Patents by Inventor Jungo Kondo

Jungo Kondo 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: 20220155619
    Abstract: There is provided a composite substrate in which peeling is significantly suppressed, light propagation loss is small when used as an electro-optical element, and high-speed and low-voltage drive is possible, and which can achieve an extremely thin electro-optical element capable of maintaining excellent reliability even under a severe high-temperature environment. A composite substrate for an electro-optical element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an electro-optical crystal substrate having an electro-optical effect; a first high dielectric layer; a second high dielectric layer; and a support substrate in the stated order. The first high dielectric layer and the second high dielectric layer are directly joined to each other, and an amorphous layer is formed at a joining interface between the first high dielectric layer and the second high dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke HATTORI, Tomoyoshi TAI, Keiichiro ASAI, Jungo KONDO
  • Patent number: 11281032
    Abstract: A composite substrate for an electro-optic element includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a support substrate bonded to the electro-optic crystal substrate at least via an amorphous layer; and a low-refractive-index layer located between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the amorphous layer and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate. The amorphous layer is constituted of one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from one side and one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from another side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Tai, Jungo Kondo
  • Patent number: 11262046
    Abstract: A phosphor element includes: a phosphor part having an incident face for excitation light, an opposing face opposing the incident face, and a side face, the phosphor part converting at least a part of the excitation light incident onto the incident face into a fluorescence and emitting the fluorescence from the incident face; an integral low refractive index layer on the side face and opposing face of the phosphor part and having a refractive index lower than that of the phosphor part; and an integral reflection film covering a surface of the low refractive index layer. The area of the incident face of the phosphor part is larger than the area of the opposing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jungo Kondo, Naotake Okada, Yuichi Iwata, Keiichiro Asai, Yudai Uno
  • Publication number: 20220004030
    Abstract: A composite substrate for an electro-optic element is disclosed. The composite substrate includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a low-refractive-index layer being in contact with the electro-optic crystal substrate and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate; and a support substrate bonded to the low-refractive-index layer at least via a bonding layer. A plurality of interfaces located between the low-refractive-index layer and the support substrate includes at least one rough interface having a roughness that is larger than a roughness of an interface between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the low-refractive-index layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yudai UNO, Tomoyoshi TAI, Jungo KONDO
  • Publication number: 20210389613
    Abstract: A composite substrate for an electro-optic element includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a support substrate bonded to the electro-optic crystal substrate at least via an amorphous layer; and a low-refractive-index layer located between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the amorphous layer and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate. The amorphous layer is constituted of one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from one side and one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from another side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi TAI, Jungo KONDO
  • Patent number: 11150497
    Abstract: A composite substrate for an electro-optic element is disclosed. The composite substrate includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a low-refractive-index layer being in contact with the electro-optic crystal substrate and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate; and a support substrate bonded to the low-refractive-index layer at least via a bonding layer. A plurality of interfaces located between the low-refractive-index layer and the support substrate includes at least one rough interface having a roughness that is larger than a roughness of an interface between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the low-refractive-index layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yudai Uno, Tomoyoshi Tai, Jungo Kondo
  • Patent number: 11112086
    Abstract: A phosphor device includes a phosphor layer composed of a phosphor glass or phosphor single crystal, a reflective film provided on the phosphor layer, a warping suppression layer provided on the reflective film, and a supporting body bonded to the warping suppression layer by direct bonding. An excitation light incident into the phosphor layer is converted to fluorescence, and the fluorescence and excitation light are reflected by the reflective film and emitted from the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naotake Okada, Iwao Ohwada, Shoichiro Yamaguchi, Keiichiro Asai, Jungo Kondo
  • Patent number: 11105486
    Abstract: An optic converts wavelength of light from a light source. The optic includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a fluorescent material substrate. The second substrate supports the first substrate. The second substrate includes a translucent substrate to receive the light from the light source through the first substrate. The translucent substrate has an oriented polycrystalline structure to have a crystalline anisotropy in refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Iwao Ohwada, Jungo Kondo, Yoshimasa Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210215955
    Abstract: A composite substrate for an electro-optic element is disclosed. The composite substrate includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a low-refractive-index layer being in contact with the electro-optic crystal substrate and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate; and a support substrate bonded to the low-refractive-index layer at least via a bonding layer. A plurality of interfaces located between the low-refractive-index layer and the support substrate includes at least one rough interface having a roughness that is larger than a roughness of an interface between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the low-refractive-index layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yudai UNO, Tomoyoshi TAI, Jungo KONDO
  • Publication number: 20210215318
    Abstract: A phosphor element includes: a phosphor part having an incident face of the excitation light, an opposing face opposing the incident face, and a side face, the phosphor part converting at least a part of the excitation light incident onto the incident face into the fluorescence and emitting the fluorescence from the incident face; an integral low refractive index layer on the side face and opposing face of the phosphor part and having a refractive index lower than that of the phosphor part; and an integral reflection film covering a surface of the low refractive index layer. The area of the incident face of the phosphor part is larger than the area of the opposing face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jungo KONDO, Naotake OKADA, Yuichi IWATA, Keiichiro ASAI, Yudai UNO
  • Publication number: 20210184425
    Abstract: A phosphor element includes a phosphor part including an incident face of the excitation light, opposing face opposing the incident face, and side face, the phosphor part converting at least a part of the excitation light incident onto the incident face to fluorescence and emitting the fluorescence from the opposing face or incident face, and a heat dissipating substrate provided on the side face of the phosphor part. The heat dissipating substrate is composed of a metal plating film composed of a metal having a thermal conductivity of 200 W/mK or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Jungo KONDO, Keiichiro ASAI, Naotake OKADA
  • Patent number: 11016233
    Abstract: An optical waveguide structure includes an optical waveguide, a reflection film provided on the optical waveguide and reflecting a light propagating in the optical waveguide, a metal film provided on the reflection film, and a surface oxidized film provided on the metal film and generated by surface oxidation of the metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Iwata, Jungo Kondo, Shoichiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10995934
    Abstract: An optical component includes a first substrate including a phosphor substrate and a second substrate including a translucent substrate and supporting the first substrate. The translucent substrate has a polycrystalline structure with orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotake Okada, Jungo Kondo, Shoichiro Yamaguchi, Iwao Ohwada
  • Publication number: 20210103164
    Abstract: A bonded body for an optical modulator includes a supporting substrate, an optical waveguide material provided on the supporting substrate and composed of lithium niobate, lithium tantalate and lithium niobate-lithium tantalate, and an optical waveguide in the optical waveguide material. The supporting substrate is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide and a magnesium-silicon composite oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi TAI, Yudai UNO, Jungo KONDO, Yoshimasa KOBAYASHI, Tatsuya HISHIKI, Hiroharu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210072567
    Abstract: A composite substrate for an electro-optic element is disclosed. The composite substrate includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a support substrate bonded to the electro-optic crystal substrate at least via an amorphous layer; and a low-refractive-index layer located between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the amorphous layer and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate. The amorphous layer is constituted of one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from one side and one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from another side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi TAI, Jungo KONDO
  • Patent number: 10859747
    Abstract: A phosphor element comprises: a support substrate; an optical waveguide for propagating an excitation light through the waveguide, the optical waveguide comprising a phosphor generating a fluorescence, and the optical waveguide comprising an emission side end surface emitting the excitation light and the fluorescence, an opposing end surface opposing the emission side end surface, a bottom surface, a top surface opposing the bottom surface and a pair of side surfaces; a bottom surface side clad layer covering the bottom surface of the optical waveguide; a top surface side clad layer covering the top surface of the optical waveguide; side surface side clad layers covering the side surfaces of the optical waveguide, respectively; a top surface side reflection film covering the top surface side clad layer; side surface side reflection films covering the side surface side clad layers, respectively; and a bottom surface side reflection film provided between the support substrate and the bottom surface side clad la
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungo Kondo, Naotake Okada, Shoichiro Yamaguchi, Keiichiro Asai, Shuhei Higashihara, Yuichi Iwata, Tetsuya Ejiri, Akira Hamajima
  • Publication number: 20200371278
    Abstract: A white light generating device, for generating white light from an excitation light of a laser light having a wavelength of 280 nm or longer and 495 nm or shorter, includes a fluorescent body generating a fluorescence having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the excitation light. The fluorescent body includes an emission-side end surface emitting excitation light and fluorescence, an opposing end surface on an opposite side of the emission-side end surface, and an outer peripheral surface. The emission-side end surface has an area larger than an area of the opposing end surface, and the outer peripheral surface of the fluorescent body includes a part inclined with respect to a central axis of the fluorescent body by 3.4° or larger and 23° or smaller over an entire periphery of the fluorescent body. The emission-side end surface has an area of 0.3=2 or larger and 1.52=2 or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jungo KONDO, Yuichi IWATA, Tetsuya EJIRI
  • Publication number: 20200363037
    Abstract: An optic converts wavelength of light from a light source. The optic includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a fluorescent material substrate. The second substrate supports the first substrate. The second substrate includes a translucent substrate to receive the light from the light source through the first substrate. The translucent substrate has an oriented polycrystalline structure to have a crystalline anisotropy in refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Iwao Ohwada, Jungo Kondo, Yoshimasa Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200278485
    Abstract: An optical waveguide structure includes an optical waveguide, a reflection film provided on the optical waveguide and reflecting a light propagating in the optical waveguide, a metal film provided on the reflection film, and a surface oxidized film provided on the metal film and generated by surface oxidation of the metal film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichi IWATA, Jungo KONDO, Shoichiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190323685
    Abstract: An optical component includes a first substrate including a phosphor substrate and a second substrate including a translucent substrate and supporting the first substrate. The translucent substrate has a polycrystalline structure with orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotake OKADA, Jungo KONDO, Shoichiro YAMAGUCHI, lwao OHWADA