Patents by Inventor Kazunari Kawahata

Kazunari Kawahata 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: 20060293097
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a signal-band separating circuit that is interposed between a communication antenna and a ground portion that are disposed on a circuit board. The communication antenna is connected to a communication circuit by a signal line via a signal-band separating circuit. A telecast-receiving antenna is connected to a broadcast circuit by a signal line. The signal-band separating circuit transmits signals in a frequency band for communication between the communication antenna and the communication circuit, and transmits signals in a frequency band for telecasts between the communication antenna and the ground portion. The antenna length (electrical length) of the telecast-receiving antenna is extended by adding the antenna length of the communication antenna in addition to the antenna length of the ground portion, thereby improving the antenna gain during telecast reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mie SHIMIZU, Kazunari KAWAHATA
  • Patent number: 7119749
    Abstract: An antenna includes a parallel resonant circuit disposed in a non-ground region. The parallel resonant circuit includes a parallel radiation electrode pattern that is patterned in the non-ground region and a surface mount antenna component. The parallel radiation electrode pattern is connected in parallel to the surface mount antenna component. The parallel radiation electrode pattern is arranged in a loop so as to occupy the majority of the non-ground region and defines an inductor of the parallel resonant circuit. A pair of electrodes of the surface mount antenna component defines a capacitor having a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Miyata, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Publication number: 20050243001
    Abstract: An antenna includes a parallel resonant circuit disposed in a non-ground region. The parallel resonant circuit includes a parallel radiation electrode pattern that is patterned in the non-ground region and a surface mount antenna component. The parallel radiation electrode pattern is connected in parallel to the surface mount antenna component. The parallel radiation electrode pattern is arranged in a loop so as to occupy the majority of the non-ground region and defines an inductor of the parallel resonant circuit. A pair of electrodes of the surface mount antenna component defines a capacitor having a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Miyata, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6950072
    Abstract: A surface mount antenna includes a loop-shaped radiation electrode arranged so as to be extended over a plurality of surfaces of a dielectric substrate. The front end side of the loop-shaped radiation electrode is branched to provide a plurality of branched radiation electrodes. One side end of the radiation electrode functions as a electric feeding portion connected to an external circuit. One of the branched radiation electrodes is an in-loop branched radiation electrode which is surrounded by a loop-shaped electrode portion including the radiation electrode portion extended from the feeding portion of the radiation electrode to a branching portion and the other branched radiation electrode connected to the radiation electrode portion, the in-loop branched radiation electrode being positioned at an interval from the loop-shaped electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Miyata, Hisashi Akiyama, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6850195
    Abstract: An antenna includes a radiation electrode, with one end thereof being connected to a conductive portion located on a front or back surface of a board. The radiation electrode extends outward from the conductive portion starting from the connected end, is bent around an edge of the board, and extends to a side opposite to the side of the starting point with a space therebetween. The other end of the radiation electrode is not connected to the conductive portion so as to function as an open end. Since the radiation electrode extends from one side to the other side of the board, the electric length of the radiation electrode can be increased. Accordingly, the size and thickness of the radiation electrode can be reduced while keeping a set resonance frequency. Also, since a space defined by the board and the radiation electrode can be increased, the gain is greatly improved and the bandwidth is significantly broadened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6803881
    Abstract: An antenna unit includes an antenna body having a fed radiation electrode and a non-fed radiation electrode that generate a double resonance state and that are mounted on a dielectric substrate, and a substrate for mounting the antenna body thereon. A ground electrode is disposed on the substrate in a predetermined area other than a ground-electrodeless portion provided on the substrate. The ground-electrodeless portion extends from at least one portion of an antenna-body mounting area so as to extend off of and away from the antenna-body mounting area. Grounding ends of the fed radiation electrode and the non-fed radiation electrode are connected to the ground electrode via grounding lines disposed on a predetermined portion of the ground-electrodeless portion, the predetermined portion being outside the antenna-body mounting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishihara, Syoji Nagumo, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6784843
    Abstract: In a multi-resonance antenna, at an open end of a radiation electrode of a feeding element and an open end of a radiation electrode of a parasitic element capacitance loading electrodes and ground electrodes are arranged opposite to each other. In the opposing portions, electric-field deflectors are provided, thus reducing the electric-field coupling between the feeding element and the parasitic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Shoji Nagumo, Takashi Ishihara, Jin Sato, Akira Miyata, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Publication number: 20040085248
    Abstract: An antenna includes a radiation electrode, with one end thereof being connected to a conductive portion located on a front or back surface of a board. The radiation electrode extends outward from the conductive portion starting from the connected end, is bent around an edge of the board, and extends to a side opposite to the side of the starting point with a space therebetween. The other end of the radiation electrode is not connected to the conductive portion so as to function as an open end. Since the radiation electrode extends from one side to the other side of the board, the electric length of the radiation electrode can be increased. Accordingly, the size and thickness of the radiation electrode can be reduced while keeping a set resonance frequency. Also, since a space defined by the board and the radiation electrode can be increased, the gain is greatly improved and the bandwidth is significantly broadened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Publication number: 20040085245
    Abstract: A surface mount antenna includes a loop-shaped radiation electrode arranged so as to be extended over a plurality of surfaces of a dielectric substrate. The front end side of the loop-shaped radiation electrode is branched to provide a plurality of branched radiation electrodes. One side end of the radiation electrode functions as a electric feeding portion connected to an external circuit. One of the branched radiation electrodes is an in-loop branched radiation electrode which is surrounded by a loop-shaped electrode portion including the radiation electrode portion extended from the feeding portion of the radiation electrode to a branching portion and the other branched radiation electrode connected to the radiation electrode portion, the in-loop branched radiation electrode being positioned at an interval from the loop-shaped electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Miyata, Hisashi Akiyama, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Publication number: 20040036653
    Abstract: An antenna unit includes an antenna body having a fed radiation electrode and a non-fed radiation electrode that generate a double resonance state and that are mounted on a dielectric substrate, and a substrate for mounting the antenna body thereon. A ground electrode is disposed on the substrate in a predetermined area other than a ground-electrodeless portion provided on the substrate. The ground-electrodeless portion extends from at least one portion of an antenna-body mounting area so as to extend off of and away from the antenna-body mounting area. Grounding ends of the fed radiation electrode and the non-fed radiation electrode are connected to the ground electrode via grounding lines disposed on a predetermined portion of the ground-electrodeless portion, the predetermined portion being outside the antenna-body mounting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishihara, Syoji Nagumo, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Publication number: 20040027287
    Abstract: AtIn a multi-resonance antenna, at an open end (18A) of a radiation electrode (18) of a feeding element (16) and an open end (19A) of a radiation electrode (19) of a parasitic element (17), capacitance loading electrodes (24 and 25) and ground electrodes (26 and 27) are formedarranged opposite to each other. In the opposing portions, electric-field deflectors (31, 32, 37, and 38) are formedprovided, thus reducing the electric-field coupling between the feeding element (16) and the parasitic element (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Shoji Nagumo, Takashi Ishihara, Jin Sato, Akira Miyata, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6677902
    Abstract: A circularly polarized antenna apparatus includes a radiating electrode and a ground electrode which are provided on a dielectric substrate. A degeneracy-splitting elements is also provided on the substrate to cause two resonant currents split between degenerate modes to be excited in the radiating electrode. The radiating electrodes includes a primary radiating electrode on a principal surface of the substrate, and secondary radiating electrode on side surfaces of the substrate, thus increasing the area of the radiating electrode. Therefore, the conductor loss of the primary radiating electrode is reduced and the antenna gain is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Akiyama, Kazunari Kawahata, Shigehazu Ito
  • Patent number: 6646609
    Abstract: An antenna with an integral RF circuit includes a dielectric base, a plurality of radiation electrodes disposed on a top surface of the dielectric base and a plurality of RF circuits. The RF circuits include circuit patterns disposed partially in a gap between the radiation electrodes. On a bottom surface of the dielectric base, a concavity is formed in a region corresponding to where the circuit patterns are located. The circuit patterns are disposed on a thin portion of the dielectric base, associated with the concavity, while the radiation electrodes are disposed on thick portions thereof. Accordingly, radiation loss of the circuit patterns is reduced, and the radiation electrodes favorably transmit or receive radio waves. The antenna with an integral RF circuit is constructed efficiently using the gap between the radiation electrodes to define the RF circuits. Reduction in the size of a communication apparatus is facilitated because the RF circuits need not be disposed on a circuit board thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Yuasa, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6614401
    Abstract: An antenna-electrode structure includes a feeding radiant-electrode and a grounded portion arranged such that an open-end of the feeding radiant-electrode defines a capacitance to the grounded portion therebetween, and a non-feeding radiant-electrode arranged to electromagnetically couple the feeding radiant-electrode. The non-feeding radiant electrode is arranged such that an open-end thereof defines a capacitance to the grounded portion therebetween to produce a dual-frequency resonance state together with the feeding radiant-electrode. In response to a signal supplied from a signal-supply source, the feeding radiant-electrode performs an antenna action and the non-feeding radiant-electrode in turn performs an antenna action by signal transmission from the feeding radiant-electrode, such that by being excited from these actions, the grounded portion also performs an antenna action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Shoji Nagumo, Takashi Ishihara, Jin Sato, Akira Miyata, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6600449
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a dielectric base, and a plurality of feeding-radiating elements having different resonance frequencies, each including a feeding electrode and a radiating electrode which are disposed on surfaces of the base. A stub with a common feeding point is disposed on a mounting substrate which supports the base. The feeding electrodes of the feeding-radiating elements are connected to matching points of the stub, thereby achieving impedance matching for each of the feeding-radiating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Shoji Nagumo, Takashi Ishihara, Jin Sato, Akira Miyata, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Publication number: 20030058175
    Abstract: A circularly polarized antenna apparatus includes a radiating electrode and a ground electrode which are provided on a dielectric substrate. A degeneracy-splitting elements is also provided on the substrate to cause two resonant currents split between degenerate modes to be excited in the radiating electrode. The radiating electrodes includes a primary radiating electrode on a principal surface of the substrate, and secondary radiating electrode on side surfaces of the substrate, thus increasing the area of the radiating electrode. Therefore, the conductor loss of the primary radiating electrode is reduced and the antenna gain is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Akiyama, Kazunari Kawahata, Shigehazu Ito
  • Publication number: 20030030587
    Abstract: An antenna with an integral RF circuit includes a dielectric base, a plurality of radiation electrodes disposed on a top surface of the dielectric base and a plurality of RF circuits. The RF circuits include circuit patterns disposed partially in a gap between the radiation electrodes. On a bottom surface of the dielectric base, a concavity is formed in a region corresponding to where the circuit patterns are located. The circuit patterns are disposed on a thin portion of the dielectric base, associated with the concavity, while the radiation electrodes are disposed on thick portions thereof. Accordingly, radiation loss of the circuit patterns is reduced, and the radiation electrodes favorably transmit or receive radio waves. The antenna with an integral RF circuit is constructed efficiently using the gap between the radiation electrodes to define the RF circuits. Reduction in the size of a communication apparatus is facilitated because the RF circuits need not be disposed on a circuit board thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Yuasa, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6501425
    Abstract: Power non-supplied side radiation electrode 3 and power supplied side radiation electrode 4 are formed on the surface of a dielectric substrate 2 with a space therebetween. A permittivity adjusting material portion 8 is provided in the space S which is situated between the power non-supplied side radiation electrode 3 and the power supplied side radiation electrode 4, and in which a capacity occurs. The permittivity adjusting material portion 8 has a lower permittivity than that of the dielectric substrate 2, which causes the permittivity between the power non-supplied side radiation electrode 3 and the power supplied side radiation electrode 4 to be lower than that of dielectric substrate 2, and weaken the capacitive coupling between the power non-supplied side radiation electrode 3 and the power supplied side radiation electrode 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Murrata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Nagumo, Nobuhito Tsubaki, Takashi Ishihara, Kazunari Kawahata
  • Patent number: 6492946
    Abstract: A surface-mounted type antenna which facilitates the realization of the widening of the frequency band, and a communication device including it. In this antenna, the strong electric-field regions of a power supplied first radiation electrode and a power non-supplied second radiation electrode are disposed adjacent to each other with a spacing therebetween, and simultaneously the high current regions of these radiation electrodes are disposed adjacent to each other with a spacing therebetween. By variably adjusting the quantity of the electric-field coupling between the strong electric-field regions of the first radiation electrode and the second radiation electrode, and by variably adjusting the quantity of the magnetic-field coupling between the high current regions of these radiation electrodes, both the quantities of the electric-field coupling and the magnetic-field coupling are set to conditions suited for the dual resonance. A superior dual resonance is thereby achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Nagumo, Kazunari Kawahata, Nobuhito Tsubaki, Kengo Onaka, Takashi Ishihara
  • Patent number: 6483465
    Abstract: A circularly polarized wave antenna which allows the matching of resonant frequencies in a higher order mode to be easily achieved. In this circularly polarized wave antenna, a flat portion is provided by flattening a portion of the peripheral side surface of a substrate. Two feeding electrodes for use in the higher order mode excitation are formed on this flat plane. On one main surface of the substrate, a circular radiation electrode is formed, while, on the other main surface of the substrate, a ground electrode is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigekazu Itoh, Kazunari Kawahata, Atsuyuki Yuasa, Hisashi Akiyama