Patents by Inventor Makoto Sakakura

Makoto Sakakura 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: 20040014449
    Abstract: A radio interference suppression circuit used in a radio circuit of performing duplex transmission, comprises a first directional coupler of receiving a transmission frequency signal and then bifurcating and outputting the signal; and a second directional coupler which acquires, through one input thereof, a signal outputted from a reception filter of an antenna multiplexer and containing a reception frequency signal and the leakage signal component of a transmission frequency signal, and acquires, through the other input thereof, the transmission frequency signal outputted from one output of the first directional coupler, and which combines and outputs these acquired signals; wherein the leakage signal component of the transmission frequency signal contained in the signal inputted through the one input of the second directional coupler and the transmission frequency signal inputted through the other input of the second directional coupler are adjusted to be substantially of equal amplitude and reversed phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Hisashi Adachi, Kaoru Ishida, Makoto Sakakura
  • Patent number: 6664882
    Abstract: A high-Q inductor for high frequency, having a plurality of inductor elements formed in a plurality of IC wiring layers with a connection formed therebetween. The directions of the magnetic fields generated by the respective inductor elements are substantially the same. With this construction, the section of the inductor is increased reducing the serial resistance component and an influence of a skin effect in a high-frequency range is eliminated increasing the Q value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiakira Andoh, Makoto Sakakura, Toshifumi Nakatani, Kouji Takinami, Yukio Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 6639471
    Abstract: To provide a power amplifier circuit with a smaller circuit scale and with good characteristics over a wide range of load impedance. A configuration includes: a DC/DC converter 2108 which delivers a supply voltage from a battery 2111 to a power amplifier 1302 according to control commands from a control circuit 2109; a directional coupler 2101 which outputs a signal from one terminal 2101a according to signal waves received by an antenna 1306 from a second matching circuit 105 and outputs a signal from another terminal 2101b according to reflected waves received from the antenna 1306; and detectors 2102 and 2103 or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Matsuura, Hisashi Adachi, Makoto Sakakura, Hiroyuki Handa, Toshio Obara
  • Publication number: 20030174026
    Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator 1, a variable frequency divider 2, a phase comparator 3, and a loop filter 4 form a Phase Locked Loop (PLL). A sigma-delta modulator 5 sigma-delta modulates data obtained by adding a fractional part M2 of the frequency division factor data with modulation data X by using an output signal of the variable frequency divider 2 as a clock. An output signal of the sigma-delta modulator 5 is added to an integral part M1 of the frequency division factor data, and the resultant data becomes effective frequency division factor data 13 of the variable frequency divider 2. An output signal of the sigma-delta modulator 5 also becomes control data 14 after passing through a D/A converter 6, a low-pass filter 7, and an amplitude adjustment circuit 8. The control data 14 is inputted into a frequency modulation terminal of the voltage controlled oscillator 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Hisashi Adachi, Makoto Sakakura
  • Publication number: 20030169110
    Abstract: An amplitude frequency characteristic adjustment circuit 106 is provided downstream of and connected to a distortion generation circuit 105. An amplitude difference between low-frequency-side and high-frequency-side distortion voltages is adjusted by the amplitude frequency characteristic adjustment circuit 106, and then their amplitudes and phases are adjusted by a vector adjustment circuit 107. This configuration makes it possible to suppress simultaneously both of low-frequency-side and high-frequency-side distortion voltages of a distortion generated by a wide-band class-AB power amplifier even if they are different in amplitude and phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Toru Matsuura, Kaoru Ishida, Makoto Sakakura, Seiji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20030133517
    Abstract: In a signal generating circuit SG1, a 90-degree divider 3 generates, from a local oscillation signal SLO supplied through an input terminal 1, an intermediate reference phase signal ISREF and an intermediate quadrature signal ISQR orthogonal in phase to the intermediate reference phase signal ISREF for output to mixers 6 and 7, respectively. A shifter 4 shifts the phase of the local oscillation signal supplied through an input terminal 2 by a predetermined amount to generate a shift signal SSFT for output through a divider 5 to the mixers 6 and 7. The mixer 6 mixes the input intermediate reference phase signal ISREF and the input shift signal SSFT to generate a reference phase signal SREF. The mixer 7 mixes intermediate quadrature signal ISQR and the input shift signal SSFT to generate a quadrature signal SQR. With this, it is possible to provide a signal generator capable of generating highly-accurate, high-frequency reference phase signals and quadrature signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Koji Takinami, Hisashi Adachi, Makoto Sakakura
  • Patent number: 6590449
    Abstract: An amplitude frequency characteristic adjustment circuit 106 is provided downstream of and connected to a distortion generation circuit 105. An amplitude difference between low-frequency-side and high-frequency-side distortion voltages is adjusted by the amplitude frequency characteristic adjustment circuit 106, and then their amplitudes and phases are adjusted by a vector adjustment circuit 107. This configuration makes it possible to suppress simultaneously both of low-frequency-side and high-frequency-side distortion voltages of a distortion generated by a wide-band class-AB power amplifier even if they are different in amplitude and phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Matsuura, Kaoru Ishida, Makoto Sakakura, Seiji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20030119455
    Abstract: A transmitting/receiving switch, in which a transmission terminal connected to a transmission circuit is connected to an antenna terminal through a first switching element, a filter for attenuating harmonic contents in a transmission signal, a phase-shift circuit for significantly increasing an impedance from a node toward said transmission terminal in a reception frequency band by phase-adjusting the amount of phase shift by performing phase adjustment according to the amount of the phase shift generated by said filter. Furthermore, the antenna terminal connected to an antenna ANT is connected to a reception terminal through the node and a second switching element, and the reception terminal is connected to a reception circuit Rx.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: HIROYUKI NAKAMURA, MAKOTO SAKAKURA, TOSHIO ISHIZAKI, JYUNICHI YOSHIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20020186757
    Abstract: An antenna duplexer has an antenna terminal;
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toshio Ishizaki, Hisashi Adachi, Makoto Sakakura, Hiroaki Kosugi, Hiroyuki Itokawa, Toshiaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20020175764
    Abstract: To provide a power amplifier circuit with a smaller circuit scale and with good characteristics over a wide range of load impedance. A configuration includes: a DC/DC converter 2108 which delivers a supply voltage from a battery 2111 to a power amplifier 1302 according to control commands from a control circuit 2109; a directional coupler 2101 which outputs a signal from one terminal 2101a according to signal waves received by an antenna 1306 from a second matching circuit 105 and outputs a signal from another terminal 2101b according to reflected waves received from the antenna 1306; and detectors 2102 and 2103 or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Toru Matsuura, Hisashi Adachi, Makoto Sakakura, Hiroyuki Handa, Toshio Obara
  • Patent number: 6459915
    Abstract: A portable celullar phone apparatus includes a portable cellular phone and an external adapter for a portable cellular phone. It is possible to suppress an increase in output power of a portable cellular phone transmit amplifier due to a loss at a transmit switch associated with use of an external transmitting antenna by coupling a first output of the transmit switch to a portable cellular phone transmit amplifier and coupling a second output of the transmit switch to an input of a transmit amplifier part of a portable cellular phone external adapter. Deterioration of a NF of a receiving system due to a loss at a receive switch when using an external receiving antenna may be reduced by coupling a first input of a receive switch to a portable cellular phone receive amplifier and coupling a second input of the receive switch to an output of a receive amplifier part of the portable cellular phone external adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Makoto Sakakura, Takaaki Maegawa, Hiroaki Kosugi, Kenichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6456172
    Abstract: A multilayered ceramic RF device having at least one radio frequency filter includes a low temperature-cofired multilayered ceramic body having a plurality of ceramic layers laminated one upon another and fired together. The low temperature-cofired multilayered ceramic body also has a first electrode pattern formed therein and a second electrode pattern formed thereon. The first and second electrode patterns are electrically connected to one another through a via hole. A bare semiconductor chip is mounted on the low temperature-cofired multilayered ceramic body with a face down bonding, and the bare semiconductor chip is coated with a sealing resin. The at least one radio frequency filter is a multilayered filter formed in the low temperature-cofired multilayered ceramic body, and the multilayered filter includes a part of the first and second electrode patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kagata, Makoto Sakakura
  • Publication number: 20020067236
    Abstract: A high-Q inductor for high frequency, having a plurality of inductor elements formed in a plurality of IC wiring layers with a connection formed therebetween. The directions of the magnetic fields generated by the respective inductor elements are substantially the same. With this construction, the section of the inductor is increased reducing the serial resistance component and an influence of a skin effect in a high-frequency range is eliminated increasing the Q value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Toshiakira Andoh, Makoto Sakakura, Toshifumi Nakatani, Kouji Takinami, Yukio Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20010051537
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable celullar phone and an external adapter for a portable celullar phone, with which it is possible to suppress an increase in an output power of a portable celullar phone transmit amplifier due to a loss at a transmit switch associated with use of an external transmitting antenna, and to reduce a deterioration of an NF of a receiving system due to a loss at a receive switch associated with use of an external receiving antenna. A transmit switch 109, which is disposed before a portable celullar phone transmit amplifier 103 which is disposed in a portable celullar phone 101, is connected to an input of a transmit amplifier part 115 of a portable celullar phone external adapter 112, while a receive switch 110 which is disposed after a portable celullar phone receive amplifier 108 is connected to an output of a receive amplifier part 118 of the portable celullar phone external adapter 112.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: HIROYUKI NAKAMURA, MAKOTO SAKAKURA, TAKAAKI MAEGAWA, HIROAKI KOSUGI, KENICHI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20010048346
    Abstract: An amplitude frequency characteristic adjustment circuit 106 is provided downstream of and connected to a distortion generation circuit 105. An amplitude difference between low-frequency-side and high-frequency-side distortion voltages is adjusted by the amplitude frequency characteristic adjustment circuit 106, and then their amplitudes and phases are adjusted by a vector adjustment circuit 107. This configuration makes it possible to suppress simultaneously both of low-frequency-side and high-frequency-side distortion voltages of a distortion generated by a wide-band class-AB power amplifier even if they are different in amplitude and phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Toru Matsuura, Kaoru Ishida, Makoto Sakakura, Seiji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20010013809
    Abstract: A predistortion circuit has
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Seiji Fujiwara, Toru Matsuura, Kaoru Ishida, Makoto Sakakura
  • Patent number: 6269253
    Abstract: A multi-mode wireless system having a modulator (11) for modulating two system signals (low frequency signals for the GSM system and high frequency signals for the DCS1800 system), a first local oscillator (14) for oscillating a signal of a predetermined frequency, a n-divider (15) for dividing a signal from the first local oscillator by a factor of n, a high frequency mixer (13) for converting a signal to a high frequency side output (17) according to a signal output from the first local oscillator (14) and a signal output from the modulator (11), and a low frequency mixer (12) for outputting a signal to a low frequency mixer (16) according to an n-divided signal and a signal from the modulator (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Maegawa, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Makoto Sakakura, Hiroaki Kosugi, Junichi Takada
  • Patent number: 6169461
    Abstract: A high-frequency oscillating circuit that is not degraded by external electromagnetic interference. The high-frequency oscillating circuit includes first and second oscillating transistors wherein the bases are connected together directly or via a capacitor having a sufficiently low impedance at an oscillating frequency, and wherein a differential signal output is obtained between the emitters of the first and second oscillating transistors. Also provided is a resonating circuit formed in a module and a separate negative-resistance-generating circuit formed on an integrated circuit for achieving an oscillator that has a high Q factor and a high C/N ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Andoh, Makoto Sakakura, Takeshi Miura, Hiroaki Kosugi, Kaoru Ishida
  • Patent number: 6166613
    Abstract: A voltage-controlled resonator is fabricated by laminating, one on top of the other, a first dielectric which has a resonant circuit and on the upper surface of which a variable-capacitance element is mounted, and a second dielectric which has a through-hole formed in a position thereof corresponding to the position of the variable-capacitance element and which has a dual function of shielding and resonant frequency tuning. With this structure, the height of the resonator can be further reduced compared with the prior art while retaining the shielding effect, and moreover, further precise resonant frequency tuning can be accomplished as compared with the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Koichi Ogawa, Toshio Ishizaki, Makoto Sakakura, Toshiaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6072376
    Abstract: A filter with a low-noise amplifier includes: two amplification circuits, a first 3-dB hybrid circuit which is connected to an input side of the amplification circuits, a second 3-dB hybrid circuit which is connected to an output side of the amplification circuits, and a filter which is connected to one input terminal of the first 3-dB hybrid circuit. The other input terminal of the first 3-dB hybrid circuit is subjected to matched termination. A signal is inputted to an input terminal of the filter and is outputted from one output terminal of the second 3-dB hybrid circuit and the other output terminal of the second 3-dB hybrid circuit is subjected to matched termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Matsuyoshi, Minoru Tachibana, Junichi Yoshizumi, Makoto Sakakura, Toshio Ishizaki, Tomoki Uwano, Toshiaki Nakamura