Patents by Inventor Makoto Kitano

Makoto Kitano 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: 6697253
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system for a personal computer is suitable for cooling a semiconductor device, etc, generating high heat and is designed to suppress undesirable influence on the personal computer following corrosion in the liquid cooling system, thereby ensuring the dependability of the system as a whole. The liquid cooling system has a pump for supplying cooling liquid; a heat receiving jacket supplied with the cooling liquid and positioned to receive heat generated from a heat generation body; a heat radiation pipe for radiating heat which is supplied by the cooling liquid passing through the heat receiving jacket; and a passage for circulating the cooling liquid passing through the heat radiation pipe into said pump. The heat radiation pipe is made of a material having a corrosion resistance that is higher than that of the heat receiving jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Makoto Kitano, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Shigeo Ohashi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Takashi Naganawa, Yuji Yoshitomi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6696588
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel silicon-containing compound having an oxidation potential of 0.3 to 1.5 V on the basis of a standard hydrogen electrode, wherein at least one alkoxy group is bonded to a silicon atom and at least one aromatic amine group is also bonded to the silicon atom. An organic electroluminescence device having excellent mechanical and electric contact between an electrode and an organic layer is also provided by treating the surface of an anode with using a surface-treating agent comprising the above silicon-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masato Ueda, Isao Yahagi, Makoto Kitano
  • Patent number: 6686226
    Abstract: A semiconductor plastic package, more particularly a preferred package structure and method for making a BGA package. A resin sealed BGA package where a supporting frame which fixedly supports semiconductor parts; i.e., an IC chip, a circuit board, or a circuit film, is sealed with resin, using a mold, which is composed of an upper mold half and a lower mold half with the lower mold half having a plurality of projections, one at a position corresponding to each of the external terminals. The mold has a divisional structure which has an air vent between the divisional elements thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Tsunoda, Junichi Saeki, Isamu Yoshida, Kazuya Ooji, Michiharu Honda, Makoto Kitano, Nae Yoneda, Shuji Eguchi, Kunihiko Nishi, Ichiro Anjoh, Kenichi Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20040008489
    Abstract: An electronic equipment or apparatus, small-sized and thinned in the thickness thereof, having a system for cooling an semiconductor element generating high temperature, comprising: a case mounting the semiconductor element within an inside thereof; a heat-receiving member being thermally connected with the semiconductor element; a heat-radiation member being disposed on an interior surface side of the case; a liquid driving means for driving a liquid coolant between the heat-radiation member and the heat-receiving member; a tank for accumulating the liquid coolant therein; and tubes for connecting between the tank, the heat-radiation member, and the heat-receiving member, wherein the tube is made of either one of butyl rubber, nitrobutadien rubber, fluororubber, ethylene-propylene rubber, hydrinrubber, or polysulfide rubber, so that a permeation amount “q” of the coolant is determined to be equal to or less than a containing amount “Q” of the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Rintaro Minamitani, Takashi Naganawa, Makoto Kitano, Yuuji Yoshitomi, Yoshihiro Kondo, Shigeo Ohashi, Hajime Katou, Masato Nakanishi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20040002576
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer compound having a polystyrene reduced number average molecular weight of 103-108, and comprising a repeating unit represented by the below formula (1-1) or (1-2), 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Oguma, Takahiro Ueoka, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Makoto Kitano, Chizu Sekine
  • Publication number: 20030211358
    Abstract: A hole transporting polymer having a specific repeating unit and specific molecular weight, which has excellent hole transporting property, and is superior in durability and film-forming property, and the organic EL device using the hole transporting polymer has excellent light emitting characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Takanobu Noguchi, Toshihiro Ohnishi, Fumi Yamaguchi, Takenori Osada
  • Publication number: 20030203521
    Abstract: Dispersion of load may be kept within an allowance even when a plurality of probes in a large area are pressed in batch by pressing the probes provided in a membrane to a wafer by applying a pressure load to a plurality of places of a plane of pressure members on the side opposite from the wafer in a probe test step/burn-in test step which is one of semiconductor device manufacturing steps. It is then possible to provide semiconductor devices and a manufacturing method thereof which enhance the reliability and productivity of the semiconductor devices by probing a large number of integrated circuits or a large size integrated circuit in the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Ryuji Kohno, Tetsuo Kumazawa, Makoto Kitano, Akihiko Ariga, Yuji Wada, Naoto Ban, Shuji Shibuya, Yasuhiro Motoyama, Kunio Matsumoto, Susumu Kasukabe, Terutaka Mori, Hidetaka Shigi, Takayoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20030168656
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (1), 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Kobayashi, Takanobu Noguchi, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Makoto Kitano, Shuji Doi, Takahiro Ueoka, Akiko Nakazono
  • Patent number: 6612910
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device cutting method, and a liquid crystal display device cutting apparatus that prevents damaging attached flexible conductive lines by providing a rounded water jet cut edge of a glass liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal display device cutting apparatus includes a pump for increasing the pressure of a liquid, a nozzle with a throat that receives the pressurized liquid, a movable nozzle support that is movable at least in a plane parallel to the liquid crystal display, and a conveyor supporting the liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Hirano, Makoto Hayashi, Kunio Enomoto, Makoto Kitano, Satoshi Kanno
  • Patent number: 6611425
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a water-cooling system suited for a construction having compact, thin design. In the electronic apparatus, a water-cooling jacket is thermally connected to a heat-generating element, a heat-dissipating pipe is thermally connected to a heat-dissipating metal sheet provided at a rear panel of a display case, and a cooling medium liquid is circulated between the water-cooling jacket and the heat-dissipating pipe by a liquid-moving device. A necessary and sufficient circulating flow rate and a necessary discharge pressure are determined by the relation between the upper limit temperature of the heat-generating element and the limit amount of heat dissipation from the surface of the housing. With this structure, heat occurring in the heat-generating element can be dissipated from the rear surface of the display case due to the necessary and sufficient liquid-circulating flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Ohashi, Noriyuki Ashiwake, Takashi Naganawa, Makoto Kitano, Rintaro Minamitani, Yoshihiro Kondo, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20030127712
    Abstract: As the semiconductor chip is large-sized, highly integrated and speeded up, it becomes difficult to pack the semiconductor chip together with leads in a package. In view of this difficulty, there has been adopted the package structure called the “Lead-On-Chip” or “Chip-On-Lead” structure in which the semiconductor and the leads are stacked and packed. In the package of this structure, according to the present invention, the gap between the leading end portions of the inner leads and the semiconductor chip is made wider than that between the inner lead portions except the leading end portions and the semiconductor chip thereby to reduce the stray capacity, to improve the signal transmission rate and to reduce the electrical noises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Gen Murakami, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masahiro Ichitani, Kunihiko Nishi, Ichiro Anjo, Asao Nishimura, Makoto Kitano, Akihiro Yaguchi, Sueo Kawai, Masatsugu Ogata, Syuuji Eguchi, Hiroyoshi Kokaku, Masanori Segawa, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takashi Yokoyama, Noriyuki Kinjo, Aizo Kaneda, Junichi Saeki, Shozo Nakamura, Akio Hasebe, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Isamu Yoshida, Takashi Yamazaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Tetsuro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6566150
    Abstract: Dispersion of load may be kept within an allowance even when a plurality of probes in a large area are pressed in batch by pressing the probes provided in a membrane to a wafer by applying a pressure load to a plurality of places of a plane of pressure members on the side opposite from the wafer in a probe test step/burn-in test step which is one of semiconductor device manufacturing steps. It is then possible to provide semiconductor devices and a manufacturing method thereof which enhance the reliability and productivity of the semiconductor devices by probing a large number of integrated circuits or a large size integrated circuit in the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuji Kohno, Tetsuo Kumazawa, Makoto Kitano, Akihiko Ariga, Yuji Wada, Naoto Ban, Shuji Shibuya, Yasuhiro Motoyama, Kunio Matsumoto, Susumu Kasukabe, Terutaka Mori, Hidetaka Shigi, Takayoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20030092206
    Abstract: In an electric characteristic testing process corresponding to a process of the semiconductor apparatus manufacturing processes, in order to test a large area of the electrode pad of the body to be tested in a lump, an electric characteristic testing is performed by pressing a testing structure provided with electrically independent projections having a number equal to a number of conductor portions to be tested formed on an area to be tested of a body to be tested to the body to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Ryuji Kono, Makoto Kitano, Hideo Miura, Hiroyuki Ota, Yoshishige Endo, Takeshi Harada, Masatoshi Kanamaru, Teruhisa Akashi, Atsushi Hosogane, Akihiko Ariga, Naoto Ban
  • Patent number: 6544670
    Abstract: A hole transporting polymer including a repeating unit represented by one of formulas (1) and (5): It can exhibit an excellent hole transporting property and exhibits superior durability and film-forming properties. An organic EL device using this hole transporting polymer has excellent light emitting characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Takanobu Noguchi, Toshihiro Ohnishi, Fumi Yamaguchi, Takenori Osada
  • Patent number: 6531760
    Abstract: As the semiconductor chip is large-sized, highly integrated and speeded up, it becomes difficult to pack the semiconductor chip together with leads in a package. In view of this difficulty, there has been adopted the package structure called the “Lead-On-Chip” or “Chip-On-Lead” structure in which the semiconductor and the leads are stacked and packed. In the package of this structure, according to the present invention, the gap between the leading end portions of the inner leads and the semiconductor chip is made wider than that between the inner lead portions except the leading end portions and the semiconductor chip thereby to reduce the stray capacity, to improve the signal transmission rate and to reduce the electrical noises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Inventors: Gen Murakami, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masahiro Ichitani, Kunihiko Nishi, Ichiro Anjo, Asao Nishimura, Makoto Kitano, Akihiro Yaguchi, Sueo Kawai, Masatsugu Ogata, Syuuji Eguchi, Hiroyoshi Kokaku, Masanori Segawa, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takashi Yokoyama, Noriyuki Kinjo, Aizo Kaneda, Junichi Saeki, Shozo Nakamura, Akio Hasebe, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Isamu Yoshida, Takashi Yamazaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Tetsuro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6521359
    Abstract: Provided is a polymeric fluorescent substance which emits a fluorescence in a solid state, which comprises the following repeating unit in an amount of 20 mol % or more based on the total amount of all repeating units, in the formula, X1 represents a group selected from the group consisting of —CR3═CR4—, —C≡C—, —SiR5R6—, —NR7—, —CO—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —SO2—, a carbon-carbon single bond, —O— and —S—. The polymeric fluorescent substance has strong fluorescence, and can be suitably used as a polymer LED and a dye for laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takanobu Noguchi, Shuji Doi, Makoto Kitano, Fumi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6511857
    Abstract: In an electric characteristic testing process corresponding to a process of the semiconductor apparatus manufacturing processes, in order to test a large area of the electrode pad of the body to be tested in a lump, an electric characteristic testing is performed by pressing a testing structure provided with electrically independent projections having a number equal to a number of conductor portions to be tested formed on an area to be tested of a body to be tested to the body to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuji Kono, Makoto Kitano, Hideo Miura, Hiroyuki Ota, Yoshishige Endo, Takeshi Harada, Masatoshi Kanamaru, Teruhisa Akashi, Atsushi Hosogane, Akihiko Ariga, Naoto Ban
  • Publication number: 20020182796
    Abstract: Dispersion of load may be kept within an allowance even when a plurality of probes in a large area are pressed in batch by pressing the probes provided in a membrane to a wafer by applying a pressure load to a plurality of places of a plane of pressure members on the side opposite from the wafer in a probe test step/burn-in test step which is one of semiconductor device manufacturing steps. It is then possible to provide semiconductor devices and a manufacturing method thereof which enhance the reliability and productivity of the semiconductor devices by probing a large number of integrated circuits or a large size integrated circuit in the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Ryuji Kohno, Tetsuo Kumazawa, Makoto Kitano, Akihiko Ariga, Yuji Wada, Naoto Ban, Shuji Shibuya, Yasuhiro Motoyama, Kunio Matsumoto, Susumu Kasukabe, Terutaka Mori, Hidetaka Shigi, Takayoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20020160185
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a superior connection reliability is obtained by providing a buffer body for absorbing the difference of thermal expansion between the mounting substrate and the semiconductor element in a semiconductor package structure, even if an organic material is used for the mounting substrate. A film material is used as the body for buffering the thermal stress generated by the difference in thermal expansion between the mounting substrate and the semiconductor element. The film material has modulus of elasticity of at least 1 MPa in the reflow temperature range (200-250° C.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Akira Nagai, Shuji Eguchi, Masahiko Ogino, Masanori Segawa, Toshiak Ishii, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Hiroyoshi Kokaku, Rie Hattori, Makoto Morishima, Ichiro Anjoh, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Chuichi Miyazaki, Makoto Kitano, Mamoru Mita, Norio Okabe
  • Patent number: 6465876
    Abstract: A semiconductor device which can improve the connection reliability of solder bumps and productivity in manufacturing. Insulating tape having wiring patterns on its surface is bond ed to a lead frame. Semiconductor elements are loaded and circuit formed surfaces and sides of the semiconductor elements are sealed with sealing resin. After arrangements of individual semiconductor devices are formed, the lead frame is separated into individual metal plates to form individual semiconductor devices. Such simultaneous production of a plurality of semiconductor devices enhances productivity, and improves flatness of the insulating tape, whereby the connection reliability of solder bumps is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Akihiro Yaguchi, Naotaka Tanaka, Takeshi Terasaki, Ichiro Anjoh, Ryo Haruta, Asao Nishimura, Junichi Saeki