Patents by Inventor Hisao Hayafuji

Hisao Hayafuji 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: 20230006350
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, in or on which a feed element is formed, a dielectric substrate, in which a ground electrode (GND) is formed, and conductive members. The dielectric substrate is disposed opposite the dielectric substrate. When viewed in plan in the direction normal to the feed element, the conductive members are disposed around the feed element. An air layer is formed between the dielectric substrate and the dielectric substrate. The conductive members are formed in the air layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kota ARAI, Ryo KOMURA, Kaoru SUDO, Hisao HAYAFUJI, Hirotsugu MORI
  • Publication number: 20210184344
    Abstract: An antenna module (100) includes a dielectric substrate (160) having a multilayer structure, a first radiation electrode (122), a second radiation electrode (121), and a ground electrode (GND). The second radiation electrode (121) is arranged between the first radiation electrode (122) and the ground electrode (GND) in a lamination direction of the dielectric substrate (160). In the dielectric substrate (160), a hollow portion (150) is disposed in at least a portion between the first radiation electrode (122) and the second radiation electrode (121).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoshige FURUHI, Saneaki ARIUMI, Hisao HAYAFUJI, Tomoki KATO, Yasutaka SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10057044
    Abstract: A front-end circuit includes a switching circuit and a low-pass filter. The switching circuit includes common terminals and to-be-selected terminals. The common terminals are connected to each other, and a connection point at which the common terminals are connected to each other is connected to an antenna. The common terminal is directly connected to the connection point. The common terminal is connected to the connection point with the low-pass filter interposed there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisao Hayafuji
  • Patent number: 10027353
    Abstract: A high-frequency front end circuit includes a duplexer, a phase adjustment circuit, and a power amplifier. The phase adjustment circuit is connected between the power amplifier and a transmission filter of the duplexer. The phase adjustment circuit carries out phase adjustment so that a quadrant in which an impedance ZRX (fr0) seen from the transmission filter toward the power amplifier at the fundamental frequency of a reception signal is present and a quadrant in which an impedance ZTX (fr0) seen from the power amplifier toward the transmission filter at the fundamental frequency of the reception signal is present are not in a conjugate relationship with respect to the phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Uejima, Hiromichi Kitajima, Saneaki Ariumi, Hisao Hayafuji, Tatsuya Tsujiguchi
  • Patent number: 9979419
    Abstract: A front-end circuit includes a multiplexer, a circulator, reception ports, and variable filters. A port in the multiplexer is connected to an antenna. A port in the circulator is connected to a port in the multiplexer. The reception ports are connected to a port in the circulator with the variable filters interposed therebetween. The multiplexer outputs a communication signal having a frequency in a low band to the port and outputs a communication signal having a frequency in a middle band to a port. Each of the low band and the middle band includes a plurality of frequency bands. The middle band is a range of frequencies higher than those in the low band and does not overlap the low band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Hayafuji, Hidenori Obiya, Shinya Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 9960898
    Abstract: A radio frequency front-end circuit includes a duplexer, a phase adjustment circuit, and a low noise amplifier. The phase adjustment circuit is connected between an Rx filter of the duplexer and the low noise amplifier. The phase adjustment circuit executes phase adjustment such that a quadrant in which an impedance ZLNA(fn) at a particular frequency different from a fundamental frequency of a reception signal when looking at the low noise amplifier side from the Rx filter is present and a quadrant in which an impedance ZRX(fn) at the particular frequency when looking at the Rx filter side from the low noise amplifier is present are not in a conjugate relation in terms of phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Uejima, Hiromichi Kitajima, Saneaki Ariumi, Hisao Hayafuji, Tatsuya Tsujiguchi
  • Patent number: 9787334
    Abstract: A high frequency power amplifier includes a first high frequency amplifier, a final high frequency amplifier, and a tunable filter. The tunable filter is connected between the first high frequency amplifier and the final high frequency amplifier. The first high frequency amplifier and the final high frequency amplifier are each a multimode/multiband power amplifier. The tunable filter is regulated such that its pass band includes the frequency band of a transmission signal and its attenuation band includes the frequency band of a reception signal in a communication band used in transmission and reception. The pass band and the attenuation band are switched by the tunable filter in accordance with the communication band used in transmission and reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori Obiya, Hisao Hayafuji, Takaya Wada, Shinya Hitomi
  • Patent number: 9739871
    Abstract: A reflected signal detector (12) detects the amplitude and the phase of a reflected signal and outputs detection signals. A control circuit (13) adjusts first control signals and second control signals on the basis of the detection signals. A first cancel signal output portion (9) adjusts a first cancel signal so that the first cancel signal has a phase opposite to that of the reflected signal and has the same amplitude as that of the reflected signal using the first control signals. A second cancel signal output portion (10) adjusts a second cancel signal so that the second cancel signal has a phase opposite to that of a leakage signal and has the same amplitude as that of the leakage signal using the second control signals. A combining portion (11) combines a reception signal including noise signals with the first and second cancel signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori Obiya, Ryuken Mizunuma, Shinya Mizoguchi, Atsuyuki Yuasa, Shinya Hitomi, Hisao Hayafuji
  • Publication number: 20160352365
    Abstract: A high-frequency front end circuit includes a duplexer, a phase adjustment circuit, and a power amplifier. The phase adjustment circuit is connected between the power amplifier and a transmission filter of the duplexer. The phase adjustment circuit carries out phase adjustment so that a quadrant in which an impedance ZRX (fr0) seen from the transmission filter toward the power amplifier at the fundamental frequency of a reception signal is present and a quadrant in which an impedance ZTX (fr0) seen from the power amplifier toward the transmission filter at the fundamental frequency of the reception signal is present are not in a conjugate relationship with respect to the phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA, Saneaki ARIUMI, Hisao HAYAFUJI, Tatsuya TSUJIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160352494
    Abstract: A radio frequency front-end circuit includes a duplexer, a phase adjustment circuit, and a low noise amplifier. The phase adjustment circuit is connected between an Rx filter of the duplexer and the low noise amplifier. The phase adjustment circuit executes phase adjustment such that a quadrant in which an impedance ZLNA(fn) at a particular frequency different from a fundamental frequency of a reception signal when looking at the low noise amplifier side from the Rx filter is present and a quadrant in which an impedance ZRX(fn) at the particular frequency when looking at the Rx filter side from the low noise amplifier is present are not in a conjugate relation in terms of phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takanori UEJIMA, Hiromichi KITAJIMA, Saneaki ARIUMI, Hisao HAYAFUJI, Tatsuya TSUJIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160259745
    Abstract: A high frequency apparatus includes a master control device having a serial interface, and a plurality of slave devices having a serial interface. A control device for controlling the operations of the plurality of slave devices is provided. The serial interface of the master control device is connected to the control device and the serial interfaces of the slave devices. The slave devices have a control terminal for receiving a control signal for controlling whether or not each slave device is operable, and each of the control terminals is connected to the control device. The control device transmits the control signal to the control terminals of the slave devices in accordance with a data signal from the master control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi ASAKA, Hisao HAYAFUJI
  • Publication number: 20160254828
    Abstract: An antenna of a high-frequency front end circuit is connected to a duplexer and a filter. A reception-side filter of the duplexer is connected to a first reception signal output terminal. The filter is connected to the ground with a terminating resistor interposed there between. The reception-side filter is a filter which has a pass band including a frequency range of a reception signal having a first frequency band. The filter is a filter which has a pass band including a frequency range of a communication signal having a second frequency band and which has an attenuation range including the frequency range of the reception signal having the first frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Hisao Hayafuji
  • Publication number: 20160211871
    Abstract: A high frequency power amplifier includes a first high frequency amplifier, a final high frequency amplifier, and a tunable filter. The tunable filter is connected between the first high frequency amplifier and the final high frequency amplifier. The first high frequency amplifier and the final high frequency amplifier are each a multimode/multiband power amplifier. The tunable filter is regulated such that its pass band includes the frequency band of a transmission signal and its attenuation band includes the frequency band of a reception signal in a communication band used in transmission and reception. The pass band and the attenuation band are switched by the tunable filter in accordance with the communication band used in transmission and reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Hidenori Obiya, Hisao Hayafuji, Takaya Wada, Shinya Hitomi
  • Publication number: 20160126982
    Abstract: A front-end circuit includes a multiplexer, a circulator, reception ports, and variable filters. A port in the multiplexer is connected to an antenna. A port in the circulator is connected to a port in the multiplexer. The reception ports are connected to a port in the circulator with the variable filters interposed therebetween. The multiplexer outputs a communication signal having a frequency in a low band to the port and outputs a communication signal having a frequency in a middle band to a port. Each of the low band and the middle band includes a plurality of frequency bands. The middle band is a range of frequencies higher than those in the low band and does not overlap the low band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Hisao HAYAFUJI, Hidenori OBIYA, Shinya MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160127115
    Abstract: A front-end circuit includes a switching circuit and a low-pass filter. The switching circuit includes common terminals and to-be-selected terminals. The common terminals are connected to each other, and a connection point at which the common terminals are connected to each other is connected to an antenna. The common terminal is directly connected to the connection point. The common terminal is connected to the connection point with the low-pass filter interposed there between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Hisao Hayafuji
  • Patent number: 9287918
    Abstract: A high-frequency front-end circuit includes a first variable filter and a second variable filter. One end of each of the variable filters is connected to a common terminal. The other end of the first variable filter is connected to a transmission individual terminal and the other end of the second variable filter is connected to a reception individual terminal. At the time of transmission of a transmission signal, the impedance of the second variable filter is adjusted such that the impedance seen on the second variable filter side from a connection point between the variable filters is open. At the time of transmission of a reception signal, the impedance of the first variable filter is adjusted such that the impedance seen on the first variable filter side from a connection point between the variable filters is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Hayafuji, Shinya Mizoguchi, Hidenori Obiya
  • Publication number: 20150212194
    Abstract: A reflected signal detector (12) detects the amplitude and the phase of a reflected signal and outputs detection signals. A control circuit (13) adjusts first control signals and second control signals on the basis of the detection signals. A first cancel signal output portion (9) adjusts a first cancel signal so that the first cancel signal has a phase opposite to that of the reflected signal and has the same amplitude as that of the reflected signal using the first control signals. A second cancel signal output portion (10) adjusts a second cancel signal so that the second cancel signal has a phase opposite to that of a leakage signal and has the same amplitude as that of the leakage signal using the second control signals. A combining portion (11) combines a reception signal including noise signals with the first and second cancel signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hidenori OBIYA, Ryuken MIZUNUMA, Shinya MIZOGUCHI, Atsuyuki YUASA, Shinya HITOMI, Hisao HAYAFUJI
  • Patent number: 8891596
    Abstract: A high frequency front end module includes a variable circulator, a transmission side filter, and a reception side filter. Capacitors that are to be selectively connected by a switch are provided between an antenna side port and a transmission side port of a circulator of the variable circulator. Capacitors that are to be selectively connected by a switch are provided between the antenna side port and a reception side port of the circulator. Capacitors that are to be selectively connected by a switch are provided between the transmission side port and the reception side port of the circulator. By selecting the capacitors, phase characteristics between the ports are adjusted to the characteristics in accordance with a transmission signal and a reception signal to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Maufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Hayafuji, Koji Furutani
  • Publication number: 20140169422
    Abstract: A high frequency front end module includes a variable circulator, a transmission side filter, and a reception side filter. Capacitors that are to be selectively connected by a switch are provided between an antenna side port and a transmission side port of a circulator of the variable circulator. Capacitors that are to be selectively connected by a switch are provided between the antenna side port and a reception side port of the circulator. Capacitors that are to be selectively connected by a switch are provided between the transmission side port and the reception side port of the circulator. By selecting the capacitors, phase characteristics between the ports are adjusted to the characteristics in accordance with a transmission signal and a reception signal to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao HAYAFUJI, Koji FURUTANI
  • Publication number: 20140038531
    Abstract: A high-frequency front-end circuit includes a first variable filter and a second variable filter. One end of each of the variable filters is connected to a common terminal. The other end of the first variable filter is connected to a transmission individual terminal and the other end of the second variable filter is connected to a reception individual terminal. At the time of transmission of a transmission signal, the impedance of the second variable filter is adjusted such that the impedance seen on the second variable filter side from a connection point between the variable filters is open. At the time of transmission of a reception signal, the impedance of the first variable filter is adjusted such that the impedance seen on the first variable filter side from a connection point between the variable filters is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao HAYAFUJI, Shinya MIZOGUCHI, Hidenori OBIYA