Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Sasa
Kazuaki Sasa 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).
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Publication number: 20220015275Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber usable for radar having a high resolution and sufficiently adaptable to a plurality of radars different in frequency, the bandwidth of a frequency band in which an electromagnetic wave absorption amount is not less than 20 dB is not less than 2 GHz, within a frequency band of 60 to 90 GHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroichi Ukei, Takehiro Ui, Kazuto Yamagata, Yuki Takeda, Hironobu Machinaga, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
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Patent number: 11145988Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber usable for radar having a high revolution and sufficiently adaptable to a plurality of radars different in frequency, the bandwidth of a frequency band in which an electromagnetic wave absorption amount is not less than 20 dB is not less than 2 GHz, within a frequency band of 60 to 90 GHz.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroichi Ukei, Takehiro Ui, Kazuto Yamagata, Yuki Takeda, Hironobu Machinaga, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
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Patent number: 10701848Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber capable of holding excellent performance over a long period of time, the electromagnetic wave absorber includes: a dielectric layer B including a polymer film and having a first surface and a second surface; a resistive layer A formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer Band containing indium tin oxide as a main component; and an electrically conductive layer C formed on the second surface of the dielectric layer B and having a sheet resistance lower than that of the resistive layer A, wherein the indium tin oxide in the resistive layer A contains 20 to 40 wt. % of tin oxide based on the total weight of the indium tin oxide.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuto Yamagata, Hironobu Machinaga, Takehiro Ui, Hiroichi Ukei, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
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Publication number: 20190233939Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a crystalline transparent conductive layer obtained by forming an amorphous transparent conductive layer on a polymeric film substrate by sputtering, and crystallizing the amorphous transparent conductive layer. Defining that the amorphous transparent conductive layer has a carrier density represented by na×1019 and Hall mobility represented by ?a, that the crystalline transparent conductive layer has a carrier density represented by nc×1019 and Hall mobility represented by ?c, and that a length of motion L is represented by {(nc?na)2+(?c??a)}1/2, the amorphous transparent conductive layer before the crystallizing process has a carrier density na×1019 of (10?60)×1019/cm3 and Hall mobility ?a of 10-25 cm2/V·s, and the crystalline transparent conductive layer after the crystallizing process has a carrier density nc×1019 of (80?150)×1019/cm3 and Hall mobility ?c of 20-40 cm2/V·s, and the length of motion L is 50-150.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kodai Miyamoto, Kazuaki Sasa, Hironobu Machinaga, Eri Ueda, Manami Kurose, Tomotake Nashiki
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Patent number: 10303284Abstract: There is provided a transparent conductive film achieving low resistance characteristics of a transparent conductive layer. The present invention provides a transparent conductive film including: a polymer film substrate; and a transparent conductive layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer film substrate by means of a sputtering method using a sputtering gas including argon, wherein an existing atomic amount of argon atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 0.24 atomic % or less; an existing atomic amount of hydrogen atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 13×1020 atoms/cm3 or less; and the transparent conductive layer has a specific resistance of 1.1×10?4 ?·cm or more and 2.8×10?4 ?·cm or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Nozomi Fujino, Tomotake Nashiki, Daiki Kato, Hironobu Machinaga, Kazuaki Sasa, Eri Ueda, Tomoya Matsuda
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Publication number: 20180332742Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber capable of holding excellent performance over a long period of time, the electromagnetic wave absorber includes: a dielectric layer B including a polymer film and having a first surface and a second surface; a resistive layer A formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer Band containing indium tin oxide as a main component; and an electrically conductive layer C formed on the second surface of the dielectric layer B and having a sheet resistance lower than that of the resistive layer A, wherein the indium tin oxide in the resistive layer A contains 20 to 40 wt. % of tin oxide based on the total weight of the indium tin oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuto Yamagata, Hironobu Machinaga, Takehiro Ui, Hiroichi Ukei, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
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Publication number: 20180319138Abstract: For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber usable for radar having a high revolution and sufficiently adaptable to a plurality of radars different in frequency, the bandwidth of a frequency band in which an electromagnetic wave absorption amount is not less than 20 dB is not less than 2 GHz, within a frequency band of 60 to 90 GHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroichi Ukei, Takehiro Ui, Kazuto Yamagata, Yuki Takeda, Hironobu Machinaga, Yuya Kitagawa, Kazuaki Sasa
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Patent number: 9805837Abstract: A transparent conductive film, includes: an organic polymer film substrate; at least one undercoat layer formed on the organic polymer film substrate by a dry process; and a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of the organic polymer film substrate with the undercoat layer interposed therebetween, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
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Patent number: 9798424Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a film base, and a polycrystalline layer of indium tin oxide formed on the film base. The polycrystalline layer has a gradient of a concentration of tin oxide in a thickness direction thereof. A maximum value of the concentration of tin oxide in the thickness direction of the polycrystalline layer is 6 wt % to 12 wt %. The polycrystalline layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 35 nm. An average value of maximum sizes of crystal grains composing the polycrystalline layer is 380 nm to 730 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Takeyasu, Yusuke Yamamoto, Minoru Kanatani, Kazuaki Sasa
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Patent number: 9761345Abstract: A transparent conductive film, includes: an organic polymer film substrate; at least one undercoat layer formed on the organic polymer film substrate by a dry process; and a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of the organic polymer film substrate with the undercoat layer interposed therebetween, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
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Patent number: 9624573Abstract: A method for producing a transparent conductive film includes: forming a transparent conductive coating on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate in the presence of inert gas by RF superimposed DC sputtering deposition using an indium-based complex oxide target with a high horizontal magnetic field of 85 to 200 mT at a surface of the target in a roll-to-roll system, wherein the indium-based complex oxide target has a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), wherein the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
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Publication number: 20170051398Abstract: There is provided a transparent conductive film achieving low resistance characteristics of a transparent conductive layer. The present invention provides a transparent conductive film including: a polymer film substrate; and a transparent conductive layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive film includes an inorganic undercoat layer formed by means of a vacuum film-forming method between the polymer film substrate and the transparent conductive layer, and an existing atomic amount of carbon atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 3×1020 atoms/cm3 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Nozomi Fujino, Tomotake Nashiki, Daiki Kato, Hironobu Machinaga, Kazuaki Sasa, Eri Ueda, Tomoya Matsuda, Rie Kawakami
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Patent number: 9570210Abstract: The transparent conductive film of the invention includes a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a tetravalent metal oxide content of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100 (%), has a thickness of 10 to 40 nm and a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm, has main X-ray diffraction peaks corresponding to (222) and (440) planes, and has a ratio (I440/I222) of (440) peak intensity to (222) peak intensity of less than 0.2. The transparent conductive film of the invention has a crystalline thin coating with a low level of specific resistance and surface resistance.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
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Publication number: 20170038889Abstract: There is provided a transparent conductive film achieving low resistance characteristics of a transparent conductive layer. The present invention provides a transparent conductive film including: a polymer film substrate; and a transparent conductive layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer film substrate by means of a sputtering method using a sputtering gas including argon, wherein an existing atomic amount of argon atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 0.24 atomic % or less; an existing atomic amount of hydrogen atoms in the transparent conductive layer is 13×1020 atoms/cm3 or less; and the transparent conductive layer has a specific resistance of 1.1×10?4 ?·cm or more and 2.8×10—4 ?·cm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Nozomi Fujino, Tomotake Nashiki, Daiki Kato, Hironobu Machinaga, Kazuaki Sasa, Eri Ueda, Tomoya Matsuda
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Patent number: 9562282Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}=100(%), has a thickness in the range of more than 40 to 200 nm, a specific resistance of 1.2×10?4 to 2.0×10?4 ?·cm, main X-ray diffraction peaks corresponding to (222) and (440) planes and has a ratio (I440/I222) of (440) peak intensity (I440) to (222) peak intensity (I222) of less than 0.3, and has an internal stress of 700 MPa or less as determined by an X-ray stress measurement method.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
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Publication number: 20160300632Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a polymeric film substrate and a transparent conductive layer on at least one of main surfaces of the polymeric film substrate. The transparent conductive layer is a crystalline transparent conductive layer comprising an indium tin composite oxide. The transparent conductive layer has a residual stress of less than or equal to 600 MPa. The transparent conductive layer has a specific resistance of 1.1×10?4 ?·cm to 3.0×10?4 ?·cm. The transparent conductive layer has a thickness of 15 nm to 40 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Rie Kawakami, Tomotake Nashiki, Nozomi Fujino, Kazuaki Sasa, Hironobu Machinaga, Manami Kurose, Tomoya Matsuda
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Publication number: 20160160345Abstract: Provided is a transparent conductive film that can drastically improving an electrical characteristic of a transparent conductive layer after crystallizing process with resped to the transparent conductive layer before the crystallizing process and can achieve a lower resistivity. The transparent conductive film (1) is provided with a film substrate (2) and a crystalline transparent conductive layer (3) formed on one of the main surfaces (2a) of the said substrate. The amorphous transparent conductive layer before the crystallizing process has a carrier density na×1019 of (10 to 60)×1019/cm3 and Hall mobility ?a of 10 to 25 cm2/V·s, the crystalline transparent conductive layer after the crystallizing process has a carrier density nc×1019 of (80 to 150)×1019/cm3 and Hall mobility t of 20 to 40 cm2/V·s, and the length of motion L defined by {(nc?na)2+(?c??a)2}1/2 is 50 to 150.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kodai MIYAMOTO, Kazuaki SASA, Hironobu MACHINAGA, Eri UEDA, Manami KUROSE, Tomotake NASHIKI
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Publication number: 20160024644Abstract: A method for producing a transparent conductive film includes: forming a transparent conductive coating on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate in the presence of inert gas by RF superimposed DC sputtering deposition using an indium-based complex oxide target with a high horizontal magnetic field of 85 to 200 mT at a surface of the target in a roll-to-roll system, wherein the indium-based complex oxide target has a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), wherein the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
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Publication number: 20160024640Abstract: A transparent conductive film includes a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}=100(%), has a thickness in the range of more than 40 to 200 nm, a specific resistance of 1.2×10?4 to 2.0×10?4 ?·cm, main X-ray diffraction peaks corresponding to (222) and (440) planes and has a ratio (I440/I222) of (440) peak intensity (I440) to (222) peak intensity (I222) of less than 0.3, and has an internal stress of 700 MPa or less as determined by an X-ray stress measurement method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga
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Publication number: 20150357077Abstract: The transparent conductive film of the invention includes a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive coating is a crystalline coating of an indium-based complex oxide having a tetravalent metal oxide content of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100 (%), has a thickness of 10 to 40 nm and a specific resistance of 1.3×10?4 to 2.8×10?4 ?·cm, has main X-ray diffraction peaks corresponding to (222) and (440) planes, and has a ratio (I440/I222) of (440) peak intensity to (222) peak intensity of less than 0.2. The transparent conductive film of the invention has a crystalline thin coating with a low level of specific resistance and surface resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki Sasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hironobu Machinaga