Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Nitta
Hitoshi Nitta 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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Patent number: 7127219Abstract: An input signal having an intermediate signal superposed on a DC voltage is applied to a variable attenuation circuit through an amplifier. An output of the variable attenuation circuit is detected by a detecting circuit. A DC voltage from the detecting circuit is compared with a reference voltage from a reference voltage generating circuit by a comparing circuit. Based on a comparison output, the amount of attenuation of the variable attenuation circuit is controlled, and after the output of the variable attenuation circuit is amplified by an amplifier, it is mixed with a local oscillation signal from a local oscillation circuit at a mixer circuit, converted to a microwave signal, and transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Patent number: 7085545Abstract: The level of an input high-frequency signal is adjusted by a transmission-level adjusting portion, and two signals are created and distributed by a distribution portion. One of the two signals is output, while the other one thereof is applied to a frequency-deviation adjusting portion to cancel the frequency property of a detection portion and thereafter is applied to the detection portion, where the signal is detected to be a DC voltage. A comparator compares the DC voltage with a reference voltage output from a reference voltage generating portion, and the output of the comparison is used to control a gain of the transmission-level adjusting portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Patent number: 6999736Abstract: A DC voltage input through an input terminal is applied through an inductor, to a power supply circuit unit and an input voltage detecting circuit. The input voltage detecting circuit detects the input DC voltage and when it is detected that the input voltage value may possibly cause malfunction, a control circuit turns off a switch circuit based on the detection output, whereby power supply from the power supply circuit to a transmission circuit is stopped, and malfunction of the transmission circuit is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Patent number: 6928273Abstract: A level detection circuit detects a signal level of an intermediate frequency signal which is superposed on a DC voltage input from an input terminal and is separately extracted by an input processing circuit, and converts the same into a corresponding DC voltage for output to a transmission output control circuit. The transmission output control circuit compares the DC voltage received from the level detection circuit with a reference voltage and determines whether the intermediate frequency signal is being input. When the transmission output control circuit determines that the intermediate frequency signal is not being input, a switch circuit cuts off the power from a power control circuit to a transmission amplifying circuit. As a result, the radio transmission apparatus can prevent wasteful power consumption and can suppress a noise and a communication error when the transmission of the intermediate frequency signal is not intended.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Patent number: 6621382Abstract: A main microstrip line, one end of which has an input signal supplied thereto and other end of which outputs a signal, is formed on a substrate. Five sub-microstrip lines are made to intersect with the main microstrip line, and are disposed one by one such that their lengths from the intersections to their respective ends vary. The sub-microstrip lines are each formed in a generally rectangular shape with their line widths all formed to have the same prescribed length, and are disposed all at the same prescribed intervals and generally parallel to one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Patent number: 6617930Abstract: A DC voltage input to an IF, DC input is applied to a switching regulator of a power supply circuit, a DC voltage necessary for driving a power amplifier is directly applied from the switching regulator to the power amplifier, the voltage from the switching regulator circuit is applied to a voltage converter circuit from which a negative voltage of 5V is generated and applied to the power amplifier and other circuit, a positive voltage of 5V is generated from a dropper regulator circuit and applied to the power amplifier and other circuits.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Publication number: 20030092407Abstract: A level detection circuit detects a signal level of an intermediate frequency signal which is superposed on a DC voltage input from an input terminal and is separately extracted by an input processing circuit, and converts the same into a corresponding DC voltage for output to a transmission output control circuit. The transmission output control circuit compares the DC voltage received from the level detection circuit with a reference voltage and determines whether the intermediate frequency signal is being input. When the transmission output control circuit determines that the intermediate frequency signal is not being input, a switch circuit cuts off the power from a power control circuit to a transmission amplifying circuit. As a result, the radio transmission apparatus can prevent wasteful power consumption and can suppress a noise and a communication error when the transmission of the intermediate frequency signal is not intended.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Patent number: 6504440Abstract: In a feedback type oscillation circuit including a first microstrip line connected to a signal input terminal of a transistor, a second microstrip line connected to a signal output terminal of the transistor, and a dielectric resonator coupled with the microstrip lines at high frequency, the first and second microstrip lines are provided with patterns that are branched off from the respective microstrip lines, each at an arbitrary angle.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Publication number: 20020142740Abstract: A DC voltage input through an input terminal is applied through an inductor, to a power supply circuit unit and an input voltage detecting circuit. The input voltage detecting circuit detects the input DC voltage and when it is detected that the input voltage value may possibly cause malfunction, a control circuit turns off a switch circuit based on the detection output, whereby power supply from the power supply circuit to a transmission circuit is stopped, and malfunction of the transmission circuit is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Inventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Publication number: 20020070824Abstract: A main microstrip line, one end of which has an input signal supplied thereto and other end of which outputs a signal, is formed on a substrate. Five sub-microstrip lines are made to intersect with the main microstrip line, and are disposed one by one such that their lengths from the intersections to their respective ends vary. The sub-microstrip lines are each formed in a generally rectangular shape with their line widths all formed to have the same prescribed length, and are disposed all at the same prescribed intervals and generally parallel to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2001Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Publication number: 20020058485Abstract: The level of an input high-frequency signal is adjusted by a transmission-level adjusting portion, and two signals are created and distributed by a distribution portion. One of the two signals is output, while the other one thereof is applied to a frequency-deviation adjusting portion to cancel the frequency property of a detection portion and thereafter is applied to the detection portion, where the signal is detected to be a DC voltage. A comparator compares the DC voltage with a reference voltage output from a reference voltage generating portion, and the output of the comparison is used to control a gain of the transmission-level adjusting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Publication number: 20020033740Abstract: In a feedback type oscillation circuit including a first microstrip line connected to a signal input terminal of a transistor, a second microstrip line connected to a signal output terminal of the transistor, and a dielectric resonator coupled with the microstrip lines at high frequency, the first and second microstrip lines are provided with patterns that are branched off from the respective microstrip lines, each at an arbitrary angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Inventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Publication number: 20020025788Abstract: An input signal having an intermediate signal superposed on a DC voltage is applied to a variable attenuation circuit through an amplifier. An output of the variable attenuation circuit is detected by a detecting circuit. A DC voltage from the detecting circuit is compared with a reference voltage from a reference voltage generating circuit by a comparing circuit. Based on a comparison output, the amount of attenuation of the variable attenuation circuit is controlled, and after the output of the variable attenuation circuit is amplified by an amplifier, it is mixed with a local oscillation signal from a local oscillation circuit at a mixer circuit, converted to a microwave signal, and transmitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventor: Hitoshi Nitta
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Publication number: 20020024388Abstract: A DC voltage input to an IF, DC input is applied to a switching regulator of a power supply circuit, a DC voltage necessary for driving a power amplifier is directly applied from the switching regulator to the power amplifier, the voltage from the switching regulator circuit is applied to a voltage converter circuit from which a negative voltage of 5V is generated and applied to the power amplifier and other circuit, a positive voltage of 5V is generated from a dropper regulator circuit and applied to the power amplifier and other circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventor: Hitoshi Nitta