Patents by Inventor Shoichi Kitazawa

Shoichi Kitazawa 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: 7109531
    Abstract: A high frequency switch, has a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, an antenna terminal, a first diode having an anode electrically connected to the transmitting terminal and a cathode electrically connected to the antenna terminal, a second diode having an anode connected through a transmission line of ¼ wavelength to the antenna terminal which is electrically connected to the receiving terminal, and having the side of a cathode grounded, and a control terminal provided to a node between the transmitting terminal and the first anode. The first and second diodes have a tradeoff relationship between ON resistance thereof and capacitance between the anode and the cathode, and the ON resistance of the first diode is lower than the ON resistance of the second diode, and the capacitance of the second diode in the OFF state is smaller than the capacitance of the first diode in the OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kitazawa, Masaharu Tanaka, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada
  • Patent number: 7054608
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component has a multilayered product laminating a plurality of dielectric sheets as one piece, a plurality of grounded electrodes provided among the dielectric sheets being different inside the multilayered product, and inductor electrodes provided on the dielectric sheet surfaces not having the plurality of grounded electrodes inside the multilayered product, wherein all or part of the inductor electrodes are placed so as not to be sandwiched by the plurality of grounded electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Yamakawa, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Shoichi Kitazawa, Tomoyuki Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 6941650
    Abstract: By using a method for manufacturing a dielectric laminated device, an opening is formed on a first dielectric sheet, a strip line and an input and output line including an input and output electrode are formed by burying electrode materials in said opening, the first dielectric sheet is laminated with the second and third dielectric sheets disposed above and below respectively to form a laminate, a first and second shield electrodes and a ground electrode are formed, an end of the strip line is connected to the ground electrode, the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are mutually connected through the ground electrode, and the input and output electrode is exposed along the line direction of the strip line. By this constitution of the above dielectric laminated device, the mounting reliability of the dielectric laminated device can be further increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nakakubo, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kagata, Tatsuya Inoue, Shoichi Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20050056860
    Abstract: A high frequency switch, has a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, an antenna terminal, a first diode having an anode electrically connected to the transmitting terminal and a cathode electrically connected to the antenna terminal, a second diode having an anode connected through a transmission line of ¼ wavelength to the antenna terminal which is electrically connected to the receiving terminal, and having the side of a cathode grounded, and a control terminal provided to a node between the transmitting terminal and the first anode. The first and second diodes have a tradeoff relationship between ON resistance thereof and capacitance between the anode and the cathode, and the ON resistance of the first diode is lower than the ON resistance of the second diode, and the capacitance of the second diode in the OFF state is smaller than the capacitance of the first diode in the OFF state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Shoichi Kitazawa, Masaharu Tanaka, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada
  • Patent number: 6835968
    Abstract: A high frequency switch, has a transmitting terminal; a receiving terminal; an antenna terminal; a first diode having an anode electrically connected to the transmitting terminal and a cathode electrically connected to the antenna terminal; a second diode having an anode connected through a transmission line of ¼ wavelength to the antenna terminal which is electrically connected to the receiving terminal, and having the side of a cathode grounded; and a control terminal provided to a node between the transmitting terminal and the first anode, wherein the first and second diodes have a tradeoff relationship between ON resistance thereof and capacitance between the anode and the cathode, and the ON resistance of the first diode is lower than the ON resistance of the second diode, and the capacitance of the second diode in the OFF state is smaller than the capacitance of the first diode in the OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kitazawa, Masaharu Tanaka, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada
  • Patent number: 6765460
    Abstract: By using a method for manufacturing a dielectric laminated device, an opening is formed on a first dielectric sheet, a strip line and an input and output line including an input and output electrode are formed by burying electrode materials in said opening, the first dielectric sheet is laminated with the second and third dielectric sheets disposed above and below respectively to form a laminate, a first and second shield electrodes and a ground electrode are formed, an end of the strip line is connected to the ground electrode, the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are mutually connected through the ground electrode, and the input and output electrode is exposed along the line direction of the strip line. By this constitution of the above dielectric laminated device, the mounting reliability of the dielectric laminated device can be further increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nakakubo, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kagata, Tatsuya Inoue, Shoichi Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 6603372
    Abstract: A notch filter made up from laminated dielectric, which attenuates a specific frequency of a signal to be transmitted, comprises two terminals for input or output a signal to be transmitted, a line connected between those terminals, two resonators each having one end connected to ground and an other end, two first coupling capacitors, and a second coupling capacitor. Each end of the line is connected to the other end of the resonator through the first capacitor. The second capacitor couples said two resonators each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Ishizaki, Ikuo Awai, Hideyuki Miyake, Shoichi Kitazawa, Toru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20030141515
    Abstract: A high frequency switch, has
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Shoichi Kitazawa, Masaharu Tanaka, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada
  • Patent number: 6586786
    Abstract: A high frequency switch, has a transmitting terminal; a receiving terminal; an antenna terminal; a first diode having an anode electrically connected to the transmitting terminal and a cathode electrically connected to the antenna terminal; a second diode having an anode connected through a transmission line of ¼ wavelength to the antenna terminal which is electrically connected to the receiving terminal, and having the side of a cathode grounded; and a control terminal provided to a node between the transmitting terminal and the first anode, wherein the first and second diodes have a tradeoff relationship between ON resistance thereof and capacitance between the anode and the cathode, and the ON resistance of the first diode is lower than the ON resistance of the second diode, and the capacitance of the second diode in the OFF state is smaller than the capacitance of the first diode in the OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kitazawa, Masaharu Tanaka, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20030117242
    Abstract: By using a method for manufacturing a dielectric laminated device, an opening is formed on a first dielectric sheet, a strip line and an input and output line including an input and output electrode are formed by burying electrode materials in said opening, the first dielectric sheet is laminated with the second and third dielectric sheets disposed above and below respectively to form a laminate, a first and second shield electrodes and a ground electrode are formed, an end of the strip line is connected to the ground electrode, the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are mutually connected through the ground electrode, and the input and output electrode is exposed along the line direction of the strip line. By this constitution of the above dielectric laminated device, the mounting reliability of the dielectric laminated device can be further increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Hideaki Nakakubo, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kagata, Tatsuya Inoue, Shoichi Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20030020569
    Abstract: By using a method for manufacturing a dielectric laminated device, an opening is formed on a first dielectric sheet, a strip line and an input and output line including an input and output electrode are formed by burying electrode materials in said opening, the first dielectric sheet is laminated with the second and third dielectric sheets disposed above and below respectively to form a laminate, a first and second shield electrodes and a ground electrode are formed, an end of the strip line is connected to the ground electrode, the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are mutually connected through the ground electrode, and the input and output electrode is exposed along the line direction of the strip line. By this constitution of the above dielectric laminated device, the mounting reliability of the dielectric laminated device can be further increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Hideaki Nakakubo, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kagata, Tatsuya Inoue, Shoichi Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 6510607
    Abstract: By using a method for manufacturing a dielectric laminated device, an opening is formed on a first dielectric sheet, a strip line and an input and output line including an input and output electrode are formed by burying electrode materials in said opening, the first dielectric sheet is laminated with the second and third dielectric sheets disposed above and below respectively to form a laminate, a first and second shield electrodes and a ground electrode are formed, an end of the strip line is connected to the ground electrode, the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are mutually connected through the ground electrode, and the input and output electrode is exposed along the line direction of the strip line. By this constitution of the above dielectric laminated device, the mounting reliability of the dielectric laminated device can be further increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nakakubo, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kagata, Tatsuya Inoue, Shoichi Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 6445266
    Abstract: A small multilayer filter, in which a phase shifter may be constituted without increasing overall size of the filter. The overall size may be reduced without deteriorating the characteristics. Above the open end of a plurality of strip lines 4A provided on a dielectric layer 4, a coupling sector 3A of input/output pattern is placed to face it with a dielectric layer 3 interposed. An inductance L1, L2 is formed by connecting a side electrode 7A, 7B with a continuity sector 3B of input/output pattern; and said side electrode 7A, 7B with an input electrode 8A, output electrode 8B, respectively, by means of an electrode pattern 5A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nagatomi, Naoki Yuda, Toshio Ishizaki, Shoichi Kitazawa, Toru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20020119764
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component has a multilayered product laminating a plurality of dielectric sheets as one piece,
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Takehiko Yamakawa, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Shoichi Kitazawa, Tomoyuki Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20020100970
    Abstract: A high frequency switch, has
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Shoichi Kitazawa, Masaharu Tanaka, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20020063613
    Abstract: A small multilayer filter, in which a phase shifter may be constituted without increasing overall size of the filter. The overall size may be reduced without deteriorating the characteristics. Above the open end of a plurality of strip lines 4A provided on a dielectric layer 4, a coupling sector 3A of input/output pattern is placed to face it with a dielectric layer 3 interposed. An inductance L1, L2 is formed by connecting a side electrode 7A, 7B with a continuity sector 3B of input/output pattern; and said side electrode 7A, 7B with an input electrode 8A, output electrode 8B, respectively, by means of an electrode pattern 5A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nagatomi, Naoki Yuda, Toshio Ishizaki, Shoichi Kitazawa, Toru Yamada
  • Patent number: 6359531
    Abstract: A small multilayer filter, in which a phase shifter may be constituted without increasing overall size of the filter. The overall size may be reduced without deteriorating the characteristics. Above the open end of a plurality of strip lines 4A provided on a dielectric layer 4, a coupling sector 3A of input/output pattern is placed to face it with a dielectric layer 3 interposed. An inductance L1, L2 is formed by connecting a side electrode 7A, 7B with a continuity sector 3B of input/output pattern; and said side electrode 7A, 7B with an input electrode 8A, output electrode 8B, respectively, by means of an electrode pattern 5A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nagatomi, Naoki Yuda, Toshio Ishizaki, Shoichi Kitazawa, Toru Yamada
  • Patent number: 6346866
    Abstract: By using a method for manufacturing a dielectric laminated. device, an opening is formed on a first dielectric sheet, a strip line and an input and output line including an input and output electrode are formed by burying electrode materials in said opening, the first dielectric sheet is laminated with the second and third dielectric sheets disposed above and below respectively to form a laminate, a first and second shield electrodes and a ground electrode are formed, an end of the strip line is connected to the ground electrode, the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are mutually connected through the ground electrode, and the input and output electrode is exposed along the line direction of the strip line. By this constitution of the above dielectric laminated device, the mounting reliability of the dielectric laminated device can be further increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nakakubo, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kagata, Tatsuya Inoue, Shoichi Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20020000900
    Abstract: By using a method for manufacturing a dielectric laminated device, an opening is formed on a first dielectric sheet, a strip line and an input and output line including an input and output electrode are formed by burying electrode materials in said opening, the first dielectric sheet is laminated with the second and third dielectric sheets disposed above and below respectively to form a laminate, a first and second shield electrodes and a ground electrode are formed, an end of the strip line is connected to the ground electrode, the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are mutually connected through the ground electrode, and the input and output electrode is exposed along the line direction of the strip line. By this constitution of the above dielectric laminated device, the mounting reliability of the dielectric laminated device can be further increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: HIDEAKI NAKAKUBO, TOSHIO ISHIZAKI, TORU YAMADA, HIROSHI KAGATA, TATSUYA INOUE, SHOICHI KITAZAWA
  • Patent number: 6310525
    Abstract: By using a method for manufacturing a dielectric laminated device, an opening is formed on a first dielectric sheet, a strip line and an input and output line including an input and output electrode are formed by burying electrode materials in said opening, the first dielectric sheet is laminated with the second and third dielectric sheets disposed above and below respectively to form a laminate, a first and second shield electrodes and a ground electrode are formed, an end of the strip line is connected to the ground electrode, the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode are mutually connected through the ground electrode, and the input and output electrode is exposed along the line direction of the strip line. By this constitution of the above dielectric laminated device, the mounting reliability of the dielectric laminated device can be further increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nakakubo, Toshio Ishizaki, Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kagata, Tatsuya Inoue, Shoichi Kitazawa