Patents by Inventor Junji Aotani

Junji Aotani 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: 10062507
    Abstract: An electronic device sheet, comprising a pair of electrodes, a dielectric layer provided between the pair of electrodes, and one or more insulation patch members provided on one of principal surfaces of the dielectric layer, wherein the insulation patch member includes a boundary line having an undulating shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Aotani, Shigeaki Tanaka, Katsuyuki Kurachi, Tatsuo Namikawa, Yuuki Aburakawa
  • Patent number: 10014113
    Abstract: The electronic device sheet comprises a pair of electrode layers, a dielectric layer provided between the pair of electrode layers, and one or more insulation patch members provided on one of principal surfaces of the dielectric layer, wherein the number of the insulation patch members is 1 or more and 1000 or less per 1 cm2 of the principal surface, and the total area of the insulation patch members is 10 ?m2 or larger and 3 mm2 or smaller per 1 cm2 of the principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Aotani, Shigeaki Tanaka, Yoshihiko Yano
  • Patent number: 9831039
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor comprises: a laminated body that has a base electrode, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode layer; a protective layer covering the base electrode, the dielectric layer and the upper electrode layer, and includes a first through-hole that reaches the base electrode, and a second through-hole that reaches the upper electrode layer; a first extraction electrode in the first through-hole and electrically connected with the base electrode; a second extraction electrode in the second through-hole and electrically connected with the upper electrode layer; a first terminal electrode on the protective layer, and connected with the base electrode through the first extraction electrode; and a second terminal electrode on the protective layer, and connected with the upper electrode layer through the second extraction electrode. Young's modulus of the protective layer is equal to or higher than 0.1 GPa and equal to or lower than 2.0 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Namikawa, Junji Aotani, Katsuyuki Kurachi, Yuuki Aburakawa, Shigeaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9818539
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor includes a lower electrode layer, an upper electrode layer, and a dielectric substance layer provided between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer. A dielectric patch member formed of a dielectric material is formed on a surface of the dielectric substance layer on an upper electrode layer side, a cross-sectional structure of the dielectric patch member has a taper angle of 1 to 25 degrees in a cross section perpendicular to the dielectric substance layer, the taper angle being an angle formed by (1) a tangential line tangent to an end portion of the dielectric patch member at a position that is 50% of a maximum height of the dielectric patch member and (2) a line being an interface between the dielectric substance layer and the upper electrode layer, and an area of the dielectric patch member is 100 to 900000 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Aotani, Shigeaki Tanaka, Katsuyuki Kurachi, Tatsuo Namikawa, Yuuki Aburakawa
  • Patent number: 9773614
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor includes a pair of electrode layers, a dielectric layer existing between the pair of electrode layers, and a ceramic layer disposed on a surface opposite to the dielectric layer of at least one of the electrode layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Kurachi, Tatsuo Namikawa, Junji Aotani, Yuuki Aburakawa, Shigeaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170117096
    Abstract: An electronic device sheet, comprising a pair of electrodes, a dielectric layer provided between the pair of electrodes, and one or more insulation patch members provided on one of principal surfaces of the dielectric layer, wherein the insulation patch member includes a boundary line having an undulating shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji AOTANI, Shigeaki TANAKA, Katsuyuki KURACHI, Tatsuo NAMIKAWA, Yuuki ABURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170110250
    Abstract: The electronic device sheet comprises a pair of electrode layers, a dielectric layer provided between the pair of electrode layers, and one or more insulation patch members provided on one of principal surfaces of the dielectric layer, wherein the number of the insulation patch members is 1 or more and 1000 or less per 1 cm2 of the principal surface, and the total area of the insulation patch members is 10 ?m2 or larger and 3 mm2 or smaller per 1 cm2 of the principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji AOTANI, Shigeaki TANAKA, Yoshihiko YANO
  • Patent number: 9620291
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor including a lower electrode layer, a dielectric layer provided on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer includes a recessed portion in a portion on the upper face thereof, a cross-sectional structure perpendicular to the dielectric layer of the recessed portion has a cross-sectional taper angle of 1 degree or more and 25 degrees or less, and the distance between the bottom portion center and an outermost portion of the recessed portion is 20 times or more and 150 times or less a thickness of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Aotani, Shigeaki Tanaka, Katsuyuki Kurachi, Tatsuo Namikawa, Yuuki Aburakawa
  • Patent number: 9564270
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor is provided with a lower electrode layer, a dielectric layer arranged on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer formed on the dielectric layer. An insulator patch material, circular when projected from above, is formed at a boundary of the dielectric layer and the upper electrode layer of the thin film capacitor of this invention. The circular insulator patch improves a withstand voltage, by reducing accumulation of charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Aotani, Yoshihiko Yano, Yasunobu Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20160163463
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor comprises: a laminated body that has a base electrode, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode layer; a protective layer covering the base electrode, the dielectric layer and the upper electrode layer, and includes a first through-hole that reaches the base electrode, and a second through-hole that reaches the upper electrode layer; a first extraction electrode in the first through-hole and electrically connected with the base electrode; a second extraction electrode in the second through-hole and electrically connected with the upper electrode layer; a first terminal electrode on the protective layer, and connected with the base electrode through the first extraction electrode; and a second terminal electrode on the protective layer, and connected with the upper electrode layer through the second extraction electrode. Young's modulus of the protective layer is equal to or higher than 0.1 GPa and equal to or lower than 2.0 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo NAMIKAWA, Junji AOTANI, Katsuyuki KURACHI, Yuuki ABURAKAWA, Shigeaki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160111211
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor comprising a lower electrode layer, an upper electrode layer, and a dielectric substance layer provided between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer, wherein a dielectric patch member formed of a dielectric material is formed on a surface of the dielectric substance layer on an upper electrode layer side, a cross-sectional structure of the dielectric patch member has a taper angle of 1 to 25 degrees in a cross section perpendicular to the dielectric substance layer, the taper angle being an angle formed by (1) a tangential line tangent to an end portion of the dielectric patch member at a position that is 50% of a maximum height of the dielectric patch member and (2) a line being an interface between the dielectric substance layer and the upper electrode layer, and an area of the dielectric patch member is 100 to 900000 ?m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Junji AOTANI, Shigeaki TANAKA, Katsuyuki KURACHI, Tatsuo NAMIKAWA, Yuuki ABURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160027579
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor includes a pair of electrode layers, a dielectric layer existing between the pair of electrode layers, and a ceramic layer disposed on a surface opposite to the dielectric layer of at least one of the electrode layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuyuki KURACHI, Tatsuo NAMIKAWA, Junji AOTANI, Yuuki ABURAKAWA, Shigeaki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160020030
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor including a lower electrode layer, a dielectric layer provided on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer includes a recessed portion in a portion on the upper face thereof, a cross-sectional structure perpendicular to the dielectric layer of the recessed portion has a cross-sectional taper angle of 1 degree or more and 25 degrees or less, and the distance between the bottom portion center and an outermost portion of the recessed portion is 20 times or more and 150 times or less a thickness of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Junji AOTANI, Shigeaki TANAKA, Katsuyuki KURACHI, Tatsuo NAMIKAWA, Yuuki ABURAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150235767
    Abstract: A thin film capacitor is provided with a lower electrode layer, a dielectric layer arranged on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer formed on the dielectric layer. An insulator patch material, circular when projected from above, is formed at a boundary of the dielectric layer and the upper electrode layer of the thin film capacitor of this invention. The circular insulator patch improves a withstand voltage, by reducing accumulation of charges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Junji AOTANI, Yoshihiko YANO, Yasunobu OIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7097918
    Abstract: An organic EL device comprising organic compound layers, at least one of which has a skeleton represented by formula (I): where L0 is any one of o-, p-, and m-phenylene groups which have two, three or four rings and which may have a substituent with the proviso that when L0 is a phenylene group having four rings, the phenylene group may have an unsubstituted or substituted aminophenyl group somewhere therein, R01, R02, R03 and R04 are each any one of the following groups: where R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16 and R17 are each a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and r1, r2, r3 and r4 are each an integer of 0 to 5 with the proviso that r1+r2+r3+r4 1, is less susceptible to physical changes, photochemical changes and electrochemical changes, and can emit light having various colors with high reliability and high light emission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsushi Inoue, Junji Aotani, Tetsuji Fujita, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20040110030
    Abstract: One object of the invention is to provide an organic EL device which uses an optical and electronic functional material particularly less susceptible to physical changes, photochemical changes and electrochemical changes, and can give out light emissions of various colors with high reliability and high light emission efficiency. Another object of the invention is to provide an organic EL device comprising an organic thin film formed by an evaporation technique of a compound that has high amorphism and high compatibility with a hole injecting electrode, said organic EL device being substantially free from a driving voltage increase or a luminance drop and a current leakage with neither development nor growth of local non-emitting spots, and so being capable of emitting light with high luminance, and high reliability such as high heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsushi Inoue, Junji Aotani, Tetsuji Fujita, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Patent number: 6623872
    Abstract: An organic EL device comprising organic compound layers, at least one of which has a skeleton represented by formula (I):   where L0 is any one of o-, p-, and m-phenylene groups which have two, three or four rings and which may have a substituent with the proviso that when L0 is a phenylene group having four rings, the phenylene group may have an unsubstituted or substituted aminophenyl group somewhere therein, R01, R02, R03 and R04 are each any one of the following groups:   where R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16 and R17 are each a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and r1, r2, r3 and r4 are each an integer of 0 to 5 with the proviso that r1+r2+r3+r4≧1, is less susceptible to physical changes, photochemical changes and electrochemical changes, and can emit light having various colors with high reliability and high light emission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsushi Inoue, Junji Aotani, Tetsuji Fujita, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Publication number: 20020102434
    Abstract: One object of the invention is to provide an organic EL device which uses an optical and electronic functional material particularly less susceptible to physical changes, photochemical changes and electrochemical changes, and can give out light emissions of various colors with high reliability and high light emission efficiency. Another object of the invention is to provide an organic EL device comprising an organic thin film formed by an evaporation technique of a compound that has high amorphism and high compatibility with a hole injecting electrode, said organic EL device being substantially free from a driving voltage increase or a luminance drop and a current leakage with neither development nor growth of local non-emitting spots, and so being capable of emitting light with high luminance, and high reliability such as high heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsushi Inoue, Junji Aotani, Tetsuji Fujita, Hiroyuki Endo
  • Patent number: 6399223
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an organic EL device-forming compound and an organic EL device which produce light emission of satisfactory luminance, especially at long wavelength and are durable in that improved light emitting performance lasts for a long time. The object is attained by a compound having a basic skeleton represented by formula (I) and an organic EL device comprising the same. (CF 33) In formula (I), R1 to R8 each are hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or alkenyl group, with the proviso that at least six of R1 to R8 are substituted or unsubstituted aryl or alkenyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Tetsushi Inoue, Junji Aotani
  • Patent number: 6387547
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an organic EL device-forming compound and an organic EL device which produce light emission of satisfactory luminance, especially at long wavelength and are durable in that improved light emitting performance lasts for a long time. The object is attained by a compound having a basic skeleton represented by formula (I) and an organic EL device comprising the same. In formula (I), R1, R2, R3, and R4 each are a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or alkenyl group; R5, R6, R7, and R8 each are hydrogen; at least two of R1 to R4 are aryl groups which are at least bicyclic, aryl groups having aryl, amino, alkenyl, aryloxy or heterocyclic groups as substituents, or alkenyl groups, and when at least two substituents are monocyclic aryl groups, they further have substituents, and when the substituents are amino groups, at least two of R1, R2, R3, and R4 have substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups as substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Tetsushi Inoue, Junji Aotani