Patents by Inventor Masakazu Kishi

Masakazu Kishi 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: 20240128948
    Abstract: A resonance device that includes: a first substrate having a first silicon substrate and a resonator, wherein the resonator includes a single-crystal silicon film and a first silicon oxide film interposed between the single-crystal silicon film and the first silicon substrate, and a through hole that passes through the single-crystal silicon film and the first silicon oxide film; a second substrate opposite the first substrate; a frame shaped bonding portion that bonds the first substrate to the second substrate to seal a vibration space of the resonator; and a first blocking member disposed in an interior of the through hole and surrounding a vibration portion of the resonator in a plan view of the first substrate so as to divide the first silicon oxide film, wherein the first blocking member has a lower helium permeability than the first silicon oxide film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Masakazu FUKUMITSU, Yoshiyuki HIGUCHI, Takehiko KISHI
  • Patent number: 10644672
    Abstract: A crystal unit includes: a capacitor body in which a plurality of light-transmitting dielectrics and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately stacked; a crystal piece arranged above the capacitor body and having excitation electrodes on both surfaces thereof; an external electrode formed on a surface of the capacitor body; and a first conductor portion formed in an inner layer of the capacitor body, and including one end electrically coupled to a first internal electrode among the plurality of internal electrodes, and the other end electrically coupled to the external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Masakazu Kishi
  • Patent number: 10476435
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator includes a crystal resonator; an inverting amplifier configured to be coupled between a pair of excitation electrodes of the crystal resonator; and a control circuit configured to initiate an alarm and raise gain of the inverting amplifier in a case where an index value for representing oscillation amplitude of the crystal resonator in an oscillation state is equal to or lower than a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Yoshinori Mesaki
  • Patent number: 10355641
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes: a crystal piece provided in a casing; a pair of excitation electrodes provided on the crystal piece; a light emitting element configured to emit light that is to be reflected by one of the excitation electrodes to generate reflected light; a light receiving element configured to receive the reflected light; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal upon an index value being less than or equal to a reference value, the signal being generated in the light receiving element, the index value representing an oscillation level of the crystal piece in an oscillating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Yoshinori Mesaki
  • Patent number: 10355640
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes: a casing; a crystal piece provided in the casing; a pair of excitation electrodes provided on the crystal piece; a magnetic flux generating member provided on the crystal piece; a coil through which magnetic flux from the magnetic flux generating member passes; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal whose amplitude is equal to or less than a reference value, the signal being generated in the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Yoshinori Mesaki
  • Patent number: 10340850
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes: a crystal oscillator including a casing, a crystal piece, a pair of excitation electrodes configured to excite a main vibration, and a pair of sub vibration electrodes configured to excite a sub-vibration; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal whose amplitude is equal to or less than a reference value, the signal being generated in the sub vibration electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Yoshinori Mesaki
  • Patent number: 10333480
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes a casing; a crystal piece; a pair of excitation electrodes; a transmission antenna electrically coupled to one of the excitation electrodes; a reception antenna configured to receive a radio wave from the transmission antenna; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal whose amplitude is equal to or less than a reference value, the signal being received by the reception antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Yoshinori Mesaki
  • Patent number: 10267755
    Abstract: A method for inspecting a crystal unit, the method includes: generating a sub-vibration in a crystal blank of the crystal unit by applying an input signal to a plurality of electrodes formed on the crystal blank; obtaining frequency characteristics of impedance between the plurality of electrodes from an output signal of the plurality of electrodes; and comparing the frequency characteristics obtained with reference frequency characteristics indicating quality of the crystal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh
  • Patent number: 10256771
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes a crystal piece provided in a casing; a pair of excitation electrodes provided for the crystal piece; a coil provided on the crystal piece; a magnetic flux generating member configured to generate magnetic flux passing through the coil; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal whose amplitude is equal to or less than a reference value, the signal being generated in the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Yoshinori Mesaki
  • Patent number: 10090110
    Abstract: A crystal unit includes: a capacitor in which a plurality of dielectrics and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately stacked; a crystal piece arranged above the capacitor and having excitation electrodes on both surfaces thereof; an external electrode formed on a surface of the capacitor; and a first conductor portion formed within the capacitor, and including one end electrically coupled to a first internal electrode among the plurality of internal electrodes, the other end electrically coupled to the external electrode, and a first exposed portion exposed on the surface of the capacitor between the one end and the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Masakazu Kishi
  • Publication number: 20180164360
    Abstract: A crystal unit includes: a crystal blank; an excitation electrode formed on the crystal blank and excites a main vibration of the crystal blank; a housing that accommodates the crystal blank; and a sub-vibration electrode formed on the housing and excites a sub-vibration of the crystal blank. And a method for inspecting a crystal unit, the method includes: generating a sub-vibration in a crystal blank by applying an input signal to a sub-vibration electrode formed on a housing, which accommodates the crystal blank, via external electrodes which are electrically coupled to the sub-vibration electrode and formed on the outer surface of the housing; obtaining an output of the crystal unit via the external electrodes; obtaining frequency characteristics of impedance between the external electrodes based on the output; and comparing the obtained frequency characteristics with the reference frequency characteristics indicating the quality of the crystal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki ITOH
  • Patent number: 9929692
    Abstract: A crystal unit includes: a crystal substrate; and a pair of excitation electrodes formed respectively on both surfaces of the crystal substrate, wherein at least one of the pair of excitation electrodes has a pattern serving as both of an excitation electrode and a coil. An oscillator includes a package and a crystal unit accommodated in the package. The crystal unit includes a crystal substrate, and a pair of excitation electrodes formed respectively on both surfaces of the crystal substrate. At least one of the pair of excitation electrodes has a pattern serving as both of an excitation electrode and a coil. An oscillation circuit is accommodated in the package and electrically connected to the crystal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Yoshinori Mesaki
  • Patent number: 9921257
    Abstract: A crystal unit includes: a crystal blank; an excitation electrode formed on the crystal blank and excites a main vibration of the crystal blank; a housing that accommodates the crystal blank; and a sub-vibration electrode formed on the housing and excites a sub-vibration of the crystal blank. And a method for inspecting a crystal unit, the method includes: generating a sub-vibration in a crystal blank by applying an input signal to a sub-vibration electrode formed on a housing, which accommodates the crystal blank, via external electrodes which are electrically coupled to the sub-vibration electrode and formed on the outer surface of the housing; obtaining an output of the crystal unit via the external electrodes; obtaining frequency characteristics of impedance between the external electrodes based on the output; and comparing the obtained frequency characteristics with the reference frequency characteristics indicating the quality of the crystal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh
  • Patent number: 9853627
    Abstract: A crystal resonator includes: lower glass plates on which first electrodes are formed so as to extend from side surfaces to a bottom surface of the lower glass plates; a crystal plate which is provided over the lower glass plates and on which second electrodes to be coupled to the first electrodes are formed on a surface in contact with the lower glass plates; and an upper glass plate which is provided over the crystal plate; wherein the side surfaces of the lower glass plates on which the first electrodes are formed are provided with a protrusion that extends in parallel with a top surface and the bottom surface of the lower glass plates and that extends from one end to the other end of each of the side surfaces, and wherein the first electrodes are formed on the side surfaces that include surfaces of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Masakazu Kishi
  • Publication number: 20170359044
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes a casing; a crystal piece; a pair of excitation electrodes; a transmission antenna electrically coupled to one of the excitation electrodes; a reception antenna configured to receive a radio wave from the transmission antenna; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal whose amplitude is equal to or less than a reference value, the signal being received by the reception antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki ITOH, YOSHINORI MESAKI
  • Publication number: 20170359026
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes a crystal piece provided in a casing; a pair of excitation electrodes provided for the crystal piece; a coil provided on the crystal piece; a magnetic flux generating member configured to generate magnetic flux passing through the coil; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal whose amplitude is equal to or less than a reference value, the signal being generated in the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki ITOH, YOSHINORI MESAKI
  • Publication number: 20170359021
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes: a casing; a crystal piece provided in the casing; a pair of excitation electrodes provided on the crystal piece; a magnetic flux generating member provided on the crystal piece; a coil through which magnetic flux from the magnetic flux generating member passes; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal whose amplitude is equal to or less than a reference value, the signal being generated in the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki ITOH, YOSHINORI MESAKI
  • Publication number: 20170359023
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes: a crystal oscillator including a casing, a crystal piece, a pair of excitation electrodes configured to excite a main vibration, and a pair of sub vibration electrodes configured to excite a sub-vibration; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal whose amplitude is equal to or less than a reference value, the signal being generated in the sub vibration electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki ITOH, YOSHINORI MESAKI
  • Publication number: 20170359025
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator includes a crystal resonator; an inverting amplifier configured to be coupled between a pair of excitation electrodes of the crystal resonator; and a control circuit configured to initiate an alarm and raise gain of the inverting amplifier in a case where an index value for representing oscillation amplitude of the crystal resonator in an oscillation state is equal to or lower than a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki Itoh, Yoshinori Mesaki
  • Publication number: 20170359022
    Abstract: A crystal oscillator device is disclosed. The crystal oscillator device includes: a crystal piece provided in a casing; a pair of excitation electrodes provided on the crystal piece; a light emitting element configured to emit light that is to be reflected by one of the excitation electrodes to generate reflected light; a light receiving element configured to receive the reflected light; and an alarm generator configured to generate an alarm based on a signal upon an index value being less than or equal to a reference value, the signal being generated in the light receiving element, the index value representing an oscillation level of the crystal piece in an oscillating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakazu Kishi, Hajime Kubota, Masayuki ITOH, YOSHINORI MESAKI