Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics
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Patent number: 10215801Abstract: A contact inspection device includes: plural probes each having a first end to be brought into contact with a test object; a probe substrate including contact portions in contact with respective second ends of the probes; a probe head through which the probes extend and which is detachably attached to the probe substrate; and plural positioning members which are provided on a surface of the probe head facing the probe substrate and through which the probes extend. Each probe has a rotation restricted portion provided on the side of the second end. Each positioning member has rotation restricting portions adapted to engage the rotation restricted portions. When the positioning members are moved relative to each other, the rotation restricting portions align the probes and switch the probes from a rotation unrestricted state to a rotation restricted state.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventor: Mika Nasu
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Publication number: 20190056458Abstract: A test system is characterized by including: a holding unit that holds a light-receiving unit receiving light emitted from a test object; and an optical path forming unit that is formed with an optical transmission path as a path of the light received by the light-receiving unit, in which the optical transmission path is formed of a different member from the light-receiving unit. Since the test system has such a configuration, replacement of the light-receiving unit that receives the light emitted from the test object can be facilitated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon MicronicsInventor: Osamu ARAI
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Publication number: 20180299489Abstract: A probe card includes a probe having a spring property and a probe head that holds the probe. The probe head includes a guide portion that holds the probe such that the probe can move in an axis direction Z. The guide portion includes a heat radiation structure that absorbs heat of the probe generated by energization and emits the heat to the outside of the probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon MicronicsInventors: Tetsuya YOSHIOKA, Takashi KAWANO, Shigeki MAKISE, Mika NASU
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Patent number: 10101365Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a control IC mounted on a mounting substrate and a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the mounting substrate, and each of the plurality of semiconductor chips includes first and second transistors connected in series between a device to be inspected and a tester. The first transistor and the second transistor have a common drain electrode on a substrate side of the semiconductor chip. A source electrode of the first transistor is connected to the side of a power supply channel of the tester. A source electrode of the second transistor is connected to the side of an electrode of the device to be inspected. A control signal from the control IC is supplied to a gate electrode of each of the first and second transistors via a line so that the connection between the tester and the device to be inspected is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventor: Yoshiro Nakata
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Patent number: 10090507Abstract: A secondary battery-mounted circuit chip wherein secondary battery is directly fabricated on opposed surface of formed circuit into an integrated structure of the secondary battery and circuit, and a manufacturing method thereof. Secondary battery-mounted circuit chip is configured such that secondary battery is directly fabricated in region corresponding to circuit into integrated structure of secondary battery and circuit. The chip is secondary battery-mounted circuit chip wherein secondary battery is formed on surface opposing a circuit region fabricated on wafer.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS, GUALA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki Tsunokuni, Tatsuo Inoue, Kiyoyasu Hiwada, Takashi Tonokawa, Akira Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20180226674Abstract: A method for manufacturing oxide semiconductor secondary cells concurrently and evenly on a plurality of chips. A method for manufacturing a chip on which an oxide semiconductor secondary cell is mounted, the oxide semiconductor secondary cell that is formed by layering a first electrode, a charging function layer, and a second electrode being layered on a circuit. The method includes a layering process to layer and form the oxide semiconductor secondary cells integrally at regions corresponding to a plurality of chips formed on a wafer without separately forming oxide semiconductor secondary cells at regions corresponding to the respective chips, and a separating process to perform separation into individual oxide semiconductor secondary cells corresponding to the respective chips by performing pattern etching on the integrally-formed oxide semiconductor secondary cells to eliminate regions not corresponding to the respective chips except for regions corresponding to the respective chips.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Kazuyuki TSUNOKUNI, Tatsuo INOUE, Tomokazu SAITOH, Juri OGASAWARA, Takashi TONOKAWA, Takuo KUDOH
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Patent number: 10036780Abstract: An electrode probe is brought into contact with a measurement part on an outer surface of at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of a sheet type cell, and quantity of electricity is measured at the measurement part, so as to evaluate the sheet type cell. The electrode probe may be connected to a voltage meter and to a charge source or a discharge source, and the evaluation made by detecting a charge characteristic that changes the cell from a non-charged state to a fully charged state, a discharge characteristic that changes the cell from a fully charged state to the non-charged state, or a measurement voltage of the voltage meter when the cell is in the fully charged state.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Harutada Dewa, Kiyoyasu Hiwada
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Patent number: 10024908Abstract: A probe comprises a first end that contacts and separates from a test object and a second end that contacts a circuit board to perform inspection of the test object. The second end is provided with a rotation restricted portion that restricts rotation of the probe about the axial direction thereof. An extendable portion, which is freely extendable and contractible in the axial direction of the probe and has at least one spiral slit, is provided between the first end and the second end. The second end is formed by a tubular member. Also, at least two of the extendable portions are provided between the first end and the second end, and an intermediate portion is formed between the extendable portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Hiroyasu Ando, Mika Nasu
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Patent number: 10018669Abstract: An electrical contactor of this invention includes: a first plunger to contact one member, the first plunger including a tip portion formed into a plurality of chevron shapes; a second plunger to contact a counterpart member, the second plunger working in cooperation with the first plunger to form electrical conduction between the one member and the counterpart member; and a spring part to couple the tip portion of the first plunger and a tip portion of the second plunger while the tip portion of the first plunger and the tip portion of the second plunger are pointed in opposite directions. The spring part covers an outer periphery of a part where the first plunger and the second plunger are coupled and supports the first plunger and the second plunger in a manner that allows the first plunger and the second plunger to slide relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventor: Kenichi Shibutani
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Patent number: 9972862Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery in which a single-layer secondary cell has an all-solid-state secondary cell structure with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer and which is superior to a conventional secondary battery with respect to at least one of volume, operation, and positioning. The present invention provides a secondary battery including a folded single-layer secondary cell formed by folding a sheet-shaped single-layer secondary cell, with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer, two or more times while alternately reversing the folding direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS, GUALA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuo Kudoh, Kiyoyasu Hiwada, Shozo Izumo, Tomokazu Saito, Akira Nakazawa
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Publication number: 20180088150Abstract: A probe includes: a probe base body having a first end as a portion that contacts a test object in an inspection and a second end that contacts a contact point member; a covering member that covers the probe base body between the first end and the second end; and an enlarged diameter portion 6 provided at an exposed portion on the second end side of the probe base body. The probe is attached in a bent-deformed state by pressing a terminal portion on the first end side of the covering member against a base portion of the contact inspection device. The second end of the probe base body is pressed against a contact point of the contact point member by opposing force due to the pressing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon MicronicsInventor: Tomoaki KUGA
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Patent number: 9917330Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery being superior to a conventional secondary battery with respect to volume (energy density) and manufacturing (manufacturing workload). The present invention provides a secondary battery including a sheet-shaped first-electrode-functioning base material having a function as a first electrode and a function as a base material, a front-side storage layer formed on a front side of the first-electrode-functioning base material, a front-side second electrode layer layered on the front-side storage layer, a rear-side storage layer formed on a rear side of the first-electrode-functioning base material, and a rear-side second electrode layer layered on the rear-side storage layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS, GUALA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shozo Izumo, Tomokazu Saito, Akira Nakazawa
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Patent number: 9910089Abstract: An inspection unit in which a probe card is united with a connection body via a vacuum chamber. It prevents flatness of tips of probes provided on the probe card from worsening when the probe card is united with a connection body by suction force (negative pressure) of the vacuum chamber. The inspection unit includes a probe card with probes on a first surface and a connection body united with a second surface of the probe card via a first vacuum chamber. The first chamber is formed with a plurality of chambers.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Kenichi Washio, Norie Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9865859Abstract: A structure with suppressed thickness and high-density when battery cells of a thin-film-solid secondary battery are stacked. Adjacent battery cells are stacked such that negative electrodes are in contact with each other and positive electrodes are in contact with each other, and arranged such that a taking-out lead electrode smaller than negative or positive electrode surfaces are sandwiched between two negative electrodes in contact with each other or two positive electrodes in contact with each other, and the lead electrodes sandwiched between electrodes of different layers are arranged such that there is no region where all of the lead electrodes simultaneously overlap one another as viewed in a planar arrangement. There are a strip-shaped lead electrode and a linear lead electrode. Further, a conductive sheet forming the electrode is extended to also serve as the taking-out electrode, thereby making it possible to reduce the number of lead electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS, GUALA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomokazu Saitoh, Shozo Izumo, Tatsuo Inoue, Akira Nakazawa
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Patent number: 9865908Abstract: There is provided an electrode structure for preventing cracks occurring in a metal electrode due to heating in a manufacturing process in the case of stacking an insulating resin and the metal electrode which are different in thermal expansion coefficient. An electrode for a semiconductor circuit, stacked on a substrate made of an insulating resin, has an electrode structure composed of a main electrode including a slit formed by cutting out a part thereof to prevent occurrence of a crack in a manufacturing process caused by a difference in thermal expansion coefficient from the substrate, and an auxiliary electrode that covers the slit in the main electrode. No slit is provided but a bridge is formed at a portion where the slit in the main electrode and the slit in the auxiliary electrode overlap with each other, thereby eliminating a gap portion where the electrode does not exist.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS, GUALA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuo Kudoh, Kiyoyasu Hiwada, Akira Nakazawa
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Patent number: 9859596Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to provide a repeatedly chargeable and dischargeable quantum battery that is available for a long period of time without an aging change. The quantum battery is charged by causing an n-type metal oxide semiconductor to have a photo-exited structural change, thereby the electrode of quantum battery is prevented from being oxide and a price reduction and stable operation are possible. The repeatedly usable quantum battery is constituted by laminating; a first metal electrode having an oxidation preventing function, charging layer in which an energy level is formed in the band gap by causing an n-type metal oxide semiconductor covered with an insulating material to have a photo-exited structure change and electrons are trapped at the energy level; p-type metal oxide semiconductor layer; and a second metal electrode having the oxidation preventing function, the electrodes are passive metal layers formed of metals having passive characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2011Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS, GUALA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuo Kudoh, Akira Nakazawa, Nobuaki Terakado
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Patent number: 9799927Abstract: A repair apparatus of a sheet type cell is capable of appropriately repairing and detoxifying defects of a sheet type cell having semiconductor characteristics. The repair apparatus repairs a sheet type cell in which a storage layer is sandwiched by layers of a positive electrode and a negative electrode and at least the storage layer has semiconductor characteristics. The repair apparatus applies electrical stimulation between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, measures electrical characteristics of the sheet type cell when the electrical stimulation is applied, and specifies a value of the electrical stimulation by the electrical stimulation source while considering measured electrical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS, GUALA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyoyasu Hiwada, Harutada Dewa, Akira Nakazawa, Nobuaki Terakado
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Patent number: 9778284Abstract: A testing device and method of a quantum battery by a semiconductor probe capable of evaluating electric characteristics of a charge layer in the middle of a production process of the quantum battery without damaging the charge layer. On semiconductor probe constituted by stacking electrode and metal oxide semiconductor on support body, and probe charge layer is formed of the same material as that of quantum battery and irradiated with ultraviolet rays. Forming probe charge layer of same material as that of quantum battery on semiconductor probe enables evaluation without damaging charge layer of the quantum battery. Testing device and method are provided which measure the charge/discharge characteristics of a charge layer in the middle of producing the quantum battery by a voltmeter and a constant current source or a discharge resistor by using the semiconductor probe including the probe charge layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS, GUALA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Harutada Dewa, Kiyoyasu Hiwada, Akira Nakazawa
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Patent number: 9767721Abstract: An inspection apparatus and an inspection method capable of reducing the effect of noises are provided. An inspection apparatus according to the present invention includes a work table 26 on which an inspection panel 12 is placed, a probe unit 31 including a probe 38 that comes into contact with an electrode 12a of the inspection panel 12 placed on the work table 26, and a stage 11 that moves the work table 26 in order to bring the probe 38 into contact with the electrode 12a of the inspection panel 12 placed on the work table 26, in which the stage 11 is connected to the ground and supports the work table 26 through a resistive element.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventors: Takayoshi Kudo, Katsuhiko Kimura, Takahiro Fukushi, Kazuyoshi Miura
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Patent number: 9759744Abstract: A contact inspection device including contacts that contact with a test object for inspection, each contact having a base end portion, a needle tip portion having a needle tip that contacts with the test object, and an elastically deformable portion located between the base end portion and the needle tip portion, with the base end portion and the needle tip portion having axes which coincide with each other. The elastically deformable portion is deformable under a compressive force applied in the axial direction of the needle tip portion while the needle tip is pressed against the test object and converts the compressive force into a tilting motion of the needle tip portion about the needle tip through deformation. The needle tip portion is displaceable in a direction in which the needle tip portion is pivotally tilted while the needle tip is pressed against the test object.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICSInventor: Kentaro Tanaka