Patents Assigned to Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11769635
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an element body. The element body includes a stack of first internal electrode layers, dielectric layers and second internal electrode layers. The element body has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The multilayer ceramic capacitor also includes a first external electrode formed on the first surface of the element body and a second external electrode formed on the second surface of the element body. The first internal electrode layer has a first current path extending in a first plane perpendicular to the first surface such that the first current path has a shorter component on the first plane in a first direction toward the first surface than in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second internal electrode layer has a second current path that possesses a similar anisotropy to the first internal electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wakaaki Murai
  • Patent number: 11769632
    Abstract: A ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, wherein a main component of the plurality of dielectric layers is BaTiO3, wherein the plurality of dielectric layers include Mn as a first sub-component, Mg as a second sub-component, a rare earth element which is at least one of Ho and Dy as a third sub-component, V as a fourth sub-component, Si as a fifth sub-component, Ca as a sixth sub-component, wherein an average grain diameter of ceramic grains of the plurality of dielectric layers is 280 nm or more and 380 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazumi Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11769907
    Abstract: An all solid battery includes: a multilayer chip in which each of solid electrolyte layers and each of electrodes are alternately stacked, a main component of the solid electrolyte layers being phosphoric acid salt-based solid electrolyte, the plurality of electrodes being alternately exposed to a first end face and a second end face of the multilayer chip, a first external electrode provided on the first end face; a second external electrode provided on the second end face; and wherein L/W is 0.2 or more and 1.1 or less, when a length of the multilayer chip in a first direction in which the first end face faces with the second end face is L, and a width of the multilayer chip in a second direction that is vertical to the first direction and a stacking direction of the multilayer chip is W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chie Kawamura, Masashi Sekiguchi, Daigo Ito, Takato Satoh, Sachie Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20230298819
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic device includes a plurality of internal electrode layers, a plurality of dielectric layers, each of which has a perovskite structure that is expressed by a general formula of ABO3, a pair of cover layers respectively provided on an upper end and a lower end in a stacking direction in a capacity section, and has a main component that is a same as a main component of the plurality of dielectric layers. The capacity section has a first section positioned in a center portion in the stacking direction and a pair of second sections outside of the first section in the stacking direction. An A/B ratio of the first section is larger than the A/B ratio of the second section. The A/B ratio of the pair of cover layers is larger than the A/B ratio of the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji TSUSHIMA, Yasuhiro MATSUMOTO, Koichiro MORITA
  • Patent number: 11763993
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip having dielectric layers and internal electrode layers and having a first main face and a second main face that have a rectangular shape in a planar view, external electrodes each of which extends from the first main face to the second main face at each of two diagonal corners of the rectangular shape, the external electrodes being spaced from each other, each of the external electrodes being connected to a part of the internal electrode layers, and a conductor that is provided on the first main face, the second main face or both of the first main face and the second main face, is spaced from the external electrodes, and is provided in a region which includes an intersection point of perpendicular bisectors of two adjacent sides of the rectangular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimio Fujita, Yasutomo Suga
  • Patent number: 11763979
    Abstract: A coil component 1 includes a base body 10 having a mounting surface 10b, a coil conductor 25 wound around a coil axis X through a plurality of layers in the base body 10, where the coil conductor 25 has a first end 25a and a second end 25b, external electrodes 21 and 22 provided on the mounting surface 10b, a lead-out conductor 26 connecting the first end 25a of the coil conductor 25 and the external electrode 21, and a lead-out conductor 27 connecting the second end 25b of the coil conductor 25 and the external electrode 22. At least a portion of the lead-out conductor 26 is positioned within a first region R1 inside the coil conductor 25 in a radial direction when seen in a direction of the coil axis X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Arai, Naoya Terauchi, Tomoo Kashiwa
  • Publication number: 20230291389
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a transmit filter including first acoustic wave resonators connected to a first path between a common terminal and a transmit terminal, one or some first acoustic wave resonators of the first acoustic wave resonators being provided on a first substrate, and a remaining first acoustic wave resonator being provided on a second substrate, and a receive filter including second acoustic wave resonators connected to a second path between the common terminal and a receive terminal, one or some second acoustic wave resonators of the second acoustic wave resonators being provided on the first substrate and a remaining second acoustic wave resonator being provided on the second substrate, and a resonator closest to the receive terminal in a plan view among the one or some first and second acoustic wave resonators being a second acoustic wave resonator of the one or some second acoustic wave resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige HATAKEYAMA, Jyunichi HAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230290577
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic device includes a multilayer chip. The multilayer chip has a capacity section, a side margin and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is provided between the capacity section and the side margin. An A/B ratio is larger in the side margin than in the capacity section, and is smaller in the intermediate portion than in the capacity section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji TSUSHIMA, Yasuhiro MATSUMOTO, Koichiro MORITA
  • Patent number: 11756733
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip having a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers that are stacked, and having a first main face and a second main face, and a plurality of external electrodes, the plurality of external electrodes being spaced from each other, each of the plurality of external electrodes being connected to a part of the plurality of internal electrode layers, the plurality of external electrodes having a predetermined area in the planar view. On at least one of the first main face and the second main face, at least one of the plurality of external electrodes has an extension portion extending along a side of the rectangular shape toward at least one of external electrodes adjacent to the at least one of the plurality of external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Chigira, Jun Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11752549
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a magnetic body part and a cover part covering one side of a magnetic layer part; and a coil part embedded in the magnetic body part. The magnetic body part is comprised of the following two types of layers: (A) an oblate soft magnetic grain-containing layer, and (B) a spherical grain-containing layer, wherein layer (A) extends over the entire range of the magnetic body part except for a portion including the coil part in a direction perpendicular to an axis direction of the coil part, layer (B) adjoins layer (A) in the axis direction. The cover part is constituted by multiple layers including one or more of layer(s) (A) and one or more of layer(s) (B) and extending over the entire range of the magnetic body part in the direction perpendicular to the axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hachiya, Hitoshi Matsuura, Takayuki Arai, Shuhei Kurahashi, Hideo Machida, Hidekazu Teshigawara, Naoya Honmo
  • Patent number: 11756736
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of ceramic powder includes mixing a barium carbonate having a specific surface are of 15 m2/g or more, a titanium dioxide having a specific surface area of 20 m2/g or more, a first compound of a donor element having a larger valence than Ti, and a second compound of an acceptor element having a smaller valence than Ti and having a larger ion radium than Ti and the donor element, and synthesizing barium titanate powder by calcining the barium carbonate, the titanium dioxide, the first compound and the second compound until a specific surface area of the barium titanate powder becomes 4 m2/g or more and 25 m2/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chie Kawamura, Kazumichi Hiroi, Osamu Hattori
  • Patent number: 11756717
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a laminate including a magnetic portion and an insulator, the insulator having a higher insulation quality than the magnetic portion; a first external electrode; a second external electrode; and a coil conductor provided in the laminate, wherein the coil conductor includes a plurality of conductor patterns each extending along a planar direction perpendicular to the coil axis, the plurality of conductor patterns being separated from each other in the direction of the coil axis, the plurality of conductor patterns include a first conductor pattern and a second conductor pattern, the first conductor pattern contacting with the first external electrode, the second conductor pattern contacting with the second external electrode, and in the planar direction, the insulator is provided between the first conductor pattern and the second external electrode and between the second conductor pattern and the first external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Miyasou
  • Patent number: 11756737
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor includes: a multi-layer unit including ceramic layers laminated in a first direction and electrodes disposed between the ceramic layers, positions of end portions of the electrodes falling within a range of 0.5 ?m in a second direction; and side margins each containing manganese or magnesium and silicon and facing each other in the second direction. When each margin is equally divided into an inner region and an outer region, a total concentration of manganese and magnesium in the outer region is higher than a total concentration of manganese and magnesium in the inner region and higher than a total concentration of manganese and magnesium in the ceramic layers, and a concentration of silicon in the inner region is not less than a concentration of silicon in the outer region and higher than a concentration of silicon in the ceramic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kotaro Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11754528
    Abstract: A gas detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing and a plurality of sensor elements. The casing includes a gas introducing port, a first chamber that communicates with the introducing port, a second chamber that communicates with the first chamber, a flow limiter that limits a flow of gas from the first chamber to the second chamber, and a gas exhausting portion that communicates with the second chamber. The plurality of sensor elements are disposed within the second chamber and have different detection sensitivities depending on a gas type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhito Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20230282421
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including ceramic layers stacked in a first axis direction and internal electrodes disposed between the plurality of ceramic layers and alternately led out to respective sides along a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction, and external electrodes connected to the internal electrodes and opposed to each other in the second axis direction across the ceramic body. The internal electrodes include first and second peripheral internal electrodes collectively disposed in first and second peripheral portions at respective outer sides in the first axis direction, respectively and central internal electrodes collectively disposed closer to a center in the first axis direction than the first and second peripheral internal electrodes, and each of the first and second peripheral internal electrodes has a higher content ratio of ceramic particles than each of the central internal electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chizuru TOMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230282423
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body, which includes an electrode-stacking portion in which internal electrodes are stacked, and cover portions facing each other in a first axis direction across the electrode-stacking portion, and external electrodes each including a covering portion that covers the ceramic body from a second axis direction, and an extending portion that extends over the cover portions along the second axis direction. The ceramic body includes crystal grains of ceramic and segregated small grains located between the crystal grains. In a cross section of an end section located between the extending portion of the cover portion and the electrode-stacking portion, the number of the segregated small grains having a grain size of 0.5% or greater and 10% or less of an average grain size of the crystal grains is 40% or greater and 95% or less of the number of the crystal grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro ARAI, Kazumichi HIROI, Hirokazu SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230282419
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode facing the first internal electrode, a pair of first external electrodes arranged on end surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, connected to the first internal electrode; anda pair of second external electrodes arranged on side surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, connected to the second internal electrode, wherein at least one of a first electrode main body portion and a second electrode main body portion has a first current regulating portion that is a cutout portion spaced apart from an outer edge of the corresponding first or second electrode main body portion and having a shape in which a ratio of a maximum longitudinal dimension to a maximum transverse dimension is greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru UMEGAKI, Hirotaka OHNO, Riki SUEMASA
  • Patent number: 11751480
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer that is provided on the support substrate, a functional element including an electrode provided on a surface of the piezoelectric layer, a metallic frame body that is provided on the support substrate so as to surround the piezoelectric layer and the functional element in a plan view, a metallic lid that is provided on the frame body so as to form a space between the lid and the support substrate, and seals the functional element into the space, and a columnar body that is provided between the support substrate and the lid in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouta Iwabuchi, Motoi Yamauchi, Takashi Miyagawa, Tsutomu Kikuchi, Yuki Maruya
  • Patent number: 11749458
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip including a multilayer structure, a first cover layer and a second cover layer and having a parallelepiped shape, the multilayer structure having a structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and are alternately exposed to a first end face and a second end face of the multilayer chip, the first end face being opposite to the second end face, the first cover layer being provided on an upper face of the multilayer structure in a stacking direction, the second cover layer being provided on a lower face of the multilayer structure, a first external electrode formed on the first end face, and a second external electrode formed on the second end face. In this structure, a relationship of 0.20?R1/?{square root over (?)}(P12?C12)?0.80 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mikio Tahara
  • Patent number: 11749450
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a core part including: a winding shaft; and a flange part provided on an axial-direction end of the winding shaft, which has an exterior face on the opposite side of the winding shaft, first and second side faces, and first and second groove parts provided on the exterior face and having a cut-out part on each the first and second side faces; a coil part including: a winding part of a conductor wound around the winding shaft; and two lead parts of the conductor led out from the winding part; and two terminal parts formed on the exterior face of the flange part; wherein the two lead parts are led in from the cut-out parts on the first and second side faces and fitted inside the groove parts, respectively, on the exterior face, and included in the pair of terminal parts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Shimizu, Tomoo Kashiwa