Patents by Inventor Makoto Otomo

Makoto Otomo 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: 7905008
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a coil component, where a first insulation layer is formed on a first magnetic substrate, an insulation film is formed on the first insulation layer, a coil conductor is formed on the insulation film, another insulation film is formed on the coil conductor, and an open region is formed on the inner circumference side and on the outer circumference side of the coil conductor. A magnetic later is embedded, at least partially, in the open region, and a second magnetic substrate is secured on the magnetic layer. Also, a plurality of electrode terminals are formed, where one of the electrode terminals is connected to a terminal portion of the coil conductor, and the electrode terminals are provided across sides of the first and second magnetic substrates. Therefore, the first insulation layer can suitably prevent shorting failures between the electrode terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuzawa, Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo, Akira Sato
  • Patent number: 7696849
    Abstract: An electronic component of the surface-mounted type having a mounting surface that can be mounted on the printed circuit board, maintaining sufficient insulation among the external electrodes despite the chip size is decreased, and having a large mounting strength. In a common mode choke coil array, for example, an external electrode is constituted by electrode pads formed on the mounting surfaces of insulating substrates mounted on a PCB, and a connection electrode which electrically connects an internal electrode terminal exposed on the outer surface different from the mounting surface to the electrode pads. The connection electrodes near the internal electrode terminals have a width c? smaller than a width b of the electrode pads as measured in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Patent number: 7453343
    Abstract: A thin-film type common-mode choke coil includes a laminated structure having a magnetic substrate; and electrically insulating layers and conductor layers laminated on the magnetic substrate in a direction of thickness, wherein said conductor layers form at least two coil conductors; at least two of the conductor layers are provided as spiral conductor patterns; and the spiral conductor patterns satisfy the expression: 5 ?m?W1?36 ?m in which W1 is the conductor width of each of the spiral conductor patters. The spiral conductor patterns may also satisfy the expression: 100 ?m2?T*W1 in which T is the conductor thickness of each of said spiral conductor patterns or satisfy the expression: W2<T×2 in which W2 is the space between said spiral conductor patterns, and T is the conductor thickness of each of said spiral conductor patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Publication number: 20070033798
    Abstract: There is provided a common mode choke coil whose impedance value can be easily adjusted by changing the thickness of an insulation layer for impedance value adjustment appropriately. An insulation layer for impedance value adjustment is formed throughout a principal surface of a first magnetic substrate. Coil patterns and insulation layers are alternately formed on that layer. Parts of the insulation layers other than the insulation layer for impedance value adjustment are removed in either or both of a central region surrounded by the coil patterns and a region around the coil patterns. A resin including magnetic powder is provided on the uppermost insulation layer and the regions where the insulation layers have been removed, and a second magnetic substrate is bonded through a bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuzawa, Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo, Akira Sato
  • Patent number: 7145427
    Abstract: There is provided a common mode choke coil whose impedance value can be easily adjusted by changing the thickness of an insulation layer for impedance value adjustment appropriately. An insulation layer for impedance value adjustment is formed throughout a principal surface of a first magnetic substrate. Coil patterns and insulation layers are alternately formed on that layer. Parts of the insulation layers other than the insulation layer for impedance value adjustment are removed in either or both of a central region surrounded by the coil patterns and a region around the coil patterns. A resin including magnetic powder is provided on the uppermost insulation layer and the regions where the insulation layers have been removed, and a second magnetic substrate is bonded through a bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuzawa, Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo, Akira Sato
  • Publication number: 20060176138
    Abstract: A thin-film type common-mode choke coil includes a laminated structure having a magnetic substrate; and electrically insulating layers and conductor layers laminated on the magnetic substrate in a direction of thickness, wherein said conductor layers form at least two coil conductors; at least two of the conductor layers are provided as spiral conductor patterns; and the spiral conductor patterns satisfy the expression: 5 ?m?W1?36 ?m in which W1 is the conductor width of each of the spiral conductor patters. The spiral conductor patterns may also satisfy the expression: 100 ?m2?T*W1 in which T is the conductor thickness of each of said spiral conductor patterns or satisfy the expression: W2<T×2 in which W2 is the space between said spiral conductor patterns, and T is the conductor thickness of each of said spiral conductor patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: TDK Corp.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Patent number: 7002446
    Abstract: The invention relates to surface-mount coil component including a mount surface mounted on a printed circuit board or a hybrid IC (HIC), and provides a small and low-profile coil component excellent in impedance characteristic. The coil component includes coil conductors each of which includes a major wiring region having the number N of wiring lines and a minor wiring region arranged to be opposite to the major wiring region and having the number (N?1) of wiring lines, and is arranged so that a major wiring side interval as an interval between an outermost periphery of the major wiring region and one side part of the substrate opposite thereto is longer than a minor wiring side interval as an interval between an outermost periphery of the minor wiring region and the other side part of the substrate opposite thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Publication number: 20050253677
    Abstract: The invention relates to surface-mount coil component including a mount surface mounted on a printed circuit board or a hybrid IC (HIC), and provides a small and low-profile coil component excellent in impedance characteristic. The coil component includes coil conductors each of which includes a major wiring region having the number N of wiring lines and a minor wiring region arranged to be opposite to the major wiring region and having the number (N?1) of wiring lines, and is arranged so that a major wiring side interval as an interval between an outermost periphery of the major wiring region and one side part of the substrate opposite thereto is longer than a minor wiring side interval as an interval between an outermost periphery of the minor wiring region and the other side part of the substrate opposite thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Publication number: 20050181684
    Abstract: An electronic component of the surface-mounted type having a mounting surface that can be mounted on the printed circuit board, maintaining sufficient insulation among the external electrodes despite the chip size is decreased, and having a large mounting strength. In a common mode choke coil array, for example, an external electrode is constituted by electrode pads formed on the mounting surfaces of insulating substrates mounted on a PCB, and a connection electrode which electrically connects an internal electrode terminal exposed on the outer surface different from the mounting surface to the electrode pads. The connection electrodes near the internal electrode terminals have a width c? smaller than a width b of the electrode pads as measured in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo
  • Publication number: 20050068148
    Abstract: There is provided a common mode choke coil whose impedance value can be easily adjusted by changing the thickness of an insulation layer for impedance value adjustment appropriately. An insulation layer for impedance value adjustment is formed throughout a principal surface of a first magnetic substrate. Coil patterns and insulation layers are alternately formed on that layer. Parts of the insulation layers other than the insulation layer for impedance value adjustment are removed in either or both of a central region surrounded by the coil patterns and a region around the coil patterns. A resin including magnetic powder is provided on the uppermost insulation layer and the regions where the insulation layers have been removed, and a second magnetic substrate is bonded through a bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshida, Nobuyuki Okuzawa, Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo, Akira Sato
  • Publication number: 20040263309
    Abstract: A common-mode choke coil including a first magnetic substrate 1, electrically insulating layers and coil pattern-including coil conductor layers 5 and 7 formed alternately on the first magnetic substrate 1, and a second magnetic substrate 13 for covering an uppermost one of the electrically insulating layers, wherein: central regions of the electrically insulating layers surrounded by the coil patterns and portions of the electrically insulating layers corresponding to outer circumferential regions of the coil patterns are removed; a magnetic powder-containing resin (magnetic layer 11) is provided on the uppermost one of the electrically insulating layers and embedded in the removed portions of the electrically insulating layers; and the second magnetic substrate 13 is bonded to a flattened surface of the magnetic powder-containing resin by an adhesive layer 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Ito, Takashi Kudo, Makoto Otomo