Patents by Inventor Kanako Niikura

Kanako Niikura 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: 4983936
    Abstract: A ferromagnetic resonance device is disclosed which utilize the perpendicular resonance of ferrimagnetic YIG thin film operable under a D.C. bias magnetic field perpendicular to a major surface of the YIG thin film element. By making the YIG thin film to have a major surface thereof (100) crystal plane of YIG or (111) crystal plane of a substituted YIG having reduced Ku value, lower limit of resonance frequency is extremely lowered. Thus wide range variable filter device can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Murakami, Takahiro Ogihara, Tsutomu Okamoto, Kanako Niikura
  • Patent number: 4945324
    Abstract: In a thin film ferromagnetic resonance tuned filter is disclosed which comprises a ferrimagnetic thin films, input and output signal transmission lines respectively coupled with the ferrimagnetic thin films, and a magnetic circuit for applying a DC magnetic field to the ferrimagnetic thin films, the present invention expands the variable frequency band by forming extensions each extending from the signal transmission line so that the distance from the coupling point of the signal transmission line coupled with the corresponding ferrimagnetic thin film to the grounded end thereof is 1/10 or above and less than 1/4 the wavelength of a wave transmitted in the transmission lines at the upper limit frequency of a tuning frequency band. Further the deterioration of the isolation characteristics is suppressed by bending the extended portions not to form parallel portions to another transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Murakami, Takahiro Ohgihara, Kanako Niikura, Yasuyuki Mizunuma, Hiroyuki Nakano
  • Patent number: 4887052
    Abstract: A tuned oscillator utilizing a thin film ferromagnetic resonator is disclosed. The oscillator comprises an active element for oscillator and a YIG thin film resonator connected to the active element as a part of feed-back circuit for the active element. The YIG thin film resonator is applied with a bias magnetic field perpendicular to a surfce of a YIG disk which is generated by a permanent magnet for a fixed component and a coil for a variable component for the resonance frequency. The resonance frequency is stabilized by use of a PLL circuit connected to an output of the oscillator and feeding back to the coil. Since the YIG thin film tuned oscillator has a high Q value, high quality communication signal processing can be achieved. The YIG tuned oscillator is used as local oscillator for a transciever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Murakami, Yasuyuki Mizunuma, Takahiro Ohgihara, Hiroyuki Nakano, Kanako Niikura, Tsutomu Okamoto