Patents by Inventor Akio Katsube

Akio Katsube 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: 11889625
    Abstract: A module includes: a wiring board as a ceramic board having a first main surface; a first component and a second component that are mounted on the first main surface; at least one conductive member disposed on the first main surface between the first component and the second component; a sealing resin that seals the first component, the second component, and the conductive member; and a shield film that covers an upper surface and a side surface of the sealing resin and a side surface of the wiring board. The shield film is electrically connected to a ground conductor. The conductive member is formed by firing simultaneously with the wiring board, and electrically connected to the ground conductor and electrically connected to the shield film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akio Katsube
  • Patent number: 11510311
    Abstract: An electronic component module (100) includes a module board (10) having electronic components (40) mounted on at least one of a first surface (front surface) (12) and a second surface (back surface) (14), mold portions (22 and 23), and a shield (32). The mold portions (22 and 23) cover the mounted electronic components (40). The shield (32) covers at least a part of the mold portions (22 and 23) and the side surfaces of the module board (10). Protrusions (15) protruding from the side surfaces are formed on the module board (10). The shield (32) is separated by the protrusions (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Issei Yamamoto, Akio Katsube
  • Patent number: 11302593
    Abstract: An electronic component package (100) includes a resin layer (40), an electronic component (10), a grounding member (30), and a conductor film (50). The grounding member (30) includes a multilayer body (31) and an outer conductor (32) disposed at an end portion of the multilayer body (31) in a lamination direction. The multilayer body (31) includes at least one resin film (31a) and at least one pattern conductor (31b) laminated one on another, and at least one via conductor (31c) extending in the lamination direction and connected to the outer conductor (32). In the multilayer body (31), at least one of the pattern conductor (31b) has at least part of a circumference connected to a conductor film (50) and electrically connected to the via conductor (31c). Part of an external terminal and part of the outer conductor (32) are exposed from an identical surface of the resin layer (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Matsukawa, Yoichi Takagi, Akio Katsube, Yoshitaka Echikawa
  • Publication number: 20220110211
    Abstract: A module includes: a wiring board as a ceramic board having a first main surface; a first component and a second component that are mounted on the first main surface; at least one conductive member disposed on the first main surface between the first component and the second component; a sealing resin that seals the first component, the second component, and the conductive member; and a shield film that covers an upper surface and a side surface of the sealing resin and a side surface of the wiring board. The shield film is electrically connected to a ground conductor. The conductive member is formed by firing simultaneously with the wiring board, and electrically connected to the ground conductor and electrically connected to the shield film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: Akio KATSUBE
  • Publication number: 20220102255
    Abstract: An electronic component module includes a substrate, a connector, an electronic component, a conductor wall, an insulating resin, and a conductive shield film. The connector and the electronic component are mounted on a first main surface of the substrate. The conductor wall has a cylindrical shape, is mounted on the first main surface of the substrate, and includes an interior space in which the connector is disposed. The insulating resin is provided on the first main surface. The conductive shield film is provided on a surface of the insulating resin. The insulating resin covers the electronic component and is disposed outside the conductor wall except the interior space of the conductor wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hideki SHINKAI, Akio KATSUBE
  • Patent number: 11276631
    Abstract: A module includes a substrate, a plurality of components on an upper surface of the substrate, a component on a lower surface of the substrate, solder balls on the lower surface, sealing resin layers stacked on the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate, and a shield film covering a side surface and an upper surface of the module. Part of each solder ball is exposed from a surface of the sealing resin layer, and the exposed parts are shaped to protrude from the sealing resin layer. The module can be connected to a mother substrate by connecting the protruding parts of the solder balls. There are gaps between the solder balls and the sealing resin layer, and the occurrence of cracks in the solder balls can be suppressed by reducing stress arising from a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the solder and the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Matsukawa, Akio Katsube
  • Patent number: 11196405
    Abstract: An electronic component that includes an electronic element; a base member having an upper surface on which the electronic element is mounted; and a lid member bonded to the base member via a bonding member such that the electronic element is hermetically sealed therebetween. The bonding member is made of an insulating material containing a first metal. The lid member has an outermost layer formed on at least a surface of the lid member facing the base member. The outermost layer of the lid member has a solid solution layer of the first metal and a second metal at at least a portion of the outermost layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Ishikawa, Akio Katsube, Takehito Ishihara, Takeshi Ono
  • Patent number: 11178778
    Abstract: A high frequency module 1a includes a wiring board 2, multiple components 3a to 3d mounted on an upper surface 2a of the wiring board 2, a shield component 4 mounted between the component 3b and the component 3c, a sealing resin layer 5 that covers the components 3a to 3d and the shield component 4, and a shield film 6 that covers the surface of the sealing resin layer. A recess 10 is formed in an upper surface 5a of the sealing resin layer 5 so as to expose the shield component 4. The recess 10 is formed within a region surrounded by edges of the sealing resin layer 5 so as not to reach the side surfaces of the sealing resin layer 5. The shield film 6 further covers wall surfaces 10a of the recess 10 and part of the shield component 4 exposed through the recess 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nomura, Yuta Morimoto, Minoru Komiyama, Akio Katsube
  • Publication number: 20210204395
    Abstract: An electronic component module (100) includes a module board (10) having electronic components (40) mounted on at least one of a first surface (front surface) (12) and a second surface (back surface) (14), mold portions (22 and 23), and a shield (32). The mold portions (22 and 23) cover the mounted electronic components (40). The shield (32) covers at least a part of the mold portions (22 and 23) and the side surfaces of the module board (10). Protrusions (15) protruding from the side surfaces are formed on the module board (10). The shield (32) is separated by the protrusions (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Issei YAMAMOTO, Akio KATSUBE
  • Publication number: 20200343152
    Abstract: An electronic component package (100) includes a resin layer (40), an electronic component (10), a grounding member (30), and a conductor film (50). The grounding member (30) includes a multilayer body (31) and an outer conductor (32) disposed at an end portion of the multilayer body (31) in a lamination direction. The multilayer body (31) includes at least one resin film (31a) and at least one pattern conductor (31b) laminated one on another, and at least one via conductor (31c) extending in the lamination direction and connected to the outer conductor (32). In the multilayer body (31), at least one of the pattern conductor (31b) has at least part of a circumference connected to a conductor film (50) and electrically connected to the via conductor (31c). Part of an external terminal and part of the outer conductor (32) are exposed from an identical surface of the resin layer (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MATSUKAWA, Yoichi TAKAGI, Akio KATSUBE, Yoshitaka ECHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200137893
    Abstract: A high frequency module 1a includes a wiring board 2, multiple components 3a to 3d mounted on an upper surface 2a of the wiring board 2, a shield component 4 mounted between the component 3b and the component 3c, a sealing resin layer 5 that covers the components 3a to 3d and the shield component 4, and a shield film 6 that covers the surface of the sealing resin layer. A recess 10 is formed in an upper surface 5a of the sealing resin layer 5 so as to expose the shield component 4. The recess 10 is formed within a region surrounded by edges of the sealing resin layer 5 so as not to reach the side surfaces of the sealing resin layer 5. The shield film 6 further covers wall surfaces 10a of the recess 10 and part of the shield component 4 exposed through the recess 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tadashi NOMURA, Yuta MORIMOTO, Minoru KOMIYAMA, Akio KATSUBE
  • Publication number: 20200118913
    Abstract: A module includes a substrate, a plurality of components on an upper surface of the substrate, a component on a lower surface of the substrate, solder balls on the lower surface, sealing resin layers stacked on the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate, and a shield film covering a side surface and an upper surface of the module. Part of each solder ball is exposed from a surface of the sealing resin layer, and the exposed parts are shaped to protrude from the sealing resin layer. The module can be connected to a mother substrate by connecting the protruding parts of the solder balls. There are gaps between the solder balls and the sealing resin layer, and the occurrence of cracks in the solder balls can be suppressed by reducing stress arising from a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the solder and the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MATSUKAWA, Akio KATSUBE
  • Publication number: 20180159501
    Abstract: An electronic component that includes an electronic element; a base member having an upper surface on which the electronic element is mounted; and a lid member bonded to the base member via a bonding member such that the electronic element is hermetically sealed therebetween. The bonding member is made of an insulating material containing a first metal. The lid member has an outermost layer formed on at least a surface of the lid member facing the base member. The outermost layer of the lid member has a solid solution layer of the first metal and a second metal at at least a portion of the outermost layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: KOUJI ISHIKAWA, Akio Katsube, Takehito Ishihara, Takeshi Ono
  • Patent number: 9472351
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a capacitor element; an exterior resin; an anode lead terminal; and a cathode lead terminal. The anode lead terminal has a Cu base material, and an Au-plating layer formed thereon, and includes an Au region where the Au-plating layer as a surface layer is formed, and a Cu region where the Au-plating layer is not formed. The cathode lead terminal includes a base material, and an Au-plating layer as a surface layer of the cathode lead terminal, which is formed on the base material, and an anode section of the capacitor element is connected to the Cu region of the anode lead terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Katsube, Hiroki Kitayama, Shinji Otani, Koji Murata
  • Patent number: 9408311
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component module includes sealing a surface of an aggregate substrate on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted with a sealing resin and cutting boundary portions between electronic component modules from an outer surface of the sealing resin to a position at least partially through the aggregate substrate to form first grooves. A shield layer is formed by coating the outer surface of the sealing resin with a conductive resin and filling the first grooves with the conductive resin, and recesses are formed at positions on the shield layer where the first grooves are formed. The boundary portions between electronic component modules are cut along the corresponding recesses so that second grooves each having a width smaller than the width of a corresponding one of the recesses are formed, and the aggregate substrate is singulated into the individual electronic component modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kanryo, Akio Katsube, Shunsuke Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20160189866
    Abstract: A method for forming an external electrode of an electronic component, which can apply sufficient conductive paste to even an end, and is able to enhance reliability as an electronic component. In the method for forming an external electrode of an electronic component, a conductive paste is applied to a printing target through a metal mask composed of a hole and a mesh portion disposed to surround the outer perimeter of the hole. The metal mask has the outer perimeter of the hole located inside a printing region of the printing target, and the outer perimeter of the mesh portion is located outside the printing region of the printing target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke KITAMURA, Akio KATSUBE
  • Publication number: 20150194270
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a capacitor element; an exterior resin; an anode lead terminal; and a cathode lead terminal. The anode lead terminal has a Cu base material, and an Au-plating layer formed thereon, and includes an Au region where the Au-plating layer as a surface layer is formed, and a Cu region where the Au-plating layer is not formed. The cathode lead terminal includes a base material, and an Au-plating layer as a surface layer of the cathode lead terminal, which is formed on the base material, and an anode section of the capacitor element is connected to the Cu region of the anode lead terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Akio Katsube, Hiroki Kitayama, Shinji Otani, Koji Murata
  • Patent number: 8982537
    Abstract: In a solid electrolytic capacitor, resistance welding is carried out to bond a valve metal substrate and a spacer together while controlling a welding current so that only a bonding material provided in spacers and having a relatively low melting point is melted. At least a portion of the bonding material provided in the spacer penetrates an etching part of the valve metal substrate, and thickness Ta of a core part located at a positive electrode part in the valve metal substrate and thickness Tc of the core part located at a negative electrode part satisfy the requirement of |Tc?Ta|/TcĂ—100?10[%].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitayama, Akio Katsube
  • Patent number: 8726494
    Abstract: An elastic material, in which at least the surface thereof is adhesive and conductive, is provided on a plate, and while a substrate constituting a component of an electronic part is held on the surface of the elastic material by the adhesiveness of the elastic material, an element such as a semiconductor chip is mounted at a fixed location on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Katsube, Hideo Nakagoshi, Hidemasa Kawai
  • Publication number: 20130294034
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component module includes sealing a surface of an aggregate substrate on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted with a sealing resin and cutting boundary portions between electronic component modules from an outer surface of the sealing resin to a position at least partially through the aggregate substrate to form first grooves. A shield layer is formed by coating the outer surface of the sealing resin with a conductive resin and filling the first grooves with the conductive resin, and recesses are formed at positions on the shield layer where the first grooves are formed. The boundary portions between electronic component modules are cut along the corresponding recesses so that second grooves each having a width smaller than the width of a corresponding one of the recesses are formed, and the aggregate substrate is singulated into the individual electronic component modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Koichi KANRYO, Akio KATSUBE, Shunsuke KITAMURA