Patents by Inventor Shigemitsu Tomaki
Shigemitsu Tomaki 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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Patent number: 11955681Abstract: A band-pass filter includes a first input/output port, a second input/output port, a plurality of resonators, and a multilayer stack. The multilayer stack includes a plurality of stacked dielectric layers. Each of the resonators is an open-ended resonator formed of a conductor line in the multilayer stack. Each of the resonators includes a resonator conductor portion including a first line part and a second line part located away from each other in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the plurality of dielectric layers, and a third line part connecting the first line part and the second line part. The first to third line parts extend to surround a space between the first line part and the second line part.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Honoka Atsuchi, Yuta Ashida, Longfei Yi, Yoshinori Matsumaru, Shuhei Sawaguchi, Masahiro Tatematsu, Shigemitsu Tomaki
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Publication number: 20240022225Abstract: An electronic component includes: a first conductor extending in one direction; a second conductor extending in the one direction; a first inductor conductor bridged so as to linearly extend between an end portion of the first conductor in its extending direction and an end portion of the second conductor in its extending direction; a connecting conductor that extends in the one direction and has a first end portion and a second end portion in its extending direction, the first end portion being connected to the first inductor conductor and being located between the first conductor and the second conductor; and a capacitor pad electrically connected to the second end portion of the connecting conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Longfei YI, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Publication number: 20230253945Abstract: A filter circuit includes a pair of balanced input ports, a pair of balanced output ports, first and second resonators provided in parallel between the pair of balanced input ports and the pair of balanced output ports in a circuit configuration, a first capacitor connected in parallel to the first resonator, and a second capacitor connected in parallel to the second resonator. The first and second resonators are magnetically coupled to each other and electrically connected to each other. The first and second capacitors are not electrically connected to ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro TATEMATSU, Shuhei SAWAGUCHI, Yuta ASHIDA, Tetsuzo GOTO, Yoshinori MATSUMARU, Shigemitsu TOMAKI, Longfei YI
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Publication number: 20230246621Abstract: A filter circuit includes a pair of balanced input ports, a pair of balanced output ports, and first and second resonators provided in parallel between the pair of balanced input ports and the pair of balanced output ports in a circuit configuration, the first and second resonators being magnetically coupled to each other. Between the first resonator and the second resonator, a capacitor is present but no inductor is present in the circuit configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei SAWAGUCHI, Masahiro TATEMATSU, Yuta ASHIDA, Tetsuzo GOTO, Yoshinori MATSUMARU, Shigemitsu TOMAKI, Longfei YI
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Patent number: 11664778Abstract: A band-pass filter includes an unbalanced port, a first balanced port, a second balanced port, and first to third resonators provided between the unbalanced port and the first and second balanced ports. The second resonator and the third resonator each are a resonator with both ends open. The second resonator and the third resonator are adjacent to each other in a circuit configuration, and electromagnetically coupled by magnetic coupling as main coupling. The first resonator is provided closer to the second resonator than to the third resonator, and jump-coupled to the third resonator.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei Sawaguchi, Yuta Ashida, Masahiro Tatematsu, Yoshinori Matsumaru, Shigemitsu Tomaki
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Publication number: 20230143899Abstract: A filter includes first and second resonators and first and second stub resonators. Each of the first and second resonators includes a first conductor part and a second conductor part electrically connected to the first conductor part and having an impedance smaller than an impedance of the first conductor part. The first stub resonator is electrically connected to the first conductor part of the first resonator. The second stub resonator is electrically connected to the first conductor part of the second resonator. The shape of the first stub resonator and the shape of the second stub resonator are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Longfei YI, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Publication number: 20230127771Abstract: A filter device includes a stack including a plurality of dielectric layers stacked together, and first to third resonators integrated with the stack. Each of the first to third resonators includes a first conductor part and a second conductor part electrically connected to the first conductor part and having an impedance smaller than an impedance of the first conductor part. The first conductor part and the second conductor part are arranged at positions different from each other in a stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Longfei YI, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Publication number: 20230130049Abstract: A filter device includes first to third resonators. Each of the first to third resonators includes a first line part and a second line part electrically connected to the first line part and having an impedance smaller than an impedance of the first line part. The impedance ratio in at least one of the first to third resonators is 0.3 or smaller. The shape of each of the second line part of the first resonator and the second line part of the second resonator is long in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction and crossing the longitudinal direction of the second line part of the third resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Longfei YI, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Publication number: 20220416754Abstract: A band-pass filter includes an unbalanced port, a first balanced port, a second balanced port, and first to third resonators provided between the unbalanced port and the first and second balanced ports. The second resonator and the third resonator each are a resonator with both ends open. The second resonator and the third resonator are adjacent to each other in a circuit configuration, and electromagnetically coupled by magnetic coupling as main coupling. The first resonator is provided closer to the second resonator than to the third resonator, and jump-coupled to the third resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei SAWAGUCHI, Yuta ASHIDA, Masahiro TATEMATSU, Yoshinori MATSUMARU, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Patent number: 11522259Abstract: A multilayered filter device includes a multilayer stack, a band pass filter, a first band elimination filter, and a second band elimination filter. The band pass filter and the first and second band elimination filters are each constructed using the multilayer stack. The band pass filter includes a plurality of first resonators with open ends. Each band elimination filter includes a connection path, and a second resonator coupled to the connection path. The connection path includes an impedance transformer. The second resonator includes a conductor line constituting a distributed constant line.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Ashida, Noriyuki Hirabayashi, Shigemitsu Tomaki
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Patent number: 11476822Abstract: A band-pass filter includes an unbalanced port, a first balanced port, a second balanced port, and first to third resonators provided between the unbalanced port and the first and second balanced ports. The second resonator and the third resonator each are a resonator with both ends open. The second resonator and the third resonator are adjacent to each other in a circuit configuration, and electromagnetically coupled by magnetic coupling as main coupling. The first resonator is provided closer to the second resonator than to the third resonator, and jump-coupled to the third resonator.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei Sawaguchi, Yuta Ashida, Masahiro Tatematsu, Yoshinori Matsumaru, Shigemitsu Tomaki
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Patent number: 11431071Abstract: A balun includes first to fourth lines and a stack. A plurality of first conductor layers forming the first and third lines are located in a first region in the stack. A plurality of second conductor layers forming the second and fourth lines are located in a second region in the stack. A ground conductor layer is located closer to the second region than to the first region. The plurality of second conductor layers include a conductor layer pair where a distance between two conductor layers is smallest.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Ashida, Masahiro Tatematsu, Shuhei Sawaguchi, Shigemitsu Tomaki, Tetsuzo Goto, Takeshi Kijima
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Publication number: 20220209380Abstract: A band-pass filter includes a first input/output port, a second input/output port, a plurality of resonators, and a multilayer stack. The multilayer stack includes a plurality of stacked dielectric layers. Each of the resonators is an open-ended resonator formed of a conductor line in the multilayer stack. Each of the resonators includes a resonator conductor portion including a first line part and a second line part located away from each other in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the plurality of dielectric layers, and a third line part connecting the first line part and the second line part. The first to third line parts extend to surround a space between the first line part and the second line part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Honoka ATSUCHI, Yuta ASHIDA, Longfei YI, Yoshinori MATSUMARU, Shuhei SAWAGUCHI, Masahiro TATEMATSU, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Patent number: 11283147Abstract: A directional coupler includes first to fourth terminals, a first line, a second line, a ground conductor portion, and a stack. The first line includes a first center portion, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The second line includes a second center portion, a third connecting portion, and a fourth connecting portion. A distance between the first and third connecting portions and a distance between the second and fourth connecting portions decrease toward the first and second center portions. The first to fourth terminals are located on a bottom surface of the stack.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Ashida, Masahiro Tatematsu, Shuhei Sawaguchi, Shigemitsu Tomaki
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Publication number: 20210344320Abstract: A band-pass filter includes an unbalanced port, a first balanced port, a second balanced port, and first to third resonators provided between the unbalanced port and the first and second balanced ports. The second resonator and the third resonator each are a resonator with both ends open. The second resonator and the third resonator are adjacent to each other in a circuit configuration, and electromagnetically coupled by magnetic coupling as main coupling. The first resonator is provided closer to the second resonator than to the third resonator, and jump-coupled to the third resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei SAWAGUCHI, Yuta ASHIDA, Masahiro TATEMATSU, Yoshinori MATSUMARU, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Publication number: 20210328317Abstract: A multilayered filter device includes a multilayer stack, a band pass filter, a first band elimination filter, and a second band elimination filter. The band pass filter and the first and second band elimination filters are each constructed using the multilayer stack. The band pass filter includes a plurality of first resonators with open ends. Each band elimination filter includes a connection path, and a second resonator coupled to the connection path. The connection path includes an impedance transformer. The second resonator includes a conductor line constituting a distributed constant line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta ASHIDA, Noriyuki HIRABAYASHI, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Publication number: 20210242852Abstract: A balun includes first to fourth lines and a stack. A plurality of first conductor layers forming the first and third lines are located in a first region in the stack. A plurality of second conductor layers forming the second and fourth lines are located in a second region in the stack. A ground conductor layer is located closer to the second region than to the first region. The plurality of second conductor layers include a conductor layer pair where a distance between two conductor layers is smallest.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta ASHIDA, Masahiro TATEMATSU, Shuhei SAWAGUCHI, Shigemitsu TOMAKI, Tetsuzo GOTO, Takeshi KIJIMA
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Patent number: 11081767Abstract: A multilayered filter device includes a multilayer stack, a band pass filter, a first band elimination filter, and a second band elimination filter. The band pass filter and the first and second band elimination filters are each constructed using the multilayer stack. The band pass filter includes a plurality of first resonators with open ends. Each band elimination filter includes a connection path, and a second resonator coupled to the connection path. The connection path includes an impedance transformer. The second resonator includes a conductor line constituting a distributed constant line.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Ashida, Noriyuki Hirabayashi, Shigemitsu Tomaki
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Publication number: 20210234249Abstract: A directional coupler includes first to fourth terminals, a first line, a second line, a ground conductor portion, and a stack. The first line includes a first center portion, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The second line includes a second center portion, a third connecting portion, and a fourth connecting portion. A distance between the first and third connecting portions and a distance between the second and fourth connecting portions decrease toward the first and second center portions. The first to fourth terminals are located on a bottom surface of the stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta ASHIDA, Masahiro TATEMATSU, Shuhei SAWAGUCHI, Shigemitsu TOMAKI
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Patent number: 10957959Abstract: A band-pass filter includes first to sixth stage resonators. Each resonator includes a resonator conductor portion formed of a conductor line. The resonator conductor portion has a first end and a second end which are opposite ends of the conductor line. The resonator conductor portion of each of the first and sixth stage resonators includes a narrow portion, a first wide portion located between the narrow portion and the first end, and a second wide portion located between the narrow portion and the second end. Each of the first and sixth stage resonators is lower in unloaded Q than the other resonators.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Ashida, Noriyuki Hirabayashi, Shigemitsu Tomaki