Patents Assigned to TDK Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240136719
    Abstract: An antenna module is an antenna module including at least a first radiation electrode, and a first power feeding electrode coupled with the first radiation electrode, and includes: a first dielectric layer including the first power feeding electrode; and a second dielectric layer disposed at one side of the first dielectric layer in a thickness direction of the first power feeding electrode, and a fracture toughness value of the second dielectric layer is larger than a fracture toughness value of the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi TEZUKA, Aozora KAWASAKI, Shin TAKANE, Yousuke FUTAMATA, Yasufumi FUKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20240138267
    Abstract: A domain wall displacement element includes a magnetoresistance element which has a reference layer and a domain wall displacement layer each containing a ferromagnetic body, a non-magnetic layer, and first and second magnetization fixed layers which are in contact with the displacement layer, wherein the first layer has a first region in contact with the displacement layer, a non-magnetic first intermediate layer, and a second region contacting the first intermediate layer, the first region has a first ferromagnetic layer contacting the first intermediate layer, the second region has a second ferromagnetic layer contacting the first intermediate layer, the first and second ferromagnetic layers are ferromagnetically coupled, a ferromagnetic layer closest to the displacement layer in the first region and a ferromagnetic layer closest to displacement layer in the second magnetization fixed layer have the same film configuration, and the first and second regions are different in film configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo YAMADA, Tatsuo SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20240136112
    Abstract: A coil component includes an element body, a coil, a first terminal electrode, and a second terminal electrode. The coil has a coil axis extending in a direction in which a pair of side surfaces face each other. The first terminal electrode and the second terminal electrode have first electrode portions exposed on end surfaces and second electrode portions exposed on a main surface, respectively, and are not exposed on each of the pair of side surfaces. In a direction in which a pair of main surfaces face each other, a distance between each of ends of the first electrode portions on the main surface side and the main surface is larger than a distance between a top portion of the coil closest to the main surface and the main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: So KOBAYASHI, Youichi KAZUTA, Yuto SHIGA, Yuichi TAKUBO, Xuran GUO, Toru YAGINUMA
  • Publication number: 20240136116
    Abstract: Since the coil body of the coil component includes a plurality of coils and the first coil is one of the plurality of coils included in the coil body, the current route from the external terminal of the first to the outer peripheral turn of the second coil portion where stray capacitance occurs is significantly shorter than the route of current flowing between the pair of external terminals, and the voltage drop in the outer peripheral turn of the second coil portion is relatively small, so that stray capacitance between the second coil portion and the first external terminal is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hokuto EDA, Masataro SAITO, Kohei TAKAHASHI, Takamasa IWASAKI, Hiroki ASAFUSA, Takahiro NEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240136120
    Abstract: A coil device includes a bobbin, a first coil provided to the bobbin, and a second coil provided outside the first coil. The first coil includes a first portion provided inside the second coil and a second portion next to the first portion and the second coil along a winding axis of the first portion. A first protrusion portion, a second protrusion portion, and a partition protrusion portion each protruding in a radial direction of the bobbin are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ge LI, Toshiyuki HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240136101
    Abstract: A coil device including a first conductor, a second conductor located inside the first conductor, a first inner core located inside the second conductor, and a second inner core located between the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riku UMEKI, Kiyofumi FUJIWARA, Koki MURATA, Youli YAO
  • Publication number: 20240136109
    Abstract: The coil body of the coil component includes a first coil, a second coil, and a third coil arranged in order along one direction when viewed from the facing direction of the pair of main surfaces of the element body. The first coil, the second coil, and the third coil have alternating winding directions, and the number of turns of the second coil is relatively small, thereby improving the characteristics of the coil component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hokuto EDA, Masataro SAITO, Kohei TAKAHASHI, Takamasa IWASAKI, Hiroki ASAFUSA, Takahiro NEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240133715
    Abstract: A position detection device includes a magnet that generates a magnetic field to be detected, and a magnetic sensor. The magnetic sensor detects the magnetic field to be detected and generates a detection value corresponding to the position of the magnet. The magnetic field to be detected has a first direction that changes within a first plane, at a reference position in the first plane. The magnetic sensor includes four MR elements. Each of the MR elements includes a first magnetic layer having first magnetization that can change in direction within a second plane corresponding to the each of the MR elements. The first plane and the second plane intersect at a dihedral angle ? other than 90°. A detection value depends on the direction of the first magnetization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke UCHIDA, Yongfu CAI
  • Patent number: 11967468
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film capacitor that includes a capacitive insulating film having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first capacitive electrode covering the first surface of the capacitive insulating film, and a second capacitive electrode covering the second surface of the capacitive insulating film. The first capacitive electrode is made of less noble metal having a lower spontaneous potential than a metal constituting the second capacitive electrode. A minute defective portion existing in the capacitive insulating film is closed by an insulator derived from a metal constituting the first capacitive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Hiraoka, Hitoshi Saita
  • Patent number: 11967348
    Abstract: This magnetoresistance effect element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer provided between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. At least one of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer has an alloy obtained by adding an additive element to a Heusler alloy. The additive element is any one or more elements selected from the group consisting of H, He, N, O, F, Ne, P, Cl, Ar, Kr, and Xe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Nakada, Kazuumi Inubushi, Shinto Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11967445
    Abstract: An NTC thermistor element includes a thermistor body and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed in the thermistor body and opposing each other. The thermistor body includes a region interposed between adjacent internal electrodes of the plurality of internal electrodes. The region of the thermistor body includes a plurality of crystal grains arranged in succession between the internal electrodes adjacent to each other. The plurality of crystal grains include a first crystal grain, a second crystal grain, and a third crystal grain. The first crystal grain is in contact with one internal electrode of the internal electrodes adjacent to each other. The second crystal grain is in contact with another internal electrode of the internal electrodes adjacent to each other. The third crystal grain is not in contact with the first crystal grain and the second crystal grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsuchida, Takehiko Abe, Yoshihiko Satoh, Shingo Yasuda, Yuki Ikeda, Makikazu Takehana
  • Patent number: 11965941
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic sensor chip that includes a magnetoresistive effect element and a sealed part. The magnetoresistive effect element includes a free layer and a pinned layer. The sealed part has a first surface and a second surface, which is opposite the first surface. The shape of the sealed part in the plan view from the first surface side is substantially quadrilateral. The substantially quadrilateral shape has a first side and a second side, which are substantially parallel to each other. In the plan view, from the first surface side of the sealed part, the magnetization direction of the pinned layer, in a state in which the external magnetic field is not applied on the magnetoresistive effect element, is inclined with respect to an approximately straight line found through the least squares method using a plurality of points arbitrarily set on the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Saito, Hiraku Hirabayashi, Yoshihiro Kudo
  • Patent number: 11967452
    Abstract: A coil device includes a first conductor, a second conductor, and a core. The second conductor is disposed inside the first conductor and at least partly extending along the first conductor. The core internally arranges the first conductor and the second conductor. An insulating layer is formed at least between the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen Wang, Syun Ashizawa, Satoshi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11967469
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic component that includes a substrate, a planarizing layer covering a surface of the substrate, a first conductive layer formed on the planarizing layer and having a lower electrode, a dielectric film made of a material different from that of the planarizing layer and covering the planarizing layer and first conductive layer, an upper electrode laminated on the lower electrode through the dielectric film, and a first insulating layer covering the first conductive layer, dielectric film, and upper electrode. An outer periphery of the first insulating layer directly contacts the planarizing layer without an intervention of the dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Kuwajima, Takashi Ohtsuka, Takeshi Oohashi, Yuichiro Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11968496
    Abstract: An acoustic device 3 includes a piezoelectric element and a housing 30. The housing 30 includes a main body portion 31 and a rib portion 35. The main body portion 31 includes a vibrating portion 32 and a plurality of support portions 33. The rib portion 35 is connected to the main body portion 31. The rib portion 35 extends in a third direction between a pair of the support portions 34a and 341) facing each other and separated from each other in the third direction intersecting a second direction, when viewed from the second direction along a vibrating surface. A hollow region V is defined by the vibrating portion 32 and the plurality of support portions 33, The above opening S1 is defined by the rib portion 35 and the main body portion 31 and communicates with the hollow region V. The rib portion 35 covers the middle of the hollow region V when viewed from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Satoh, Kaoru Kijima
  • Publication number: 20240125659
    Abstract: A stacked electrode is provided on a strain resistance film, wherein: the strain resistance film contains Cr and Al; the stacked electrode has a contact layer that overlaps the strain resistance film, a diffusion prevention layer that overlaps the contact layer, and a mounting layer that overlaps the diffusion prevention layer; and the diffusion prevention layer or the mounting layer covers the contact layer so that an end surface of the contact layer is not exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori KOBAYASHI, Ken UNNO, Tetsuya SASAHARA, Kohei NAWAOKA
  • Publication number: 20240128006
    Abstract: A laminated coil component includes: an element body having a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a first direction; a coil unit formed by laminating a plurality of coil conductors in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction inside the element body; a first lead-out conductor; and a second lead-out conductor. A first coil conductor adjacent to the first lead-out conductor in the second direction includes a first side portion extending along the first surface, on a first surface side. A second coil conductor adjacent to the second lead-out conductor in the second direction includes a second side portion extending along the second surface, on a second surface side. The first side portion has a larger line width than other side portions of the first coil conductor and the second side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya OSHIMA, Hiroshi ONO, Ryosuke HORIE, Daiki YAMADA, Yuki AKASAKA, Shuichi WATANABE, Satoshi TAKASU, Makoto YOSHINO, Takahiro YATA
  • Publication number: 20240128018
    Abstract: A high-frequency coil component includes a sealing portion containing a resin and a plurality of hollow particles, and a coil portion composed of a wound conductive wire. The coil portion is sealed in the sealing portion. The resin includes a low-dielectric resin having a relative permittivity ?r1 of 2.00 or more and less than 3.00 at 23±2° C. A mass of the resin is represented by Mr. A total mass of the plurality of hollow particles is represented by Mp. Mr/(Mr+Mp) is 25% or more and 85% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki YANAGIDA, Masashi GOTOH, Shintarou KOIKE, Junichiro URABE
  • Publication number: 20240126015
    Abstract: This optical coupler for coupling a plurality of visible light beams having different wavelengths includes: a substrate made of a material different from lithium niobate; and an optical coupling function layer formed on a main surface of the substrate. The optical coupling function layer includes: two multimode-interference-type optical coupling parts; optical-input-side waveguides and an optical-output-side waveguide connected to one multimode-interference-type optical coupling part, and optical-input-side waveguides and an optical-output-side waveguide connected to the other multimode-interference-type optical coupling part. The multimode-interference-type optical coupling parts, the optical-input-side waveguides, and the optical-output-side waveguides are made of a lithium niobate film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime UTSUNOMIYA, Yasuhiro TAKAGI, Hiroki HARA, Atsushi SHIMURA, Jiro YOSHINARI, Takashi KIKUKAWA, Tsuyoshi KOMAKI, Hideaki FUKUZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240128463
    Abstract: A laminated resin film includes: a resin layer; and a Cu film provided on one surface or both surfaces of the resin layer, in which in the Cu film, a peak intensity y of a (200) plane is 2 to 30 when a peak intensity of a (111) plane in X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100, and Expression (1) is satisfied. y?2.5×?7.5??Expression (1) (in Expression (1), y is the peak intensity of the (200) plane when the peak intensity of the (111) plane in the X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100, and x is a peak intensity of a (220) plane when the peak intensity of the (111) plane in the X-ray diffraction measurement is set to 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto ENDO, Mingyu CHEN, Yoshihiro KANBAYASHI, Takasi SATOU, Natsumi KOZAI, Yoshihiko TANABE, Syuji TSUKAMOTO, Miyuki YANAGIDA