Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Tomikawa

Mitsuhiro Tomikawa 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: 20230138154
    Abstract: An electronic component includes conductor layers and insulating resin layers which are alternately stacked on a substrate. One of the insulating resin layers positioned in the lowermost layer is smaller in thickness than the insulating resin layers, and the insulating resin layers are smaller in thermal expansion coefficient than the one of the insulating resin layers. Thus, an element that requires high processing accuracy, such as a capacitor, can be embedded in the insulating resin layer positioned in the lowermost layer and having a small thickness, and an element that requires a sufficient conductor thickness, such as an inductor, can be embedded in the insulating resin layers having a large thickness. In addition, since the insulating resin layers each have a small thermal expansion coefficient, the occurrence of warpage and peeling can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Takeshi OOHASHI, Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Futa GAKIYA, Akiyasu IIOKA, Kouichi TSUNODA, Kenichi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230060995
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic component that includes an element body having a structure in which a plurality of conductor layers are stacked in a first direction on a surface of a substrate with insulating layers interposed therebetween, and a plurality of terminal electrodes provided on a mounting surface of the element body. The mounting surface extends in the first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The element body includes an inductor constituted by the plurality of conductor layers and has a coil axis extending in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Takeshi OOHASHI, Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Koichi TSUNODA
  • Patent number: 11581148
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a thin film capacitor that includes a lower electrode layer, an upper electrode layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer. The lower electrode layer includes a first metal layer positioned on a side facing the dielectric layer and a second metal layer positioned on a side facing away from the dielectric layer. The first metal layer has a first surface positioned on a side facing the second metal layer and a second surface positioned on a side facing the dielectric layer. The first surface has a surface roughness higher than that of the second surface. The second metal layer reflects a surface property of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Hiraoka, Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Hitoshi Saita
  • Patent number: 11367626
    Abstract: A first insulating layer, a conductor layer included on a first main surface, an electronic component included on the first main surface and a second insulating layer stacked on the first insulating layer are included, a stacking direction of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer is the same as a stacking direction of a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and the dielectric layer in the electronic component, and a height position of a main surface of the electronic component on an opposite side from a side of the first main surface is different from a height position of a main surface of the conductor layer adjacent to the electronic component on an opposite side from a side of the first main surface in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Koichi Tsunoda, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11335614
    Abstract: In an electric component embedded structure, a first electrode terminal provided on a first main surface includes an intra-area terminal, and the intra-area terminal is electrically connected to an overlap portion of an overlap wiring in a formation area of an electric component. Accordingly, a decrease in mounting area of the electric component embedded structure is achieved. The intra-area terminal can be electrically connected to a second electrode terminal provided on a second main surface via a first via-conductor, the overlap wiring, and a second via-conductor. The intra-area terminal is connected to a wiring (an overlap wiring) of a first insulating layer without additionally providing a rewiring layer causing an increase in thickness, and the increase in thickness is curbed, whereby a decrease in size of the electric component embedded structure is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Morita, Kenichi Yoshida, Mitsuhiro Tomikawa
  • Patent number: 11276531
    Abstract: A thin-film capacitor includes an insulating base member, and a capacitance portion that is laminated on the insulating base member has a plurality of internal electrode layers which are laminated on the insulating base member and are provided in a lamination direction and dielectric layers which are sandwiched between the internal electrode layers. A relative dielectric constant of the dielectric layers is 100 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tsunoda, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11114249
    Abstract: In a thin-film capacitor, an electrode terminal layer and an electrode layer of a capacitor portion are connected to electrode terminals by via conductors that is formed to penetrate an insulating layer in a thickness direction thereof, and a short circuit wiring in the thickness direction is realized by the via conductors. In the thin-film capacitor, an increase in the number of terminals in the plurality of electrode terminals is achieved, a decrease in length of a circuit wiring is achieved, and thus a thin-film capacitor with low-ESL has been achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tsunoda, Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210257164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a thin film capacitor that includes a lower electrode layer, an upper electrode layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer. The lower electrode layer includes a first metal layer positioned on a side facing the dielectric layer and a second metal layer positioned on a side facing away from the dielectric layer. The first metal layer has a first surface positioned on a side facing the second metal layer and a second surface positioned on a side facing the dielectric layer. The first surface has a surface roughness higher than that of the second surface. The second metal layer reflects a surface property of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro HIRAOKA, Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Hitoshi SAITA
  • Patent number: 10950389
    Abstract: A thin-film capacitor satisfies a relationship of CTE1>CTE2>CTE3 regarding a linear expansion coefficient CTE1 of a base, a linear expansion coefficient CTE2 of a capacitance unit, and a linear expansion coefficient CTE3 of a barrier layer. The inventors have newly found that in a case in which such a relationship is satisfied, when a temperature falls from a deposition temperature, cracking occurring in the capacitance unit of the thin-film capacitor is prevented, and cracking occurring in the barrier layer is also prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Ishii, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Koichi Tsunoda, Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Junki Nakamoto, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210057296
    Abstract: In an electric component embedded structure, a first electrode terminal provided on a first main surface includes an intra-area terminal, and the intra-area terminal is electrically connected to an overlap portion of an overlap wiring in a formation area of an electric component. Accordingly, a decrease in mounting area of the electric component embedded structure is achieved. The intra-area terminal can be electrically connected to a second electrode terminal provided on a second main surface via a first via-conductor, the overlap wiring, and a second via-conductor. The intra-area terminal is connected to a wiring (an overlap wiring) of a first insulating layer without additionally providing a rewiring layer causing an increase in thickness, and the increase in thickness is curbed, whereby a decrease in size of the electric component embedded structure is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki MORITA, Kenichi YOSHIDA, Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10886219
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting package includes a semiconductor element which is disposed such that an active surface faces a main surface of a wiring portion, and which is electrically connected to the wiring portion via a first terminal; and a thin film passive element which is disposed between the active surface of the semiconductor element and the main surface of the wiring portion when seen in a lamination direction, and which is electrically connected to the semiconductor element. A part of the first terminal is disposed on an outer side with respect to the thin film passive element in a plan view. A length of the first terminal in the lamination direction disposed on the outer side with respect to the thin film passive element is larger than a thickness of the thin film passive element in the lamination direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10813220
    Abstract: An electronic component embedded substrate includes: a substrate that includes an insulating layer and has a first principal surface and a second principal surface; an electronic component that is embedded in the substrate and has at least one first terminal, at least one second terminal, and a capacity part; at least one via conductor that are formed in the insulating layer and electrically connected to the second terminal; and an adhesion layer that is in contact with the second terminal on an end face of the second terminal which are close to the second principal surface. The electronic component is laminated with the insulating layer, and adhesion strength between the adhesion layer and the insulating layer is higher than that between the second terminal and the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Koichi Tsunoda, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200258690
    Abstract: A thin-film capacitor includes an insulating base member, and a capacitance portion that is laminated on the insulating base member has a plurality of internal electrode layers which are laminated on the insulating base member and are provided in a lamination direction and dielectric layers which are sandwiched between the internal electrode layers. A relative dielectric constant of the dielectric layers is 100 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TSUNODA, Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Kenichi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200043751
    Abstract: A first insulating layer, a conductor layer included on a first main surface, an electronic component included on the first main surface and a second insulating layer stacked on the first insulating layer are included, a stacking direction of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer is the same as a stacking direction of a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and the dielectric layer in the electronic component, and a height position of a main surface of the electronic component on an opposite side from a side of the first main surface is different from a height position of a main surface of the conductor layer adjacent to the electronic component on an opposite side from a side of the first main surface in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Koichi TSUNODA, Kenichi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200013554
    Abstract: In a thin-film capacitor, an electrode terminal layer and an electrode layer of a capacitor portion are connected to electrode terminals by via conductors that is formed to penetrate an insulating layer in a thickness direction thereof, and a short circuit wiring in the thickness direction is realized by the via conductors. In the thin-film capacitor, an increase in the number of terminals in the plurality of electrode terminals is achieved, a decrease in length of a circuit wiring is achieved, and thus a thin-film capacitor with low-ESL has been achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TSUNODA, Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Kenichi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190394915
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic component housing package that includes a carrier tape having a through hole for housing an electronic component, a base film stuck to the carrier tape and having a lower degree of rigidity than the carrier tape, and a release layer formed on a predetermined area of the base film so as to be exposed to the through hole of the carrier tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Hironori SATO
  • Publication number: 20190378791
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting package includes a semiconductor element which is disposed such that an active surface faces a main surface of a wiring portion, and which is electrically connected to the wiring portion via a first terminal; and a thin film passive element which is disposed between the active surface of the semiconductor element and the main surface of the wiring portion when seen in a lamination direction, and which is electrically connected to the semiconductor element. A part of the first terminal is disposed on an outer side with respect to the thin film passive element in a plan view. A length of the first terminal in the lamination direction disposed on the outer side with respect to the thin film passive element is larger than a thickness of the thin film passive element in the lamination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Kenichi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10483345
    Abstract: An electronic component embedded substrate includes: a substrate that includes an insulating layer and has a first principal surface and a second principal surface on the opposite side of the first principal surface; and an electronic component that is embedded in the substrate and has a plurality of first terminals provided close to the first principal surface, a plurality of second terminals provided close to the second principal surface, and a capacity part provided between the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals. The electronic component is configured such that at least a part of the second terminals is embedded in the insulating layer. An insulating member is provided between the neighboring second terminals to be in contact with both of the neighboring second terminals. The insulating member and the insulating layer are formed of materials whose thermal expansion coefficients are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Koichi Tsunoda, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20190304701
    Abstract: A thin-film capacitor satisfies a relationship of CTE1>CTE2>CTE3 regarding a linear expansion coefficient CTE1 of a base, a linear expansion coefficient CTE2 of a capacitance unit, and a linear expansion coefficient CTE3 of a barrier layer. The inventors have newly found that in a case in which such a relationship is satisfied, when a temperature falls from a deposition temperature, cracking occurring in the capacitance unit of the thin-film capacitor is prevented, and cracking occurring in the barrier layer is also prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki ISHII, Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Koichi TSUNODA, Mitsuhiro TOMIKAWA, Junki NAKAMOTO, Kenichi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10340088
    Abstract: In a thin-film capacitor, an electrode terminal layer is divided into a plurality of parts by a penetration portion, and includes a frame portion as one divided part. The frame portion is disposed along an outer edge of the electrode terminal layer when viewed from the bottom surface side of the electrode terminal layer, and the frame portion can hinder deformation of the electrode terminal layer stretching or warping in a thickness direction or an in-plane direction, whereby such deformation can be prevented. Accordingly, in the thin-film capacitor, the electrode terminal layer is not likely to be deformed and an improvement in strength thereof is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Tsunoda, Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Kenichi Yoshida