Patents by Inventor Koichi Hatano

Koichi Hatano 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).

  • Publication number: 20230308080
    Abstract: A radio frequency ladder filter comprises a plurality of series bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators electrically connected in series between an input and an output, a plurality of shunt BAW resonators electrically connected between nodes between adjacent ones of the plurality of series BAW resonators and ground, and at least one parallel BAW resonator electrically connected in parallel with one of the plurality of series BAW resonators to increase attenuation in a lower side of a stop band of the radio frequency ladder filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Koichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20230188115
    Abstract: A ladder type acoustic wave filter is disclosed. The acoustic wave filter can include a plurality of parallel arm resonators and a plurality of series arm resonators, in which an electromechanical coupling coefficient of a parallel arm resonator closest to an input node of the acoustic wave filter among the plurality of parallel arm resonators can be smaller than an electromechanical coupling coefficient of a series arm resonator closest to the input node among the plurality of series arm resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Koichi Hatano
  • Patent number: 11239817
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave resonator comprises at least one set of interdigital transducer (IDT) electrodes disposed on an upper surface of a piezoelectric substrate between first and second reflector gratings, a layer of silicon nitride disposed over the at least one set of IDT electrodes and the first and second reflector gratings, and a continuous trench formed in the layer of silicon nitride over portions of bus bar electrodes and tips of electrode fingers of the at least one set of IDT electrodes and over portions of bus bar electrodes and electrode fingers of the first and second reflector gratings to reduce acoustic leakage at electrode fingers of the first and second reflector gratings proximate the at least one set of IDT electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Koichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20210006225
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave resonator comprises at least one set of interdigital transducer (IDT) electrodes disposed on an upper surface of a piezoelectric substrate between first and second reflector gratings, a layer of silicon nitride disposed over the at least one set of IDT electrodes and the first and second reflector gratings, and a continuous trench formed in the layer of silicon nitride over portions of bus bar electrodes and tips of electrode fingers of the at least one set of IDT electrodes and over portions of bus bar electrodes and electrode fingers of the first and second reflector gratings to reduce acoustic leakage at electrode fingers of the first and second reflector gratings proximate the at least one set of IDT electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Koichi Hatano
  • Patent number: 10153747
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave element includes: a first input wire; a first IDT connected to the first input wire; a second input wire; a second IDT connected to the second input wire; an output wire; and a third IDT connected to the output wire and installed between the first IDT and the second IDT, wherein the first input wire, the second input wire and the output wire are adjacent to each other and withdrawn in a same direction, and a capacitance pattern for applying capacitance is connected at least either between the first IDT and the third IDT or between the second IDT and the third IDT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: WISOL JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20170040970
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave element includes: a first input wire; a first IDT connected to the first input wire; a second input wire; a second IDT connected to the second input wire; an output wire; and a third IDT connected to the output wire and installed between the first IDT and the second IDT, wherein the first input wire, the second input wire and the output wire are adjacent to each other and withdrawn in a same direction, and a capacitance pattern for applying capacitance is connected at least either between the first IDT and the third IDT or between the second IDT and the third IDT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Koichi HATANO
  • Patent number: 8040205
    Abstract: A duplexer includes a substrate including an insulation layer, an upper interconnection layer provided on an upper surface of the insulation layer, a lower interconnection layer provided on a lower surface of the insulation layer, and an inner interconnection layer provided in the insulation layer, the inner interconnection layer including an inner ground pad, at least one acoustic wave filter chip mounted on an upper surface of the substrate, signal pads provided on the upper interconnection layer and connected to signal electrodes of the at least one acoustic wave filter chip, and an upper ground pad that is provided in the upper interconnection layer so as to be located between the signal pads and is connected to a ground electrode of the at least one acoustic wave filter, wherein D1>D2 and D1>T1 where D1 is a minimum distance between the signal pads and the upper ground pad, D2 is a minimum distance between the signal pads and the inner ground pad, and T1 is a thickness of the insulation layer betwe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Hatano, Jun Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 7872548
    Abstract: An antenna duplexer is provided, which can be built with a smaller size and lower height than ever without compromising out-of-band attenuation characteristic and isolation characteristic between a transmit terminal and a receive terminal. The antenna duplexer includes a transmit filter provided between an antenna terminal and the transmit terminal, and a receive filter provided between the antenna terminal and the receive terminal. The filters are enclosed by a package, in which a ground pattern for the receive filter is separated from other ground patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tokihiro Nishihara, Masafumi Iwaki, Shinji Taniguchi, Masanori Ueda, Go Endo, Koichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20090302970
    Abstract: A duplexer includes a substrate including an insulation layer, an upper interconnection layer provided on an upper surface of the insulation layer, a lower interconnection layer provided on a lower surface of the insulation layer, and an inner interconnection layer provided in the insulation layer, the inner interconnection layer including an inner ground pad, at least one acoustic wave filter chip mounted on an upper surface of the substrate, signal pads provided on the upper interconnection layer and connected to signal electrodes of the at least one acoustic wave filter chip, and an upper ground pad that is provided in the upper interconnection layer so as to be located between the signal pads and is connected to a ground electrode of the at least one acoustic wave filter, wherein D1>D2 and D1>T1 where D1 is a minimum distance between the signal pads and the upper ground pad, D2 is a minimum distance between the signal pads and the inner ground pad, and T1 is a thickness of the insulation layer betwe
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicants: FUJITSU MEDIA DEVICES LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichi HATANO, Jun TSUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 7515017
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device having a surface acoustic wave filter having a comb-shaped electrode pattern formed on a piezoelectric element, electrode terminals for inputting and outputting of the surface acoustic wave filter are connected with corresponding electrode patterns of a package through bumps, wherein the comb-shaped electrode pattern has a pair of reflective electrodes, and an input comb-shaped electrode and an output comb-shaped electrode disposed between the pair of reflective electrodes; and an electrode terminal of either the input comb-shaped electrode or an output comb-shaped electrode is disposed such that the electrode terminal is positioned on the side opposite to the side of the other electrode terminal sandwiching a grounded electrode using a routing pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Media Devices Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Nishizawa, Koichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20080284540
    Abstract: An antenna duplexer is provided, which can be built with a smaller size and lower height than ever without compromising out-of-band attenuation characteristic and isolation characteristic between a transmit terminal and a receive terminal. The antenna duplexer includes a transmit filter provided between an antenna terminal and the transmit terminal, and a receive filter provided between the antenna terminal and the receive terminal. The filters are enclosed by a package, in which a ground pattern for the receive filter is separated from other ground patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU MEDIA DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Tokihiro NISHIHARA, Masafumi Iwaki, Shinji Taniguchi, Masanori Ueda, Go Endo, Koichi Hatano
  • Patent number: 7449138
    Abstract: In a method of producing aerated soap (5) comprising solidifying molten soap (4) having a large number of bubbles dispersed therein in a cavity (11) of a mold (1), the cavity (11) having a prescribed shape, 1.05 or more time as much molten soap (4) as the volume of the aerated soap (5) is fed to the cavity (11) and solidified in a compressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naritoshi Shimada, Mitsuru Kunii, Koichi Hatano, Yasunori Miyamoto, Manabu Shibata, Takeshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7326379
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a soap cake comprising a mold which has a cavity of prescribed shape, a feed passage for feeding molten soap to the cavity, and means for pushing molten soap remaining in the feed passage at the time of feeding molten soap to the cavity to remove molten soap remaining in the feed passage. One end of the feed passage is a gate, in which a gate pin for shutting the connection between a feed port and the cavity is slidably provided. As the gate pin advances, molten soap remaining in the feed passage is removed in the step of feeding molten soap to the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Hasegawa, Koichi Hatano, Yasunori Miyamoto, Tadao Abe, Manabu Shibata
  • Publication number: 20070090895
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device having a surface acoustic wave filter having a comb-shaped electrode pattern formed on a piezoelectric element, electrode terminals for inputting and outputting of the surface acoustic wave filter are connected with corresponding electrode patterns of a package through bumps, wherein the comb-shaped electrode pattern has a pair of reflective electrodes, and an input comb-shaped electrode and an output comb-shaped electrode disposed between the pair of reflective electrodes; and an electrode terminal of either the input comb-shaped electrode or an output comb-shaped electrode is disposed such that the electrode terminal is positioned on the side opposite to the side of the other electrode terminal sandwiching a grounded electrode using a routing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Toshio Nishizawa, Koichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20060094611
    Abstract: In a method of producing aerated soap (5) comprising solidifying molten soap (4) having a large number of bubbles dispersed therein in a cavity (11) of a mold (1), the cavity (11) having a prescribed shape, 1.05 or more time as much molten soap (4) as the volume of the aerated soap (5) is fed to the cavity (11) and solidified in a compressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naritoshi Shimada, Mitsuru Kunii, Koichi Hatano, Yasunori Miyamoto, Manabu Shibata, Takeshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7037885
    Abstract: In a method of producing aerated soap (5) comprising solidifying molten soap (4) having a large number of bubbles dispersed therein in a cavity (11) of a mold (1), the cavity (11) having a prescribed shape, 1.05 or more time as much molten soap (4) as the volume of the aerated soap (5) is fed to the cavity (11) and solidified in a compressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Naritoshi Shimada, Mitsuru Kunii, Koichi Hatano, Yasunori Miyamoto, Manabu Shibata, Takeshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6809071
    Abstract: A method of producing aerated soap 5 comprising solidifying molten soap 4 having bubbles dispersed therein in a molding unit, wherein a storage tank 61 of the molten soap 4 has a circulating duct 62 forming a loop passing through the storage tank 62, and the circulating duct 62 or the storage tank 61 has connected thereto a feed nozzle 31 for feeding the molten soap 4, whereby the molten soap 4 is fed to the molding unit through the feed nozzle 31 while being circulated in the circulating duct 62.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Hasegawa, Yasunori Miyamoto, Tadao Abe, Koichi Hatano
  • Publication number: 20040162225
    Abstract: In a method of producing aerated soap (5) comprising solidifying molten soap (4) having a large number of bubbles dispersed therein in a cavity (11) of a mold (1), the cavity (11) having a prescribed shape, 1.05 or more time as much molten soap (4) as the volume of the aerated soap (5) is fed to the cavity (11) and solidified in a compressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Naritoshi Shimada, Mitsuru Kunii, Koichi Hatano, Yasunori Miyamoto, Manabu Shibata, Takeshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20030180411
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a soap cake comprising a mold which has a cavity of prescribed shape, a feed passage for feeding molten soap to the cavity, and means for pushing molten soap remaining in the feed passage at the time of feeding molten soap to the cavity to remove molten soap remaining in the feed passage. One end of the feed passage is a gate, in which a gate pin for shutting the connection between a feed port and the cavity is slidably provided. As the gate pin advances, molten soap remaining in the feed passage is removed in the step of feeding molten soap to the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Hasegawa, Koichi Hatano, Yasunori Miyamoto, Tadao Abe, Manabu Shibata
  • Publication number: 20030096719
    Abstract: A method of producing aerated soap 5 comprising solidifying molten soap 4 having bubbles dispersed therein in a molding unit, wherein a storage tank 61 of the molten soap 4 has a circulating duct 62 forming a loop passing through the storage tank 62, and the circulating duct 62 or the storage tank 61 has connected thereto a feed nozzle 31 for feeding the molten soap 4, whereby the molten soap 4 is fed to the molding unit through the feed nozzle 31 while being circulated in the circulating duct 62.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Takeshi Hasegawa, Yasunori Miyamoto, Tadao Abe, Koichi Hatano