Patents by Inventor Kazuhide Uriu

Kazuhide Uriu 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: 7023296
    Abstract: A high-frequency switch has a first transmission-reception switching circuit for selectively switching between the signal transfer between an antenna terminal and a first transmitting-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a first receiving-circuit terminal; a second transmission-reception switching circuit for selectively switching between the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a second transmitting-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a second receiving-circuit terminal; a first diplexer disposed between the antenna terminal and the first transmission-reception switching circuit and between the antenna terminal and the second transmission-reception switching circuit; and a second diplexer connected to the second receiving-circuit terminal to selectively switch the signal transfer between the second receiving-circuit terminal and a third receiving-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the second receiving-circuit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Tomoyuki Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20060022773
    Abstract: A filter having an unbalanced terminal, a first stripline resonator of which one end is connected to the unbalanced terminal, a second stripline resonator placed to be electromagnetically coupled to the first stripline resonator, and balanced terminals of which both ends are connected to the second stripline resonator, wherein the first stripline resonator and the second stripline resonator are connected by at least one impedance element, and the second stripline resonator is a ½ wavelength resonator substantially having ½ the length of a wavelength of a resonance frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Tomohiro Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toshio Ishizaki, Kazuhide Uriu
  • Patent number: 6975841
    Abstract: A diplexer capable of passing signals of a high frequency band without being attenuated over a wide frequency band, and a high-frequency switch using the diplexer are provided. The diplexer includes a low-pass filter 82 having a parallel resonant circuit formed by a first capacitor C1 and a first inductor L1 and a serial resonant circuit formed by a second capacitor C2 and a second inductor L2. With this structure, two attenuation poles are provided in the low-pass filter 82. Thus, a passband of a high-pass filter 83 can be widened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 6975271
    Abstract: To realize high pressure-tightness and improvement in a high-frequency characteristic due to a low impedance between a shunt FET and a ground of a FET switch circuit. An antenna switch module comprising a switch circuit for switching between transmitting and receiving of a signal between an antenna and a transmitting portion and/or a receiving portion and having a shunt circuit, wherein a capacitor of the shunt circuit of the switch circuit is provided to a dielectric layered body, and remaining elements of the switch circuit are provided to semiconductor chips mounted on the dielectric layered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Adachi, Kazuhide Uriu, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20050134402
    Abstract: A high-frequency switch has a first transmission-reception switching circuit for selectively switching between the signal transfer between an antenna terminal and a first transmitting-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a first receiving-circuit terminal; a second transmission-reception switching circuit for selectively switching between the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a second transmitting-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a second receiving-circuit terminal; a first diplexer disposed between the antenna terminal and the first transmission-reception switching circuit and between the antenna terminal and the second transmission-reception switching circuit; and a second diplexer connected to the second receiving-circuit terminal to selectively switch the signal transfer between the second receiving-circuit terminal and a third receiving-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the second receiving-circuit
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Tomoyuki Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 6882250
    Abstract: Interdigital transducers (IDT electrodes), reflectors, etc., are formed on a piezoelectric substrate. An unbalanced input/output terminal is connected to a first input/output terminal. A first inductor is connected between a first terminal, which is one of the balanced input/output terminals, and a second terminal, which is the other of the balanced input/output terminals. Further, a second inductor is connected between the first terminal in the balanced input/output terminals and a second input/output terminal, and the second terminal in the balanced input/output terminals is connected to a third input/output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 6867662
    Abstract: A high-frequency switch has a first transmission-reception switching circuit for selectively switching between the signal transfer between an antenna terminal and a first transmitting-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a first receiving-circuit terminal; a second transmission-reception switching circuit for selectively switching between the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a second transmitting-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a second receiving-circuit terminal; a first diplexer disposed between the antenna terminal and the first transmission-reception switching circuit and between the antenna terminal and the second transmission-reception switching circuit; and a second diplexer connected to the second receiving-circuit terminal to selectively switch the signal transfer between the second receiving-circuit terminal and a third receiving-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the second receiving-circuit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Tomoyuki Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 6822534
    Abstract: A laminated filter includes: a first dielectric layer having a first shield electrode on one principal plane; a second dielectric layer having resonator electrodes on one principal plane; a third dielectric layer having a coupling electrode provided facing part of the above-described resonator electrodes; a fourth dielectric layer having a second shield electrode on one principal plane; a fifth dielectric layer whose at least one principal plane is exposed outside; and a grounding electrode provided on the other principal plane of the above-described dielectric layer and/or the above-described one principal plane of the above-described fifth dielectric layer, and the above-described first grounding electrode and the above-described first shield electrode are electrically connected through a via hole provided in the above-described first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Yamada, Tsutomu Matsumura, Hiroshi Kagata, Kouji Kawakita, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20040227666
    Abstract: To realize high pressure-tightness and improvement in a high-frequency characteristic due to a low impedance between a shunt FET and a ground of a FET switch circuit. An antenna switch module comprising a switch circuit for switching between transmitting and receiving of a signal between an antenna and a transmitting portion and/or a receiving portion and having a shunt circuit, wherein a capacitor of the shunt circuit of the switch circuit is provided to a dielectric layered body, and remaining elements of the switch circuit are provided to semiconductor chips mounted on the dielectric layered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Masakazu Adachi, Kazuhide Uriu, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20040171356
    Abstract: For example, in a conventional high frequency switch used for a mobile phone and so on, high frequency distortion is caused by a diode which is turned off upon transmission. A high frequency switch includes a switch circuit 2 for switching transmission and reception performed via a transmitting terminal Tx2 and receiving terminals Rx2 and Rx3, said switch circuit having a diode D1 turned off upon transmission, and a low-pass filter 11 for suppressing high frequency distortion caused by the diode D1 upon transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Hideaki Nakakubo, Masaharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6784765
    Abstract: A mulitlayer ceramic device improves device functionality, reduces overall device size and profile, makes manufacturing easier, and improves reliability. A first ceramic layer 1 has a first multilayer circuit pattern 2 electrically connected through via holes 3. A second ceramic layer 2 also has a second multilayer circuit pattern 2 electrically connected through via holes 3. A thermosetting resin sheet 17 is disposed between the first and second ceramic layers. The thermosetting resin sheet has through holes filled with a conductive paste for electrically connecting one of multiple circuit pattern layers in the first ceramic layer with one of multiple circuit pattern layers in the second ceramic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Yamada, Kazuhide Uriu, Tsutomu Matsumura, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 6768399
    Abstract: The present invention provides a small and low loss laminated bandpass filter by placing two strip lines 313 and 314 that form a resonator in a certain distance on the same layer and thereby electromagnetically coupling these strip lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Toshio Ishizaki, Tsutomu Matsumura
  • Patent number: 6750737
    Abstract: A layered body of a SAW filter includes a surface dielectric layer having a surface layer electrode pattern formed thereon, and a first dielectric layer having a pair of electrode patterns and a first ground electrode pattern formed thereon. A pair of balanced output terminals of SAW filters of unbalanced input-balanced output are connected respectively to the pair of electrode patterns via the surface layer electrode pattern, and a part of the first ground electrode pattern is disposed between the pair of the electrode patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Keiji Onishi, Toru Yamada, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20040095212
    Abstract: A filter having an unbalanced terminal, a first stripline resonator of which one end is connected to the unbalanced terminal, a second stripline resonator placed to be electromagnetically coupled to the first stripline resonator, and balanced terminals and of which both ends are connected to the second stripline resonator, wherein the first stripline resonator and the second stripline resonator are connected by at least one impedance element, and the second stripline resonator is a ½ wavelength resonator substantially having ½ length of a wavelength of a resonance frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Tomohiro Iwasaki, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toshio Ishizaki, Kazuhide Uriu
  • Publication number: 20040012461
    Abstract: Interdigital transducers (IDT electrodes), reflectors, etc., are formed on a piezoelectric substrate. An unbalanced input/output terminal is connected to a first input/output terminal. A first inductor is connected between a first terminal, which is one of the balanced input/output terminals, and a second terminal, which is the other of the balanced input/output terminals. Further, a second inductor is connected between the first terminal in the balanced input/output terminals and a second input/output terminal, and the second terminal in the balanced input/output terminals is connected to a third input/output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20030214367
    Abstract: A high-frequency switch has
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Tomoyuki Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20030189910
    Abstract: A 3-frequency branching circuit in the past could not be used for a system wherein a TDMA method such as GSM and DCS and a W-CDMA method such as UMTS are mixed. The 3-frequency branching circuit equipped with branching means having first and second internal terminals 21 and 22, an antenna terminal 20 of connecting to an antenna, a low-pass filter connected between the first internal terminal 21 and the antenna terminal 20, and a high-pass filter connected between the second internal terminal 22 and the antenna terminal 20, a switching circuit 1 of switching between GSMTX and GSMRX, a switching circuit 2 of switching between DCS TX, DCS RX and a third internal terminal 23, and a duplexer connected to the third internal terminal 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Toru Yamada, Tsutomu Matsumura, Toshio Ishizaki, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazuhide Uriu
  • Publication number: 20030151471
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic device improves device functionality, reduces overall device size and profile, makes manufacturing easier, and improves reliability. A first ceramic layer has a first multilayer circuit pattern electrically connected through via holes. Also, a second ceramic layer has a second multilayer circuit pattern electrically connected through via holes. A thermosetting resin sheet is disposed between the first and second ceramic layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Toru Yamada, Kazuhide Uriu, Tsutomu Matsumura, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 6606015
    Abstract: A high-frequency switch has a first transmission-reception switching circuit for selectively switching between the signal transfer between an antenna terminal and a first transmitting-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a first receiving-circuit terminal; a second transmission-reception switching circuit for selectively switching between the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a second transmitting-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the antenna terminal and a second receiving-circuit terminal; a first diplexer disposed between the antenna terminal and the first transmission-reception switching circuit and between the antenna terminal and the second transmission-reception switching circuit; and a second diplexer connected to the second receiving-circuit terminal to selectively switch the signal transfer between the second receiving-circuit terminal and a third receiving-circuit terminal and the signal transfer between the second receiving-cir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Tomoyuki Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20030147197
    Abstract: A laminated filter includes: a first dielectric layer 2101a having a first shield electrode on one principal plane; a second dielectric layer 2101b having resonator electrodes on one principal plane; a third dielectric layer 2101c having a coupling electrode provided facing part of the above-described resonator electrodes; a fourth dielectric layer 2101d having a second shield electrode on one principal plane; a fifth dielectric layer 2101d whose at least one principal plane is exposed outside; and a grounding electrode 2108 provided on the other principal plane of the above-described dielectric layer and/or the above-described one principal plane of the above-described fifth dielectric layer, and the above-described first grounding electrode and the above-described first shield electrode are electrically connected through a via hole 2109 provided in the above-described first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Yamada, Tsutomu Matsumura, HIroshi Kagata, Kouji Kawakita, Toshio Ishizaki