Patents by Inventor Jun Otsuka

Jun Otsuka 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: 7532453
    Abstract: In order to provide a built-in capacitor type wiring board capable of preventing misalignment of the capacitor, a capacitor built-in type wiring board is provided which includes a core board; a multilayer portion disposed on at least one side of the core board and formed by a plurality of interlayer insulating layers; and a plurality of conductor layers alternately laminated on the core board. The capacitor is of a chip-like shape with first and second main surfaces and includes a dielectric layer; electrode layers laminated on the dielectric layer; and a hole portion opening at least at the second main surface. The capacitor is embedded in the interlayer insulating layers so that the second main surface faces the core board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshitake Seki, Yasuhiko Inui, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7473988
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate core, ceramic capacitors and a built-up layer. The substrate core has a housing opening portion therein which opens at a core main surface. The ceramic capacitors are accommodated in the housing opening portion and oriented such that the core main surface and a capacitor main surface of each capacitor face the same way. The built-up layer includes semiconductor integrated circuit element mounting areas at various locations on a surface thereof. In the substrate core, each ceramic capacitor is respectively disposed in an area corresponding to each semiconductor integrated circuit element mounting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Urashima, Shinji Yuri, Manabu Sato, Jun Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20080289866
    Abstract: A wiring board including a stacked wiring layer portion in which a dielectric layer and a conductor layer are stacked is formed on a core board portion, the stacked wiring layer portion including a stacked composite layer portion in which a polymer dielectric layer, a conductor layer and a ceramic dielectric layer are stacked in this order, the conductor layer being partially cut in the in-plane direction so as to have a conductor side cut portion, the ceramic dielectric layer being partially cut in the in-plane direction so as to have a ceramic side cut portion, the ceramic side cut portion and the conductor side cut portion being communicated to form a communication cut portion, a polymer constituting the polymer dielectric layer being filled in the communication cut portion so as to extend through the conductor side cut portion to the ceramic side cut portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Yuri, Makoto Origuchi, Yasuhiko Inui, Jun Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20080277150
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wiring board with built-in component. The method provides a secure connection between a component and interlayer insulating layers so that the wiring board with built-in component has excellent reliability. The wiring board is manufactured through a core board preparation step, a component preparation step, an accommodation step and a height alignment step. In the core board preparation step, a core board having an accommodation hole therein is prepared. In the component preparation step, a ceramic capacitor having therein a plurality of protruding conductors which protrudes from a capacitor rear surface is prepared. In the accommodation step, the ceramic capacitor is accommodated in the accommodation hole with the core rear surface facing the same side as the capacitor rear surface. In the height alignment step, a surface of a top portion of the protruding conductor and a surface of a conductor layer formed on the core rear surface are aligned to the same height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Tsuneaki Takashima, Jun Otsuka, Makoto Origuchi, Yukinobu Nagao, Chy Narith, Kozo Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20080251285
    Abstract: A capacitor is provided having a tough surface portion which prevents cracking that tends to occur when the capacitor is built-in or surface-mounted on a wiring board. A ceramic sintered body of the capacitor includes a capacitor forming layer portion, a cover layer portion and an interlayer portion. The capacitor forming layer portion has a laminated structure wherein ceramic dielectric layers and inner electrodes connected to a peripheral portion of capacitor via conductors, are alternately laminated. The cover layer portion is exposed at a surface portion of the ceramic body and has a laminated structure wherein ceramic dielectric layers and dummy electrodes not connected to the capacitor via conductors, are alternately laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Motohiko Sato, Kenji Murakami, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato, Masahiko Okuyama, Kozo Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7348069
    Abstract: A first ceramic substrate includes a substrate (2) and a glaze layer (3), wherein the glaze layer has a surface having an Ra of 0.02 ?m or less and a Ry of 0.25 ?m or less. A second ceramic substrate is formed by subjecting a glass layer (24) formed on a surface of a substrate (2) to heating-and-pressurizing treatment, thereby forming a glaze layer (3) on the substrate (2), and planarization-polishing the surface of the glaze layer. A third ceramic substrate includes a substrate (2), a glaze layer (3) containing substantially no pores formed on the substrate (2) and the surface thereof being planarization-polished, and a wiring pattern (21), wherein at least one first end of the wiring pattern is exposed to the glaze layer (3) surface of the substrate (1), and at least one second end is exposed to another surface of the substrate (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichiyanagi, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato, Masahiko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 7332231
    Abstract: A ceramic substrate for a thin film electronic component, a production method thereof, and a thin film electronic component using the ceramic substrate A first substrate (1) includes a dense glass-ceramic mixed layer (33) containing glass in its surface portion. A second substrate is prepared such that a glass layer (32) formed on a surface of a substrate base portion (2) is subjected to a heat-pressure treatment so as to form or rather partly change the glass portion (32) into a dense glass-ceramic mixed layer (33) in which glass is dispersed into a surface portion of the substrate base portion (2). A surface of the dense glass-ceramic mixed layer (33) is then subjected to grinding or rather polishing to flatten and expose a surface of the dense glass-ceramic mixed layer (32). A third substrate includes a substrate base portion (2) having a dense glass-ceramic mixed layer (33) containing glass on a surface portion in one face side, and a wiring pattern (21) formed inside the substrate base portion (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ichiyanagi, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7327554
    Abstract: An assembly includes a semiconductor device having surface-connecting terminals, a substrate having surface-connecting pads, and a capacitor having an approximately plate-shaped capacitor main body having a first surface on which the semiconductor device is mounted and a second surface at which the capacitor main body is mounted on the substrate and a plurality of electrically conductive vias penetrating the capacitor main body between the first and second surfaces and connected to the surface-connecting terminals and the surface-connecting pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato, Junichi Ito, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Motohiko Sato
  • Patent number: 7321495
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor (10) having reduced inductance which is separated into a first layer body (11) and a second layer body (12). The first layer body (11) and the second layer body (12) are formed by alternately layering inner electrodes (inner electrode 13a, inner electrode 13b) so as to face each other and sandwich ceramic layers (14). The ceramic layers (14) of the second layer body (12) are thicker than the ceramic layers (14) of the first layer body (11), so as to compensate for electrode height difference. Moreover, in the second layer body (12), the inner electrodes (13b) are electrically connected by via electrode (15b) so that the part of the via electrode (15b) extending without connection to an inner electrode (13b) is shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayashi, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070145449
    Abstract: A wiring substrate in which a capacitor is provided, the capacitor comprising a capacitor body including a plurality of dielectric layers and internal electrode layers provided between the different dielectric layers, wherein said capacitor body has, in at least one side face of said capacitor body, recesses extending in a thickness direction of said capacitor body from at least one of a first principal face of said capacitor body and a second principal face positioned on the side opposite to the first principal face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Motohiko Sato, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Kenji Murakami, Motonobu Kurahashi, Yusuke Kaieda, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7233480
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor (10) divided into a first laminate (11), a second laminate (12), a third laminate (13), and a fourth laminate (14). The first laminate (11) includes a ceramic layer (15) serving as a dielectric layer. The ceramic layer (15) is thicker than a ceramic layer (17) sandwiched between internal electrodes (16a) in the second laminate (12) or the fourth laminate (14), and thinner than 20 times the thickness of the ceramic layer (17). The third laminate (13) includes dielectric layers, which serve as the ceramic layers (17), and has a thickness of 5% of the total thickness of the second laminate (12) and the fourth laminate (14). Accordingly, the third laminate (13) achieves the function of absorbing an electrode-induced thickness differential. Also, by means of regulating the thickness of the first laminate (11), portions of via electrodes (18) that extend without being electrically connected to the internal electrodes (16b) can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayashi, Akifumi Tosa, Motohiko Sato, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070125575
    Abstract: A dielectric structure comprising: a metal foil; a dielectric layer; and a conductor layer provided in this order, wherein the metal foil has a thickness of from 10 to 40 ?m, the dielectric layer has a thickness of from 0.3 to 5 ?m, and the conductor layer has a thickness of from 0.3 to 10 ?m, the dielectric structure has plural vias which are separated from each other, and which penetrate through both of the dielectric layer and the conductor layer, and the vias of the dielectric layer have different diameters which are in a range of from 100 to 300 ?m, a diameter of each of the vias of the conductor layer is larger than a diameter of a corresponding via of the dielectric layer by 5 to 50 ?m, and a minimum via pitch is from 100 to 350 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Inui, Takamichi Ogawa, Seiji Ichiyanagi, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070121273
    Abstract: In order to provide a built-in capacitor type wiring board capable of preventing misalignment of the capacitor, a capacitor built-in type wiring board is provided which includes a core board; a multilayer portion disposed on at least one side of the core board and formed by a plurality of interlayer insulating layers; and a plurality of conductor layers alternately laminated on the core board. The capacitor is of a chip-like shape with first and second main surfaces and includes a dielectric layer; electrode layers laminated on the dielectric layer; and a hole portion opening at least at the second main surface. The capacitor is embedded in the interlayer insulating layers so that the second main surface faces the core board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshitake Seki, Yasuhiko Inui, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20070117338
    Abstract: A via array capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a first main surface and a second main surface and having a structure in which dielectric layers and inner electrode layers are alternately laminated; a plurality of via conductors which conduct the inner electrode layers to each other and are, as a whole, arranged in array form; and metal-containing layers which are disposed on at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface, wherein a total of a thickness of the metal-containing layers disposed on the first main surface and a thickness of the metal-containing layers disposed on the second main surface is from 15% to 80% of an overall thickness of the via array capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshitake Seki, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato, Masahiko Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20070045815
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a substrate core, ceramic capacitors and a built-up layer. The substrate core has a housing opening portion therein which opens at a core main surface. The ceramic capacitors are accommodated in the housing opening portion and oriented such that the core main surface and a capacitor main surface of each capacitor face the same way. The built-up layer includes semiconductor integrated circuit element mounting areas at various locations on a surface thereof. In the substrate core, each ceramic capacitor is respectively disposed in an area corresponding to each semiconductor integrated circuit element mounting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Urashima, Shinji Yuri, Manabu Sato, Jun Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20070030628
    Abstract: A capacitor comprising: a capacitor body including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers, a plurality of inner electrode layers which are respectively disposed between mutually adjacent ones of the dielectric layers, a first main surface located in a laminated direction of the dielectric layers, and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface; a first outer electrode formed on the first main surface of the capacitor body and electrically connected to the inner electrode layers; a second outer electrode formed on the second main surface of the capacitor body and electrically connected to the inner electrode layers; a first dummy electrode formed on the first main surface of the capacitor body; and a second dummy electrode formed on the second main surface of the capacitor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshitake Seki, Shinji Yuri, Masaki Muramatsu, Motohiko Sato, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Publication number: 20060245142
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor (10) divided into a first laminate (11), a second laminate (12), a third laminate (13), and a fourth laminate (14). The first laminate (11) includes a ceramic layer (15) serving as a dielectric layer. The ceramic layer (15) is thicker than a ceramic layer (17) sandwiched between internal electrodes (16a) in the second laminate (12) or the fourth laminate (14), and thinner than 20 times the thickness of the ceramic layer (17). The third laminate (13) includes dielectric layers, which serve as the ceramic layers (17), and has a thickness of 5% of the total thickness of the second laminate (12) and the fourth laminate (14). Accordingly, the third laminate (13) achieves the function of absorbing an electrode-induced thickness differential. Also, by means of regulating the thickness of the first laminate (11), portions of via electrodes (18) that extend without being electrically connected to the internal electrodes (16b) can be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayashi, Akifumi Tosa, Motohiko Sato, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 7105070
    Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic substrate which employs a cofiring process using restraint sheets in which a second ceramic green sheet 7 is laminated on a green ceramic substrate 30 so as to cover surface conductors 32 of the green ceramic substrate 30, the second ceramic green sheet 7 subsequently being integrated with the green ceramic substrate 30. Restraint sheets 9, which are not sintered at a sintering temperature at which the green ceramic substrate 30 is sintered, are laminated on corresponding opposite sides of the green ceramic substrate 30 so as to restrain the green ceramic substrate 30 together with the second ceramic green sheet 7. The second ceramic green sheet 7 and the green ceramic substrate 30 are fired at a temperature at which the second ceramic green sheet 7 and the green ceramic substrate 30 are integrally sintered, whereas the restraint sheets 9 are not sintered, to thereby yield a ceramic substrate 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akifumi Tosa, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato, Hisahito Kashima
  • Patent number: 7072169
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic capacitor 10 divided into a first laminate 11, a second laminate 12, a third laminate 13, and a fourth laminate 14. The first laminate 11 includes a ceramic layer 15 serving as a dielectric layer. The ceramic layer 15 is thicker than a ceramic layer 17 sandwiched between internal electrodes 16a in the second laminate 12 or the fourth laminate 14, and thinner than 20 times the thickness of the ceramic layer 17. The third laminate 13 includes dielectric layers, which serve as the ceramic layers 17, and has a thickness of 5% of the total thickness of the second laminate 12 and the fourth laminate 14. Accordingly, the third laminate 13 achieves the function of absorbing an electrode-induced thickness differential. Also, by means of regulating the thickness of the first laminate 11, portions of via electrodes 18 that extend without being electrically connected to the internal electrodes 16b can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayashi, Akifumi Tosa, Motohiko Sato, Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato
  • Patent number: 6961230
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a capacitor main body having a front surface on which a semiconductor device is to be mounted and a rear surface at which the capacitor main body is to be mounted on a first main surface of a circuit substrate, a plurality of internal electrodes disposed within the capacitor main body, and a plurality of via conductors penetrating the capacitor main body between the front surface and the rear surface and electrically connected to the internal electrodes, wherein the capacitor main body has a first dielectric layer located on a side of the capacitor main body closer to the front surface and a second dielectric layer located on a side of the first dielectric layer closer to the rear surface, the second dielectric layer having a higher thermal expansion coefficient and a higher dielectric constant than the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Otsuka, Manabu Sato, Yukihiro Kimura