Patents by Inventor Masaya Yamatani

Masaya Yamatani 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: 9559030
    Abstract: An electronic component has a circuit board with a main surface, a chip having a sensor facing the main surface, bump electrodes disposed between the main surface and the chip so as to be placed inside of the edges of the chip in a plan view of the main surface, a dam provided between the main surface and the chip so as to extend at least from the edges of the chip to outer positions of the bump electrodes in a plan view of the main surface, and an under-fill material provided at least in a clearance between the dam and the chip. Between the main surface and the sensor, a space is formed in a region enclosed by the bump electrodes in a plan view of the main surface. The under-fill material is disposed outside of the space in a plan view of the main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Gocho, Shuji Yanagi, Masaya Yamatani, Hisayuki Yazawa
  • Publication number: 20160284621
    Abstract: An electronic component has a circuit board with a main surface, a chip having a sensor facing the main surface, bump electrodes disposed between the main surface and the chip so as to be placed inside of the edges of the chip in a plan view of the main surface, a dam provided between the main surface and the chip so as to extend at least from the edges of the chip to outer positions of the bump electrodes in a plan view of the main surface, and an under-fill material provided at least in a clearance between the dam and the chip. Between the main surface and the sensor, a space is formed in a region enclosed by the bump electrodes in a plan view of the main surface. The under-fill material is disposed outside of the space in a plan view of the main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hideki GOCHO, Shuji YANAGI, Masaya YAMATANI, Hisayuki YAZAWA
  • Patent number: 8776597
    Abstract: A capacitive type humidity sensor is provided, where a sensor chip substrate, with a sensor section where electrostatic capacitance changes in accordance with humidity, a reference section where electrostatic capacitance does not change, and a plurality of pads which are output terminals of each section, and an IC substrate, which is electrically connected to the pads and which outputs the difference in capacitance between the sections as a voltage, are fixed to the same support substrate, where a protective member, which forms a sealed region surrounding the sensor section and which covers the reference section, is provided on the sensor chip substrate, the support substrate is covered by a sealing resin except for the region which is covered by the protective member, the sensor section is exposed to air at the region which is surrounded by the protective member, and the other constituent elements are covered by the sealing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Waga, Sumihito Morita, Masaru Sakurai, Masaya Yamatani, Hideki Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20120000284
    Abstract: A humidity sensor package includes: a humidity sensor that is mounted on a main surface of a package substrate and that have a humidity-sensing area; a control IC that is mounted on the main surface of the package substrate; a sealing resin that seals at least an external connection portion of the humidity sensor; and a partition member that partitions a sealing area of the sealing resin and the humidity-sensing area from each other so as to expose the humidity-sensing area to an external environment. Here, a first distance in the thickness direction from the package substrate to the top surface of the partition member is smaller than a second distance in the thickness direction from the package substrate to the top surface of the sealing resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Shinya Yokoyama, Satoshi Waga, Atsushi Tondokoro, Tadashi Sakashita, Hideki Hasegawa, Sumihito Morita, Hideki Kamimura, Masaya Yamatani
  • Publication number: 20120000285
    Abstract: A capacitive type humidity sensor is provided, where a sensor chip substrate, with a sensor section where electrostatic capacitance changes in accordance with humidity, a reference section where electrostatic capacitance does not change, and a plurality of pads which are output terminals of each section, and an IC substrate, which is electrically connected to the pads and which outputs the difference in capacitance between the sections as a voltage, are fixed to the same support substrate, where a protective member, which forms a sealed region surrounding the sensor section and which covers the reference section, is provided on the sensor chip substrate, the support substrate is covered by a sealing resin except for the region which is covered by the protective member, the sensor section is exposed to air at the region which is surrounded by the protective member, and the other constituent elements are covered by the sealing resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Satoshi Waga, Sumihito Morita, Masaru Sakurai, Masaya Yamatani, Hideki Kamimura
  • Patent number: D683634
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Hayakawa, Satoshi Waga, Hideki Kamimura, Masaya Yamatani, Motoki Hirayama
  • Patent number: D689391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanobu Okawa, Hiroshi Ishida, Masaya Yamatani, Hideki Kamimura, Chiaki Kera, Hiroyuki Morioka, Kazuhide Nakayama