Patents by Inventor Atsuo HIRUKAWA
Atsuo HIRUKAWA 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).
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Publication number: 20220399152Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body in which a plurality of insulating layers are stacked in a stacking direction and a coil inside, and outer electrodes on surfaces of the multilayer body and electrically connected to the coil. The insulating layers have a magnetic phase having spinel structure containing at least Fe, Ni, Zn, and Cu and a non-magnetic phase containing at least Si. When grain sizes D50 and D90 of crystal grains constituting the magnetic phase are respectively defined as equivalent-area circle diameters of 50% and 90% on a cumulative sum basis in a cumulative distribution of equivalent-area circle diameters of the crystal grains, the grain size D50 is from 50 nm to 750 nm, and the grain size D90 is from 200 nm to 1500 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Kenjirou KOSHIJI, Shun TAKAI
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Publication number: 20220384090Abstract: An electronic component includes a body, an inner conductor inside the body, and an outer electrode that lies on part of at least a first main surface of the body and includes an underlying electrode and a plating electrode with which the underlying electrode is covered. The underlying electrode includes a first underlying electrode on part of the first main surface and connected directly to the inner conductor and a second underlying electrode at part of the first main surface away from the first underlying electrode and closer than the first underlying electrode to the center of the body in the length direction and not connected directly to the inner conductor. The plating electrode includes first and second plating electrodes. The first underlying electrode is covered with the first plating electrode, and the second underlying electrode is covered with the second plating electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshifumi MAKI, Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Daisuke OTSUKA
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Patent number: 11501910Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers in a length direction and that has a built-in coil, and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by a plurality of coil conductors stacked in the length direction being electrically connected to each other. The first and second outer electrodes respectively cover parts of first and second end surfaces and parts of a first main surface. The multilayer body includes a low-dielectric-constant portion, which is centrally arranged, and high-dielectric-constant portions, which are arranged at both ends in the stacking direction. The length of a region in which the coil conductors are arranged in the stacking direction lies in a range from 85% to 90% of a length of the multilayer body.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo Hirukawa, Yuki Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11495383Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body that contain a coil. The coil includes coil conductors. A lamination direction of the multilayer body and an axial direction of the coil are parallel to a first main surface. A distance between the coil conductors adjacent to each other in the lamination direction is from 4 ?m to 8 ?m. Each coil conductor includes a line portion and a land portion that is disposed at an end portion of the line portion. The land portions of the coil conductors adjacent to each other in the lamination direction are connected to each other with a via conductor interposed therebetween. A width of the line portion is from 30 ?m to 50 ?m. An inner diameter of each coil conductor is from 50 ?m to 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Hirukawa
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Patent number: 11482373Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers in a length direction and that has a built-in coil, and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by a plurality of coil conductors stacked in the length direction being electrically connected to each other. The first and second outer electrodes respectively cover parts of first and second end surfaces and parts of a first main surface. Two coil conductors are stacked in order to form one turn of the coil. Adjacent land portions of coil conductors in the stacking direction are connected to each other through via conductors. In a plan view from a width direction, the land portions are disposed in an upper half of the multilayer body on the opposite side from the first main surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Hirukawa
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Patent number: 11469033Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers in a length direction and that has a built-in coil, and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by a plurality of coil conductors stacked in the length direction being electrically connected to each other. The first and second outer electrodes respectively cover at least parts of first and second end surfaces. A stacking direction and a coil axis direction are parallel to the first main surface. A length of a region in which the coil conductors are arranged in the stacking direction is from 85% to 95% of a length of the multilayer body. A distance between coil conductors adjacent to each other in the stacking direction lies in a range from 12 ?m to 40 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Hirukawa
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Publication number: 20220277889Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body including laminated insulating layers, a coil including electrically connecting coil conductors laminated together with the insulating layers, and first and second outer electrodes electrically connected to the coil. The body has first and second end surfaces opposing each other in a length direction in which the first and second outer electrodes face each other, first and second main surfaces opposing each other in a height direction orthogonal to the length direction, and first and second side surfaces opposing each other in a width direction orthogonal to the length direction and the height direction. The second main surface is a mounting surface. A lamination direction of the body and a coil axis of the coil are along the length direction, and a relationship between a length dimension L and a width dimension W of the body is L/W<1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya KOIZUMI, Atsuo HIRUKAWA
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Publication number: 20220277890Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body including a plurality of insulating layers and a coil therein; and first and second outer electrodes electrically connected to the coil. An axial direction of the coil is parallel to a mounting surface of the multilayer coil component. A laminating direction of the multilayer body is perpendicular to the mounting surface. When in a section of a coil conductor extending in the laminating direction, the section being taken along a plane parallel to the mounting surface, a dimension of the coil conductor in a direction parallel to an axis of the coil is a thickness of the coil, and a dimension of the coil conductor in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the thickness of the coil is a width of the coil, a value of the thickness of the coil/the width of the coil is from 1.5 to 4.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya KOIZUMI, Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Kaoru TACHIBANA
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Patent number: 11430594Abstract: A multilayer coil component that includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers on top of one another and that has a coil built into the inside thereof; and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by electrically connecting a plurality of coil conductors, which are stacked together with insulating layers, to one another. A first main surface of the multilayer body is a mounting surface. A stacking direction of the multilayer body and an axial direction of the coil are parallel to the mounting surface. At least one of the coil conductors is provided with an expanded region that has a line width that is larger than a coil line width in a plan view from the stacking direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Hirukawa
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Patent number: 11430593Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body that is formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers on top of one another and that has a coil built into the inside thereof; and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by electrically connecting a plurality of coil conductors, which are stacked together with insulating layers, to one another. When a coil axis is assumed that is parallel to the length direction and penetrates from the first end surface to the second end surface of the multilayer body, all the coil conductors are arranged so that circles centered on center points of the coil conductors and having diameters that are less than or equal to around 20% of a coil diameter overlap a circumference of a virtual circle centered on the coil axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo Hirukawa
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Publication number: 20220270808Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a body formed by multiple insulating layers stacked in a direction of stacking and having first and second end surfaces opposite each other in a length direction, first and second main surfaces opposite each other in a height direction, perpendicular to the length direction, and first and second lateral surfaces opposite each other in a width direction, perpendicular to the length direction and to the height direction; a coil inside the body and including multiple coil conductors electrically coupled together; and a first outer electrode extending from at least part of the first end surface of the body to part of the first main surface and electrically coupled to the coil. The direction of stacking of the insulating layers and the direction of the coil axis of the coil are parallel with the first main surface, which is the mounting surface, of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Suradech NOHCHAI, Shun TAKAI, Kenjirou KOSHIJI
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Publication number: 20220262559Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a body including multiple insulating layers stacked in a direction of stacking and having first and second end surfaces opposite each other in a length direction, first and second primary surfaces opposite each other in a height direction, perpendicular to the length direction, and first and second lateral surfaces opposite each other in a width direction, perpendicular to the length direction and to the height direction; a coil inside the body and including multiple coil conductors electrically connected together; and a first outer electrode extending from at least part of the first end surface of the body to part of the first primary surface and electrically coupled to the coil. The direction of stacking of the insulating layers and the direction of the coil axis of the coil are parallel with the first primary surface, which is the mounting surface, of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Suradech NOHCHAI, Shun TAKAI, Kenjirou KOSHIJI
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Publication number: 20220076873Abstract: An optical communication module includes a substrate equipped with lands whose surfaces are formed of gold layers and a multilayer coil component mounted on the substrate. The multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body in which a plurality of insulating layers are stacked in a stacking direction, a coil inside the multilayer body, and outer electrodes that are on surfaces of the multilayer body and electrically connected to the coil. The outer electrodes include gold coatings located at outermost layers of the outer electrodes. The gold coatings of the outer electrodes are bonded to the gold layers of the lands of the substrate via gold-tin solder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Shun TAKAI, Kenjirou KOSHIJI
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Publication number: 20220076874Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body in which a plurality of insulating layers are stacked and inside of which a coil is provided, and first and second outer electrodes provided on surfaces of the multilayer body and electrically connected to the coil. The multilayer body has first and second end surfaces, first and second main surfaces, and first and second side surfaces. The first outer electrode extends from at least part of the first end surface of the multilayer body across part of the first main surface and the second outer electrode extends from at least part of the second end surface of the multilayer body across part of the first main surface. A transmission coefficient S21 is ?1.0 dB or higher in a range from 1 GHz to 40 GHz and is ?1.5 dB or higher in a range from 40 GHz to 60 GHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shun TAKAI, Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Kenjirou KOSHIJI
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Publication number: 20220044857Abstract: A common-mode choke coil includes a multilayer body, a first coil, a second coil, a first terminal electrode, a second terminal electrode, a third terminal electrode, and a fourth terminal electrode. The multilayer body includes plural non-conductor layers. The first and second coils are incorporated in the multilayer body. The first and second terminal electrodes are connected to the first coil. The third and fourth terminal electrodes are connected to the second coil. The first coil has a path length L1, the second coil has a path length L2, and the sum of the path length L1 and the path length L2 is less than or equal to 3.4 mm. The respective lower-face electrode portions of the terminal electrodes each have an area of less than or equal to 0.034 ?m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei MATSUURA, Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Hiroshi UEKI
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Publication number: 20220044858Abstract: A common-mode choke coil includes a multilayer body, a first coil, and a second coil. The multilayer body includes plural non-conductor layers. The first and second coils are incorporated in the multilayer body. The first coil has a path length L1, the second coil has a path length L2, and the sum of the path length L1 and the path length L2 is less than or equal to 3.30 mm. The first coil has a first coil conductor, and the second coil has a second coil conductor. The first coil conductor and the second coil conductor have a spacing D between each other of greater than or equal to 6 ?m and less than or equal to 26 ?m (i.e., from 6 ?m to 26 ?m) in the stacking direction of the non-conductor layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei MATSUURA, Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Hiroshi UEKI
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Publication number: 20220044862Abstract: A common-mode choke coil includes a multilayer body, a first coil, a second coil, a first terminal electrode, a second terminal electrode, a third terminal electrode, and a fourth terminal electrode. The multilayer body includes plural non-conductor layers. The first and second coils are incorporated in the multilayer body. The first and second terminal electrodes are connected to the first coil. The third and fourth terminal electrodes are connected to the second coil. The first coil has a path length L1, the second coil has a path length L2, and the sum of the path length L1 and the path length L2 is less than or equal to 3.5 mm The non-conductor layers each have a relative permittivity of less than or equal to 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei MATSUURA, Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Hiroshi UEKI
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Publication number: 20210327636Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body including insulating layers and having a first end face and a second end face, a first main surface and a second main surface, and a first side surface and a second side surface; a coil provided inside the multilayer body; a first outer electrode spreading from part of the first end face over part of the first main surface; and a second outer electrode spreading from part of the second end face over part of the first main surface. The laminating direction of the insulating layers and a direction of a coil axis of the coil are parallel to the first main surface as a mount surface. The coil has a length in a length direction from 85% to 94% of the length of the multilayer body in the length direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo HIRUKAWA
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Publication number: 20210319946Abstract: A circuit includes a bias-tee circuit including a signal line, a constant-voltage power supply, an inductor, and a capacitor. The signal line includes a first signal line and a second signal line. The inductor includes a first inductor and a second inductor. The first inductor is connected to the first signal line and the constant-voltage power supply. The second inductor is connected to the second signal line and the constant-voltage power supply. The shortest distance between the first inductor and the second inductor is not less than 0.05 mm and not more than 1 mm (i.e., from 0.05 mm to 1 mm). The direction of a coil axis of the first inductor and the direction of a coil axis of the second inductor are parallel with a mounting surface and form an angle of approximately 90 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuo HIRUKAWA
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Publication number: 20210241969Abstract: A common-mode choke coil includes a multilayer body, a first coil, a second coil, a first terminal electrode, a second terminal electrode, a third terminal electrode, and a fourth terminal electrode. The multilayer body includes plural non-conductor layers. The first and second coils are incorporated in the multilayer body. The first and second terminal electrodes are connected to the first coil. The third and fourth terminal electrodes are connected to the second coil. The first coil has a path length L1, the second coil has a path length L2, and the sum of the path length L1 and the path length L2 is less than or equal to 3.5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei MATSUURA, Atsuo HIRUKAWA, Hiroshi UEKI