Patents by Inventor A. Samata

A. Samata 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: 11955931
    Abstract: A power amplifier unit includes a power amplifier circuit that amplifies a radio-frequency input signal, a first impedance matching circuit that performs impedance matching for an output signal of the power amplifier circuit, a second-order harmonic termination circuit on an output side of the first impedance matching circuit and that reflects at least part of even-ordered and odd-ordered harmonics contained in a signal input from the first impedance matching circuit to output the at least part of the harmonics from an input terminal as a radio-frequency signal and outputs a radio-frequency signal containing a fundamental and the remainder of the harmonics from an output terminal, and a filter that is on a subsequent stage of the second-order harmonic termination circuit, that attenuates at least part of the even-ordered and odd-ordered harmonics, and that outputs a radio-frequency signal including the fundamental and the remainder of the even-ordered and odd-ordered harmonics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hase, Mitsunori Samata
  • Publication number: 20240097510
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic gear device and a rotating electrical machine having intermediate cylindrical portions with increased rigidity against radial-direction external forces. In a magnetic gear device and a rotating electrical machine according to the present disclosure, an intermediate cylindrical portion includes: magnetic-pole portions arranged in a circumferential direction; frame-shaped spacers penetrating in the radial direction, arranged in the circumferential direction alternately with the magnetic-pole portions, and each having two side-wall portions contacting with the adjacent magnetic-pole portions; end plates provided at both ends of the magnetic-pole portions and the spacers in an axial direction of a rotary shaft; and reinforcement portions placed inside the spacers while being pressed to inner surfaces of the side-wall portions in the circumferential direction, to apply forces in the circumferential direction to the adjacent magnetic-pole portions via the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei SAMATA, Takuma SASAI, Norihiko HANA
  • Patent number: 11927599
    Abstract: Included are: a main body including an installation part in which a cartridge housing a liquid for treating a test substance contained in a specimen is installed and a detector configured to detect the test substance treated with the liquid within the cartridge installed in the installation part; a lid part arranged rotatably on the main body about a shaft so as to open and close the installation part; a biasing part biasing the lid part in an opening direction; and a plurality of regulators each generating resistance against a biasing force in the opening direction at different timing during an opening motion of the lid part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: JVCKENWOOD Corporation, SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamamoto, Shigeru Yokota, Hideki Samata, Tomoyuki Nose, Sayuri Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20240046456
    Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing dental radiographs use deep neural network architectures, model training procedures and data processing method for automated dental charting and condition detection. The systems and methods produce detailed outputs that are comprehensive analyses of dental radiographs attributing detected conditions to particular teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Mini Suri, Sohaib Laraba, Alan Friedel, Y. Samata, Elias Ennadifi, Nour Islam Mokhtari, Housseyne Nadour, Poonam Gupta, Tin Luu
  • Publication number: 20240033332
    Abstract: Developing an agent for activating a neuron which activates a brain neuron. The agent is suitable for promoting cell transplantation for a neural disease, survival of a transplanted cell, differentiation of the transplanted cell into a neuronal cell, and/or maturation of the neuron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun TAKAHASHI, Bumpei SAMATA
  • Patent number: 11824499
    Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier that amplifies a first signal, and a second amplifier arranged subsequent to the first amplifier. The second amplifier amplifies a second signal that is based on an output signal of the first amplifier. The first amplifier performs class inverse-F operation, and the second amplifier performs class F operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanori Namie, Mitsunori Samata, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11799503
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a radio-frequency amplifier circuit and a band selection switch are mounted on or in a module substrate. An output matching circuit includes at least one passive element disposed on or in the module substrate. The output matching circuit is coupled between the radio-frequency amplifier circuit and the band selection switch. The semiconductor device includes a first member having a semiconductor portion made of an elemental semiconductor and a second member joined to the first member in surface contact with the first member. The radio-frequency amplifier circuit including a semiconductor element made of a compound semiconductor is formed at the second member. The semiconductor device is disposed in close proximity to the output matching circuit in plan view. The output matching circuit is disposed in close proximity to the band selection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Goto, Shunji Yoshimi, Mitsunori Samata
  • Publication number: 20230299061
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a module substrate having major surfaces that face each other, a first base part that is at least partially comprised of a first semiconductor material and in which an electronic circuit is formed, a second base part that is at least partially comprised of a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material and in which a power amplifier is formed, and a switch connected to an output terminal of the power amplifier. The first base part is disposed on or over the major surface; the second base part is disposed between the module substrate and the first base part, is joined to the first base part, and is connected to the major surface via an electrode; and the switch is disposed on or over the major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yukiya YAMAGUCHI, Takanori UEJIMA, Motoji TSUDA, Yuji TAKEMATSU, Shunji YOSHIMI, Satoshi ARAYASHIKI, Mitsunori SAMATA, Satoshi GOTO, Masayuki AOIKE
  • Patent number: 11757478
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a module board that includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a power amplifier; and a first circuit component. The power amplifier includes: a first amplifying circuit element; a second amplifying circuit element; and an output transformer that includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. An end of the primary coil is connected to an output terminal of the first amplifying circuit element. Another end of the primary coil is connected to an output terminal of the second amplifying circuit element. An end of the secondary coil is connected to an output terminal of the power amplifier. The first amplifying circuit element and the second amplifying circuit element are disposed on the first principal surface. The first circuit component is disposed on the second principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Tsuchida, Daerok Oh, Takahiro Katamata, Satoshi Goto, Mitsunori Samata, Yoshiki Yasutomo
  • Publication number: 20230282620
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first base that has at least a part formed of a first semiconductor material and that includes an electric circuit, a second base that has at least a part formed of a second semiconductor material having a thermal conductivity lower than the first semiconductor material and that includes a power amplifier circuit, and a high thermal conductive member that has at least a part formed of a high thermal conductive material having a thermal conductivity higher than the first semiconductor material and that is disposed between the electric circuit and the power amplifier circuit. At least a part of the high thermal conductive member overlaps at least a part of the first base and at least a part of the second base in plan view. The high thermal conductive member is in contact with the first base and the second base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yukiya YAMAGUCHI, Takanori UEJIMA, Motoji TSUDA, Yuji TAKEMATSU, Shunji YOSHIMI, Satoshi ARAYASHIKI, Mitsunori SAMATA, Satoshi GOTO, Yutaka SASAKI, Masayuki AOIKE
  • Patent number: 11742712
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a holding ring fitted to a rotor and holding a rotor coil of the rotor; and an interpolar jumper wire electrically connecting field poles of the rotor to each other, the interpolar jumper wire being composed of a flexible lead formed by stacking electrically conductive metal plates and a metal wire connected to the flexible lead. In a case where the flexible lead is divided, in terms of positions in a radial direction of the metal plates thereof, at half the number of all the stacked metal plates, an average value of plate thicknesses of metal plates that are disposed on an inner layer side is set to be smaller than an average value of plate thicknesses of metal plates that are disposed on an outer layer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei Samata
  • Publication number: 20230268643
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a first base made of a first semiconductor material; a second base that is made of a second semiconductor material having a thermal conductivity lower than that of the first semiconductor material and which includes a power amplifier circuit; a third base including a transmission filter circuit; and a module substrate having a main surface on which the first base, the second base, and the third base are arranged. The first base is joined to the main surface via an electrode. The second base is arranged between the module substrate and the first base in a sectional view and is joined to the main surface via an electrode. At least part of the first base is overlapped with at least part of the second base and at least part of the third base in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Takanori UEJIMA, Yuji TAKEMATSU, Yukiya YAMAGUCHI, Shunji YOSHIMI, Satoshi Arayashiki, Mitsunori SAMATA, Satoshi GOTO, Yutaka SASAKI, Masayuki AOIKE
  • Patent number: 11705874
    Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes a first transistor having a first terminal to which a voltage corresponding to a variable power supply voltage is to be supplied and a second terminal to which a radio-frequency signal is to be supplied, the first transistor being configured to amplify the radio-frequency signal, a bias circuit configured to supply a bias current or voltage to the second terminal of the first transistor, and an adjustment circuit configured to adjust the bias current or voltage in accordance with the variable power supply voltage supplied from a power supply terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsunori Samata
  • Publication number: 20230223969
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a module substrate including major surfaces that face each other; a first base part that is at least partially comprised of a first semiconductor material and in which an electronic circuit is formed; a second base part that is at least partially comprised of a second semiconductor material having a thermal conductivity lower than the thermal conductivity of the first semiconductor material and in which an amplifier circuit is formed; and an external connection terminal disposed on or over the major surface. The first base part and the second base part are disposed on or over the major surface out of the major surfaces; and the second base part is disposed between the module substrate and the first base part, is joined to the first base part, and is connected to the major surface via an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yukiya YAMAGUCHI, Fumio HARIMA, Takanori UEJIMA, Yuji TAKEMATSU, Shunji YOSHIMI, Satoshi ARAYASHIKI, Mitsunori SAMATA, Satoshi GOTO, Masayuki AOIKE
  • Publication number: 20230155556
    Abstract: A matching circuit includes: a first wire having one end connected to a first terminal and another end; a second wire having one end connected to the other end of the first wire and another end connected to a first reference potential and electromagnetically coupled to the first wire; and a third wire having one end connected to the one end of the second wire and another end connected to a second terminal and electromagnetically coupled to at least one of the first wire and the second wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Yuri HONDA, Jun ENOMOTO, Mitsunori SAMATA
  • Publication number: 20230114089
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells from pluripotent stem cells, which method comprises the steps of: (i) performing adherent culture of pluripotent stem cells on an extracellular matrix in a medium containing a reagent(s) selected from the group consisting of BMP inhibitor, TGF? inhibitor, SHH signal-stimulating agent, FGF8, and GSK3? inhibitor; (ii) collecting Corin- and/or Lrtm1-positive cells from the cells obtained in Step (i) using a substance which binds to Corin and/or a substance which binds to Lrtm1; and (iii) performing suspension culture of the cells obtained in Step (ii) in a medium containing a neurotrophic factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Takahashi, Daisuke Doi, Bumpei Samata, Kiyotoshi Sekiguchi, Yuichi Ono
  • Publication number: 20230053456
    Abstract: A power amplifier unit includes a power amplifier circuit that amplifies a radio-frequency input signal, a first impedance matching circuit that performs impedance matching for an output signal of the power amplifier circuit, a second-order harmonic termination circuit on an output side of the first impedance matching circuit and that reflects at least part of even-ordered and odd-ordered harmonics contained in a signal input from the first impedance matching circuit to output the at least part of the harmonics from an input terminal as a radio-frequency signal and outputs a radio-frequency signal containing a fundamental and the remainder of the harmonics from an output terminal, and a filter that is on a subsequent stage of the second-order harmonic termination circuit, that attenuates at least part of the even-ordered and odd-ordered harmonics, and that outputs a radio-frequency signal including the fundamental and the remainder of the even-ordered and odd-ordered harmonics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi HASE, Mitsunori SAMATA
  • Patent number: 11574398
    Abstract: Provided an inspection method for a rotating electric machine, including: a first step of acquiring a first image by imaging a pattern formed on an outer peripheral surface of a retaining ring over an entire circumference of the retaining ring with use of an image pickup element mounted to a non-rotating portion of the rotating electric machine under a state in which the retaining ring is rotated; a second step of acquiring a second image by imaging the pattern over the entire circumference of the retaining ring with use of the image pickup element under the state in which the retaining ring is rotated, the second step being executed after the first step with an operation of the rotating electric machine interposed; and a third step of acquiring a distortion distribution of the retaining ring based on the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei Samata
  • Publication number: 20230020088
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a module board that includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a power amplifier; and a first circuit component. The power amplifier includes: a first amplifying circuit element; a second amplifying circuit element; and an output transformer that includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. An end of the primary coil is connected to an output terminal of the first amplifying circuit element. Another end of the primary coil is connected to an output terminal of the second amplifying circuit element. An end of the secondary coil is connected to an output terminal of the power amplifier. The first amplifying circuit element and the second amplifying circuit element are disposed on the first principal surface. The first circuit component is disposed on the second principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru TSUCHIDA, Daerok OH, Takahiro KATAMATA, Satoshi GOTO, Mitsunori SAMATA, Yoshiki YASUTOMO
  • Publication number: 20230014443
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a holding ring fitted to a rotor and holding a rotor coil of the rotor; and an interpolar jumper wire electrically connecting field poles of the rotor to each other, the interpolar jumper wire being composed of a flexible lead formed by stacking electrically conductive metal plates and a metal wire connected to the flexible lead. In a case where the flexible lead is divided, in terms of positions in a radial direction of the metal plates thereof, at half the number of all the stacked metal plates, an average value of plate thicknesses of metal plates that are disposed on an inner layer side is set to be smaller than an average value of plate thicknesses of metal plates that are disposed on an outer layer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kohei SAMATA