Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Yazaki

Hirokazu Yazaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20190363055
    Abstract: An electronic component including a thin-film shield layer includes a wiring substrate, surface mount devices mounted to a first principal surface of the wiring substrate, a metal thin-film shield layer, and a magnetic metal thin-film shield layer. The metal thin-film shield layer includes a nonmagnetic metal material and entirely covers the surface mount devices at the top surface side and lateral surface side thereof. The metal thin-film shield layer includes a top surface portion and a lateral surface portion. The magnetic metal thin-film shield layer includes a magnetic metal material and covers the top surface portion and the lateral surface portion of the metal thin-film shield layer, including an entire edge portion at which the top surface portion and the lateral surface portion are joined to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu YAZAKI, Keito YONEMORI
  • Publication number: 20190363030
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a wiring substrate, surface mount devices mounted on a front surface of the wiring substrate, and a shield plate fixed on a side adjacent to top surfaces of the surface mount devices. The shield plate includes a magnetic ceramic sintered sheet and a first metal film. The magnetic ceramic sintered sheet includes a first main surface and a second main surface. The first metal film is disposed on the first main surface of the magnetic ceramic sintered sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu YAZAKI, Tomoyoshi HIEI
  • Publication number: 20190357345
    Abstract: An interposer includes an insulating element body, a wiring electrode inside the element body, a signal terminal electrode at the top surface of the element body and connected to a flat cable with a conductive bonding material interposed therebetween, and a ground terminal electrode. A through-hole penetrates through the element body to allow a bar-shaped metal fixing member to be inserted. A metal fixing member connecting electrode to be electrically connected to a metal fixing member is provided at at least one of the top surface of the element body and an inner wall of the through-hole. Predetermined signal terminal electrodes are electrically connected by the wiring electrode. The ground terminal electrode and the metal fixing member connecting electrode are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu YAZAKI, Keito YONEMORI
  • Publication number: 20190350090
    Abstract: An interposer substrate includes a dielectric portion, a magnetic portion, and a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to each other. Connection terminal electrodes are each provided on a corresponding one of first principal surfaces of the dielectric portion and the magnetic portion, and are connected to a cable. Circuit-board terminal electrodes are provided on a second principal surface of the dielectric portion and connected to a circuit board. Wiring electrodes are provided inside a base body, and connecting the connection terminal electrodes to the circuit-board terminal electrodes in a predetermined connection pattern. The wiring electrodes include a first wiring electrode passing through only the dielectric portion, and a second wiring electrode passing through the magnetic portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Keito YONEMORI, Hirokazu YAZAKI, Takanori TSUCHIYA, Koji KAMADA
  • Publication number: 20190341168
    Abstract: A circuit module includes an interposer, and the interposer includes an element body including a first surface, a first interposer terminal provided on the first surface of the element body, and connected to a first external element, a second interposer terminal provided on the first surface of the element body, and connected to a second external element, a first wiring provided in the element body, and electrically connecting the first interposer terminal and the circuit board with each other, a second wiring provided in the element body, and electrically connecting the second interposer terminal and the circuit board with each other, and a bypass wiring provided in the element body and/or on a surface of the element body, and electrically connecting the first interposer terminal and the second interposer terminal with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Keito YONEMORI, Hirokazu YAZAKI, Takanori TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20190305673
    Abstract: A noise reduction circuit is connected between at least one line of an input line and an output line of a DC-DC converter, a ground, and a ground terminal of a switching control IC included in the DC-DC converter. The noise reduction circuit includes a first capacitor connected between the at least one line and the ground terminal, a second capacitor connected between the at least one line and the ground, and an inductor connected between the ground terminal and the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu YAZAKI, Takanori TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20190307028
    Abstract: An electronic module includes a substrate, electronic components mounted on the substrate, a magnetic body provided on the substrate so as to cover the electronic components, and a metal shield provided on the magnetic body. An electronic circuit is defined using the electronic components. The electronic circuit includes a signal circuit. The metal shield includes ground connection portions connected to a ground electrode of the substrate, and a circuit connection portion connected to the signal circuit at a position different from the ground connection portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Hirokazu YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190297726
    Abstract: An interposer substrate includes a body, first to third external connection conductors, and a wiring conductor. The body includes first to third principal surfaces. A distance between the first and second principal surfaces is different from a distance between the first and third principal surfaces. The first external connection conductor is provided on the first principal surface and is connected to an external circuit board. The second external connection conductor is provided on the second principal surface and is connected to a first flat cable. The third external connection conductor is provided on the third principal surface and is connected to a second flat cable. The wiring conductor is provided in the body, and connects the first external connection conductor and second and third external connection conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu YAZAKI, Keito YONEMORI, Takanori TSUCHIYA, Koji KAMADA, Takashi NOMA
  • Publication number: 20190267301
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a board, a surface mount device, a nonmagnetic resin layer, a metal shield layer, and a magnetic shield layer. The board includes first and second principal surfaces facing each other, and a magnetic body layer. The surface mount device is mounted on the first principal surface of the board. The nonmagnetic resin layer covers the surface mount device. The metal shield layer covers the nonmagnetic resin layer. The magnetic shield layer covers an entire or substantially an entire surface of the metal shield layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Hirokazu YAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10324502
    Abstract: A speaker module includes a DC-DC converter device including a switching circuit device and a choke coil connected to the switching circuit device and a speaker device that converts an electric signal generated using output voltage from the DC-DC converter device into sound. A magnetic substrate which includes the choke coil and on which the switching circuit device is mounted is disposed between the switching circuit device and the speaker device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20190180930
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter module includes a substrate, first and second ground electrodes provided at the substrate, a switching-element-incorporating IC including an input end, an output end, and a first ground end, a coil element connected to the input end or the output end, a capacitor element including a first end connected to the input end or the output end and a second end connected to the first ground electrode, and a shield cover connected to the second ground electrode and covering at least one of the switching-element-incorporating IC, the coil element, and the capacitor element which is disposed on a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Hirokazu YAZAKI
  • Patent number: 10320356
    Abstract: An LC composite electronic component includes a ceramic substrate that includes a magnetic layer, a thin-film insulator layer that is formed using a thin film process on a surface of the ceramic substrate, a coil-shaped inductor element that is formed in the ceramic substrate, a capacitor element that is formed in the thin-film insulator layer, and external terminals that are formed on a surface of the thin-film insulator layer. The capacitor element is located in the thin-film insulator layer and includes a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode and a thin-film dielectric body at least part of which is arranged between the first and second capacitor electrodes. The external terminals are each respectively connected to at least one out of the inductor element and the capacitor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yazaki, Toshiyuki Nakaiso
  • Patent number: 10264674
    Abstract: A passive element array includes an element body that includes laminated base material layers, passive elements at different positions in the element body when viewed from a lamination direction of the base material layers, input/output terminals at a first main surface of the element body and connected to one end of each of the passive elements, input/output terminals at a second main surface of the element body and connected to the other end of each of the passive elements, a first ground terminal between the first input/output terminal and the input/output terminal at the first main surface, and a second ground terminal between the input/output terminal and the input/output terminal at the second main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keito Yonemori, Hirokazu Yazaki
  • Patent number: 10264676
    Abstract: A passive element array includes an element body including laminated base material layers, first and second passive elements arranged in the element body perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a lamination direction of the plurality of base material layers, a pair of first input/output terminals provided at one main surface of the element body and connected to the first passive element and a pair of second input/output terminals provided at the other main surface of the element body and connected to the second passive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yazaki, Keito Yonemori
  • Publication number: 20190021166
    Abstract: A passive element array includes an element body that includes laminated base material layers, passive elements at different positions in the element body when viewed from a lamination direction of the base material layers, input/output terminals at a first main surface of the element body and connected to one end of each of the passive elements, input/output terminals at a second main surface of the element body and connected to the other end of each of the passive elements, a first ground terminal between the first input/output terminal and the input/output terminal at the first main surface, and a second ground terminal between the input/output terminal and the input/output terminal at the second main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Keito YONEMORI, Hirokazu YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190014665
    Abstract: A passive element array includes an element body including laminated base material layers, first and second passive elements arranged in the element body perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a lamination direction of the plurality of base material layers, a pair of first input/output terminals provided at one main surface of the element body and connected to the first passive element and a pair of second input/output terminals provided at the other main surface of the element body and connected to the second passive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu YAZAKI, Keito YONEMORI
  • Publication number: 20190011959
    Abstract: A speaker module includes a DC-DC converter device including a switching circuit device and a choke coil connected to the switching circuit device and a speaker device that converts an electric signal generated using output voltage from the DC-DC converter device into sound. A magnetic substrate which includes the choke coil and on which the switching circuit device is mounted is disposed between the switching circuit device and the speaker device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Hirokazu YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190014655
    Abstract: A composite component-embedded circuit board includes a circuit board including a first functional block disposed closer to an upper surface of the circuit board, and a second functional block different from the first functional block and disposed closer to a lower surface of the circuit board, and a composite chip circuit embedded in the circuit board and including first and second circuit elements. The composite component further includes first and second terminal electrodes. The first terminal electrode is disposed on an upper surface of the composite component. The first terminal electrode is connected to the composite circuit and to the first functional block. The second terminal electrode is disposed on a lower surface of the composite component. The second terminal electrode is connected to the composite circuit and to the second functional block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Hirokazu YAZAKI, Keito YONEMORI
  • Publication number: 20190006076
    Abstract: An inductor module includes an insulating flexible substrate including a thermoplastic resin, an IC element included in the flexible substrate, chip capacitors included in the flexible substrate, a chip inductor that includes a magnetic-material body and is located on a first main surface of the flexible substrate, and input and output terminals on a second main surface of the flexible substrate. The IC element may be a switching IC element, the chip inductor may be a choke coil, and the inductor module may be a DC/DC converter module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Hirokazu YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180254139
    Abstract: A coil-incorporated component includes a first coil element including a first coil pattern and a second coil pattern, and a second coil element including a third coil pattern and a fourth coil pattern. The first coil pattern and the third coil pattern are provided in a first base material layer, the second coil pattern and the fourth coil pattern are provided in a second base material layer. When a coil-incorporated component is viewed from a lamination direction, the first coil pattern and the fourth coil pattern at least partially overlap with each other, the second coil pattern and the third coil pattern at least partially overlap with each other. An intermediate layer having a low magnetic permeability is provided between the first coil pattern and the fourth coil pattern and between the second coil pattern and the third coil pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Hirokazu YAZAKI