Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Matsumoto

Hidetoshi Matsumoto 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: 10535897
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide the gelatinous, molten salt having a high ion-conductivity and an excellent heat resistance. The object of the present invention can be solved by the inorganic nanofibers having a functional group which inter-molecularly interacts with the molten salt on the surface thereof, and the molten salt composition comprising molten salt; or the method for increasing a viscosity of liquid molten salt characterized in that the inorganic nanofibers having a functional group which inter-molecularly interacts with the molten salt in the surface thereof is added to the liquid molten salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Takahiro Yuki, Yoichi Tominaga, Hajime Matsumoto, Keigo Kubota
  • Patent number: 10454434
    Abstract: A communication unit includes a first input terminal to which a first transmission signal based on a first communication standard is input, a second input terminal to which a second transmission signal based on a second communication standard is input, a first transmission signal amplifier circuit outputting a first amplified transmission signal, or outputting a second amplified transmission signal, a first input-output terminal outputting the first amplified transmission signal or the second amplified transmission signal, and at least one of a first reception signal and a second reception signal inputted to the first input-output terminal, a first reception signal amplifier circuit performing at least one of operation of outputting a first amplified reception signal and operation of outputting a second amplified reception signal, a first output terminal outputting the first amplified reception signal, and a second output terminal outputting the second amplified reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Kiichiro Takenaka, Masahiro Ito, Satoshi Tanaka, Takahiro Katamata
  • Publication number: 20190253086
    Abstract: A high-frequency-signal transceiver circuit transmits and receives a signal between first to sixth antenna terminals and terminals near a high-frequency circuit. The high-frequency-signal transceiver circuit includes first to sixth circuits connected to the corresponding first to sixth antenna terminals. One of the first to sixth circuits transmits and receives only a signal of time division multiplexing communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SATO, Hidetoshi MATSUMOTO, Kiichiro TAKENAKA, Masahiro ITO, Satoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190253096
    Abstract: First to fourth circuits are connected to corresponding first to fourth antenna terminals. The first to fourth circuits transmit and receive a signal of TDD and a signal of FDD. The first to fourth circuits transmit and receive a signal of MIMO. The third circuit receives a signal of a satellite positioning system. The lower limit of the frequency of the signal received by the third circuit and the fourth circuit is higher than the lower limit of the frequency of the signal received by the first circuit and the second circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SATO, Hidetoshi MATSUMOTO, Kiichiro TAKENAKA, Masahiro ITO, Satoshi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10348248
    Abstract: Improvement in linearity is achieved at low costs in a power amplifier module employing an envelope tracking system. The power amplifier module includes a first power amplifier circuit that amplifies a radio frequency signal and that outputs a first amplified signal, a second power amplifier circuit that amplifies the first amplified signal on the basis of a source voltage varying depending on amplitude of the radio frequency signal and that outputs a second amplified signal, and a matching circuit that includes first and second capacitors connected in series between the first and second power amplifier circuit and an inductor connected between a node between the first and second capacitors and a ground and that decreases a gain of the first power amplifier circuit as the source voltage of the second power amplifier circuit increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Takenaka, Masahiro Ito, Masakazu Hori, Mitsuo Ariie, Hayato Nakamura, Satoshi Arayashiki, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Sato, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190199298
    Abstract: A matching network is a matching network of a power amplifier circuit that outputs a signal obtained by a differential amplifier amplifying power of a high-frequency signal. The matching network includes an input-side winding connected between differential outputs of the differential amplifier; an output-side winding that is coupled to the input-side winding via an electromagnetic field and whose one end is connected to a reference potential; a first LC series resonant circuit including a capacitive element and an inductive element connected in series with each other, and being connected in parallel with the input-side winding; and a second LC series resonant circuit including a capacitive element and an inductive element connected in series with each other, and being connected in parallel with the output-side winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Kiichiro TAKENAKA, Masahiro ITO, Tsuyoshi SATO, Kozo SATO, Hidetoshi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190068129
    Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes a Doherty amplifier including a divider that divides a first signal into a second signal and a third signal, a carrier amplifier that amplifies the second signal and outputs a fourth signal, a peak amplifier that amplifies the third signal and outputs a fifth signal, a combiner that combines the fourth signal and the fifth signal and outputs an amplified signal of the first signal, a first bias circuit that supplies a first bias current or voltage to the carrier amplifier, and a second bias circuit that supplies a second bias current or voltage corresponding to a control signal to the peak amplifier; and a control circuit that supplies the control signal corresponding to a level of the second signal to the second bias circuit. The control circuit includes a detecting unit, an output unit, and a filter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Ito, Tsuyoshi Sato, Kiichiro Takenaka, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190058444
    Abstract: A power amplifier module includes an amplifier transistor and a bias circuit. A first power supply voltage based on a first operation mode or a second power supply voltage based on a second operation mode is supplied to the amplifier transistor. The amplifier transistor receives a first signal and outputs a second signal obtained by amplifying the first signal. The bias circuit supplies a bias current to the amplifier transistor. The bias circuit includes first and second resistors and first and second transistors. The first transistor is connected in series with the first resistor and is turned ON by a first bias control voltage which is supplied when the first operation mode is used. The second transistor is connected in series with the second resistor and is turned ON by a second bias control voltage which is supplied when the second operation mode is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Masao Kondo, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190028074
    Abstract: A communication unit includes a first input terminal to which a first transmission signal based on a first communication standard is input, a second input terminal to which a second transmission signal based on a second communication standard is input, a first transmission signal amplifier circuit outputting a first amplified transmission signal, or outputting a second amplified transmission signal, a first input-output terminal outputting the first amplified transmission signal or the second amplified transmission signal, and at least one of a first reception signal and a second reception signal inputted to the first input-output terminal, a first reception signal amplifier circuit performing at least one of operation of outputting a first amplified reception signal and operation of outputting a second amplified reception signal, a first output terminal outputting the first amplified reception signal, and a second output terminal outputting the second amplified reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Kiichiro Takenaka, Masahiro Ito, Satoshi Tanaka, Takahiro Katamata
  • Patent number: 10141890
    Abstract: A power amplifier module includes an amplifier transistor and a bias circuit. A first power supply voltage based on a first operation mode or a second power supply voltage based on a second operation mode is supplied to the amplifier transistor. The amplifier transistor receives a first signal and outputs a second signal obtained by amplifying the first signal. The bias circuit supplies a bias current to the amplifier transistor. The bias circuit includes first and second resistors and first and second transistors. The first transistor is connected in series with the first resistor and is turned ON by a first bias control voltage which is supplied when the first operation mode is used. The second transistor is connected in series with the second resistor and is turned ON by a second bias control voltage which is supplied when the second operation mode is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Kondo, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180337426
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide the gelatinous, molten salt having a high ion-conductivity and an excellent heat resistance. The object of the present invention can be solved by the inorganic nanofibers having a functional group which inter-molecularly interacts with the molten salt on the surface thereof, and the molten salt composition comprising molten salt; or the method for increasing a viscosity of liquid molten salt characterized in that the inorganic nanofibers having a functional group which inter-molecularly interacts with the molten salt in the surface thereof is added to the liquid molten salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hidetoshi MATSUMOTO, Takahiro YUKI, Yoichi TOMINAGA, Hajime MATSUMOTO, Keigo KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20180287565
    Abstract: Improvement in linearity is achieved at low costs in a power amplifier module employing an envelope tracking system. The power amplifier module includes a first power amplifier circuit that amplifies a radio frequency signal and that outputs a first amplified signal, a second power amplifier circuit that amplifies the first amplified signal on the basis of a source voltage varying depending on amplitude of the radio frequency signal and that outputs a second amplified signal, and a matching circuit that includes first and second capacitors connected in series between the first and second power amplifier circuit and an inductor connected between a node between the first and second capacitors and a ground and that decreases a gain of the first power amplifier circuit as the source voltage of the second power amplifier circuit increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kiichiro Takenaka, Masahiro Ito, Masakazu Hori, Mitsuo Ariie, Hayato Nakamura, Satoshi Arayashiki, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Sato, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10090806
    Abstract: The power amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier that amplifies a first signal and outputs a second signal, a second amplifier that amplifies the second signal and outputs a third signal, a power supply terminal that receives supply of a power supply voltage that varies as a function of an amplitude of the first signal, a first power supply line that supplies the power supply voltage from the power supply terminal to the first amplifier, a second power supply line that supplies the power supply voltage from the power supply terminal to the second amplifier, and a first delay circuit provided in the second power supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10020779
    Abstract: Improvement in linearity is achieved at low costs in a power amplifier module employing an envelope tracking system. The power amplifier module includes a first power amplifier circuit that amplifies a radio frequency signal and that outputs a first amplified signal, a second power amplifier circuit that amplifies the first amplified signal on the basis of a source voltage varying depending on amplitude of the radio frequency signal and that outputs a second amplified signal, and a matching circuit that includes first and second capacitors connected in series between the first and second power amplifier circuit and an inductor connected between a node between the first and second capacitors and a ground and that decreases a gain of the first power amplifier circuit as the source voltage of the second power amplifier circuit increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Takenaka, Masahiro Ito, Masakazu Hori, Mitsuo Ariie, Hayato Nakamura, Satoshi Arayashiki, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Sato, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180062578
    Abstract: The power amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier that amplifies a first signal and outputs a second signal, a second amplifier that amplifies the second signal and outputs a third signal, a power supply terminal that receives supply of a power supply voltage that varies as a function of an amplitude of the first signal, a first power supply line that supplies the power supply voltage from the power supply terminal to the first amplifier, a second power supply line that supplies the power supply voltage from the power supply terminal to the second amplifier, and a first delay circuit provided in the second power supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170309266
    Abstract: A sound absorbing body comprises a non-woven fabric or a non-woven fabric laminate, the non-woven fabric or the non-woven fabric laminate comprises a fiber that has an average fiber diameter of less than 3,000 nm, the non-woven fabric or the non-woven fabric laminate has a thickness of less than 10 mm, the non-woven fabric or the non-woven fabric laminate has a unit thickness flow resistance of greater than 4.0 E+06 Ns/m4 and less than 5.0 E+08 Ns/m4, and the non-woven fabric or the non-woven fabric laminate has a bulk density of greater than 70 kg/m3 and less than 750 kg/m3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: SHUICHI AKASAKA, HIDETOSHI MATSUMOTO, TAKAHISA KATO
  • Publication number: 20170310281
    Abstract: A power amplifier module includes an amplifier transistor and a bias circuit. A first power supply voltage based on a first operation mode or a second power supply voltage based on a second operation mode is supplied to the amplifier transistor. The amplifier transistor receives a first signal and outputs a second signal obtained by amplifying the first signal. The bias circuit supplies a bias current to the amplifier transistor. The bias circuit includes first and second resistors and first and second transistors. The first transistor is connected in series with the first resistor and is turned ON by a first bias control voltage which is supplied when the first operation mode is used. The second transistor is connected in series with the second resistor and is turned ON by a second bias control voltage which is supplied when the second operation mode is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Masao Kondo, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9735739
    Abstract: A power amplifier module includes an amplifier transistor and a bias circuit. A first power supply voltage based on a first operation mode or a second power supply voltage based on a second operation mode is supplied to the amplifier transistor. The amplifier transistor receives a first signal and outputs a second signal obtained by amplifying the first signal. The bias circuit supplies a bias current to the amplifier transistor. The bias circuit includes first and second resistors and first and second transistors. The first transistor is connected in series with the first resistor and is turned ON by a first bias control voltage which is supplied when the first operation mode is used. The second transistor is connected in series with the second resistor and is turned ON by a second bias control voltage which is supplied when the second operation mode is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Kondo, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9717144
    Abstract: There are provided a conductive nanowire network, a conductive board and transparent electrode utilizing it, and a method for producing the same. The conductive nanowire network of the invention has essentially unbroken, continuous conductive nanowires randomly formed into a network. In the method for producing a conductive nanowire network according to the invention, nanofibers are applied in a random network-like fashion onto a substrate covered with a conductive layer, the conductive layer regions that are not covered with the nanofibers are removed, and then the nanofibers are removed. The network structure (wire diameter and network density) are also controlled to obtain a transparent electrode exhibiting both transparency and conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Sakajiri, Keisuke Azuma, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Junji Watanabe, Masatoshi Tokita
  • Patent number: 9705451
    Abstract: An envelope tracking system is employed in a power amplification module that supports multiple frequency bands. The power amplification module includes multiple power amplification circuits, each of which includes: a first transformer to which a radio frequency signal is input; a differential amplification circuit, in which a first radio frequency signal output from transformer is input to a control electrode and in which a second radio frequency signal output from the transformer is input to a control electrode, the differential amplification circuit outputting an amplified signal obtained by amplifying a difference between the first and second radio frequency signals; and a second transformer for supplying, to the first differential amplification circuit, power-supply voltage varying according to the amplitude of the radio frequency signal and to which the first amplified signal is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiichiro Takenaka, Tsuyoshi Sato, Masahiro Ito, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Satoshi Tanaka