Patents by Inventor Kengo Onaka

Kengo Onaka 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).

  • Patent number: 12142827
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate including a plurality of dielectric layers that are laminated, and a radiation element, a ground electrode, and peripheral electrodes that are formed in or on the dielectric substrate. The radiation element radiates radio waves in a first polarization direction. The ground electrode is placed so as to face the radiation element. The peripheral electrodes are formed in a plurality of layers between the radiation element and the ground electrode and are electrically connected to the ground electrode. The peripheral electrodes are placed at positions that are symmetrical with respect to at least either of a first direction parallel to the first polarization direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
  • Patent number: 12119539
    Abstract: An antenna module includes an antenna substrate including a feed element, and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) mounted on a lower surface of the antenna substrate. The antenna substrate includes a mount portion on which the RFIC is mounted and an overhang portion that extends outward from the mount portion. The feed element is disposed in the mount portion and the overhang portion. The antenna module further includes a heat dissipator disposed on the lower surface of the overhang portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Gouchi, Kengo Onaka
  • Publication number: 20240332810
    Abstract: An antenna module that includes a bent portion and a first flat portion. The first flat portion has a connection surface connected to the bent portion, a back surface intersecting the connection surface, a power feed pad connected to a flexible cable, a first ground electrode, and a radiating element. The first ground electrode is connected to a second ground electrode of the bent portion on the connection surface and is connected to the power feed pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho SUZUKI, Kengo ONAKA
  • Patent number: 12107345
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a ground electrode, a feed element, and a parasitic element. The ground electrode has a substantially non-square rectangular plane shape that includes a first side extending in a first direction and a second side extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The feed element has a substantially rectangular plane shape and is formed in such a way that each side of the feed element becomes parallel to the first direction or the second direction. The parasitic element is formed in such a manner as to face a side of the feed element parallel to the first side. The feed element is configured to radiate a first polarized wave that excites in the first direction and a second polarized wave that excites in the second direction. The length of the first side is longer than the length of the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Kengo Onaka
  • Publication number: 20240313423
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a first substrate, a power supply circuit, and an external connection terminal. Transmission lines that transmit a control signal, an intermediate frequency signal, and a Local signal and filter circuits are provided between the power supply circuit and the external connection terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo ONAKA, Yoshiki YAMADA, Hirotsugu MORI
  • Publication number: 20240304994
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a first substrate, a first component and a second component, a first radiating element and a second radiating element, and a second substrate that is arranged between the first substrate and the first component. The first component is thinner than the second component. The second substrate is arranged to overlap the first radiating element. The second component is arranged to overlap the second radiating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo ONAKA, Ryo KOMURA, Hirotsugu MORI
  • Publication number: 20240275034
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate and a radiating element disposed on the dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate includes first and second flat portions with different normal directions, and a bending portion that connects the first flat portion and the second flat portion. The bending portion has a bending region having a curvature. The first and second flat portions have a straight region having no curvature. The radiating element is disposed in the first flat portion. In a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman scattering spectroscopic analysis of a cross section of the dielectric substrate, a wave number difference indicating a difference between a wave number which is a mode value in the straight region and a wave number which is a mode value in the bending region is 0.1 cm?1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho SUZUKI, Kengo ONAKA, Hideyuki TAGUCHI, Shun SAKAIDA
  • Patent number: 12057633
    Abstract: The present disclosure reduces a loss of strength of a radio-frequency signal radiated from an antenna module covered with a housing. An antenna module (100) includes a dielectric substrate (130), a driven element (141), and a ground conductor (190). The dielectric substrate (130) has a multilayer structure. The driven element (141) is disposed in or on the dielectric substrate (130). The ground conductor (190) is disposed between the driven element (140) and a mounting surface (132) on which a power supply circuit is mountable. The power supply circuit supplies the driven element (140) with radio-frequency power. The dielectric substrate has at least one groove (150). The at least one groove (150) is separate from the driven element (140) when the antenna module (100) is viewed in plan. The at least one groove (150) extends toward the ground conductor (190) from a layer on which the driven element (140) is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Kengo Onaka, Hirotsugu Mori
  • Patent number: 12057617
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a connection member connected between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an FEM disposed on the connection member. A radiating element is disposed on the first substrate. An RFIC for supplying a radio frequency signal to the radiating element is disposed on the second substrate. The connection member transmits radio frequency signals between the RFIC and the radiating element. The FEM amplifies radio frequency signals transmitted between the RFIC and the radiating element. The FEM is disposed at a position between a connecting point with the first substrate and a connecting point with the second substrate on the connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Onaka, Hirotsugu Mori, Yoshiki Yamada, Kaoru Sudo, Hiroshi Izumitani
  • Publication number: 20240243488
    Abstract: An array accommodated in a housing includes multiple antenna elements. The antenna elements face an inside surface of the housing and are arrayed in a first direction at least one-dimensionally. A waveguide is coupled to the antenna elements of the array antenna and extends from the array antenna toward the inside surface of the housing. The waveguide has a housing-side end face facing the inside surface of the housing and an antenna-side end face facing the array antenna. A length from one end to an opposite end of the housing-side end face in the first direction is greater than a length from one end to an opposite end of the antenna-side end face in the first direction. An antenna device that can improve antenna gain without increasing the size of the antenna module is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki UEDA, Takaya NEMOTO, Kengo ONAKA
  • Patent number: 12027742
    Abstract: A distributed constant filter includes a resonator that is not grounded and a first ground electrode. The first ground electrode faces the resonator in a first direction (Z). The resonator is a distributed constant line resonator. The resonator includes a plurality of distributed constant lines and a via conductor. The plurality of distributed constant lines are arranged in layers in the first direction (Z). The via conductor extends in the first direction (Z). Each of the plurality of distributed constant lines is connected to the via conductor only at one end portion of both end portions of the distributed constant line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Taguchi, Kengo Onaka, Hitoshi Tada, Yasuo Yamada, Muneyoshi Yamamoto, Tomohiro Nagai, Keiichi Hirose
  • Patent number: 12027754
    Abstract: An antenna substrate includes a flat section where a radiating element is disposed, a flexible section disposed adjacent to the flat section, a first electrical conductor having one end portion connected to the radiating element inside the flat section, and a second electrical conductor having one end portion connected to the other end portion of the electrical conductor inside the flexible section. The average or median grain size in the extension direction of the first electrical conductor is larger than the average or median grain size in the extension direction of the second electrical conductor, and the average or median aspect ratio of the electrical conductor is larger than the average or median aspect ratio of the electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun Sakaida, Kengo Onaka
  • Publication number: 20240213680
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a casing including an inner surface including connected first and second regions with a corner therebetween. A first antenna opposes the first region with a gap therebetween, and a second antenna opposes the second region with a gap therebetween. A first waveguide extends from the first antenna toward the first region, and a second waveguide extends from the second antenna toward the second region. In a perpendicular projection of an end surface of the first waveguide closest to the first antenna on a plane including the first region, an end surface of the waveguide closest to the inner surface is adjacent to the first corner. In a perpendicular projection of an end surface of the second waveguide closest to the second antenna on a plane including the second region, an end surface of the second waveguide closest to the inner surface is adjacent to the corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaya NEMOTO, Hideki UEDA, Kengo ONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240204424
    Abstract: An antenna module including dielectric electrodes whose normal directions are different from each other, emitting elements and a ground electrode disposed on the dielectric substrate, and emitting elements disposed on the dielectric substrate. The emitting element is capable of emitting radio waves of a first frequency band. The emitting element is disposed adjacent to the emitting element and is capable of emitting radio waves of a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. On the dielectric substrate, the emitting element is disposed at a position that is closer to the dielectric substrate than the emitting element is. The distance from the center of the emitting element to an end surface of the ground electrode that is closer to the dielectric substrate is shorter than the distance from the center of the emitting element to an end surface of the ground electrode that is farther from the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Kengo ONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240186723
    Abstract: An antenna module includes dielectric substrates whose normal directions are different from each other, emitting elements disposed on the dielectric substrate, and emitting elements disposed on the dielectric substrate. The emitting element and the emitting element are capable of emitting radio waves of a first frequency band. The emitting element and the emitting element are capable of emitting radio waves of a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. The emitting element is disposed adjacent to the emitting element in a case where the dielectric substrate is viewed in a plan view from the normal direction. On the dielectric substrate, the emitting element is disposed at a position that is farther from the dielectric substrate than the emitting element is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki YAMADA, Kengo ONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240120663
    Abstract: An antenna module includes an antenna substrate and a feed circuit. The antenna substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface, and a radiating element having a flat plate shape is arranged in the antenna substrate. The feed circuit 105 is mounted on the lower surface of the antenna substrate and supplies a radio frequency signal to the radiating element. The antenna substrate includes a dielectric substrate on which the radiating element is arranged, a ground electrode, a feed wiring, and carbides. The ground electrode is arranged between the radiating element and the lower surface in the dielectric substrate. The feed wiring transmits the radio frequency signal supplied from the feed circuit to the radiating element. The carbides are disposed on at least a part of a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface in the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouta KINUGAWA, Atsushi KASUYA, Michiharu YOKOYAMA, Kengo ONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240113433
    Abstract: An antenna module including a dielectric substrate having a long side and a short side, a ground electrode, a radiating element, a peripheral electrode, and a parasitic element. The radiating element is disposed to face the ground electrode. The peripheral electrode is disposed along the long side of the dielectric substrate and is electrically connected to the ground electrode. The parasitic element is disposed along the short side of the dielectric substrate and is disposed away from the radiating element. The radiating element is configured to emit radio waves in two polarization directions along the long side and the short side of the dielectric substrate. The shortest distance between the radiating element and the parasitic element is greater than the shortest distance between the radiating element and the peripheral electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo ONAKA, Ryo KOMURA, Hirotsugu MORI
  • Patent number: 11929555
    Abstract: An antenna device is formed by arranging a plurality of radiation elements each radiating a circularly polarized wave in a matrix of three rows and ten columns. The plurality of radiation elements include radiation elements of four types having a positional relationship rotationally symmetric with each other. The plurality of radiation elements are included in a first element group in which radiation elements are arranged in a matrix of three rows and three columns in one end portion side and a second element group in which radiation elements are arranged in a matrix of three rows and three columns in the other end portion side. A first center element disposed at a center of the first element group is an element of a type obtained by rotating a second center element disposed at a center of the second element group by 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
  • Patent number: 11909119
    Abstract: An antenna device is formed by arranging radiation elements each radiating a circularly polarized wave in a matrix of three rows and four columns. The radiation elements include three sets of radiation elements of four types having a positional relationship rotationally symmetric with each other. The radiation elements are arranged such that adjacent elements are of different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
  • Publication number: 20240039143
    Abstract: A coupling structure for coupling an antenna substrate and a rigid substrate to each other is provided. The coupling structure includes an antenna substrate and a rigid substrate. The antenna substrate includes a dielectric and an antenna electrode, and the rigid substrate includes a dielectric and a wiring electrode, the dielectric including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers. The antenna electrode is electrically coupled to the wiring electrode. The dielectric includes an upper surface and a bottom surface that are perpendicular to the lamination direction and holds the dielectric, part of the dielectric being located between the upper surface and the bottom surface. The antenna electrode has a first recess the area of which overlaps the wiring electrode in plan view in the lamination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Natsumi MINAMITANI, Kengo ONAKA