Patents by Inventor Akio Tsunekawa

Akio Tsunekawa 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: 7579931
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter element has a piezoelectric substrate; and a plurality of inter-digital transducer (IDT) electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of IDT electrodes is connected to a balanced type terminal and other IDT electrodes are connected to balanced type terminals or unbalanced type terminals, and first wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the at least one IDT electrode and second wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the other IDT electrodes are disposed on planes different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiji Onishi, Akio Tsunekawa, Shigeru Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 7482895
    Abstract: A saw filter of the invention has a piezoelectric substrate (11), plural numbers of IDT electrodes (12,13) arranged on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate (11) as well as on a first surface acoustic wave propagation path, reflector electrodes (14,15) arranged at least at both ends of a first electrode pattern formed including the plural IDT electrodes (12,13), one or more IDT electrodes (16) arranged on the surface of the piezoelectric substrate (11) as well as on a second surface acoustic wave propagation path which is different from the first surface acoustic wave propagation path and reflector electrodes arranged at least at both sides of a second electrode pattern formed including the IDT electrode (16), in which the IDT electrodes (12,13) on the first surface acoustic wave propagation path are electrically connected in series by connecting wirings (19) and the IDT electrode (16) on the second surface acoustic wave propagation path is connected between the connecting wirings (19) and the ground (20),
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Igaki, Kazuo Ikeda, Akio Tsunekawa
  • Patent number: 7075391
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter element has a piezoelectric substrate; and a plurality of inter-digital transducer (IDT) electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of IDT electrodes is connected to a balanced type terminal and other IDT electrodes are connected to balanced type terminals or unbalanced type terminals, and first wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the at least one IDT electrode and second wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the other IDT electrodes are disposed on planes different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiji Onishi, Akio Tsunekawa, Shigeru Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 6972643
    Abstract: A longitudinally coupled surface acoustic wave filter includes a first, second and third IDT electrodes and a first and second reflector electrodes on a piezoelectric substrate. The IDT electrodes each include a primary excitation region having ?/2 electrode finger pitches, where ? is the wavelength of a surface acoustic wave. The primary excitation region is phase-shifted by a certain amount in accordance with a desired passband frequency response. The IDT electrodes further include a plurality of secondary excitation regions each having electrode finger pitches different from the ?/2 pitches. All of the electrode finger pitches of the surface acoustic wave filter thus range from 0.8?/2 to 1.2?/2, so that a loss increase caused by discontinuity between the IDT electrodes is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Tsunekawa, Shunichi Seki, Shinobu Nakaya, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20050255824
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter element has a piezoelectric substrate; and a plurality of inter-digital transducer (IDT) electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of IDT electrodes is connected to a balanced type terminal and other IDT electrodes are connected to balanced type terminals or unbalanced type terminals, and first wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the at least one IDT electrode and second wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the other IDT electrodes are disposed on planes different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiji Onishi, Akio Tsunekawa, Shigeru Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20050237133
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter element has a piezoelectric substrate; and a plurality of inter-digital transducer (IDT) electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of IDT electrodes is connected to a balanced type terminal and other IDT electrodes are connected to balanced type terminals or unbalanced type terminals, and first wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the at least one IDT electrode and second wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the other IDT electrodes are disposed on planes different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiji Onishi, Akio Tsunekawa, Shigeru Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 6930570
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter element has a piezoelectric substrate; and a plurality of inter-digital transducer (IDT) electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of IDT electrodes is connected to a balanced type terminal and other IDT electrodes are connected to balanced type terminals or unbalanced type terminals, and first wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the at least one IDT electrode and second wiring electrode means which is connected or to be connected to the other IDT electrodes are disposed on planes different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiji Onishi, Akio Tsunekawa, Shigeru Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 6853269
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter has a piezoelectric substrate; at least an input IDT electrode arranged on the piezoelectric substrate; and at least an output IDT electrode arranged on the plezoelectric substrate. A pitch of electrode fingers of the input IDT electrode and a pitch of electrode fingers of the output IDT electrode are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazunori Nishimura, Akio Tsunekawa
  • Publication number: 20040108918
    Abstract: A longitudinally coupled surface acoustic wave filter includes a first, second and third IDT electrodes and a first and second reflector electrodes on a piezoelectric substrate. The IDT electrodes each include a primary excitation region having &lgr;/2 electrode finger pitches, where &lgr; is the wavelength of a surface acoustic wave. The primary excitation region is phase-shifted by a certain amount in accordance with a desired passband frequency response. The IDT electrodes further include a plurality of secondary excitation regions each having electrode finger pitches different from the &lgr;/2 pitches. All of the electrode finger pitches of the surface acoustic wave filter thus range from 0.8&lgr;/2 to 1.2&lgr;/2, so that a loss increase caused by discontinuity between the IDT electrodes is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Akio Tsunekawa, Shunichi Seki, Shinobu Nakaya, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Yamada
  • Publication number: 20040095207
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter has a piezoelectric substrate; at least an input IDT electrode arranged on the piezoelectric substrate; and at least an output IDT electrode arranged on the piezoelectric substrate. A pitch of electrode fingers of the input IDT electrode and a pitch of electrode fingers of the output IDT electrode are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazunori Nishimura, Akio Tsunekawa
  • Patent number: 6674345
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter has a piezoelectric substrate; at least an input IDT electrod arranged on a piezoelectric substrate; and at least an output IDT electrod arranged on the piezoelectric substrate. A pitch of electrode fingers of the input IDT electrode and a pitch of electrode fingers of the output IDT electrode are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazunori Nishimura, Akio Tsunekawa
  • Publication number: 20030107454
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter element has
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiji Onishi, Akio Tsunekawa, Shigeru Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20030030511
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter has
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazunori Nishimura, Akio Tsunekawa