Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Otsuki

Tetsuya Otsuki 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: 20190165732
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a resonator and an integrated circuit element. The resonator includes a resonator element and a resonator element container accommodating the resonator element. The integrated circuit element includes an inductor. The resonator and the integrated circuit element are stacked on each other. The resonator includes a metal member, and the metal member does not overlap the inductor when viewed in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisahiro ITO, Tetsuya OTSUKI, Shoichiro KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180275160
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes an acceleration sensor having an acceleration sensor element and a package accommodating the acceleration sensor element, a support member having a first surface and supporting the acceleration sensor on the first surface, and an IC chip to which a second surface facing the first surface of the support member is attached, in which, in a plan view from a stacking direction of the acceleration sensor and the support member, in a case where an area of a region surrounded by an outer edge of the package is S1 and an area of the first surface is S2, S1?S2 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya OTSUKI, Tsugio IDE
  • Publication number: 20180278235
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a vibration element including a vibration portion and a fixed portion, a supporting member to which the fixed portion is attached to support the vibration element, and a first substrate to which the supporting member is attached, the supporting member includes a attaching portion attached to the first substrate, and A1?A2 is satisfied in a case where an area of a rectangular region including the fixed portion is A1 and an area of a rectangular region including the attaching portion is A2 in a plan view seen from a thickness direction of the vibration element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuya OTSUKI, Tsugio IDE
  • Publication number: 20180269834
    Abstract: A vibrator device has a base that has a first terminal, a circuit element that is disposed on the base and has a second terminal, a vibrator that includes a vibrator element and a vibrator element package, and is positioned between the first terminal and the second terminal in plan view of the base, a wiring unit that is disposed on the vibrator, a first wire that electrically connects the first terminal and the wiring unit together, and a second wire that electrically connects the wiring unit and the second terminal together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisahiro ITO, Tetsuya OTSUKI, Mitsuaki SAWADA
  • Patent number: 9954160
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vibrator which includes a method of manufacturing a wiring board includes disposing one granular conductor within each of through holes of a ceramic substrate having the through holes formed therein, supplying a glass paste into the through holes, baking the glass paste, forming an electrode, and disposing a vibrator element and a lid. When a maximum diameter of the granular conductor is set to d1 and a minimum diameter of each of the through holes is set to d2, d1/d2 is preferably equal to or greater than 0.8 and equal to or less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Ishigami, Hidefumi Nakamura, Yukihiko Shiohara, Tetsuya Otsuki, Tetsuro Miyao
  • Patent number: 9769934
    Abstract: A package base includes a package base body and a bonding metal layer provided in a frame shape or a ring shape in plan view on the package base body, wherein the bonding metal layer contains a Ti—Ag—Cu-containing alloy and a metal belonging to Group 6 in the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Miyao, Hideki Ishigami, Yukihiko Shiohara, Tetsuya Otsuki, Hidefumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9474180
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method includes: preparing a first lead frame having a first lead, the first lead having a first portion located in a first region; electrically connecting the first lead and a first electronic part; bending the first lead such that the first portion is located outside the first region; arranging a second lead frame to overlap the first lead frame such that a second portion of a second lead of the second lead frame is located in the first region; and electrically connecting the second lead and the second electronic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20160293827
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a base material, a first metal film disposed on the base material and containing nitrogen and chromium, and a second metal film disposed on the first metal film and containing gold. In the first metal film, the number of nitrogen atoms may be between 20% to 100% of the number of chromium atoms. Further, the distribution of nitrogen atoms in the first metal film is larger in a third region sandwiched between a first region on the base material side of the first metal film and a second region on the second metal film side than in the first region and in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya OTSUKI, Shiro MURAKAMI, Tomohiro ARAI, Mitsuhiro WADA, Hiroshi ITO, Manabu SHIRAKI, Manabu KONDO, Muneyoshi HAMA
  • Publication number: 20160033431
    Abstract: In a periodic heating radiation temperature measuring technique thermophysical property measuring device that is equipped a heating laser beam irradiator to irradiate laser beams periodically to a sample at a frequency f and an infrared light condenser to condense infrared light radiated from a certain point of the sample, wherein the heating laser beam irradiator and the infrared light condenser being arranged to face each other across the sample, and measures a thermal diffusivity based on a periodic temperature change of the sample, and an infrared fiber that guides infrared light condensed by the infrared light condenser up to a radiation thermometer; and a controller that measures a phase difference ? between a period of a temperature change of the radiation thermometer and a period of the heating laser beams, and calculates a thermal diffusivity based on the phase difference ? and the frequency f.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: BETHEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimihito HATORI, Tetsuya OTSUKI, Takeo KATO
  • Publication number: 20160021752
    Abstract: A package base includes a package base body and a bonding metal layer provided in a frame shape or a ring shape in plan view on the package base body, wherein the bonding metal layer contains a Ti—Ag—Cu-containing alloy and a metal belonging to Group 6 in the periodic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuro MIYAO, Hideki ISHIGAMI, Yukihiko SHIOHARA, Tetsuya OTSUKI, Hidefumi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150223325
    Abstract: A base substrate includes a ceramic sintered substrate having through holes, first and second metal wirings which are integrally disposed so as to be connected to the surface of the ceramic sintered substrate and the inside of the through holes, and first and second active metal layers which are disposed between the ceramic sintered substrate and the first and second metal wirings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuro MIYAO, Hideki ISHIGAMI, Yukihiko SHIOHARA, Tetsuya OTSUKI, Hidefumi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9088262
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a substrate, an IC chip, a sensor element, bonding wires, and a lid. The substrate includes a plurality of metal posts which are disposed so as to be electrically independent of each other and an insulator which is filled in a gap between faces different from first faces and second faces of the plurality of metal posts and integrally fixes the plurality of metal posts. The IC chip has electrode pads on an active face and is fixed to a first metal post. The sensor element has vibrating portions and is supported by the IC chip by bonding a supporting portion to the active face of the IC chip. The bonding wires electrically connect the electrode pads with second metal posts. The lid is disposed so as to cover the IC chip and the sensor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Otsuki
  • Patent number: 9065417
    Abstract: An oscillation device which contributes to the demand for downsizing/miniaturization and commercial production, and provides highly reliable oscillation frequency is provided. The oscillation device includes a base substrate provided with an oscillation member, a lid member that contains the oscillation member in a cavity, an adhesion layer that has a first melting point and connects the base substrate with the lid member, and a metal layer that has a second melting point higher than the first melting point and covers the base substrate, the adhesion layer and the lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20150130326
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vibrator which includes a method of manufacturing a wiring board includes disposing one granular conductor within each of through holes of a ceramic substrate having the through holes formed therein, supplying a glass paste into the through holes, baking the glass paste, forming an electrode, and disposing a vibrator element and a lid. When a maximum diameter of the granular conductor is set to d1 and a minimum diameter of each of the through holes is set to d2, d1/d2 is preferably equal to or greater than 0.8 and equal to or less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki ISHIGAMI, Hidefumi NAKAMURA, Yukihiko SHIOHARA, Tetsuya OTSUKI, Tetsuro MIYAO
  • Publication number: 20150070855
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a ceramics substrate composed of ceramics and a conductor portion provided on the ceramics substrate. The conductor portion is composed of a stacked body including, in order from the ceramics substrate side, an under layer that contains a Group 6 element and a glass material, and a metal layer that contains a low-melting-point metal. A portion of the low-melting-point metal constituting the metal layer migrates to the under layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuro MIYAO, Tetsuya OTSUKI, Hideki ISHIGAMI, Yukihiko SHIOHARA, Hidefumi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20130322046
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method includes: preparing a first lead frame having a first lead, the first lead having a first portion located in a first region; electrically connecting the first lead and a first electronic part; bending the first lead such that the first portion is located outside the first region; arranging a second lead frame to overlap the first lead frame such that a second portion of a second lead of the second lead frame is located in the first region; and electrically connecting the second lead and the second electronic part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 8537567
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method includes: preparing a first lead frame having a first lead, the first lead having a first portion located in a first region; electrically connecting the first lead and a first electronic part; bending the first lead such that the first portion is located outside the first region; arranging a second lead frame to overlap the first lead frame such that a second portion of a second lead of the second lead frame is located in the first region; and electrically connecting the second lead and the second electronic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya Otsuki
  • Publication number: 20130049542
    Abstract: An oscillation device which contributes to the demand for downsizing/miniaturization and commercial production, and provides highly reliable oscillation frequency is provided. The oscillation device includes a base substrate provided with an oscillation member, a lid member that contains the oscillation member in a cavity, an adhesion layer that has a first melting point and connects the base substrate with the lid member, and a metal layer that has a second melting point higher than the first melting point and covers the base substrate, the adhesion layer and the lid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: TETSUYA OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20120318059
    Abstract: A sensor device includes an IC chip as a semiconductor device having a first electrode and a second electrode on a first surface, a frame-like fixing member provided to surround the first electrode and the second electrode, a vibration gyro element as a vibrating piece electrically connected to the first electrode, a lid as a lid body bonded to the first surface via the fixing member and forming a space that covers the vibration gyro element, and a lead wire electrically connected to the second electrode and extending through inside (between an IC-side fixing member and a lid-side fixing member in the embodiment) of the fixing member to outside of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20120223622
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a substrate, an IC chip, a sensor element, bonding wires, and a lid. The substrate includes a plurality of metal posts which are disposed so as to be electrically independent of each other and an insulator which is filled in a gap between faces different from first faces and second faces of the plurality of metal posts and integrally fixes the plurality of metal posts. The IC chip has electrode pads on an active face and is fixed to a first metal post. The sensor element has vibrating portions and is supported by the IC chip by bonding a supporting portion to the active face of the IC chip. The bonding wires electrically connect the electrode pads with second metal posts. The lid is disposed so as to cover the IC chip and the sensor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya OTSUKI