Patents by Inventor Isao Sakama

Isao Sakama 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: 8434688
    Abstract: An RFID tag prevents reduction of communication characteristics due to mutual interference of RFID tags and enables to collectively read plural densely arranged RFID tags by a reader apparatus even when the plural RFID tags are in a densely arranged state. The RFID tag of the present invention is an RFID tag having an IC chip and a first antenna connected to the IC chip, provided with an impedance matching circuit for performing impedance matching between the IC chip and the first antenna, and arranged by stacking a conductor to cover the impedance matching circuit via an insulator base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Sakama
  • Patent number: 8410938
    Abstract: An RFID tag includes a first antenna on which an IC chip is mounted and a second antenna extending from an end of the first antenna in a direction at right angles to the first antenna. The first antenna has an arbitrarily electrical length and the second antenna has an electrical length of ?/2 or an integral multiple of ?/2. A resin base film having a thickness of approximately 50 ?m is disposed on the back side of the first antenna and the second antenna. With this configuration of a tag antenna, the second antenna resonates with the first antenna to exhibit a radio wave amplifying effect. Therefore, a long communication distance can be achieved even if the electrical length of the first antenna is chosen to be short or the thickness of the base film is chosen to be thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Sakama
  • Patent number: 8231059
    Abstract: A micro-strip antenna includes two conductors. One of the conductors is a radiation electrode including a first radiation electrode including an IC chip and a slit and a U-shaped second radiation electrode. The antenna further includes an opening and a cutout formed by the first and second radiation electrodes and a radiation electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Sakama
  • Patent number: 8115638
    Abstract: An RFID thread which is mounted on a sheet and whose predetermined information can be read wirelessly from outside, the RFID thread includes: an IC chip recording the predetermined information; a first antenna consisting of an electrically continuous conductor which has a length corresponding to a size of the sheet and on which one or a plurality of the IC chips are mounted; and a base film made of resin for supporting the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Sakama
  • Publication number: 20120024959
    Abstract: An RFID inlet by including: a base film; an antenna pattern formed on the base film; an insulation film layer formed on the antenna pattern and having a hole; an IC chip coupled to the antenna pattern inside the hole of the insulation film layer; and an underfill filled between the IC chip, the antenna, and the base film. The height of the IC chip top surface is at a higher level than the top surface of the insulation film layer, the underfill is formed between the IC chip and a wall surface of the hole of the insulation film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Madoka MINAGAWA, Naoya KANDA, Isao SAKAMA, Shigeru SAGAWA, Daisuke SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 8098133
    Abstract: An RFID tag having mounted thereon an IC chip capable of receiving and delivering information from and to an external source without contact. In the RFID tag, a central axis of its own antenna having mounted thereon the IC chip coincides with a center of the RFID tag, and an antenna width is controlled. That is, a position of the central axis of the antenna is controlled to correct the mass eccentricity of the RFID tag. Further, the RFID tag is an RFID tag having mounted thereon the IC chip capable of receiving and delivering information from and to an external source without contact, and an RFID tag having attached thereon the IC chip at a position in which a first and a second antenna lengths are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Sakama, Shimpei Hesaki, Nobuhiro Kudo
  • Patent number: 8049626
    Abstract: An RFID tag mounting circuit board has a configuration in which an RFIC chip, a minimum antenna, a circuit which matches the impedance of the RFIC chip and that of the antenna are mounted on a printed circuit board. With this configuration, the area occupied by the antenna of an RFID tag is suppressed, and a decrease in the component mounting density of the printed circuit board is also suppressed. The RFID tag mounting circuit board is configured to be capable of managing the histories of all components on a per-printed-circuit-board basis by attaching a reading device for an RFIC chip to a chip mounter which mounts an IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Sakama, Minoru Ashizawa
  • Patent number: 8035524
    Abstract: In an RFID tag mounting package mounted with an RFID tag and a manufacturing method thereof, in order to have sufficient communication performance without spoiling the design property of the package to which a conductive film is applied, a package is obtained by assembling a structural material in which a metallic film is formed on a base material made of paper or the like. In the package, a slot is provided in the metallic film of a folded portion, in a spot where portions (the folded portion and an external packaging portion) of the structural material overlap each other. An inlet operates as an RFID tag, includes an antenna and an IC chip connected to the antenna, and is mounted on the inner surface of the folded portion in conformity with the position of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Sakama, Koichi Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20110220724
    Abstract: An RFID tag prevents reduction of communication characteristics due to mutual interference of RFID tags and enables to collectively read plural densely arranged RFID tags by a reader apparatus even when the plural RFID tags are in a densely arranged state. The RFID tag of the present invention is an RFID tag having an IC chip and a first antenna connected to the IC chip, provided with an impedance matching circuit for performing impedance matching between the IC chip and the first antenna, and arranged by stacking a conductor to cover the impedance matching circuit via an insulator base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Isao SAKAMA
  • Patent number: 8004411
    Abstract: A wireless IC tag includes an IC chip with a response circuit for receiving a signal sent from an interrogator and transmitting a response signal in response to the received signal, a rectangular antenna connected to the response circuit, a first protective material hard in nature for covering the IC chip, and a second protective material, softer than the first protective material, for covering at least a part of the antenna, and the antenna is formed in a laminated structure of a plurality of flat members different in toughness so as not to fracture even when the antenna is bent by external forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Sakama, Keizo Watanabe, Minoru Ashizawa
  • Patent number: 7954722
    Abstract: An IC tag mounting at least two IC chips operating in different frequency bands. The IC tag having a first inlet including a first antenna having a relatively long operation wavelength and a first IC chip mounted on the first antenna, and a second inlet including a second antenna having an operation wavelength shorter than the first antenna and disposed crossing at a predetermined angle over a line of the first antenna without positioning both opposite ends of the second antenna upon the first antenna and a second IC chip mounted on the second antenna. The second antenna has a matching circuit for impedance matching between the second antenna and the second IC chip. The matching circuit is a slit formed in the second antenna and positioned upon terminals of the second IC chip. Thus, the second antenna is made compact using the first antenna as an auxiliary antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Isao Sakama
  • Patent number: 7833841
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus including a chip which is fabricated in large numbers on a wafer and has a plurality of information blocks. In the method, a unique information bit is written in a chip discrimination block of each chip within a shot, which is a segmented region of the wafer, by a fixed pattern method. In addition, an information bit uniquely given to each shot within the wafer is written by a mask shift method. Further, an information bit uniquely given to each wafer is written in a wafer discrimination block of the chip which is fabricated on the wafer by the mask shift method and mask combination method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kando, Isao Sakama
  • Patent number: 7825810
    Abstract: A RFID tag read equipment includes a read device and an antenna system including first to third antennas. The read device outputs the question wave as a high-frequency current, and reads the predetermined data by demodulating the answer wave when the answer wave is inputted therein as a high-frequency current. The first to third antennas output the high-frequency current when they receive the electromagnetic wave, and radiate the electromagnetic wave when the high-frequency current is inputted therein. Here, the first antenna is connected to the read device via a feeder wire, the second antenna being located such that its radiation direction is made parallel and opposite to radiation direction of the first antenna, the third antenna being connected to the second antenna via a feeder wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Sakama, Minoru Ashizawa
  • Publication number: 20100123010
    Abstract: In an assembling structure of a radio IC tag, the radio IC tag includes an IC chip for recording information therein and a first antenna connected to the IC chip for wirelessly transmitting or receiving information. The first antenna has a first gap for performing impedance matching. A conductive second antenna having a second gap is arranged over the IC chip, the first gap, and the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Isao SAKAMA
  • Patent number: 7701350
    Abstract: The RFID tag is composed of the first antenna of metal film layer on which the IC chip is mounted and at least one second antenna of metal film layer on which the IC chip is not mounted The metal film layer is formed on the base, and the metal film layer is formed on the base. The metal film layer partially overlaps the metal film layer with the base interposed between them, so that the first antenna and the second antenna are capacitively coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Sakama, Minoru Ashizawa
  • Publication number: 20100090015
    Abstract: A micro-strip antenna includes two conductors. One of the conductors is a radiation electrode including a first radiation electrode including an IC chip and a slit and a U-shaped second radiation electrode. The antenna further includes an opening and a cutout formed by the first and second radiation electrodes and a radiation electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Isao SAKAMA
  • Publication number: 20090303010
    Abstract: An RFID thread which is mounted on a sheet and whose predetermined information can be read wirelessly from outside, the TFID thread includes: an IC chip recording the predetermined information; a first antenna consisting of an electrically continuous conductor which has a length corresponding to a size of the sheet and on which one or a plurality of the IC chips are mounted; and a base film made of resin for supporting the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventor: Isao SAKAMA
  • Publication number: 20090289797
    Abstract: The RFID tag of this invention uses reinforcing bars in a concrete structure as a sub-antenna. Accordingly, the RFID tag can be mounted close to the reinforcing bars, reducing the size of the tag and widening the range that information in the IC chip attached to the RFID tag can be read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: Isao SAKAMA
  • Patent number: 7602289
    Abstract: A connector device used for electrical connection between electrical devices, including: a first connector; an IC chip disposed in a casing of the first connector; a first antenna disposed in the casing of the first connector, for wirelessly transmitting ID data of the IC chip stored in the IC chip in response to a signal from an external device; a second connector detachable from the first connector, electrically connecting the electrical devices when coupled to the first connector; and a second antenna disposed in a casing of the second connector, brought close to the first antenna to amplify and transmit a radio wave from the first antenna, when the first and second connectors are normally coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Ashizawa, Isao Sakama
  • Publication number: 20090251290
    Abstract: A RFID tag adapted to control goods is provided which has two functions of a magnetic tag and of a RFID tag mounted with an IC chip and can widen the communication range of the RFID tag. The RFID tag is one which is mounted with an IC chip capable of receiving and transferring information from and to the outside in a non-contact fashion. Structurally, the RFID tag comprises a first antenna having electrical conductivity and mounted with the IC chip and a second antenna made of a soft magnetic material and electrically connected to the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventor: Isao SAKAMA