Patents by Inventor Masakazu Aoyama

Masakazu Aoyama 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: 8040685
    Abstract: A wiring board and method of forming the wiring board. The wiring board includes a first substrate, and a second substrate having a smaller mounting area than a mounting area of the first substrate. A base substrate is laminated between the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first substrate extends beyond an edge of the second substrate, and at least one via formed in at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate. A thickness of a portion of the base substrate that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate is greater than a thickness of a portion of the base substrate that is not sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110247212
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring board including forming a base substrate, forming a first insulation layer on a first surface of the base substrate and a second insulating layer on a second surface of the base substrate opposing the first surface, forming an IVH (Interstitial Via Hole) that penetrates the base substrate, forming vias in at least one of the first substrate or second substrate, and cutting the first insulating layer in a first area and cutting the second insulating layer in a second area offset from said first area to form a first substrate laminated to a second substrate with the base layer interposed therebetween, the second substrate having a smaller mounting area than a mounting area of the first substrate such that the first substrate extends beyond an edge of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michimasa TAKAHASHI, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8035983
    Abstract: A wiring board and method of forming a wiring board. The wiring board includes a first substrate and a second substrate having a smaller mounting area than a mounting area of the first substrate. A base substrate is laminated between the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first substrate extends beyond at least one edge of the second substrate. At least one of the base substrate, the first substrate or the second substrate comprises pliable resin, and at least one other of the base substrate, the first substrate or the second substrate comprises an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110220407
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board includes a flexible board including a flexible substrate and a conductor pattern formed over the flexible substrate, a non-flexible substrate disposed adjacent to the flexible board, an insulating layer including an inorganic material and covering the flexible board and the non-flexible substrate, the insulating layer exposing at least one portion of the flexible board, a conductor pattern formed on the insulating layer, and a plating layer connecting the conductor pattern of the flexible board and the conductor pattern on the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Michimasa TAKAHASHI, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110209344
    Abstract: A wiring board and method of forming a wiring board. The wiring board includes a first substrate and a second substrate having a smaller mounting area than a mounting area of the first substrate. A base substrate is laminated between the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first substrate extends beyond at least one edge of the second substrate. At least one of the base substrate, the first substrate or the second substrate comprises pliable resin, and at least one other of the base substrate, the first substrate or the second substrate comprises an inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michimasa TAKAHASHI, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110203837
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board includes an insulative substrate, a flexible connected body positioned beside the insulative substrate and including multiple flexible wiring boards, and an insulation layer positioned over the insulative substrate and the flexible connected body and having a portion exposing a portion of the flexible connected body. The flexible wiring boards include a double-sided flexible wiring board having a conductive layer on one surface of the double-sided flexible wiring board and a conductive layer on the opposite surface of the double-sided flexible wiring board. The flexible connected body has a conductor on one side of the flexible connected body, a conductor on the opposite side of the flexible connected body, and a through-hole conductor electrically connecting the conductors of the flexible connected body. The through-hole conductor is penetrating from one side through the opposite side of the flexible wiring boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Naganuma, Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110199739
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board including an insulative substrate having a wiring layer which is formed on the insulative substrate and includes a conductor, a flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate and having a wiring layer, the wiring layer of the flexible wiring board including a conductor and being contained inside the flexible wiring board, and a first insulation layer positioned on the insulative substrate and the flexible wiring board such that a portion of the flexible wiring board is left exposed from the first insulation layer. The first insulation layer has a wiring layer which is formed on the first insulation layer and includes a conductor. The wiring layer of the first insulation layer has a thickness which is formed thicker than a thickness of the wiring layer of the flexible wiring board and a thickness of the wiring layer of the insulative substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Naganuma, Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110198111
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board includes an insulative substrate, a flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate, and an insulation layer positioned over the insulative substrate and the flexible wiring board and exposing at least a portion of the flexible wiring board. The flexible wiring board has a tapered portion which is made thinner toward the insulative substrate at an end portion of the flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Naganuma, Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110194262
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board including an insulative substrate, a flexible wiring board positioned beside the insulative substrate, an insulation layer positioned over the insulative substrate and the flexible wiring board and exposing a portion of the flexible wiring board, and a wiring layer made of a conductor and formed on the insulation layer. The insulation layer has a tapered portion which becomes thinner toward an end surface of the insulation layer in the direction of the portion of the flexible wiring board exposed by the insulation layer. The wiring layer has a sloping portion formed on the tapered portion of the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Naganuma, Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110180307
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board having a flexible wiring board, a first insulation layer positioned adjacent to a side of the flexible board and having a first hole which penetrates through the first layer, a second insulation layer laminated over the flexible board and the first layer and having a second hole which penetrates through the second layer, the second hole of the second layer being formed along the axis of the first hole of the first layer, a first conductor structure formed in the first hole and including a filled conductor formed by filling plating in the first hole, and a second conductor structure formed in the second hole and including a filled conductor formed by filling plating in the second hole, the second conductor structure being formed along the axis of the first conductor structure and electrically connected to the first conductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki NAGANUMA, Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110180908
    Abstract: A wiring board includes a laminated body having first and second surfaces and including first, second and third insulation layers in the order of the first, second and third insulation layers from the first surface toward the second surface. The first insulation layer has a first hole which penetrates through the first insulation layer and includes a first conductor made of a plating in the first hole. The second insulation layer has a second hole which penetrates through the second insulation layer and includes a second conductor made of a conductive paste in the second hole. The third insulation layer has a third hole which penetrates through the third insulation layer and includes a third conductor made of a plating in the third hole. The first, second and third conductors are positioned along the same axis and are electrically continuous with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nobuyuki NAGANUMA, Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110180306
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board including a flexible wiring board, a first insulation layer positioned to a side of the flexible board and having a first hole through the first layer, a second insulation layer over the first layer and an end portion of the flexible board and with a second hole through the second layer along the axis of the first hole, a third insulation layer over the first layer and the end portion of the flexible board on the opposite side of the second layer and with a third hole through the third layer along the axis of the first hole, a first structure having a filled conductor in the first hole, a second structure having a filled conductor in the second hole along the axis of the first structure, and a third structure having a filled conductor in the third hole along the axis of the first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Naganuma, Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7982135
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board includes a flexible board including a flexible substrate and a conductor pattern formed over the flexible substrate, a non-flexible substrate disposed adjacent to the flexible board, an insulating layer including an inorganic material and covering the flexible board and the non-flexible substrate, the insulating layer exposing at least one portion of the flexible board, a conductor pattern formed on the insulating layer, and a plating layer connecting the conductor pattern of the flexible board and the conductor pattern on the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michimasa Takahashi, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7973249
    Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board including insulating layers and conductor layers being stacked alternately on each other. The conductor layers are electrically connected to each other through viaholes formed in the insulating layers. Each of the viaholes is formed to bulge in a direction generally orthogonal to the direction of thickness of the insulating layer. The multilayer printed wiring board is to have electronic components such as a capacitor, IC and the like mounted on the surface layer thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michimasa Takahashi, Yukinobu Mikado, Takenobu Nakamura, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110067904
    Abstract: A flex-rigid wiring board includes a flexible substrate having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, a first conductive pattern formed on the first surface of the flexible substrate, a second conductive pattern formed on the second surface of the flexible substrate, and a conductor made of a conductive paste and formed in a first hole penetrating through the flexible substrate such that the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masakazu Aoyama, Teruyuki Ishihara, Noboru Shibita
  • Publication number: 20110019383
    Abstract: A wiring board has a first rigid wiring board having an accommodation section, a second rigid wiring board to be accommodated in the accommodation section, and an insulation layer formed on the first rigid wiring board and the second rigid wiring board. Here, a conductor of the first rigid wiring board and a conductor of the second rigid wiring board are electrically connected to each other, and at least either a side surface of the second rigid wiring board or a wall surface of the accommodation section has a concave-convex portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masakazu Aoyama, Hidetoshi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7834273
    Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board comprises a plurality of insulating layers which is about 100 ?m or less in thickness and a plurality of conductor circuits formed on the insulating layers. Each of a plurality of viaholes electrically connecting conductor circuits on the insulating layers to each other is formed tapered inwardly from the surface of the insulating layer and the viaholes are disposed opposite to each other to form a multistage stacked vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michimasa Takahashi, Yukinobu Mikado, Takenobu Nakamura, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20100252318
    Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board including insulating layers, conductor layers stacked alternately over the insulating layers, respectively, and viaholes formed in the insulation layers and electrically connecting the conductor layers through the insulation layers. The viaholes include a first group of viaholes and a second group of viaholes. The viaholes in the first group are tapered toward the viaholes in the second group, and the viaholes in the second group are tapered toward the viaholes in the first group. The viaholes in the first group and the the viaholes in the second group are formed in the insulating layers, respectively, and the viaholes are formed by plating openings formed after lamination of respective ones of the insulating layers, and each of the insulating layers is about 100 ?m or less in thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michimasa TAKAHASHI, Yukinobu Mikado, Takenobu Nakamura, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7759582
    Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board comprises insulating layers and conductor layers being stacked alternately on each other. The conductor layers are electrically connected to each other through viaholes formed in the insulating layers. Each of the viaholes is formed to bulge in a direction generally orthogonal to the direction of thickness of the insulating layer. The multilayer printed wiring board is to have electronic components such as a capacitor, IC and the like mounted on the surface layer thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michimasa Takahashi, Yukinobu Mikado, Takenobu Nakamura, Masakazu Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20100155130
    Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board comprises insulating layers and conductor layers being stacked alternately on each other. The conductor layers are electrically connected to each other through viaholes formed in the insulating layers. Each of the viaholes is formed to bulge in a direction generally orthogonal to the direction of thickness of the insulating layer. The multilayer printed wiring board is to have electronic components such as a capacitor, IC and the like mounted on the surface layer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michimasa Takahashi, Yukinobu Mikado, Takenobu Nakamura, Masakazu Aoyama