Patents by Inventor Kentaro Setsune

Kentaro Setsune 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: 6984540
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first interdigital transducer and a second interdigital transducer formed on the substrate so that the first and second interdigital transducers are opposed to each other. The substrate includes a doping region that is doped with a substance in at least one form selected from the group consisting of atoms, molecules and clusters in a surface between the first and second interdigital transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitihiko Takase, Michio Okajima, Akihisa Yoshida, Kentaro Setsune, Kouzou Murakami, Kunihiro Fujii
  • Patent number: 6741142
    Abstract: A high-frequency circuit element including a substrate, a high-frequency circuit formed on the substrate, a metal box electromagnetically shielding the high-frequency circuit by enclosing the substrate and an input/output terminal placed on the metal box and inputting/outputting a high-frequency signal to/from the high-frequency circuit. Adding at least one plate for interrupting unwanted higher-order mode cutting off the propagation path of the high frequency waves in the space inside the metal box by substantially dividing the space inside the metal box makes it possible to cut off the propagation path where the high frequency waves propagates in the space inside the box and to suppress excitation and propagation of the unwanted higher-order mode that adversely affects the frequency characteristic of the high frequency circuit element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunao Okazaki, Akira Enokihara, Kentaro Setsune
  • Publication number: 20040095038
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first interdigital transducer and a second interdigital transducer formed on the substrate so that the first and second interdigital transducers are opposed to each other. The substrate includes a doping region that is doped with a substance in at least one form selected from the group consisting of atoms, molecules and clusters in a surface between the first and second interdigital transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitihiko Takase, Michio Okajima, Akihisa Yoshida, Kentaro Setsune, Kouzou Murakami, Kunihiro Fujii
  • Patent number: 6381478
    Abstract: A high-frequency circuit element that realizes a high degree of input-output coupling without causing an increase in loss and irregularity in impedance. A resonator made of a conductor film is formed on a substrate made of a dielectric monocrystal or the like. An input-output line made of a conductor film having a uniform line width is formed on the same surface of the substrate as the surface on which the resonator is formed. A part of the side edge of the input-output line is located along a coupling part on the peripheral part of the resonator and spaced from the resonator by a gap part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Enokihara, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 6360112
    Abstract: In a small transmission line type high-frequency circuit element that has small loss due to conductor resistance and has a high Q value, an error in the dimension of a pattern, etc. can be corrected to adjust element characteristics. An elliptical shape resonator (12) that is formed of an electric conductor is formed on a substrate (11a), while a pair of input-output terminals (13) are formed on a substrate (11b). Substrate (11a) on which resonator (12) is formed and substrate (11b) on which input-output terminal (13) is formed are located parallel to each other, with a surface on which resonator (12) is formed and a surface on which input-output terminal (13) is formed being opposed. Substrates (11a) and (11b) that are located parallel to each other are relatively moved by a mechanical mechanism that uses a screw and moves slightly. Also, substrate (11a) is rotated by the mechanical mechanism that uses a screw and moves slightly around the center axis of resonator (12) as a rotation axis (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Mizuno, Akira Enokihara, Hidetaka Higashino, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 6360111
    Abstract: In a small transmission line type high-frequency circuit element that has small loss due to conductor resistance and has a high Q value, an error in the dimension of a pattern, etc. can be corrected to adjust element characteristics. An elliptical shape resonator (12) that is formed of an electric conductor is formed on a substrate (11a), while a pair of input-output terminals (13) are formed on a substrate (11b). Substrate (11a) on which resonator (12) is formed and substrate (11b) on which input-output terminal (13) is formed are located parallel to each other, with a surface on which resonator (12) is formed and a surface on which input-output terminal (13) is formed being opposed. Substrates (11a) and (11b) that are located parallel to each other are relatively moved by a mechanical mechanism that uses a screw and moves slightly. Also, substrate (11a) is rotated by the mechanical mechanism that uses a screw and moves slightly around the center axis of resonator (12) as a rotation axis (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Mizuno, Akira Enokihara, Hidetaka Higashino, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 6350999
    Abstract: In an electron-emitting device, an electron supplying layer for supplying electrons is composed of an n-GaN layer. An electron transferring layer for moving electrons toward the surface is composed of non-doped (intrinsic) AlxGa1−xN (0≦x≦1) having a graded composition for the Al concentration x. A surface layer is composed of non-doped AlN having a negative electron affinity (NEA). The electron transferring layer composed of AlxGa1−xN has a band gap which is enlarged nearly continuously from the electron supplying layer to the surface layer and a negative electron affinity or a positive electron affinity close to zero. If such a voltage V as to render the surface electrode side positive is applied, the band of AlxGa1−xN is bent, whereby a current derived mainly from a diffused current flows from the electron supplying layer to the surface layer through the electron transferring layer. Thereby excellent electron emitting characteristic is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Uenoyama, Takao Tohda, Masahiro Deguchi, Makoto Kitabatake, Kentaro Setsune
  • Publication number: 20020004462
    Abstract: A high-frequency circuit element that realizes a high degree of input-output coupling without causing an increase in loss and irregularity in impedance. A resonator made of a conductor film is formed on a substrate made of a dielectric monocrystal or the like. An input-output line made of a conductor film having a uniform line width is formed on the same surface of the substrate as the surface on which the resonator is formed. A part of the side edge of the input-output line is located along a coupling part on the peripheral part of the resonator and spaced from the resonator by a gap part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: AKIRA ENOKIHARA, KENTARO SETSUNE
  • Patent number: 6252475
    Abstract: A plurality of circular or elliptical first, second, and third strip conductors are formed on the surface of a substrate made of a dielectric single crystal. The first, second, and third strip conductors are coupled to one another via gap portions. A ground plane is formed on the entire rear surface of the substrate. A first coupling terminal and a second coupling terminal are inductively coupled to the first planar circuit resonator in directions where first and second coupling terminal excite the two resonant modes of the first planar circuit resonator, which are orthogonally polarized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Enokihara, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 6239674
    Abstract: A resonator having high Q-value has a compact structure with little loss caused by the conductor's resistance. The resonator includes a high-frequency circuit element. Two points on the circumference of the conductor of elliptical shape which forms the resonator at which both of the two dipole modes of the resonant modes of the resonator polarizing orthogonally are excited equally and are located at neighboring positions input/output bonding points. The input/output terminals are bonded to the resonator at the input/output bonding points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Akira Enokihara, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 6178339
    Abstract: A high power filter apparatus which is used in a mobile communication base station or the like is provided wherein the temperature stability and frequency selection are excellent, an insertion loss is small, the size is small, power consumption is low and costs are low. A shield case block comprises signal input and output portions, and a plurality of closed spaces which house a filter element connected between the signal input and output portions. A cooling plate is provide in a heat insulating container which houses the shield case block. The shield case block is fixed to the cooling plate in the thermal contact state. Each filter element is place almost in parallel. A cylindrical hole having an axis which is almost parallel with the face of the filter element penetrates the shield case block. A ground rod made of a conductor which changes the volume of the closed space is provided on the inner end portion of a movable member which moves in the axial direction of the cylindrical hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakai, Hidetaka Higashino, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 6160266
    Abstract: This invention provides a superconducting device with good characteristics that can be reproduced at an arbitrary place on a substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. A convex region (a processed, linearly shaped platinum thin film) of oriented metal is provided on a substrate as a gate electrode. Then, an oxide insulating film (SrTiO.sub.3 thin film) is deposited on the convex region, and further a YBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7 oxide superconducting thin film is deposited on the oxide insulating film. Accordingly, a grain boundary part is formed on the convex region. A drain electrode and a source electrode are formed facing each other with the grain boundary part between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Odagawa, Hideaki Adachi, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 6147360
    Abstract: This invention provides a superconducting device with good characteristics that can be reproduced at an arbitrary place on a substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. A convex region (a processed, linearly-shaped platinum thin film) of oriented metal is provided on a substrate as a gate electrode. Then, an oxide insulating film (SrTiO.sub.3 thin film) is deposited on the convex region, and further a YBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7 oxide superconducting thin film is deposited on the oxide insulating film. Accordingly, a grain boundary part is formed on the convex region. A drain electrode and a source electrode are formed facing each other with the grain boundary part in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Odagawa, Hideaki Adachi, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 6016434
    Abstract: In a small transmission line type high-frequency circuit element that has small loss due to conductor resistance and has a high Q value, an error in the dimension of a pattern, etc. can be corrected to adjust element characteristics. An elliptical shape resonator (12) that is formed of an electric conductor is formed on a substrate (11a), while a pair of input-output terminals (13) are formed on a substrate (11b). Substrate (11a) on which resonator (12) is formed and substrate (11b) on which input-output terminal (13) is formed are located parallel to each other, with a surface on which resonator (12) is formed and a surface on which input-output terminal (13) is formed being opposed. Substrates (11a) and (11b) that are located parallel to each other are relatively moved by a mechanical mechanism that uses a screw and moves slightly. Also, substrate (11a) is rotated by the mechanical mechanism that uses a screw and moves slightly around the center axis of resonator (12) as a rotation axis (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Mizuno, Akira Enokihara, Hidetaka Higashino, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 5996199
    Abstract: A surface acoustic module is stable, and its operation frequencies can be varied with high precision. A method of manufacturing the surface acoustic module prevents the module's electrodes from being broken during separation of a sheet of modules into individual components. The surface acoustic module includes electrodes for transmitting and receiving a surface acoustic wave, a surface acoustic wave transmitting substrate, a high resistance thin film, and a thin film for differentiating the transmission velocity of a surface acoustic wave at the high resistance thin film from that at the substrate. The method includes the steps of forming a metallic film on a sheet of the surface acoustic wave transmitting substrate, of forming the electrodes on the metallic film, and of irradiating light or the like to the metallic film so as to increase the film's resistivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Ichikawa, Hideaki Adachi, Kentaro Setsune, Syunichiro Kawashima
  • Patent number: 5885937
    Abstract: This invention provides a superconducting tunnel junction element showing satisfactory Josephson effect. The element includes a Bi-based layered compound such as Bi.sub.2 Sr.sub.2 (Ca.sub.0.6 Y.sub.0.4)Cu.sub.2 O.sub.8, Bi.sub.2 Sr.sub.2 Cu.sub.2 O.sub.6 and Bi.sub.2 Sr.sub.2 CaCu.sub.2 O.sub.8 as the barrier layer between the superconducting oxide electrodes. The structural matching of the superconducting oxide with the Bi-based compound is supposed to be good. Some kinds of Cu-based superconducting oxides such as YSr.sub.2 Cu.sub.2.7 Re.sub.0.3 O.sub.7, Sr.sub.2 CaCu.sub.2 O.sub.6 and (La.sub.0.9 Sr.sub.0.1).sub.2 CuO.sub.4 are used for the electrodes to obtain a Josephson element which can work at a high temperature. When using the superconducting oxides including Ba such as YBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7 for the electrode, forming a thin film between the electrode and the barrier is better to prevent Ba from reacting with Bi in the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Adachi, Masahiro Sakai, Akihiro Odagawa, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 5869846
    Abstract: A superconducting junction device which is easily manufactured, multifunctional, and utilizes the superconducting Josephson effects is described. A first junction (Josephson junction) and a second junction (Josephson junction) are disposed o a substrate across a coupling portion of a dielectric. The first junction comprises a first upper electrode, a first barrier layer and a first lower electrode. The second junction comprises a second upper electrode, a second barrier layer and a second lower electrode. The first lower electrode and the second lower electrode are connected in series via a connecting electrode. A superconducting reflecting wall which is connected via the connecting electrode is provided around the two Josephson junctions including the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Higashino, Masahiro Sakai, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 5856204
    Abstract: A plurality of single crystal grains made of Bi.sub.2 Sr.sub.2 Ca.sub.1 Cu.sub.2 O.sub.8 which are heat treated at a temperature that is equal to or higher than the crystallization temperature of an oxide high-temperature superconductor made of Bi.sub.2 Sr.sub.2 Ca.sub.1 Cu.sub.2 O.sub.8 and are surrounded by a grain boundary are formed on a substrate made of a MgO single crystal. A convex portion having a sectional area of 400 .mu.m.sup.2 or less and a height which is equal to or less than ten times as much as a space between block layers of Bi.sub.2 Sr.sub.2 Ca.sub.1 Cu.sub.2 O.sub.8 is formed on the upper face portion of the single crystal grain. A first electrode made of Au is formed on the upper face of the convex portion of the single crystal grain, and a second electrode is formed in a region other than the convex portion in the single crystal grain. The first electrode is insulated from the second electrode by an insulating film made of CaF.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakai, Hidetaka Higashino, Hideaki Adachi, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 5828079
    Abstract: A field-effect type superconducting device includes a channel layer. The channel layer includes Bi-based oxide compound containing Cu. A source electrode contacts the channel layer. A drain electrode contacts the channel layer. A gate insulating film made of insulating material extends on on the channel layer. A gate electrode extends on the gate insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Mizuno, Hideaki Adachi, Yo Ichikawa, Kentaro Setsune
  • Patent number: 5815900
    Abstract: A surface acoustic module is stable, and its operation frequencies can be varied with high precision. A method of manufacturing the surface acoustic module prevents the module's electrodes from being broken during separation of a sheet of modules into individual components. The surface acoustic module includes electrodes for transmitting and receiving a surface acoustic wave, a surface acoustic wave transmitting substrate, a high resistance thin film, and a thin film for differentiating the transmission velocity of a surface acoustic wave at the high resistance thin film from that at the substrate. The method includes the steps of forming a metallic film on a sheet of the surface acoustic wave transmitting substrate, of forming the electrodes on the metallic film, and of irradiating light or the like to the metallic film so as to increase the film's resistivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Ichikawa, Hideaki Adachi, Kentaro Setsune, Syunichiro Kawashima