Patents by Inventor Keisuke Fukamachi
Keisuke Fukamachi 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: 9287845Abstract: A bandpass filter comprising two or more resonators arranged between two input/output terminals in a laminate substrate comprising pluralities of dielectric layers; each resonator being constituted by a resonance line and a resonance capacitance connected to one end of the resonance line; capacitance electrodes forming said resonance capacitances and said resonance lines being arranged on different dielectric layers, via a planar ground electrode covering the entire structural portion of the bandpass filter when viewed in a lamination direction; and in each of the resonators connected to said two input/output terminals, the junctions of said input/output terminals to said paths between said resonance lines and said resonance capacitances being closer to said resonance capacitances than said resonance lines in a lamination direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Fukamachi, Takahiro Yamashita, Takahiro Umeyama
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Patent number: 9252819Abstract: The present invention provides a high frequency circuit, a high frequency circuit component, and a communication apparatus that uses the same, the circuit capable of being used for different communication systems, having a high receiving sensitivity and restraining the loss of transmission power. A high frequency circuit of the present invention includes: a first antenna terminal (ANT1) and a second antenna terminal (ANT2); and at least a transmitting terminal (Tx) and a first and a second receiving terminal (Rx1, Rx2) for a first communication system. With each switch, the first and the second receiving terminals (Rx1, Rx2) can be each simultaneously connected to the first and the second antenna terminals (ANT1, ANT2). Also, the transmitting terminal (Tx) is selectively connectable to either of the first and second antenna terminals (ANT1, ANT2).Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Satake, Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi, Yuta Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8767859Abstract: A high-frequency circuit comprising first and second antenna terminals, a transmitting terminal and first and second receiving terminals for first and second communications systems, and first and second switch circuits each having a common terminal and at least first and second switching terminals; the first antenna terminal being connected to a common terminal of the first switch circuit, the transmitting terminal for the first communications system being connected to the first switching terminal of the first switch circuit, the second antenna terminal being connected to a common terminal of the second switch circuit, the transmitting terminal for the second communications system being connected to the first switching terminal of the second switch circuit, each first receiving terminal for the first and second communications systems being connected to the second switching terminal of the first switch circuit via a first receiving-side multiplexer circuit, each second receiving terminal for the first and secoType: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi
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Patent number: 8682258Abstract: A high-frequency circuit comprising a switch circuit connected to an antenna terminal, first and second diplexer circuits connected to the switch circuit, first and second power amplifier circuits connected to the first diplexer circuit, first and second bandpass filter circuits connected to the first and second power amplifier circuits, a third bandpass filter circuit connected to the second diplexer circuit, a detection circuit disposed between the switch circuit and the first diplexer circuit, and a low-noise amplifier circuit disposed between the switch circuit and the second diplexer circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2007Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi, Hirotaka Satake
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Patent number: 8582547Abstract: An inventive high frequency circuit includes a switch circuit (SPDT1), connected to an antenna terminal (Ant1), using a field-effect transistor for switching between a connection with first to third transmitting terminals (Tx1-1, Tx2-1, Tx3-1) and a connection with first to third receiving terminals (Rx1-1, Rx2-1, Rx3-1); a transmitting-side triplexer (Trip1) for branching a transmitting path connected to the switch circuit into transmitting paths of first to third frequency bands; and a receiving-side triplexer (Trip2) for branching a receiving path connected to the switch circuit into receiving paths of the first to third frequency bands. The switch circuit can be formed as an IC to downsize the circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kemmochi, Keisuke Fukamachi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara
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Publication number: 20120306716Abstract: The present invention provides a high frequency circuit, a high frequency circuit component, and a communication apparatus that uses the same, the circuit capable of being used for different communication systems, having a high receiving sensitivity and restraining the loss of transmission power. A high frequency circuit of the present invention includes: a first antenna terminal (ANT1) and a second antenna terminal (ANT2); and at least a transmitting terminal (Tx) and a first and a second receiving terminal (Rx1, Rx2) for a first communication system. With each switch, the first and the second receiving terminals (Rx1, Rx2) can be each simultaneously connected to the first and the second antenna terminals (ANT1, ANT2). Also, the transmitting terminal (Tx) is selectively connectable to either of the first and second antenna terminals (ANT1, ANT2).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Hirotaka Satake, Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi, Yuta Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8326344Abstract: A high-frequency device having high-frequency-signal-treating circuits in and on a laminate substrate comprising pluralities of dielectric layers having conductor patterns, the high-frequency-signal-treating circuits having amplifier circuits and switch circuits; terminals including input and output terminals of high-frequency signals, the power supply terminals of the amplifier circuits and the power supply terminals of the switch circuits being formed on one main surface of the laminate substrate; power supply lines each having one end connected to each of the power supply terminals of the amplifier circuits and power supply lines each having one end connected to each of the power supply terminals of the switch circuits being formed on one dielectric layer to constitute a power supply line layer; a first ground electrode being arranged on the side of the main surface with respect to the power supply line layer, the first ground electrode overlapping at least part of the power supply lines in a lamination diType: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kemmochi, Keisuke Fukamachi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara
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Patent number: 8315577Abstract: A multiband high-frequency circuit comprising a first switch SPDT1 for switching the connections of a multiband antenna to transmitting circuits 11bg-T, 11a-T and receiving circuits 11bg-R, 11a-R of first and second communications systems, and a transmitting/receiving circuit BLT-TR of a third communications system, a diplexer circuit Dip1 for branching a high-frequency signal to 11a-R and 11bg-R or BLT-TR and a diplexer circuit Dip2 for branching a high-frequency signal to 11bg-T and 11a-T, both of which are disposed downstream of SPDT1, each diplexer circuit Dip1, Dip2 comprising a lower-frequency-side filter and a high-frequency-side filter, a bandpass filter BPF1 being disposed downstream of the lower-frequency-side filter of the diplexer circuit Dip1, and a second switch SPDT2 being disposed downstream of the bandpass filter BPF1.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kemmochi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara, Keisuke Fukamachi, Mitsuhiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 8269581Abstract: A band-pass filter according to the present invention includes two or more resonant lines arranged side by side in a direction orthogonal to a laminating direction in a laminate substrate formed by laminating plural dielectric layers. Each of the resonant lines has a first coil pattern portion formed in the dielectric layers and a second coil pattern portion formed in the dielectric layers different from the dielectric layers in which the first coil pattern portion is formed. The first and second coil pattern portions are connected in series and formed in a spiral shape. At least one of the first and second coil pattern portions is formed as parallel lines in the plural dielectric layers. According to such a configuration, a band-pass filter that is reduced in size and reduced in loss is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi
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Patent number: 8131226Abstract: A high-frequency circuit comprising a high-frequency switch circuit for switching the three-way connection of an antenna to a transmitting circuit for the first communications system, a receiving circuit for a first communications system, and a transmitting/receiving circuit for a second communications system; a first bandpass filter disposed between the antenna and the high-frequency switch circuit; and a balanced-unbalanced conversion circuit disposed between the receiving circuit of the first communications system and the high-frequency switch circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kemmochi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara, Keisuke Fukamachi, Takahiro Yamashita, Masayuki Uchida, Mitsuhiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 8130787Abstract: A high-frequency circuit device comprising at least first and second antenna terminals, at least first and second transmitting terminals for a first communications system, at least first and second receiving terminals for a first communications system, two or more switch circuits, and two or more filter circuits, the first transmitting terminal for the first communications system being connectable to the first antenna terminal, the second transmitting terminal for the first communications system being connectable to the second antenna terminal, the first receiving terminal for the first communications system being connectable to the first antenna terminal, and the second receiving terminal for the first communications system being connectable to the second antenna terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Hagiwara, Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi
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Patent number: 8093963Abstract: A three-stage-resonator, laminated bandpass filter comprising electromagnetically coupled first to third resonator electrodes, adjacent first and second resonator electrodes and a third resonator electrode being different in a grounding direction, and a coupling-capacitor electrode extending over resonator electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Yamashita, Kazuhiro Hagiwara, Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi
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Patent number: 8036148Abstract: A high-frequency circuit for wireless communications selectively using a first frequency band and a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, comprising an antenna terminal; first and second transmission terminals to which transmitting signals in the first and second frequency bands are input; first and second receiving terminals from which received signals in the first and second frequency bands are output; a diplexer circuit for branching a first-frequency-band-signal path and a second-frequency-band-signal path; a switch circuit for switching a path for a transmitting signal and a path for a received signal; a low-noise amplifier circuit disposed between the switch circuit and the second receiving terminal for amplifying a received signal in the second frequency band; and first and second filter circuits disposed between the antenna terminal and the low-noise amplifier circuit in this order from the antenna terminal, both filter circuits passing a received signal in the second frequency baType: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara
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Patent number: 7982554Abstract: A multi-band high-frequency circuit for performing wireless communications among pluralities of communication systems having different communication frequencies. A high-frequency switch circuit contains: switching elements for switching the connection of pluralities of multi-band antennas to transmitting circuits and receiving circuits; a first diplexer circuit disposed between the high-frequency switch circuit and transmitting circuits for branching a high-frequency signal into frequency bands of the communication systems; and a second diplexer circuit disposed between the high-frequency switch circuit and receiving circuits for branching a high-frequency signal into frequency bands of the communication systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kemmochi, Keisuke Fukamachi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara, Masayuki Uchida
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Publication number: 20110133860Abstract: A bandpass filter comprising two or more resonators arranged between two input/output terminals in a laminate substrate comprising pluralities of dielectric layers; each resonator being constituted by a resonance line and a resonance capacitance connected to one end of the resonance line; capacitance electrodes forming said resonance capacitances and said resonance lines being arranged on different dielectric layers, via a planar ground electrode covering the entire structural portion of the bandpass filter when viewed in a lamination direction; and in each of the resonators connected to said two input/output terminals, the junctions of said input/output terminals to said paths between said resonance lines and said resonance capacitances being closer to said resonance capacitances than said resonance lines in a lamination direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Fukamachi, Takahiro Yamashita, Takahiro Umeyama
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Publication number: 20110110452Abstract: A high-frequency circuit comprising first and second antenna terminals, a transmitting terminal and first and second receiving terminals for first and second communications systems, and first and second switch circuits each having a common terminal and at least first and second switching terminals; the first antenna terminal being connected to a common terminal of the first switch circuit, the transmitting terminal for the first communications system being connected to the first switching terminal of the first switch circuit, the second antenna terminal being connected to a common terminal of the second switch circuit, the transmitting terminal for the second communications system being connected to the first switching terminal of the second switch circuit, each first receiving terminal for the first and second communications systems being connected to the second switching terminal of the first switch circuit via a first receiving-side multiplexer circuit, each second receiving terminal for the first and secoType: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi
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Publication number: 20110096705Abstract: A multiband high-frequency circuit comprising a first switch SPDT1 for switching the connections of a multiband antenna to transmitting circuits 11bg-T, 11a-T and receiving circuits 11bg-R, 11a-R of first and second communications systems, and a transmitting/receiving circuit BLT-TR of a third communications system, a diplexer circuit Dip1 for branching a high-frequency signal to 11a-R and 11bg-R or BLT-TR and a diplexer circuit Dip2 for branching a high-frequency signal to 11bg-T and 11a-T, both of which are disposed downstream of SPDT1, each diplexer circuit Dip1, Dip2 comprising a lower-frequency-side filter and a high-frequency-side filter, a bandpass filter BPF1 being disposed downstream of the lower-frequency-side filter of the diplexer circuit Dip1, and a second switch SPDT2 being disposed downstream of the bandpass filter BPF1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru KEMMOCHI, Kazuhiro HAGIWARA, Keisuke FUKAMACHI, Mitsuhiro WATANABE
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Patent number: 7924117Abstract: A multi-band high-frequency circuit for performing wireless communications among pluralities of communication systems having different communication frequencies, comprising a high-frequency switch circuit comprising switching elements for switching the connection of pluralities of multi-band antennas to transmitting circuits and receiving circuits; a first diplexer circuit disposed between the high-frequency switch circuit and transmitting circuits for branching a high-frequency signal into frequency bands of the communication systems; a second diplexer circuit disposed between the high-frequency switch circuit and receiving circuits for branching a high-frequency signal into frequency bands of the communication systems; the first and second diplexer circuits each comprising a lower-frequency filter circuit and a higher-frequency filter circuit, a bandpass filter circuit being used as the lower-frequency filter circuit in the second diplexer circuit, or disposed between the lower-frequency filter circuit in tType: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Metals Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kemmochi, Keisuke Fukamachi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara, Masayuki Uchida
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Patent number: 7885613Abstract: A multiband high-frequency circuit comprising a first switch SPDT1 for switching the connections of a multiband antenna to transmitting circuits 11bg-T, 11a-T and receiving circuits 11bg-R, 11a-R of first and second communications systems, and a transmitting/receiving circuit BLT-TR of a third communications system, a diplexer circuit Dip1 for branching a high-frequency signal to 11a-R and 11bg-R or BLT-TR and a diplexer circuit Dip2 for branching a high-frequency signal to 11bg-T and 11a-T, both of which are disposed downstream of SPDT1, each diplexer circuit Dip1, Dip2 comprising a lower-frequency-side filter and a high-frequency-side filter, a bandpass filter BPF1 being disposed downstream of the lower-frequency-side filter of the diplexer circuit Dip1, and a second switch SPDT2 being disposed downstream of the bandpass filter BPF1.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Kemmochi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara, Keisuke Fukamachi, Mitsuhiro Watanabe
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Patent number: 7773956Abstract: A high-frequency circuit comprising a switch circuit for properly switching the connection of an antenna terminal and four input/output terminals; a first received-signal output terminal being connected to a receiving circuit of a first communications system via a filter circuit; a second received-signal output terminal being connected to a receiving circuit of a second communications system via a filter circuit; a first transmitting-signal input terminal being connected to a transmitting circuit of a first communications system; and a second transmitting-signal input terminal being connected to a transmitting circuit of a second communications system via a power amplifier circuit, the high-frequency circuit further comprising a bandpass filter circuit disposed in any one or more paths between the antennas and the transmitting-signal input or received-signal output; and a detection circuit having a voltage detection terminal for monitoring the output power of the power amplifier circuits.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Fukamachi, Shigeru Kemmochi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara, Takahiro Yamashita, Masayuki Uchida