Patents by Inventor Akihide Nakano

Akihide Nakano 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: 6720849
    Abstract: The invention provides a high frequency filter which can facilitate filter-characteristic adjustments and miniaturization and can obtain an excellent broadband characteristic. In addition, the invention provides a filter device using the high frequency filter, and an electronic apparatus incorporating the same. In this filter, a ground electrode is arranged on one of the main surfaces of a dielectric substrate. On the other main surface thereof there are arranged two or more microstrip lines, and one end of each microstrip line is grounded via a through-hole to form a high frequency filter. The microstrip lines and the shared through-hole constitute microstrip line resonators, which are coupled via the inductance of the through-hole. With this arrangement, there is no need for an additional coupling element. Thus, the size of the high frequency filter can be reduced. Furthermore, since a large coupling coefficient can be obtained, the high frequency filter can have a broadband characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Sasaki, Akihide Nakano, Tatsuya Tsujiguchi, Hiroaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020057143
    Abstract: The invention provides a high frequency filter which can facilitate filter-characteristic adjustments and miniaturization and can obtain an excellent broadband characteristic. In addition, the invention provides a filter device using the high frequency filter, and an electronic apparatus incorporating the same. In this filter, a ground electrode is arranged on one of the main surfaces of a dielectric substrate. On the other main surface thereof there are arranged two or more microstrip lines, and one end of each microstrip line is grounded via a through-hole to form a high frequency filter. The microstrip lines and the shared through-hole constitute microstrip line resonators, which are coupled via the inductance of the through-hole. With this arrangement, there is no need for an additional coupling element. Thus, the size of the high frequency filter can be reduced. Furthermore, since a large coupling coefficient can be obtained, the high frequency filter can have a broadband characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Sasaki, Akihide Nakano, Tatsuya Tsujiguchi, Hiroaki Tanaka