Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Shimodaira

Kazuhiko Shimodaira 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: 20070228892
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes: a substrate having an electrode terminal portion on an upper surface thereof, an electronic part arranged on an upper side of the substrate; and a piezoelectric resonator arranged on an upper side of the electronic part, wherein a surface of the electronic part opposite to a surface having a pad portion is bonded to a lower surface of the piezoelectric resonator having an external terminal portion and the pad portion of the electronic part and the external terminal portion of the piezoelectric resonator are wire-bonded to each other, and wherein the surface of the electronic part having the pad portion is mounted face down on the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Koyama, Kazuhiko Shimodaira
  • Publication number: 20070200461
    Abstract: The invention provides a piezoelectric resonator device having excellent frequency accuracy and aging characteristics. The piezoelectric resonator element can be packaged in an exclusive hollow space formed in the package in advance to packaging an IC chip. After mounting a lid on the opening of the hollow space while the hollow space is in communication with an external atmosphere, the external conduit is shut in vacuum and the hollow space for packaging the resonator element is tightly sealed, and an IC chip is packaged after an optimality discrimination treatment of the piezoelectric resonator element. The piezoelectric resonator element is formed into a tuning fork type resonator element, and the lid is made of a glass. The conduit to the external atmosphere is shielded by embedding with a gold base material to capture the materials scattered by frequency adjustment of the piezoelectric resonator element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Shimodaira
  • Patent number: 7218036
    Abstract: The invention provides a piezoelectric oscillator that allows for fine adjustment of the frequency after resin molding, a manufacturing method therefor, and a mobile phone and an electronic apparatus using the piezoelectric oscillator. The piezoelectric oscillator can include a resonator package, in which a piezoelectric resonator element is housed, and a semiconductor device, in which an oscillation circuit that is electrically connected to the resonator package is incorporated. The resonator package and the semiconductor device can be fixed to corresponding different surfaces of an island portion of a lead frame, and resin molding is performed so that a transparent lid of the resonator package is exposed to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimodaira, Yugo Koyama, Juichiro Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20060238080
    Abstract: To provide a piezoelectric oscillator which can be reduced in size by reducing the planar size. With regard to a layered lead frame comprising two lead frames and, connection leads for connection with a piezoelectric resonator are formed on the upper lead frame and the connection leads are erected upwards so as to form connection terminals, and mounting leads for mounting to a mounting board are formed on the lower lead frame and the mounting leads are erected downwards so as to form mounting terminals, and an IC forming an oscillating circuit is mounted on the layered lead frame, the piezoelectric resonator formed by sealing a piezoelectric resonator element within a package is mounted on the layered lead frame, and the layered lead frame and the piezoelectric resonator are sealed within a resin package such that the principal surface of the mounting terminals are exposed outwards, thereby forming a completed article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Koyama, Katsuhiko Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Shimodaira, Yukari Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7123107
    Abstract: To provide a piezoelectric oscillator which can be reduced in size by reducing the planar size. With regard to a layered lead frame comprising two lead frames and, connection leads for connection with a piezoelectric resonator are formed on the upper lead frame and the connection leads are erected upwards so as to form connection terminals, and mounting leads for mounting to a mounting board are formed on the lower lead frame and the mounting leads are erected downwards so as to form mounting terminals, and an IC forming an oscillating circuit is mounted on the layered lead frame, the piezoelectric resonator formed by sealing a piezoelectric resonator element within a package is mounted on the layered lead frame, and the layered lead frame and the piezoelectric resonator are sealed within a resin package such that the principal surface of the mounting terminals are exposed outwards, thereby forming a completed article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yugo Koyama, Katsuhiko Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Shimodaira, Yukari Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7057331
    Abstract: To provide a piezoelectric oscillator in which the size in the thickness direction can be made smaller and the space required for mounting can be made smaller, and a portable telephone and electronic equipment using the piezoelectric oscillator, a resonator package accommodating a piezoelectric resonating element therein, and an IC chip fixed onto a rear surface of the resonator package and having an oscillating circuit therein are provided, and an inner lead portions of a lead frame are fixed onto the rear surface of the resonator package and the resonator package and the IC chip are resin molded except for an outer lead portion of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimodaira, Yukari Nakajima, Yugo Koyama, Katsuhiko Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20060022319
    Abstract: An airtight package has an insulating base having an opening approximately in the center and a recessed portion penetrating the insulating base in a thickness direction on a circumferential surface of the insulating base. The airtight package also has a lid sealed against the insulating base so as to block the opening. The lid is bonded to the insulating base in a manner that an edge of the lid overlaps the recessed portion exposed on an opening-side surface of the insulating base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juichiro Matsuzawa, Kazuhiko Shimodaira
  • Publication number: 20050012559
    Abstract: The invention provides a piezoelectric oscillator that allows for fine adjustment of the frequency after resin molding, a manufacturing method therefor, and a mobile phone and an electronic apparatus using the piezoelectric oscillator. The piezoelectric oscillator can include a resonator package, in which a piezoelectric resonator element is housed, and a semiconductor device, in which an oscillation circuit that is electrically connected to the resonator package is incorporated. The resonator package and the semiconductor device can be fixed to corresponding different surfaces of an island portion of a lead frame, and resin molding is performed so that a transparent lid of the resonator package is exposed to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimodaira, Yugo Koyama, Juichiro Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20040245895
    Abstract: To provide a piezoelectric oscillator in which the size in the thickness direction can be made smaller and the space required for mounting can be made smaller, and a portable telephone and electronic equipment using the piezoelectric oscillator, a resonator package accommodating a piezoelectric resonating element therein, and an IC chip fixed onto a rear surface of the resonator package and having an oscillating circuit therein are provided, and an inner lead portions of a lead frame are fixed onto the rear surface of the resonator package and the resonator package and the IC chip are resin molded except for an outer lead portion of the lead frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimodaira, Yukari Nakajima, Yugo Koyama, Katsuhiko Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20040135645
    Abstract: To provide a piezoelectric oscillator which can be reduced in size by reducing the planar size. With regard to a layered lead frame comprising two lead frames and, connection leads for connection with a piezoelectric resonator are formed on the upper lead frame and the connection leads are erected upwards so as to form connection terminals, and mounting leads for mounting to a mounting board are formed on the lower lead frame and the mounting leads are erected downwards so as to form mounting terminals, and an IC forming an oscillating circuit is mounted on the layered lead frame, the piezoelectric resonator formed by sealing a piezoelectric resonator element within a package is mounted on the layered lead frame, and the layered lead frame and the piezoelectric resonator are sealed within a resin package such that the principal surface of the mounting terminals are exposed outwards, thereby forming a completed article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Koyama, Katsuhiko Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Shimodaira, Yukari Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6730546
    Abstract: A molded component is produced by inserting an electronic component between lead frames disposed at two respective ends, and then molding the electronic component with resin. At least a lead frame disposed on one of the two ends serves as an electrode terminal exposed from a resin-molded part and the lead frame on the other end serves as a dummy terminal. The dummy terminal includes a horizontal part having an end portion exposed to the outside and extending horizontally from the resin-molded part, and also includes a rising-up part, which is formed integrally with the horizontal part, and which rises up from the inner end of the horizontal part. The angle between the rising-up part and the horizontal part is set to be slightly smaller than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Shimodaira
  • Publication number: 20020033555
    Abstract: A molded component is produced by inserting an electronic component between lead frames disposed at two respective ends, and then molding the electronic component with resin. At least a lead frame disposed on one of the two ends serves as an electrode terminal exposed from a resin-molded part and the lead frame on the other end serves as a dummy terminal. The dummy terminal includes a horizontal part having an end portion exposed to the outside and extending horizontally from the resin-molded part, and also includes a rising-up part, which is formed integrally with the horizontal part, and which rises up from the inner end of the horizontal part. The angle between the rising-up part and the horizontal part is set to be slightly smaller than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Shimodaira
  • Patent number: 5745012
    Abstract: A voltage-controlled oscillator is provided having a semiconductor integrated circuit and a piezoelectric resonator. A variable-capacitance diode may be connected in series with the piezoelectric resonator. The variable-capacitance diode may be further mounted a land of a lead frame. The piezoelectric resonator, variable-capacitance diode and lead frame may be resin molded into a single unit. In operation, a signal may be applied to a node located between the variable-capacitance diode and the DC-cutting capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Oka, Yukari Nakajima, Masayuki Kikushima, Kazuhiko Shimodaira
  • Patent number: 5631609
    Abstract: The invention provides a piezoelectric oscillator including a semiconductor integrated circuit and a piezoelectric resonator or a voltage-controlled oscillator including a semiconductor integrated circuit, a piezoelectric resonator and another electronic component. The piezoelectric resonator has a cross-sectional shape of an ellipse or a track. The semiconductor integrated circuit and the electronic component are molded with a resin into a very thin unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Oka, Yukari Nakajima, Masayuki Kikushima, Kazuhiko Shimodaira
  • Patent number: D532758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimodaira, Juichiro Matsuzawa, Yugo Koyama