Patents by Inventor Yoshikuni Matsunaga

Yoshikuni Matsunaga 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: 7049892
    Abstract: A multistage high frequency power amplifier circuit device has a plurality of semiconductor amplification elements connected in a cascade. The circuit device is provided with a bias control circuit used to control the bias voltage or bias current of the output semiconductor amplification element in each stage so as to reduce the variation of the output power with respect to the power control signal voltage in an area around the threshold voltage of the semiconductor amplification elements. This realizes a high frequency power amplifier circuit device provided with excellent controllability of the output power and high efficiency at the time of low power output realized with use of such a control voltage as a power control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Toshihiko Shimizu, Tomio Furuya, Nobuhiro Matsudaira, Koichi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 6865399
    Abstract: In a mobile telephone apparatus corresponding to dual-band provided with an RF power module to operate in two kinds of different frequencies, a common harmonics control circuit is provided to the output circuit of such RF power module to realize higher efficiency in view of controlling respective harmonics power for both band frequencies. Moreover, a means for selectively setting the bias is also provided so that the maximum efficiency can be attained depending on the output power required with respective communication systems with the bias control signal output from the CPU of the control unit interlocking with selection of frequency of the mobile telephone apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Toru Fujioka, Isao Yoshida, Mineo Katsueda, Masatoshi Morikawa, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Kenji Sekine, Osamu Kagaya
  • Publication number: 20050030107
    Abstract: Power amplifier circuits which constitute an RF power module used for a digital device capable of handling high frequency signals in two frequency bands are disposed over the same IC chip. The power amplifier circuits are disposed around the IC chip, and a secondary circuit is disposed between the power amplifier circuits. Thus, the power amplifier circuits are provided within the same IC chip to enable a size reduction. Further, the distance between the power amplifier circuits is ensured even if the power amplifier circuits are provided within the same IC chip. It is therefore possible to suppress the coupling between the power amplifier circuits and restrain crosstalk between the power amplifier circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Toshihiko Shimizu, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Yuri Kusakari
  • Publication number: 20040212436
    Abstract: A multistage high frequency power amplifier-circuit device has a plurality of semiconductor amplification elements connected in a cascade. The circuit device is provided with a bias control circuit used to control the bias voltage or bias current of the output semiconductor amplification element in each stage so as to reduce the variation of the output power with respect to the power control signal voltage in an area around the threshold voltage of the semiconductor amplification elements. This realizes a high frequency power amplifier circuit device provided with excellent controllability of the output power and high efficiency at the time of low power output realized with use of such a control voltage as a power control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicants: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Toshihiko Shimizu, Tomio Furuya, Nobuhiro Matsudaira, Koichi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 6759906
    Abstract: A multistage high frequency power amplifier circuit device has a plurality of semiconductor amplification elements connected in a cascade. The circuit device is provided with a bias control circuit used to control the bias voltage or bias current of the output semiconductor amplification element in each stage so as to reduce the variation of the output power with respect to the power control signal voltage in an area around the threshold voltage of the semiconductor amplification elements. This realizes a high frequency power amplifier circuit device provided with excellent controllability of the output power and high efficiency at the time of low power output realized with use of such a control voltage as a power control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corp., Hitachi Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Toshihiko Shimizu, Tomio Furuya, Nobuhiro Matsudaira, Koichi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 6535069
    Abstract: A radio frequency power amplifier module for a dual-band type mobile communication apparatus that can transmit and receive a first frequency f1 and second frequency f2 (f2=2×f1). It includes a drive stage amplifier having the gain peaks at f1 and f2 with a matching circuit and a radio frequency power output circuit including a radio frequency power output transistor. The output circuit has a transmission line connected to the drain end of the output transistor, a parallel resonance circuit connected in series to the transmission line to resonate at harmonics of a frequency twice the frequency f2, a series resonance circuit provided between one end of the resonance circuit and the ground to resonate at harmonics of a frequency twice the frequency f2 and an output matching circuit provided in series to the other end of the parallel resonance circuit for matching with f1 and f2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Fujioka, Isao Yoshida, Mineo Katsueda, Masatoshi Morikawa, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Kenji Sekine, Osamu Kagaya
  • Publication number: 20030016082
    Abstract: A multistage high frequency power amplifier circuit device has a plurality of semiconductor amplification elements connected in a cascade. The circuit device is provided with a bias control circuit used to control the bias voltage or bias current of the output semiconductor amplification element in each stage so as to reduce the variation of the output power with respect to the power control signal voltage in an area around the threshold voltage of the semiconductor amplification elements. This realizes a high frequency power amplifier circuit device provided with excellent controllability of the output power and high efficiency at the time of low power output realized with use of such a control voltage as a power control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Toshihiko Shimizu, Tomio Furuya, Nobuhiro Matsudaira, Koichi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 6492872
    Abstract: A high frequency power amplifier module is provided for improving output controllability. A wireless communication apparatus incorporates a high frequency power amplifier module in a multi-stage configuration including a plurality of cascaded MOSFETS. The power amplifier module comprises a bias circuit for generating a gate voltage in response to a power control voltage (vapc) generated based on a power control signal of the wireless communication apparatus. The gate voltage has a bias pattern which presents smaller fluctuations in output power in response to a control voltage (Vapc) in a region near a threshold voltage (Vth) of the MOSFETs in respective amplification stages. In this way, the controllability for the output power is improved. More specifically, the power amplifier module has a gate bias circuit for generating the gate voltage (Vg) which follows a gate voltage pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Tohbu Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Fujioka, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Isao Yoshida, Masatoshi Morikawa, Masao Hotta, Tetsuaki Adachi
  • Publication number: 20020089380
    Abstract: A radio frequency power amplifier module for a dual-band type mobile communication apparatus that can transmit and receive the first frequency f1 and the second frequency f2 (f2=2×f1) is structured as explained below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Fujioka, Isao Yoshida, Mineo Katsueda, Masatoshi Morikawa, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Kenji Sekine, Osamu Kagaya
  • Publication number: 20020082045
    Abstract: In a mobile telephone apparatus corresponding to dual-band provided with an RF power module to operate in two kinds of different frequencies, a common harmonics control circuit is provided to the output circuit of such RF power module to realize higher efficiency in view of controlling respective harmonics power for both band frequencies. Moreover, a means for selectively setting the bias is also provided so that the maximum efficiency can be attained depending on the output power required with respective communication systems with the bias control signal output from the CPU of the control unit interlocking with selection of frequency of the mobile telephone apparatus body. In addition, a switching element is also provided to such harmonics control circuit to enable the harmonics control without giving any influence on the radio frequency signal of each communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Toru Fujioka, Isao Yoshida, Mineo Katsueda, Masatoshi Morikawa, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Kenji Sekine, Osamu Kagaya
  • Patent number: 6384688
    Abstract: A radio frequency power amplifier module for a dual-band type mobile communication apparatus that can transmit and receive the first frequency f1 and the second frequency f2 (f2=2×f1) is structured as explained below. This radio frequency power amplifier module for dual-band type mobile communication apparatus is comprised of a drive stage amplifier having the gain peaks at f1 and f2 with a matching circuit and a radio frequency power output circuit including a radio frequency power output transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Fujioka, Isao Yoshida, Mineo Katsueda, Masatoshi Morikawa, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Kenji Sekine, Osamu Kagaya
  • Patent number: 6366788
    Abstract: In a mobile telephone apparatus corresponding to dual-band provided with an RF power module to operate in two kinds of different frequencies, a common harmonics control circuit is provided to the output circuit of such RF power module to realize higher efficiency in view of controlling respective harmonics power for both band frequencies. Moreover, a means for selectively setting the bias is also provided so that the maximum efficiency can be attained depending on the output power required with respective communication systems with the bias control signal output from the CPU of the control unit interlocking with selection of frequency of the mobile telephone apparatus body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Fujioka, Isao Yoshida, Mineo Katsueda, Masatoshi Morikawa, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Kenji Sekine, Osamu Kagaya
  • Patent number: 5951474
    Abstract: RF receiving coil device used in a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus capable of acquiring a tomographic image of an object under examination positioned in a static magnetic field along a predetermined direction including quadrature detection coils for detecting an MR signal component along a direction perpendicular to a body axis direction of the object under examination and also perpendicular to a direction of the static magnetic field, and for detecting another MR-signal component along the body axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Tetsuhiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5592088
    Abstract: A probe for an MRI apparatus in a vertical magnetic field system including: an array coil which is formed by arranging a plurality of unit coils, which can be driven independently of one another, in a direction perpendicularly intersecting a direction of a static magnetic field; and a compensating coil which forms a magnetic field in a direction perpendicularly intersecting both a direction of a magnetic field formed by the array coil and the direction of the magnetic field, a signal detected by the array coil and a signal detected by the compensating coil being composed so as to be in phase with each other, thereby to be outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Etsuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5559434
    Abstract: An MRI RF coil including first and second ring elements having a plurality of peripheral segments connected in ring shape which are apart from each other along a common vertical axial line. The RF coil also includes a plurality of axial conductive segments for connecting the first and second ring elements electrically to each other at the contacts of the plurality of peripheral segments with a plurality of current loops being formed by neighboring axial conductive segments and two peripheral segments connected thereby. Further, at least one control signal feeding point is positioned at any one of the peripheral segments of the first or second ring elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Etsuji Yamamoto, Yoshiki Murakami, Yoshikuni Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 5552707
    Abstract: An RF probe including: two coils for detecting MR signals which are arranged at positions which face each other at a predetermined distance; an apparatus for changing a distance between those coils; and an apparatus for reducing a high frequency coupling between the two coils which is caused due to a change in distance between the coils, in accordance with the distance between the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Yoshikuni Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 5510714
    Abstract: In a bird cage resonator, the axial length of rungs is changed between orthogonal elements. By doing this, the real view fields of orthogonal ports A and B in the sagittal direction are changed and the sensitivity difference between both view fields is reduced. For an object with an elliptical section to be inspected such as the human body, a remarkable difference in detection sensitivity between each orthogonal ports is eliminated and the receiving sensitivity of MRI apparatus employing the QD method is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Etsuji Yamamoto, Yoshiki Murakami, Yoshikuni Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 5489847
    Abstract: An RF probe for MRI, in which a plurality of unit coils including conductive loops having resonance capacitors and inductors connected with the conductive loops in series are arranged so as to be distant from each other with a predetermined distance, electromagnetic coupling being produced between at least two inductors to remove electromagnetic coupling between the unit coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Medical Corp.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nabeshima, Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Etsuji Yamamoto, Kageyoshi Katakura
  • Patent number: 5477145
    Abstract: In an RF probe comprising a resonator and a pickup coil, the pickup coil is an 8-shaped coil, and a center portion of this pickup coil is constituted in such a manner that crossing coils become parallel to each other at the portion. The center portion where the coils of the pickup coil are parallel to each other is so disposed as to extend along, and in the vicinity of, a part of a conductor loop of the resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Etsuji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5457386
    Abstract: A probe for an MRI apparatus in a vertical magnetic field system including: an array coil which is formed by arranging a plurality of unit coils, which can be driven independently of one another, in a direction perpendicularly intersecting a direction of a static magnetic field; and a compensating coil which forms a magnetic field in a direction perpendicularly intersecting both a direction of a magnetic field formed by the array coil and the direction of the magnetic field, a signal detected by the array coil and a signal detected by the compensating coil being composed so as to be in phase with each other, thereby to be outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Etsuji Yamamoto