Patents by Inventor Joji Fujiwara

Joji Fujiwara 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: 20110215883
    Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate and first and second comb-shaped electrodes provided on the piezoelectric substrate and interdigitating with each other. The first comb-shaped electrode includes a first busbar and first electrode fingers extending in a direction non-perpendicular to a direction in which the first busbar extends. The second comb-shaped electrode includes a second busbar and second electrode fingers extending from the second busbar and interdigitating with the first electrode fingers at an interdigitating region. This acoustic wave resonator can suppress a spurious response due to a transverse mode and has a high Q value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Joji FUJIWARA, Tetsuya Tsurunari, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110215884
    Abstract: A ladder-type filter having plural elastic-wave resonators provided on a series arm and a parallel arm in a ladder shape on a piezoelectric substrate. Each of the elastic-wave resonators has an interdigital electrode. The interdigital electrode has plural electrode finger pairs formed of electrode fingers extending from first and second bus bars. The interdigital electrode included in the elastic-wave resonator provided on the parallel arm has an electrode cross width of the electrode fingers extending from the first and second bus bars 23 times or more of the wavelength of elastic waves excited by the interdigital electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Joji FUJIWARA, Tetsuya TSURUNARI, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20110095845
    Abstract: An acoustic wave duplexer includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first filter and a second filter whose center frequency is higher than that of the first filter, the first and second filters being provided on the piezoelectric substrate. The first filter is structured as a ladder type. A resonator positioned nearest to an antenna terminal out of series-arm resonators is designated as a first resonator. A pitch of a comb-shaped electrode structuring the first resonator is set such that a bulk wave emission frequency of the first resonator becomes higher than a passband of the second filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Tetsuya Tsurunari, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rei Goto
  • Publication number: 20110068881
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes a first IDT electrode, a second IDT electrode, and a third IDT electrode. The first IDT electrode includes a first signal electrode finger connected to the unbalanced terminal, and a first ground electrode finger. The second IDT electrode includes a second signal electrode finger connected to a first balanced terminal, and a second ground electrode finger. The third IDT electrode includes a third signal electrode finger connected to the second balanced terminal, and a third ground electrode finger. A dummy electrode finger connected neither to the unbalanced terminal nor to the ground is provided on the second IDT electrode side in the first IDT electrode. Thus, the degree of balance between balanced terminals can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Joji FUJIWARA, Tetsuya Tsurunari, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110063046
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter device includes an input port for receiving an unbalanced signal, a pair of input/output ports, a first SAW filter for receiving the unbalanced signal from the input port and outputting balanced signals to the pair of input/output ports, a second SAW filter for receiving the balanced signals output from the pair of input/output ports and outputting balanced signals, and a pair of output ports for outputting the balanced signals output from the second SAW filter. The first SAW filter includes a first longitudinally-coupled SAW resonator having a first unbalanced signal input port and first and second balanced signal output ports, and a second longitudinally-coupled SAW resonator having a second unbalanced signal input port and third and fourth balanced signal output port. The first and second unbalanced signal input ports are electrically connected to the input port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Joji FUJIWARA, Tetsuya TSURUNARI, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Rei GOTO
  • Patent number: 7898360
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter which includes a first terminal at the input side, a second terminal at the output side, a plurality of resonators electrically connected between the first and the second terminals, and a piezoelectric substrate provided on the upper surfaces of first and second terminals and the plurality of resonators. The piezoelectric substrate is made to have a thickness that is not thicker than 0.2 mm. The filtering characteristic of surface acoustic wave filter can be improved by taking advantage of the above structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Mitani, Joji Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Jibu
  • Publication number: 20110043428
    Abstract: An antenna duplexer includes a transmission filter and a reception filter both coupled with an antenna terminal. A pass band of the transmission filter is lower than a pass band of the reception filter. The transmission filter includes a first series resonator coupled with a first terminal, a second series resonator connected to the first series resonator at a first node, a first parallel resonator connected to a first port of the first series resonator, a second parallel resonator connected to a first node and the first parallel resonator at a second node, a third parallel resonator connected to the first node, a fourth parallel resonator connected to the third parallel resonator at a third node, a first inductance element coupled with the second node and a ground, and a second inductance element coupled with the third node and the ground. The first and second parallel resonators and the first inductance element produce an attenuation pole at a frequency lower than a pass band of the transmission filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Tetsuya Tsurunari, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110006855
    Abstract: An elastic wave filter has first, second, and third IDT electrodes whose wiring electrodes are connected to unbalanced signal terminal; fourth IDT electrode disposed between the first and second IDT electrodes; fifth IDT electrode disposed between the second and third IDT electrodes; and first and second balanced signal terminals connected to the wiring electrodes of fourth and fifth IDT electrodes, respectively. The ground electrodes of the first through fifth IDT electrodes are connected to the ground. Signals in opposite phase and in phase with a signal input to unbalanced signal terminal are output from first and second balanced signal terminals, respectively. The wiring electrodes of second and third IDT electrodes are adjacent to the ground electrode of fifth IDT electrode. The wiring electrode of one of first and second IDT electrodes is adjacent to the wiring electrode of fourth IDT electrode. The ground electrode of the other is adjacent to the ground electrode of fourth IDT electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Tetsuya Tsurunari, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rei Goto
  • Patent number: 7792496
    Abstract: A transmitter receiver unit of the present invention comprises a phase shifter connected between a transistor and a filter multiplexer for decreasing a reactance component of an impedance, as observed from the transistor toward the filter multiplexer, to a value close to zero in a third frequency band given as the sum or difference between the integer multiples of a second frequency band and a first frequency band. This structure decreases the impedance in the third frequency band of the filter multiplexer side as observed from the transistor, thereby making the transistor not liable to generate a signal voltage of the third frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Michiaki Tsuneoka
  • Publication number: 20100219901
    Abstract: A duplexer according to the present invention includes: an acoustic wave element having a first terminal and a second terminal; a substrate mounting the acoustic wave element on the surface; a first columnar conductor electrically connected to the first terminal, and drawn to a back surface of the substrate, while being buried partially in the substrate; a second columnar conductor electrically connected to the second terminal, and drawn to the back surface of the substrate, while being buried partially in the substrate; a first ground pattern region arranged between the first columnar conductor drawn part and the second columnar conductor drawn part on the back surface of the substrate; a second ground pattern region electrically connected to the first ground pattern region on the back surface of the substrate and arranged in the part not including the part between the first columnar conductor drawn part and the second columnar conductor drawn part; and a third columnar conductor electrically connected to th
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tsurunari, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Joji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100194496
    Abstract: An acoustic wave resonance device includes: piezoelectric substrate (1), first acoustic wave resonator (100) provided on an upper surface of piezoelectric substrate (1) and including first interdigital transducer electrode (110), and second acoustic wave resonator (200) provided on piezoelectric substrate (1) and including second interdigital transducer electrode (210). First acoustic wave resonator (100) and second acoustic wave resonator (200) are connected to each other. An overlap width of a plurality of first comb-shaped electrodes (112) forming first acoustic wave resonator (100) is larger than an overlap width of a plurality of second comb-shaped electrodes (212) forming second acoustic wave resonator (200). With such a configuration, frequencies in which a transverse mode spurious response is generated can be distributed and loss can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Rei Goto, Yosuke Hamaoka, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tetsuya Tsurunari, Joji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100188165
    Abstract: A small antenna duplexer that includes antenna terminal, first filter electrically connected to this antenna terminal and passing a first frequency band, second filter electrically connected to antenna terminal and passing a second frequency band, and third filter electrically connected to antenna terminal and passing a third frequency band. First filter and third filter are used for one band, and second filter and third filter are used for another band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tetsuya Tsurunari, Joji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7659604
    Abstract: A module component in which mounting components and a conductive partition for dividing into a plurality of circuit blocks are mounted on a substrate. The circuit blocks are covered with a sealing member, which is further covered on its surface with a conductive film to electrically shield the circuit blocks individually. This module component can maintain bending strength, with little warpage by a sufficient shielding effect achieved without increasing the number of manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Himori, Michiaki Tsuneoka
  • Patent number: 7595703
    Abstract: A balun is provided in which first balanced line and second balanced line are disposed on a nearly the same plane, first unbalanced line is disposed above first balanced line at a predetermined distance from first balanced line, second unbalanced line is disposed below second balanced line at the predetermined distance from second balanced line. With this configuration, the distance between first unbalanced line and second unbalanced line can be increased thereby greatly suppressing mutual cancellation of a current flowing in first unbalanced line and a current flowing in second unbalanced line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Michiaki Tsuneoka
  • Publication number: 20090134958
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter which includes a first terminal at the input side, a second terminal at the output side, a plurality of resonators electrically connected between the first and the second terminals, and a piezoelectric substrate provided on the upper surfaces of first and second terminals and the plurality of resonators. The piezoelectric substrate is made to have a thickness that is not thicker than 0.2 mm. The filtering characteristic of surface acoustic wave filter can be improved by taking advantage of the above structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Daisuke MITANI, Joji Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Jibu
  • Publication number: 20090079512
    Abstract: A balun is provided in which first balanced line and second balanced line are disposed on a nearly the same plane, first unbalanced line is disposed above first balanced line at a predetermined distance from first balanced line, second unbalanced line is disposed below second balanced line at the predetermined distance from second balanced line. With this configuration, the distance between first unbalanced line and second unbalanced line can be increased thereby greatly suppressing mutual cancellation of a current flowing in first unbalanced line and a current flowing in second unbalanced line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Michiaki Tsuneoka
  • Publication number: 20090008134
    Abstract: A module includes a first multilayer wiring board, a second multilayer wiring board having an upper surface facing a lower surface of the first multilayer wiring board, a component mounted on an upper surface of the first multilayer wiring board, a first terminal electrode provided on the lower surface of the first multilayer wiring board, a second terminal electrode provided on the upper surface of the second multilayer wiring board and connected to the first terminal electrode, and a terminal electrode provided on a lower surface of the second multilayer wiring board. This module is manufactured at a preferable yield rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Michiaki Tsuneoka, Joji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20080070511
    Abstract: A transmitter receiver unit of the present invention comprises a phase shifter connected between a transistor and a filter multiplexer for decreasing a reactance component of an impedance, as observed from the transistor toward the filter multiplexer, to a value close to zero in a third frequency band given as the sum or difference between the integer multiples of a second frequency band and a first frequency band. This structure decreases the impedance in the third frequency band of the filter multiplexer side as observed from the transistor, thereby making the transistor not liable to generate a signal voltage of the third frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Michiaki Tsuneoka
  • Patent number: 7187071
    Abstract: A composite electronic component having a multi-layer wiring board, a first power terminal electrode, a second power terminal electrode, an external connection power supply terminal, a surface-mounted component, an insulator, and a power supply pattern. The first and the second power terminal electrodes are disposed on a first face of the multi-layer wiring board. The external connection power supply terminal is disposed on a second face opposite to the first face of the multi-layer wiring board and connected with the first power terminal electrode. The surface-mounted component is mounted on the first face of the multi-layer wiring board and connected with the first and the second power terminal electrodes at a first face thereof. The insulator covers at least a second face opposite to the first face of the surface-mounted component, the first power terminal electrode, and the second power terminal electrode with a first face thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiaki Tsuneoka, Yasuhiro Sugaya, Masaaki Katsumata, Joji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20060258050
    Abstract: A module component in which mounting components and a conductive partition for dividing into a plurality of circuit blocks are mounted on a substrate. The circuit blocks are covered with a sealing member, which is further covered on its surface with a conductive film to electrically shield the circuit blocks individually. This module component can maintain bending strength, with little warpage by a sufficient shielding effect achieved without increasing the number of manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Joji Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Himori, Michiaki Tsuneoka