Patents by Inventor Kentarou MIYAJIMA

Kentarou MIYAJIMA 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: 10732062
    Abstract: To provide a high-performance semiconductor sensor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor sensor device. This semiconductor sensor device has a sensor chip, and a first thin film formed on the sensor chip, said sensor chip being mechanically connected, via the first thin film, to a second thin film formed on a base formed of a polycrystalline material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Konno, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Kentarou Miyajima, Munenori Degawa
  • Patent number: 10536141
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device that is small and has diagnosability, and that can quickly recover from power source malfunctions. Provided is a semiconductor device that includes: a control signal generation circuit that generates control signals which differ according to the fluctuation time of power-source voltage; and a control circuit that changes an operation sequence according to the differences in the control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Komatsu, Kentarou Miyajima, Hiroshi Onuki, Junji Onozuka
  • Patent number: 10481023
    Abstract: A mechanical quantity measuring device includes: a sensor chip having a strain detector formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of electrodes connected to the strain detector; a stem having ascot that protrudes from an adjacent peripheral portion and has an upper surface that is attached to a lower surface of the sensor chip by a bonding material formed from a metallic material or a glass material; a lead-out wiring part including a plurality of wires that are electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes; and a fixing part for fixing the stem, wherein: the stem and the fixing part are integrally molded or fixed through metallic bonding or mechanical bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hanae Shimokawa, Hiroyuki Oota, Atsushi Kazama, Shohei Hata, Takuto Yamaguchi, Atsuo Soma, Kisho Ashida, Junji Onozuka, Kentarou Miyajima, Masayuki Hio
  • Patent number: 10408692
    Abstract: Provided are a mechanical quantity measurement device having a higher signal-to-noise ratio and resolution than the prior art and a pressure sensor using the same. A mechanical quantity measurement device that is provided with a plurality of Wheatstone bridges on the main surface of a single semiconductor substrate that are composed from impurity-diffused resistors and detect the difference between the strain amount occurring in the x-axis direction and the strain amount occurring in the y-axis direction, which intersect at right angles on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, said mechanical quantity measurement device being characterized in that the impurity-diffused resistors composing the plurality of Wheatstone bridges are disposed evenly in an area to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentarou Miyajima
  • Patent number: 10197463
    Abstract: Provided are a dynamic quantity measuring device having higher accuracy and longer-term reliability than in the prior art, and a pressure sensor using the same. A dynamic quantity measuring device is provided with a first Wheatstone bridge configured by an impurity diffused resistor on a principal surface of one semiconductor substrate, and detects a difference between strain quantities respectively generated in an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction that are orthogonal to each other on the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate by the first Wheatstone bridge, the dynamic quantity measuring device being provided with, on the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second Wheatstone bridge for detecting the strain quantity in the x-axis direction, and a third Wheatstone bridge for detecting the strain quantity in the y-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentarou Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20180274999
    Abstract: To provide a high-performance semiconductor sensor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor sensor device. This semiconductor sensor device has a sensor chip, and a first thin film formed on the sensor chip, said sensor chip being mechanically connected, via the first thin film, to a second thin film formed on a base formed of a polycrystalline material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi KONNO, Hiroshi KIKUCHI, Kentarou MIYAJIMA, Munenori DEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180241388
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device that is small and has diagnosability, and that can quickly recover from power source malfunctions. Provided is a semiconductor device that includes: a control signal generation circuit that generates control signals which differ according to the fluctuation time of power-source voltage; and a control circuit that changes an operation sequence according to the differences in the control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Shigenobu KOMATSU, Kentarou MIYAJIMA, Hiroshi ONUKI, Junji ONOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20180164168
    Abstract: Provided are a mechanical quantity measurement device having a higher signal-to-noise ratio and resolution than the prior art and a pressure sensor using the same. A mechanical quantity measurement device that is provided with a plurality of Wheatstone bridges on the main surface of a single semiconductor substrate that are composed from impurity-diffused resistors and detect the difference between the strain amount occurring in the x-axis direction and the strain amount occurring in the y-axis direction, which intersect at right angles on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, said mechanical quantity measurement device being characterized in that the impurity-diffused resistors composing the plurality of Wheatstone bridges are disposed evenly in an area to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Kentarou MIYAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9960641
    Abstract: A non-contact power-feeding device comprises: a power transmitting unit that includes a first antenna coil, an oscillator and a driver that enables generation of an AC magnetic field via the first antenna coil based upon a signal provided by the oscillator; and a power receiving unit that includes a second antenna coil that is magnetically coupled with the first antenna coil, wherein the first antenna coil comprises: a flat-plane spiral resonance coil wound with a plurality of turns; and a flat-plane spiral power-feeding coil that is wound with a plurality of turns outward relative to the resonance coil so as to surround the resonance coil, and is magnetically coupled with the resonance coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuei Ichikawa, Atsuo Soma, Kentarou Miyajima, Kisho Ashida, Makoto Ishii, Motohiro Sasaki, Keisuke Iwaishi, Yuuya Urushihata
  • Patent number: 9958345
    Abstract: A rotating body non-contact power-feeding device comprises: a power receiving-side substrate with a power receiving-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a rotating shaft supported via a bearing and rotates as one with the rotating shaft; and a power transmitting-side substrate with a power transmitting-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a holding unit holding the bearing so that a substrate surface thereof faces opposite a substrate surface of the power receiving-side substrate and is connected with a power source, wherein: a power transmitting-side coil is formed with a conductive pattern so as to achieve a flat-plane spiral pattern with a plurality of turns at a substrate surface facing opposite the power receiving-side substrate and the power transmitting-side circuit component is mounted at another substrate surface, at the power transmitting-side substrate that includes a substrate front surface and a substrate back surface, a power receiving-side coil is forme
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuei Ichikawa, Atsuo Soma, Kentarou Miyajima, Kisho Ashida, Makoto Ishii, Motohiro Sasaki, Keisuke Iwaishi, Yuuya Urushihata
  • Publication number: 20170199096
    Abstract: Provided are a dynamic quantity measuring device having higher accuracy and longer-term reliability than in the prior art, and a pressure sensor using the same. A dynamic quantity measuring device is provided with a first Wheatstone bridge configured by an impurity diffused resistor on a principal surface of one semiconductor substrate, and detects a difference between strain quantities respectively generated in an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction that are orthogonal to each other on the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate by the first Wheatstone bridge, the dynamic quantity measuring device being provided with, on the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second Wheatstone bridge for detecting the strain quantity in the x-axis direction, and a third Wheatstone bridge for detecting the strain quantity in the y-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kentarou MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170108390
    Abstract: A mechanical quantity measuring device includes: a sensor chip having a strain detector formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of electrodes connected to the strain detector; a stem having ascot that protrudes from an adjacent peripheral portion and has an upper surface that is attached to a lower surface of the sensor chip by a bonding material formed from a metallic material or a glass material; a lead-out wiring part including a plurality of wires that are electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes; and a fixing part for fixing the stem, wherein: the stem and the fixing part are integrally molded or fixed through metallic bonding or mechanical bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Hanae SHIMOKAWA, Hiroyuki OOTA, Atsushi KAZAMA, Shohei HATA, Takuto YAMAGUCHI, Atsuo SOMA, Kisho ASHIDA, Junji ONOZUKA, Kentarou MIYAJIMA, Masayuki HIO
  • Publication number: 20160352148
    Abstract: A non-contact power-feeding device comprises: a power transmitting unit that includes a first antenna coil, an oscillator and a driver that enables generation of an AC magnetic field via the first antenna coil based upon a signal provided by the oscillator; and a power receiving unit that includes a second antenna coil that is magnetically coupled with the first antenna coil, wherein the first antenna coil comprises: a flat-plane spiral resonance coil wound with a plurality of turns; and a flat-plane spiral power-feeding coil that is wound with a plurality of turns outward relative to the resonance coil so as to surround the resonance coil, and is magnetically coupled with the resonance coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuei ICHIKAWA, Atsuo SOMA, Kentarou MIYAJIMA, Kisho ASHIDA, Makoto ISHll, Motohiro SASAKI, Keisuke IWAISHI, Yuuya URUSHIHATA
  • Publication number: 20160327444
    Abstract: A rotating body non-contact power-feeding device comprises: a power receiving-side substrate with a power receiving-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a rotating shaft supported via a bearing and rotates as one with the rotating shaft; and a power transmitting-side substrate with a power transmitting-side circuit component mounted thereat, which is fixed to a holding unit holding the bearing so that a substrate surface thereof faces opposite a substrate surface of the power receiving-side substrate and is connected with a power source, wherein: a power transmitting-side coil is formed with a conductive pattern so as to achieve a flat-plane spiral pattern with a plurality of turns at a substrate surface facing opposite the power receiving-side substrate and the power transmitting-side circuit component is mounted at another substrate surface, at the power transmitting-side substrate that includes a substrate front surface and a substrate hack surface, a power receiving-side coil is forme
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuei ICHIKAWA, Atsuo SOMA, Kentarou MIYAJIMA, Kisho ASHIDA, Makoto ISHll, Motohiro SASAKI, Keisuke IWAISHI, Yuuya URUSHIHATA