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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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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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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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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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
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Patent number: 8653860Abstract: In forming a frequency synthesizer by using PLL using processing of digital signals, an A/D converting unit is not required. By the integration of a digital value that depends on a set frequency, a saw-tooth wave serving as a phase signal is generated. A frequency signal output from a voltage-controlled oscillator is input via a frequency divider to an edge detecting unit, which then detects a rising edge or a falling edge of the frequency signal to generate a rectangular-wave signal that depends on a frequency of the frequency signal. Then, a latched circuit latches a value of the saw-tooth wave in response to the rectangular-wave signal, and this value is integrated in a loop filter and the resultant is used as a control voltage of the voltage-controlled oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata
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Patent number: 8648625Abstract: There is provided a frequency synthesizer capable of improving phase noise. A sinusoidal signal with a frequency set by a frequency setting part is output as a digital signal from a set signal output part, and the digital signal is D/A-converted. A difference between a sinusoidal signal with a frequency corresponding to an output frequency of a voltage controlled oscillating part and a sinusoidal signal output from a D/A converting part is amplified by a differential amplifier, and an amplified signal is input via an A/D converting part to a means for extracting a phase difference between the aforesaid sinusoidal signals. A voltage corresponding to a signal being the result of integration of the phase difference is input as a control voltage to the voltage controlled oscillating part. Then, a gain of the differential amplifier is set larger than a maximum value of phase noise degradation of the A/D converting part, whereby the phase noise degradation of the A/D converting part is cancelled.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Nobuo Tsukamoto, Tsukasa Kobata
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Patent number: 8581671Abstract: An oscillation device capable of highly accurate temperature compensation of an output frequency is provided. The oscillation device includes: first and second oscillator circuits oscillating first and second quartz-crystal resonators with overtones respectively; a frequency difference detecting part finding a value corresponding to a difference value between values corresponding to differences between f1 and f1r and between f2 and f2r, where f1 and f2 are oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillator circuits, and f1r and f2r are oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillator circuits at a reference temperature; and a correction value obtaining part which, based on the value corresponding to the difference value and a relation between the value corresponding to the difference value and a frequency correction value of the oscillation frequency f1, obtains the frequency correction value of f1, wherein the output frequency is corrected based on the found frequency correction value.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Shinichi Sato
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Patent number: 8581670Abstract: To perform, in an oscillation device compensating an output frequency based on a detection result of ambient temperature, temperature compensation of the output frequency with high accuracy. First and second quartz-crystal oscillators are structured by using a common quartz-crystal piece, and when oscillation outputs of first and second oscillation circuits respectively connected to these quartz-crystal oscillators are set to f1, f2, and oscillation frequencies of the first and the second oscillation circuits at a reference temperature are set to f1r, f2r, respectively, a frequency difference being a difference between a value corresponding to a difference between f1 and f1r and a value corresponding to a difference between f2 and f2r is treated as a temperature at that time. Further, based on the frequency difference, a frequency compensation value is determined through polynomial approximation.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Kaoru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8547183Abstract: There is provided a voltage controlled oscillator that is compact and can be manufactured at low cost. The voltage controlled oscillator is structured to include: a resonance part including a variable capacitance element and an inductance element, the variable capacitance element having a capacitance that varies according to a control voltage for frequency control input from an external part, and a series resonant frequency of the resonance part being adjusted according to the capacitance; an amplifying part amplifying a frequency signal from the resonance part; and a feedback part including a capacitance element for feedback and feeding the frequency signal amplified by the amplifying part back to the resonance part to form an oscillation loop together with the amplifying part and the resonance part, wherein the amplifying part is provided in an integrated circuit chip, and the resonance part and the capacitance element for feedback are formed as circuit components separate from the integrated circuit chip.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichiro Yamakawa, Kazuo Akaike, Mikio Takano, Hiroshi Hoshigami, Kenji Kawahata, Kietsu Saito, Yasushi Yamamoto, Tatsunori Onzuka, Toshimasa Tsuda, Susumu Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 8536952Abstract: Provided is an oscillation device capable of obtaining a stable oscillation frequency by compensating for a change in oscillation frequency caused with an elapse of operating time of a quartz-crystal oscillator. A difference value ?F between a frequency difference between first and second quartz-crystal oscillators after a predetermined period of time has elapsed from a reference time and a frequency difference between the first and second quartz-crystal oscillators at the reference time is determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Kaoru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8531223Abstract: There is provided a signal generator outputting an analog frequency signal based on a digital value according to a set frequency, which provides excellent noise characteristics, requires no ROM table corresponding to waveform data, and has a simple configuration. A digital signal having a digital value according to a set frequency is integrated to generate a waveform in a sawtooth shape, a waveform in a triangular wave shape is generated based on the waveform, and this waveform output is differentiated and then D/A converted and integrated. A comparator using, for example, the voltage at a midpoint of the triangular wave as a threshold value is used for the integrated output, and a frequency signal of an objective frequency is obtained from the comparator.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata
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Patent number: 8416028Abstract: To provide a voltage controlled oscillator having small size and capable of obtaining a low phase noise characteristic over a large span of adjustable range of frequency. A quartz crystal having a characteristic (dielectric loss tangent: tan ?) better than that of fluorocarbon resin, LTCC or the like conventionally used as a substrate of a resonance part, and on which a fine pattern of metal film can be formed through a photolithography method, is used as a quartz-crystal substrate, and a conductive line is formed on the quartz-crystal substrate to form an inductance element in the resonance part. Accordingly, since the resonance part having a high Q value can be formed, it is possible to obtain a voltage controlled oscillator having small size and low loss over a wide frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichiro Yamakawa, Kazuo Akaike, Tatsunori Onzuka, Toshimasa Tsuda, Mikio Takano, Yasushi Yamamoto, Susumu Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 8395429Abstract: A frequency synthesizer using a PLL has a simple structure and excellent spurious characteristics. A reference frequency signal inputted into a phase comparison unit is generated based on a clock when a zero cross point of a sawtooth wave composed of a digital signal is detected. However, in this case, since the digital values are skipped values, the digital value does not always become zero when its positive/negative sign is inverted. Hence, where the clock signals reading the digital value immediately before and the digital value immediately after the zero cross time when the positive/negative sign is inverted in a region where the digital value gradually changes are P1 and P2 respectively and the clock signal at a timing next to the clock signal P2 is P3, P1 and P3 are used at a ratio corresponding to the ratio between the digital values read by P1 and P2.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata