Patents by Inventor Hifumi Noto

Hifumi Noto 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: 11309850
    Abstract: It is configured to output a first I signal having passed through a first inverse characteristic circuit having inverse frequency characteristics to frequency characteristics of a first loop filter circuit, to the first loop filter circuit, and output a first Q signal having passed through a second inverse characteristic circuit having inverse frequency characteristics to frequency characteristics of a second loop filter circuit, to the second loop filter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hifumi Noto, Hiroyuki Akutsu
  • Publication number: 20200244231
    Abstract: It is configured to output a first I signal having passed through a first inverse characteristic circuit having inverse frequency characteristics to frequency characteristics of a first loop filter circuit, to the first loop filter circuit, and output a first Q signal having passed through a second inverse characteristic circuit having inverse frequency characteristics to frequency characteristics of a second loop filter circuit, to the second loop filter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hifumi NOTO, Hiroyuki AKUTSU
  • Patent number: 10516209
    Abstract: Synthesizers (32, 24) for synthesizing feedback signals output from a plurality of antenna modules (4) are provided. A distortion compensation signal output unit (15) derives, from a difference between a feedback signal synthesized by the synthesizers (32, 24) and a base band signal output from a modulation unit (12), a distortion compensation coefficient that provides, to the base band signal, distortion characteristics opposite to distortion characteristics of a signal radiated from the phased array antenna and outputs a predistortion signal representing the distortion compensation coefficient to a PD unit (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hifumi Noto, Nobuhiko Ando, Hideyuki Nakamizo, Morishige Hieda, Hideki Morishige
  • Patent number: 9929700
    Abstract: A distortion compensation circuit includes a low-pass circuit to block the passage of two-wave RF signals and intermodulation distortions and to allow the passage of a difference-frequency signal. The low-pass circuit is connected between a signal path and an intermodulation distortion adjustment circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Otsuka, Yuji Komatsuzaki, Jun Nishihara, Hifumi Noto, Koji Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20180053997
    Abstract: Synthesizers (32, 24) for synthesizing feedback signals output from a plurality of antenna modules (4) are provided. A distortion compensation signal output unit (15) derives, from a difference between a feedback signal synthesized by the synthesizers (32, 24) and a base band signal output from a modulation unit (12), a distortion compensation coefficient that provides, to the base band signal, distortion characteristics opposite to distortion characteristics of a signal radiated from the phased array antenna and outputs a predistortion signal representing the distortion compensation coefficient to a PD unit (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hifumi NOTO, Nobuhiko ANDO, Hideyuki NAKAMIZO, Morishige HIEDA, Hideki MORISHIGE
  • Publication number: 20170047898
    Abstract: A distortion compensation circuit includes a low-pass circuit to block the passage of two-wave RF signals and intermodulation distortions and to allow the passage of a difference-frequency signal. The low-pass circuit is connected between a signal path and an intermodulation distortion adjustment circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi OTSUKA, Yuji KOMATSUZAKI, Jun NISHIHARA, Hifumi NOTO, Koji YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 9543898
    Abstract: A microwave amplifier including: a bias circuit that includes a line having an electrical length of one quarter the wavelength at the frequency configured to be amplified by the microwave amplifier and being connected between the output terminal of an amplifier and a bias voltage source, and a capacitor connected between a terminal where the line is connected to the bias voltage source and a ground that defines the reference potential of the microwave amplifier; and a resonant circuit that includes a resistor and a capacitor connected in series between the ground and the terminal where the line is connected to the bias voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsuyama, Hiroyuki Nonomura, Hiroshi Otsuka, Hifumi Noto, Yoshinori Yasunaga, Mitsuhiro Shimozawa, Yuichi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20150222231
    Abstract: A microwave amplifier including: a bias circuit that includes a line having an electrical length of one quarter the wavelength at the frequency configured to be amplified by the microwave amplifier and being connected between the output terminal of an amplifier and a bias voltage source, and a capacitor connected between a terminal where the line is connected to the bias voltage source and a ground that defines the reference potential of the microwave amplifier; and a resonant circuit that includes a resistor and a capacitor connected in series between the ground and the terminal where the line is connected to the bias voltage source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsuyama, Hiroyuki Nonomura, Hiroshi Otsuka, Hifumi Noto, Yoshinori Yasunaga, Mitsuhiro Shimozawa, Yuichi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8149060
    Abstract: Provided is a low distortion amplifier which can satisfy both securement of a setting space in a vicinity of a transistor and low impedance. The low distortion amplifier includes a short stub having a leading end thereof short-circuited with a high-frequency short-circuit element and a low-frequency short-circuit element, in which the short stub is connected to a vicinity of at least one of a gate terminal and a drain terminal of the transistor, and includes a plurality of branched lines, the plurality of branched lines each having a leading end thereof short-circuited with the high-frequency short-circuit element and the low-frequency short-circuit element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Yamauchi, Hifumi Noto, Akira Inoue, Tomokazu Hamada, Masatoshi Nakayama, Kenichi Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20110012681
    Abstract: Provided is a low distortion amplifier which can satisfy both securement of a setting space in a vicinity of a transistor and low impedance. The low distortion amplifier includes a short stub having a leading end thereof short-circuited with a high-frequency short-circuit element and a low-frequency short-circuit element, in which the short stub is connected to a vicinity of at least one of a gate terminal and a drain terminal of the transistor, and includes a plurality of branched lines, the plurality of branched lines each having a leading end thereof short-circuited with the high-frequency short-circuit element and the low-frequency short-circuit element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Yamauchi, Hifumi Noto, Akira Inoue, Tomokazu Hamada, Masatoshi Nakayama, Kenichi Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20110006846
    Abstract: A high-frequency amplifier is configured in such a manner that a detecting diode 4 and an NPN bipolar transistor 11 of a bias circuit 5 are biased by a common power supply, and that when the amplitude of an envelope signal increases, the bias current supplied from the NPN bipolar transistor 11 to an amplifying element 15 is suppressed following the amplitude of the envelope signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Miho, Hifumi Noto, Kazutomi Mori, Eri Teranishi, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 7557654
    Abstract: A linearizer changes a gain characteristic to a valley characteristic in which a gain reduces and then increases. The linearizer includes: a signal path in which an RF signal input terminal an input side bias blocking capacitor, a diode pair, including diodes having opposite polarities to each other, an output side bias blocking capacitor and an RF signal output terminal in series in the stated order; a bias circuit in which a resistor is provided between and a signal path formed between the input side bias blocking capacitor and the diode pair and a bias terminal; an RF short-circuiting capacitor whose one end is connected with the bias circuit between the bias terminal and the resistor and whose other end is grounded; and a DC feed inductor whose one end is connected with the signal path between the diode pair and the output side bias blocking capacitor and whose other end is grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hifumi Noto, Kazuhisa Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Hamamatsu, Tomokazu Hamada, Masatoshi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20070241815
    Abstract: A linearizer changes a gain characteristic to a valley characteristic in which a gain reduces and then increases. The linearizer includes: a signal path in which an RF signal input terminal (1), an input side bias blocking capacitor (4), a diode pair (8, 12) including diodes having opposite polarities to each other, an output side bias blocking capacitor (5), and an RF signal output terminal (2) in series in the stated order; a bias circuit in which a resistor is provided between and a signal path formed between the input side bias blocking capacitor (4) and the diode pair (8, 12) and a bias terminal (3); an RF short-circuiting capacitor (6) whose one end is connected with the bias circuit between the bias terminal (3) and the resistor (7) and whose other end is grounded; and a DC feed inductor (11) whose one end is connected with the signal path between the diode pair (8, 12) and the output side bias blocking capacitor (5) and whose other end is grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Hifumi Noto, Kazuhide Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Hamamatsu, Tomokazu Hamada, Masatoshi Nakayama