Patents by Inventor Nobuto Morigasaki
Nobuto Morigasaki 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).
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Publication number: 20240177936Abstract: A multilayer electronic device includes an element body including an interior region and an exterior region and a pair of external electrodes. The interior region includes inner dielectric layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately. The exterior region is disposed outwards from the interior region in a lamination direction. The pair of external electrodes is disposed on a surface of the element body and connected to the internal electrode layers. DRAa<DRAb<DRAc and DRBa>DRBb>DRBc are satisfied, where “RA” includes an element having a highest mole ratio among “RE” in the inner dielectric layers of a third region at a center of the interior region in the lamination direction, “RB” includes an element having a highest mole ratio among “RE” in a first region at a center of the exterior region in the lamination direction, and “RA” and “RB” are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Taku MURAKAMI, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Takuma ARIIZUMI, Yoshitaka NAGASHIMA, Tsubasa AOKI
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Patent number: 11955283Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition includes a barium titanate, an oxide of an R element, an oxide of an M element, and an oxide containing Si. The R element is one or more elements selected from Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Y, Ho, and Yb. The M element is one or more elements selected from Mg, Ca, Mn, V, and Cr. A ratio of an amount of the oxide of the R element in terms of R2O3 to an amount of the oxide containing Si in terms of SiO2 is 0.8:1 to 2.2:1. A ratio of an amount of the oxide of the M element in terms of MO to the amount of the oxide containing Si in terms of SiO2 is 0.2:1 to 1.8:1.50% or more of the number of dielectric particles constituting the dielectric ceramic composition is core-shell dielectric particles having a core-shell structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Murakami, Nobuto Morigasaki, Dan Sakurai, Takuma Ariizumi, Toshihiko Kaneko
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Publication number: 20240047136Abstract: A multilayer electronic device includes an element body and a pair of external electrodes. The element body includes an interior region in which inner dielectric layers and internal electrode layers are alternately laminated and an exterior region located outside the interior region in its lamination direction. The pair of external electrodes exists on surfaces of the element body. Main-phase particles in the inner dielectric layers and outer dielectric layers of the exterior region include a main component having a perovskite crystal structure represented by a general formula of ABO3. r1<r2<r1×4.0 is satisfied, in which r1 is an average particle size of the main-phase particles constituting the inner dielectric layers, and r2 is an average particle size of the main-phase particles constituting the outer dielectric layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Taku MURAKAMI, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Takuma ARIIZUMI, Yoshitaka NAGASHIMA, Masato KIMURA
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Patent number: 11854743Abstract: A dielectric composition includes main-phase particles each including a main component having a perovskite crystal structure represented by a general formula of ABO3. At least a part of the main-phase particles has a core-shell structure. The dielectric composition includes RA, RB, M, and Si. Each of A, B, RA, RB, and M is one or more elements selected from a specific element group. SRA/SRB>CRA/CRB is satisfied, where CRA is an RA content (mol %) to the main component in terms of RA2O3, and CRB is an RB content (mol %) to the main component in terms of RB2O3, in the dielectric composition, and SRA is an average RA content (mol %), and SRB is an average RB content (mol %), in a shell part of the core-shell structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Murakami, Nobuto Morigasaki, Takuma Ariizumi, Toshihiko Kaneko, Yasuhiro Ito
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Patent number: 11842851Abstract: A dielectric composition includes a main phase and segregation phases each including RE (at least one rare earth element). The main phase includes a main component having a perovskite crystal structure of ABO3 (A is one or more selected from Ba, Sr, and Ca, and B is one or more selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf). The segregation phases are classified into first segregation phases whose atomic ratio of Si to RE is 0 or more and 0.20 or less and second segregation phases whose atomic ratio of Si to the RE is more than 0.20. 0?S1/S2?0.10 is satisfied on a cross section of the dielectric composition, where S1 is an area ratio of the first segregation phases, and S2 is an area ratio of the second segregation phases. An atomic ratio of Si to RE in the second segregation phases is 0.80 or less on average.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Ariizumi, Taku Murakami, Nobuto Morigasaki, Toshihiko Kaneko, Yasuhiro Ito
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Patent number: 11823839Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body having a functional layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode formed on a surface of the element body and connected to the internal electrode layer electrically. The chlorine concentration of the element body of the electronic component is 10 ppm or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Takano, Toshihiko Kaneko, Nobuto Morigasaki, Yasushi Kawashima, Momoyo Sasaki
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Patent number: 11639313Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition contains dielectric particles containing a main component represented by a composition formula (Ba1-x-ySrxCay)m(Ti1-zZrz)O3 and grain boundaries present between the dielectric particles. The values of m, x, y, and z in the composition formula are all molar ratios. In the composition formula, 0.9?m?1.4, 0?x<1.0, 0<y?1.0, 0.9?(x+y)?1.0, and 0.9?z?1.0 are satisfied. The dielectric particles contain specific structural particles having a predetermined intragranular structure, and each of the specific structural particles intragranularly includes a first region and a second region having different Ca concentrations from each other. C2/C1 is less than 0.8 in which C1 is an average value of the Ca concentration in the first region and C2 is an average value of the Ca concentration in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Dan Sakurai, Yasuhiro Ito, Nobuto Morigasaki, Toshihiko Kaneko, Toshihiro Iguchi
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Patent number: 11501919Abstract: A dielectric composition includes main phases and Ca-RE-Si—O segregation phases. The main phases include a main component expressed by ABO3. “A” includes at least one selected from barium and calcium. “B” includes at least one selected from titanium and zirconium. “RE” represents at least one of rare earth elements. A molar ratio of (Si/Ca) is larger than one. A molar ratio of (Si/RE) is larger than one, provided that the molar ratio of (Si/RE) is a molar ratio of silicon included in the segregation phases to the rare earth elements included therein. An average length of major axes of the segregation phases is 1.30-2.80 times as large as an average particle size of the main phases. An average length of minor axes of the segregation phases is 0.21-0.48 times as large as an average particle size of the main phases.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Iguchi, Nobuto Morigasaki
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Publication number: 20220254568Abstract: A dielectric composition includes main-phase particles each including a main component having a perovskite crystal structure represented by a general formula of ABO3. At least a part of the main-phase particles has a core-shell structure. The dielectric composition includes RA, RB, M, and Si. Each of A, B, RA, RB, and M is one or more elements selected from a specific element group. SRA/SRB>CRA/CRB is satisfied, where CRA is an RA content (mol %) to the main component in terms of RA2O3, and CRB is an RB content (mol %) to the main component in terms of RB2O3, in the dielectric composition, and SRA is an average RA content (mol %), and SRB is an average RB content (mol %), in a shell part of the core-shell structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Taku MURAKAMI, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Takuma ARIIZUMI, Toshihiko KANEKO, Yasuhiro ITO
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Publication number: 20220254570Abstract: A dielectric composition includes a main phase, first segregation phases, and second segregation phases. The main phase includes a main component having a perovskite crystal structure of ABO3 (A is one or more selected from Ba, Sr, and Ca, and B is one or more selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf). The first segregation phases include RE (one or more selected from rare earth elements), A, Si, Ti, and O. The second segregation phases include RE, A, Ti, and O and do not substantially include Si. 0.10<S2/S1?1.50 is satisfied on a cross section of the dielectric composition, where S1 is an area ratio of the first segregation phases, and S2 is an area ratio of the second segregation phases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma ARIIZUMI, Taku MURAKAMI, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Toshihiko KANEKO, Yasuhiro ITO
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Publication number: 20220254569Abstract: A dielectric composition includes a main phase and segregation phases each including RE (at least one rare earth element). The main phase includes a main component having a perovskite crystal structure of ABO3 (A is one or more selected from Ba, Sr, and Ca, and B is one or more selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf). The segregation phases are classified into first segregation phases whose atomic ratio of Si to RE is 0 or more and 0.20 or less and second segregation phases whose atomic ratio of Si to the RE is more than 0.20. 0?S1/S2?0.10 is satisfied on a cross section of the dielectric composition, where S1 is an area ratio of the first segregation phases, and S2 is an area ratio of the second segregation phases. An atomic ratio of Si to RE in the second segregation phases is 0.80 or less on average.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma ARIIZUMI, Taku MURAKAMI, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Toshihiko KANEKO, Yasuhiro ITO
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Publication number: 20220254567Abstract: A dielectric composition includes a main-phase particle and segregation particles. The main-phase particle includes a main component having a perovskite crystal structure represented by a general formula of ABO3. The dielectric composition includes RA, RB, M, and Si. Each of A, B, RA, RB, and M is one or more elements selected from a specific element group. Each of an RA content CRA to the main component, an RB content CRB to the main component, an M content to the main component, and a Si content to the main component is within a predetermined range. 0.50<(?/?)/(CRA/CRB)?1.00 is satisfied, where a is an average RA content (mol %) and f3 is an average RB content (mol %) of specific segregation particles mainly including RA, RB, Si, Ba, and Ti in the segregation particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Taku MURAKAMI, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Takuma ARIIZUMI, Toshihiko KANEKO, Yasuhiro ITO
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Publication number: 20220246354Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body having a functional layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode formed on a surface of the element body and connected to the internal electrode layer electrically. The chlorine concentration of the element body of the electronic component is 10 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke TAKANO, Toshihiko KANEKO, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Yasushi KAWASHIMA, Momoyo SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220194859Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition contains dielectric particles containing a main component represented by a composition formula (Ba1-x-ySrxCay)m(Ti1-zZrz)O3 and grain boundaries present between the dielectric particles. The values of m, x, y, and z in the composition formula are all molar ratios. In the composition formula, 0.9?m?1.4, 0?x<1.0, 0<y?1.0, 0.9?(x+y)?1.0, and 0.9?z?1.0 are satisfied. The dielectric particles contain specific structural particles having a predetermined intragranular structure, and each of the specific structural particles intragranularly includes a first region and a second region having different Ca concentrations from each other. C2/C1 is less than 0.8 in which C1 is an average value of the Ca concentration in the first region and C2 is an average value of the Ca concentration in the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Dan SAKURAI, Yasuhiro ITO, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Toshihiko KANEKO, Toshihiro IGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210304966Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition includes a barium titanate, an oxide of an R element, an oxide of an M element, and an oxide containing Si. The R element is one or more elements selected from Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Y, Ho, and Yb. The M element is one or more elements selected from Mg, Ca, Mn, V, and Cr. A ratio of an amount of the oxide of the R element in terms of R2O3 to an amount of the oxide containing Si in terms of SiO2 is 0.8:1 to 2.2:1. A ratio of an amount of the oxide of the M element in terms of MO to the amount of the oxide containing Si in terms of SiO2 is 0.2:1 to 1.8:1.50% or more of the number of dielectric particles constituting the dielectric ceramic composition is core-shell dielectric particles having a core-shell structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Taku MURAKAMI, Nobuto MORIGASAKI, Dan SAKURAI, Takuma ARIIZUMI, Toshihiko KANEKO
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Patent number: 11114247Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide the multilayer ceramic capacitor having no deterioration of dielectric properties even in case an inhibitor of an internal electrode layer is pushed out to a dielectric layer when sintering. The multilayer ceramic capacitor 1 including a capacitor element body 10 comprising a dielectric layer 2 and an internal electrode layer 3 stacked in an alternating manner, wherein when Za represents Zr concentration of an dielectric particle in a center part 6 of the dielectric layer 2 and Zb represents Zr concentration of a dielectric particle near the internal electrode layer, 0<(Za/Zb)<1 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Dan Sakurai, Toshihiko Kaneko, Nobuto Morigasaki, Toshinari Takahashi, Yasuhiro Ito
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Patent number: 11072564Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition having improved insulation specific resistance and a highly accelerated lifetime. The dielectric ceramic composition includes a dielectric particle having a core-shell structure including a main component expressed by a general formula ABO3, where A is Ba and the like, and B is Ti and the like), and a rare earth element component R, in which a shell part of the core-shell structure has an average rare earth element concentration C of 0.3 atom % or more. The rare earth element has a specified concentration gradient or concentration variation.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Ariizumi, Toshihiko Kaneko, Nobuto Morigasaki, Yasuhiro Ito
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Patent number: 11056280Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a multilayer ceramic electronic component having improved highly accelerated lifetime and specific permittivity. A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising a multilayer body in which an internal electrode layer and a dielectric layer are stacked in alternating manner, wherein the dielectric layer comprises a dielectric ceramic composition having a main component expressed by a general formula ABO3 (A is Ba and the like, and B is Ti and the like) and a rare earth component R, a segregation phase including the rare earth component R exists in the dielectric layer, an area ratio of the segregation phases in a cross section along a stacking direction is 104 ppm to 961 ppm, and 96% or more of a total area of the segregation phases contact with the internal electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Ariizumi, Toshihiko Kaneko, Nobuto Morigasaki, Yasuhiro Ito
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Publication number: 20210202169Abstract: A dielectric composition includes main phases and Ca-RE-Si—O segregation phases. The main phases include a main component expressed by ABO3. “A” includes at least one selected from barium and calcium. “B” includes at least one selected from titanium and zirconium. “RE” represents at least one of rare earth elements. A molar ratio of (Si/Ca) is larger than one. A molar ratio of (Si/RE) is larger than one, provided that the molar ratio of (Si/RE) is a molar ratio of silicon included in the segregation phases to the rare earth elements included therein. An average length of major axes of the segregation phases is 1.30-2.80 times as large as an average particle size of the main phases. An average length of minor axes of the segregation phases is 0.21-0.48 times as large as an average particle size of the main phases.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Nobuto MORIGASAKI
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Patent number: 10804033Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a dielectric ceramic composition having good properties, particularly good IR property and high temperature accelerated lifetime. The dielectric ceramic composition of the present invention has a main component made of a perovskite type compound expressed by a compositional formula of (Ba1-x-ySrxCay)m(Ti1-zZrz)O3 (note that, m, x, y, and z of the above compositional formula all represent molar ratios, and each satisfies 0.9?m?1.1, 0?x?0.5, 0?y?0.3, 0?(x+y)?0.6, and 0.03?z?0.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Dan Sakurai, Toshihiko Kaneko, Nobuto Morigasaki, Toshinari Takahashi, Yasuhiro Ito