circuit corresponding to a plurality of wirings, a first and a second shift registers, a latch circuit, the foregoing pl... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164547 | Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic device A pixel includes a load, a transistor which controls a current supplied to the load, a storage capacitor, and first to fourth switches. By inputting a potential in accordance with a video signal into the pixel after the threshold voltage of the transistor is held in... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164099 | Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device with improved reliability and a manufacturing method of the same with improved yield. A display device according to the invention comprises a display area including a first electrode, an insulating layer covering an edge of the first electrode, a la... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164095 | Semiconductor device wherein a property of a first semiconductor layer is different from a property of a second semiconductor layer It is an object to provide a semiconductor device which has a large size and operates at high speed. A top gate transistor which includes a semiconductor layer of single-crystal and a bottom gate transistor which includes a semiconductor layer of amorphous silicon (... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163628 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor substrate A method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate is provided, which includes a step of forming a buffer layer over a first semiconductor substrate, a step of forming a damaged region in the first semiconductor substrate by irradiating the first semiconductor sub... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159478 | Display device and electronic device using the same According to the invention, a compact and inexpensive with low power consumption memory and low access speed can be used for a panel controller and a deterioration compensation circuit of a display device. In a display device of a digital gray scale method, a plural... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159449 | Display device having light-emitting element and liquid crystal element and method for driving the same It is an object to provide a display device in which a problem of light leakage from a liquid crystal element in black display is reduced or overcome and the contrast is improved. It is another object to provide a pixel circuit having a function to control a lightin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159267 | Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic device To provide a semiconductor device which operates stably with few malfunctions due to noise, with low power consumption, and little variation in characteristics; a display device including the semiconductor device; and an electronic device including the display devic... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159088 | Display device and portable terminal In order to increase the continuous operating time of a display device driven by a battery or the like, and a portable information terminal using the same, the volume and weight of the battery are increased. Thus, there arises a trade-off between the increased capac... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159043 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device such as an ID chip of the present invention includes an integrated circuit using a semiconductor element formed by using a thin semiconductor film, and an antenna connected to the integrated circuit. It is preferable that the antenna is formed... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158991 | Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device Light-emitting elements in which an increase of driving voltage can be suppressed are provided. Light-emitting devices whose power consumption is reduced by including such light-emitting elements are also provided. In a light-emitting element having an EL layer betw... | 04/17/2012 |
