Patents by Inventor Kazuo Akaike
Kazuo Akaike 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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Patent number: 10868548Abstract: A PLL device includes a voltage control oscillation unit, an analog/digital converter, a quadrature demodulation unit, a comparison signal output unit, a phase difference detection unit, a loop filter, and a digital/analog converter. The quadrature demodulation unit quadrature-demodulates the digital feedback signal to obtain an in-phase component (I component) and a quadrature-phase component (Q component). The comparison signal has a set frequency of the output signal when the feedback signal is the output signal and has a frequency obtained by dividing the set frequency by the dividing number when the feedback signal is the frequency division signal. The phase difference detection unit obtains a phase difference between the digital feedback signal and the digital comparison signal based on the I component and the Q component of the digital feedback signal and the I component and an Q component of a comparison signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsukasa Kobata, Kazuo Akaike
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Publication number: 20200343895Abstract: A PLL device includes a voltage control oscillation unit, an analog/digital converter, a quadrature demodulation unit, a comparison signal output unit, a phase difference detection unit, a loop filter, and a digital/analog converter. The quadrature demodulation unit quadrature-demodulates the digital feedback signal to obtain an in-phase component (I component) and a quadrature-phase component (Q component). The comparison signal has a set frequency of the output signal when the feedback signal is the output signal and has a frequency obtained by dividing the set frequency by the dividing number when the feedback signal is the frequency division signal. The phase difference detection unit obtains a phase difference between the digital feedback signal and the digital comparison signal based on the I component and the Q component of the digital feedback signal and the I component and an Q component of a comparison signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsukasa KOBATA, Kazuo AKAIKE
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Patent number: 10164571Abstract: An crystal resonator includes a first oscillating circuit that oscillates a crystal resonator at a first frequency, a first impedance adjusting circuit that adjusts an impedance of a first oscillating system including the crystal resonator and the first oscillating circuit, a second oscillating circuit that oscillates the crystal resonator at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency, a second impedance adjusting circuit that adjusts an impedance of a second oscillating system including the crystal resonator and the second oscillating circuit, and a controlling circuit that controls the first impedance adjusting circuit and the second impedance adjusting circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Nakaoka, Kazuo Akaike, Hiroshi Hoshigami, Kaoru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10141887Abstract: An oscillator detects a temperature of an atmosphere where a crystal resonator for an oscillation output is placed using a temperature detector to stabilize the temperature by controlling a temperature of a heater based on a temperature detection value. The device includes a buffer amplifier interposed in a signal path of a control signal generated based on the temperature detection value, a heater disposed such that a collector and an emitter position between a power source unit and a ground and constituted of a transistor having a base connected to an output port of the buffer amplifier, and a first differential amplifier disposed to adjust a gain of the buffer amplifier to cancel voltage fluctuation of the power source unit and amplifying a difference between a voltage corresponding to the supply voltage and a preliminarily set voltage to input to a gain adjustment port of the buffer amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata, Tomoya Yorita
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Publication number: 20170133984Abstract: An oscillator detects a temperature of an atmosphere where a crystal resonator for an oscillation output is placed using a temperature detector to stabilize the temperature by controlling a temperature of a heater based on a temperature detection value. The device includes a buffer amplifier interposed in a signal path of a control signal generated based on the temperature detection value, a heater disposed such that a collector and an emitter position between a power source unit and a ground and constituted of a transistor having a base connected to an output port of the buffer amplifier, and a first differential amplifier disposed to adjust a gain of the buffer amplifier to cancel voltage fluctuation of the power source unit and amplifying a difference between a voltage corresponding to the supply voltage and a preliminarily set voltage to input to a gain adjustment port of the buffer amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: KAZUO AKAIKE, TSUKASA KOBATA, Tomoya YORITA
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Publication number: 20160322936Abstract: An crystal resonator includes a first oscillating circuit that oscillates a crystal resonator at a first frequency, a first impedance adjusting circuit that adjusts an impedance of a first oscillating system including the crystal resonator and the first oscillating circuit, a second oscillating circuit that oscillates the crystal resonator at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency, a second impedance adjusting circuit that adjusts an impedance of a second oscillating system including the crystal resonator and the second oscillating circuit, and a controlling circuit that controls the first impedance adjusting circuit and the second impedance adjusting circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: TAKASHI NAKAOKA, KAZUO AKAIKE, HIROSHI HOSHIGAMI, KAORU KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9241418Abstract: A surface mount device in which a pin adapter that is integrally formed with a plurality of pins connects a base board and a main board is provided to enable an automatic mounting, to enable a reflow soldering, to increase the flexibility of design, and to satisfy requirements of customers. In the surface mount device, a pin adapter 5 that is formed integrally with a plurality of pins 6 is placed on a base board 1, the base board 1 and the main board 2 are connected by inserting the tips of the pins 6 into the corresponding locations of the main board 2, the leg portions of the pin adapter 5 are folded toward inside, and opening sections 52 are formed at the leg portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Ishikawa, Shinichi Sato, Kazuo Akaike
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Patent number: 9225347Abstract: An oscillator configured to obtain a frequency output corresponding to a frequency setting value includes: an oscillation circuit portion that receives the frequency setting value; a setting value output portion that outputs a digital value for designating the frequency setting value; an interpolation circuit portion that performs interpolation for a digital value of lower-order bits out of the digital value output from the setting value output portion; and an adder that adds an output of the interpolation circuit portion and a digital value of higher-order bits out of the digital value output from the setting value output portion, wherein a signal output from the interpolation circuit portion is sequential data having first and second values different from each other, and output counts of the first and second values are determined based on a ratio corresponding to the digital value of the lower-order bits.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata
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Patent number: 9225342Abstract: An oscillation device corrects a setting value of an output frequency based on a detection result of an ambient temperature of a crystal unit. The oscillation device includes: an oscillation circuit; a temperature detection portion that detects the ambient temperature and outputs a digital value corresponding to the temperature detection value; an accumulator that accumulates the digital value; a rounding processing portion that performs rounding for the digital value accumulated in the accumulator; a digital filter that receives the digital value obtained from the rounding processing portion and obtains a step response gradually increasing from “0” and converging to a step value; and a correction value obtaining portion that obtains a frequency correction value of the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit caused by a difference between the ambient temperature and a reference temperature, wherein the setting value of the output frequency is corrected based on the frequency correction value.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Kaoru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9154139Abstract: A crystal controlled oscillator of the present disclosure includes: an oscillator circuit for oscillator output, a first oscillator circuit, a second oscillator circuit, a heating unit, a pulse generator, a frequency difference detector, an addition unit, a circuit unit, a frequency measuring unit, a determination unit, and a signal selector. The signal selector is configured to: select a control signal where electric power supplied to the heating unit is smaller than supplied electric power in the detection range in a case where a frequency in a set period at the train of pulses is out of the detection range at the high temperature side; select a control signal where electric power supplied to the heating unit becomes a preset value in a case where a frequency in the set period at the train of pulses is out of the detection range at the low temperature side.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Kaoru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9100023Abstract: A crystal oscillator includes: an oscillation circuit; first and second oscillation circuits connected to first and second temperature detection crystal units, respectively; a heating portion configured to constantly maintain an ambient temperature; a frequency difference detection portion that obtains, as a temperature detection value, “{(f2?f1)/f1}?{(f2r?f1r)/f1r}”, where “f1” and “f2” denote oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillation circuits, respectively, and “f1r” and “f2r” denote oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillation circuits, respectively, at a reference temperature; an accumulator that accumulates the temperature detection value; a rounding processing portion that performs rounding for the temperature detection value accumulated in the accumulator depending on a rounding factor designated independently from the accumulation number; and a heating control portion that controls power supplied to the heating portion based on the temperature detection value subjectedType: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Kaoru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9019027Abstract: An oscillation device is provided. The oscillation device includes: a main circuit portion, a heating unit, first and second crystal units, first and second oscillator circuits, a frequency difference detector, a first addition unit, an integration circuit unit, a circuit unit configured to control an electric power to be supplied to the heating unit, a compensation value obtaining unit, and a second addition unit. The compensation value obtaining unit is configured to obtain a frequency compensation value for compensating an output frequency of the main circuit portion based on an integrated value output from the integration circuit unit, and based on a change in the clock signal due to a difference between the temperature of the atmosphere and the temperature setting value of the heating unit. The second addition unit is configured to add the frequency compensation value to a frequency setting value.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata, Shinichi Sato
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Publication number: 20140297056Abstract: A temperature controller for controlling a temperature of a heated body heated by a heater to a target temperature. The temperature controller includes a temperature detection unit, a difference computation unit, a controller, a comparison unit, an abnormal event detection unit, and a power feeding stopping unit. The abnormal event detection unit is configured to output a second signal that is an abnormal event detection signal when the first signal continues to be output for a period of time exceeding a pre-set period of time. The power feeding stopping unit is configured to stop power feeding to the heater when the second signal is output. The power feeding amount to the heater is controlled based on the manipulated variable computed by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: KAZUO AKAIKE, TSUKASA KOBATA
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Publication number: 20140292416Abstract: An oscillator configured to obtain a frequency output corresponding to a frequency setting value includes: an oscillation circuit portion that receives the frequency setting value; a setting value output portion that outputs a digital value for designating the frequency setting value; an interpolation circuit portion that performs interpolation for a digital value of lower-order bits out of the digital value output from the setting value output portion; and an adder that adds an output of the interpolation circuit portion and a digital value of higher-order bits out of the digital value output from the setting value output portion, wherein a signal output from the interpolation circuit portion is sequential data having first and second values different from each other, and output counts of the first and second values are determined based on a ratio corresponding to the digital value of the lower-order bits.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: KAZUO AKAIKE, TSUKASA KOBATA
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Publication number: 20140292418Abstract: An oscillation device corrects a setting value of an output frequency based on a detection result of an ambient temperature of a crystal unit. The oscillation device includes: an oscillation circuit; a temperature detection portion that detects the ambient temperature and outputs a digital value corresponding to the temperature detection value; an accumulator that accumulates the digital value; a rounding processing portion that performs rounding for the digital value accumulated in the accumulator; a digital filter that receives the digital value obtained from the rounding processing portion and obtains a step response gradually increasing from “0” and converging to a step value; and a correction value obtaining portion that obtains a frequency correction value of the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit caused by a difference between the ambient temperature and a reference temperature, wherein the setting value of the output frequency is corrected based on the frequency correction value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: NIHON DEMOPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: KAZUO AKAIKE, KAORU KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20140292424Abstract: A crystal oscillator includes: an oscillation circuit; first and second oscillation circuits connected to first and second temperature detection crystal units, respectively; a heating portion configured to constantly maintain an ambient temperature; a frequency difference detection portion that obtains, as a temperature detection value, “{(f2?f1)/f1}?{(f2r?f1r)/f1r}”, where “f1” and “f2” denote oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillation circuits, respectively, and “f1r” and “f2r” denote oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillation circuits, respectively, at a reference temperature; an accumulator that accumulates the temperature detection value; a rounding processing portion that performs rounding for the temperature detection value accumulated in the accumulator depending on a rounding factor designated independently from the accumulation number; and a heating control portion that controls power supplied to the heating portion based on the temperature detection value subjectedType: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: KAZUO AKAIKE, KAORU KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20140210563Abstract: A crystal controlled oscillator of the present disclosure includes: an oscillator circuit for oscillator output, a first oscillator circuit, a second oscillator circuit, a heating unit, a pulse generator, a frequency difference detector, an addition unit, a circuit unit, a frequency measuring unit, a determination unit, and a signal selector. The signal selector is configured to: select a control signal where electric power supplied to the heating unit is smaller than supplied electric power in the detection range in a case where a frequency in a set period at the train of pulses is out of the detection range at the high temperature side; select a control signal where electric power supplied to the heating unit becomes a preset value in a case where a frequency in the set period at the train of pulses is out of the detection range at the low temperature side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: KAZUO AKAIKE, KAORU KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 8729978Abstract: An atmosphere temperature at which a quartz-crystal oscillator and an oscillation circuit are placed is controlled in high accuracy, and an output frequency with high stability is obtained. If oscillation outputs of first and second quartz-crystal oscillators are set to f1 and f2, and oscillation frequencies of the oscillation outputs at a reference temperature are set to f1r and f2r, respectively, {(f2?f1)/f1}?{(f2r?f1r)/f1r} is calculated by a frequency difference detection unit. A digital value can be obtained by representing this value by 34-bit digital value, corresponding to a temperature. Therefore, this value is treated as a temperature detection value, a difference with a temperature set value is supplied to the loop filter, and the digital value therefrom is converted into a direct-current voltage to control a heater.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata, Tomoya Yorita, Kaoru Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20140085015Abstract: An oscillation device is provided. The oscillation device includes: a main circuit portion, a heating unit, first and second crystal units, first and second oscillator circuits, a frequency difference detector, a first addition unit, an integration circuit unit, a circuit unit configured to control an electric power to be supplied to the heating unit, a compensation value obtaining unit, and a second addition unit. The compensation value obtaining unit is configured to obtain a frequency compensation value for compensating an output frequency of the main circuit portion based on an integrated value output from the integration circuit unit, and based on a change in the clock signal due to a difference between the temperature of the atmosphere and the temperature setting value of the heating unit. The second addition unit is configured to add the frequency compensation value to a frequency setting value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: KAZUO AKAIKE, TSUKASA KOBATA, SHINICHI SATO
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Patent number: 8674780Abstract: An oscillator includes a nominal frequency output unit, a frequency adjustment amount output unit, a gain output unit, a multiplier, and an adder. The nominal frequency output unit is configured to output a first digital value corresponding to the nominal frequency. The frequency adjustment amount output unit is configured to output a second digital value corresponding to a rate of frequency in order to set a frequency adjustment amount with respect to the nominal frequency using the rate of frequency. The gain output unit is configured to output a third digital value corresponding to a gain to be multiplied by the second digital value. The multiplier is configured to multiply the second digital value by the third digital value, thus outputting a fourth digital value. The adder adds the first digital value and the fourth digital value to output the added result as a setting signal of frequency.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata, Shinichi Sato, Mitsuaki Koyama