Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Sugawara
Mitsuru Sugawara 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).
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Patent number: 9865771Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting element includes: a lower clad layer 12 that is provided on a substrate 10; an active layer 20 that is provided on the lower clad layer 12 and includes a quantum well layer 24 and a plurality of quantum dots 28 sandwiching a second barrier layer 22b together with the quantum well layer 24; and an upper clad layer 14 that is provided on the active layer 20, wherein a distance D between the quantum well layer 24 and the plurality of quantum dots 28 is smaller than an average of distances X between centers of the plurality of quantum dots 28.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: QD LASER, INC., UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Kenichi Nishi, Takeo Kageyama, Keizo Takemasa, Mitsuru Sugawara, Richard Hogg, Siming Chen
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Publication number: 20170217862Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a cyclopentyl alkyl ether compound comprising reacting substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentene with an alcohol compound represented by a formula (2): R1OH in the presence of an acidic zeolite, the cyclopentyl alkyl ether compound being represented by a formula (1): R1—O—R2, wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, and R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentyl group. The present invention provides a method that can produce a cyclopentyl alkyl ether with high reaction efficiency through a liquid-phase reaction even when the raw material feed rate (amount) is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Keita NAKANO, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Shu KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20160336480Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting element includes: a lower clad layer 12 that is provided on a substrate 10; an active layer 20 that is provided on the lower clad layer 12 and includes a quantum well layer 24 and a plurality of quantum dots 28 sandwiching a second barrier layer 22b together with the quantum well layer 24; and an upper clad layer 14 that is provided on the active layer 20, wherein a distance D between the quantum well layer 24 and the plurality of quantum dots 28 is smaller than an average of distances X between centers of the plurality of quantum dots 28.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicants: QD LASER, INC., UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDInventors: Kenichi NISHI, Takeo KAGEYAMA, Keizo TAKEMASA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Richard HOGG, Siming CHEN
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Publication number: 20160103324Abstract: The present invention is an image projection device that includes: a light source 12 that emits a laser beam 34; a scanning mirror 14 that two-dimensionally scans the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12; and a projection mirror 24 that projects scanned light onto a retina 26 of an eyeball 22 of a user to project an image onto the retina 26, the scanned light being composed of the laser beam 34 that has been scanned by the scanning mirror 14, wherein the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12 is scanned by using a part of an operating range of the scanning mirror 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicants: QD LASER INC., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuhiko ARAKAWA, Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Makoto SUZUKI
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Patent number: 8923781Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor switch includes a voltage generator, a voltage controller, a driver, and a switch unit. The voltage generator generates a negative first potential. The voltage controller controls the first potential according to a terminal switch signal input from an outside. The driver is input the terminal switch signal, and outputs at least one selected from the first potential and the second potential based on the terminal switch signal. The second potential is a power supply voltage or is higher than the power supply voltage. The switch unit is provided on an SOT substrate, switches a connection between an antenna terminal and any one of high frequency terminals based on the output of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yugo Kunishi, Toshiki Seshita, Yoshitomo Sagae, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Patent number: 8896911Abstract: The present invention is a laser system including a DFB laser 10 emitting a laser light 50, a semiconductor optical amplifier 20 that modulates an intensity of the laser light, and a harmonic generation element 30 that converts the laser light modulated to a visible light 54 that is a harmonic of the laser light. According to the present invention, it is possible to employ the highly efficient harmonic generation element capable of modulating the intensity of the laser light and to reduce power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: QD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Usami, Tomoyuki Akiyama
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Patent number: 8686708Abstract: A switching circuit includes: a switching section including at least one first terminal, a plurality of second terminals, and a switching element configured to connect the first terminal to one of the second terminals; a driver driving the switching element in accordance with an external terminal switching control signal; a DC-to-DC converter, which supplies electric power to the driver, having a first state with a response to a load transient and a second state with the response to a load transient being slower than the first state; and a power controller controlling the DC-to-DC converter to operate with the first state during a first time period corresponding to change in the external terminal switching control signal, and to operate with the second state during a second time period other than the first time period.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshifumi Ishimori, Mitsuru Sugawara, Toshiki Seshita
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Patent number: 8575930Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a magnetic detection device including a magnetic detection unit including a magnetic sensor unit and a comparison unit, the magnetic sensor unit detecting a magnetic flux density, amplifying the detection signal and outputting an output signal to the comparison unit as a mode selected from one of a first mode and a second mode of which power consumption is lower than that of the first mode, the comparison unit comparing the output signal and a reference voltage as a threshold level which determines magnetic field being formed or not, and outputting a comparison result, a conversion gain control unit outputting a mode signal based on the comparison result to the magnetic sensor unit as the second mode when the mode signal is larger than the threshold level or as the first mode when the mode signal is smaller than the threshold level so as to control the magnetic sensor unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masatoshi Watanabe, Yutaka Yadoumaru, Mitsuru Sugawara, Aikihiro Kawano
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Patent number: 8427013Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power supply circuit includes a power switch section, an error amplifier, a wiring and a reset switch section. The error amplifier has one input portion connected to the output terminal, the other input portion and an output portion. The error amplifier outputs the control potential via the output portion to make the resistance of the power switch section high so that potential applied to the one input portion is high to potential applied to the other input portion. The wiring connects a reference terminal to the other input portion. In addition, the reset switch section is configured to isolate the wiring from a baseline potential when the input terminal is supplied with a potential, and to connect the wiring to the baseline potential when the input terminal is not supplied with the potential.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masatoshi Watanabe, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Patent number: 8391805Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor switch circuit includes a switch section, a decoder section, a DC-DC converter, a driver section, a first filter circuit, a first filter bypass circuit and a first bypass control circuit. The switch section includes an input-output terminal, radio frequency signal terminals, and semiconductor switch elements. The decoder section generates a switch control signal controlling a conduction and a non-conduction state of switch elements. The DC-DC converter generates a first potential. The driver section supplies the first and a second potential to a gate electrode of the switch elements. The first filter circuit is electrically connected between the DC-DC converter and the driver section and outputs the first potential to the driver section. The first filter bypass circuit is electrically connected with the first filter circuit. The first bypass control circuit supplies a first mode signal to the first filter bypass circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Toshifumi Ishimori, Toshiki Seshita, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Publication number: 20120139570Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a switch circuit selecting a signal pathway between a common terminal and one of a plurality of terminals using a plurality of FETs provided in series between the common terminal and each of the terminals. The semiconductor device also includes a test switch including a plurality of FETs connected to the common terminal, an oscillation circuit connected to the common terminal via the test switch, and a detection circuit receiving an output of the oscillation circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Mitsuru SUGAWARA, Kazunobu KATOU, Toshiki SESHITA
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Patent number: 8183073Abstract: The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device comprises the step of forming quantum dots 16 on a base layer 10 by self-assembled growth; the step of irradiating Sb or GaSb to the surface of the base layer 10 before or in the step of forming quantum dots 16; the step of etching the surfaces of the quantum dots 16 with an As raw material gas to thereby remove an InSb layer 18 containing Sb deposited on the surfaces of the quantum dots 16; and growing a capping layer 22 on the quantum dots 16 with the InSb layer 18 removed.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, The University of TokyoInventors: Yasuhiko Arakawa, Denis Guimard, Shiro Tsukamoto, Hiroji Ebe, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Patent number: 8160116Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor laser including a first conductive type of a lower clad layer 12, an active layer 14 provided on the lower clad layer 12, the active layer 14 including a plurality of quantum dots, and a second conductive type of an upper clad layer 18, the upper clad layer 18 being provided on the active layer 14 so as to have an isolated ridge portion 30 such that W1?Wtop+0.4 ?m where Wtop is the width of a top of the ridge portion 30 and W1 is the width of the ridge portion 30 at a height of 50 nm from a bottom of the ridge portion 30. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing such a semiconductor laser.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: QD Laser Inc.Inventors: Tomoyuki Akiyama, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Publication number: 20120068757Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor switch includes a power supply circuit, a control circuit and a switch circuit. The power supply circuit includes an internal potential generator connected to a power supply, and a first transistor connected between an input and an output of the internal potential generator. The internal potential generator generates a first potential higher than an input potential. The first transistor is turned on when the first potential becomes lower than the input potential and has a threshold voltage being set so as to keep the first potential not lower than the input potential. The control circuit is configured to receive the first potential to output a high-level or low-level control signal. The switch circuit is configured to receive an input of the control signal to switch connection between terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshiki Seshita, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Publication number: 20120062222Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a magnetic detection device including a magnetic detection unit including a magnetic sensor unit and a comparison unit, the magnetic sensor unit detecting a magnetic flux density, amplifying the detection signal and outputting an output signal to the comparison unit as a mode selected from one of a first mode and a second mode of which power consumption is lower than that of the first mode, the comparison unit comparing the output signal and a reference voltage as a threshold level which determines magnetic field being formed or not, and outputting a comparison result, a conversion gain control unit outputting a mode signal based on the comparison result to the magnetic sensor unit as the second mode when the mode signal is larger than the threshold level or as the first mode when the mode signal is smaller than the threshold level so as to control the magnetic sensor unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masatoshi Watanabe, Yutaka Yadoumaru, Mitsuru Sugawara, Aikihiro Kawano
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Publication number: 20120049938Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor switch circuit includes a switch section, a decoder section, a DC-DC converter, a driver section, a first filter circuit, a first filter bypass circuit and a first bypass control circuit. The switch section includes an input-output terminal, radio frequency signal terminals, and semiconductor switch elements. The decoder section generates a switch control signal controlling a conduction and a non-conduction state of switch elements. The DC-DC converter generates a first potential. The driver section supplies the first and a second potential to a gate electrode of the switch elements. The first filter circuit is electrically connected between the DC-DC converter and the driver section and outputs the first potential to the driver section. The first filter bypass circuit is electrically connected with the first filter circuit. The first bypass control circuit supplies a first mode signal to the first filter bypass circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Toshifumi Ishimori, Toshiki Seshita, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Publication number: 20110159822Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor switch includes a voltage generator, a voltage controller, a driver, and a switch unit. The voltage generator generates a negative first potential. The voltage controller controls the first potential according to a terminal switch signal input from an outside. The driver is input the terminal switch signal, and outputs at least one selected from the first potential and the second potential based on the terminal switch signal. The second potential is a power supply voltage or is higher than the power supply voltage. The switch unit is provided on an SOT substrate, switches a connection between an anntena terminal and any one of high frequency terminals based on the output of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yugo Kunishi, Toshiki Seshita, Yoshitomo Sagae, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Publication number: 20110157685Abstract: The present invention is a laser system including a DFB laser 10 emitting a laser light 50, a semiconductor optical amplifier 20 that modulates an intensity of the laser light, and a harmonic generation element 30 that converts the laser light modulated to a visible light 54 that is a harmonic of the laser light. According to the present invention, it is possible to employ the highly efficient harmonic generation element capable of modulating the intensity of the laser light and to reduce power consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Mitsuru Sugawara, Makoto Usami, Tomoyuki Akiyama
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Publication number: 20110134950Abstract: The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device comprises the step of forming quantum dots 16 on a base layer 10 by self-assembled growth; the step of irradiating Sb or GaSb to the surface of the base layer 10 before or in the step of forming quantum dots 16; the step of etching the surfaces of the quantum dots 16 with an As raw material gas to thereby remove an InSb layer 18 containing Sb deposited on the surfaces of the quantum dots 16; and growing a capping layer 22 on the quantum dots 16 with the InSb layer 18 removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuhiko Arakawa, Denis Guimard, Shiro Tsukamoto, Hiroji Ebe, Mitsuru Sugawara
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Patent number: 7892871Abstract: The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device comprises the step of forming quantum dots 16 on a base layer 10 by self-assembled growth; the step of irradiating Sb or GaSb to the surface of the base layer 10 before or in the step of forming quantum dots 16; the step of etching the surfaces of the quantum dots 16 with an As raw material gas to thereby remove an InSb layer 18 containing Sb deposited on the surfaces of the quantum dots 16; and growing a capping layer 22 on the quantum dots 16 with the InSb layer 18 removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, The University of TokyoInventors: Yasuhiko Arakawa, Denis Guimard, Shiro Tsukamoto, Hiroji Ebe, Mitsuru Sugawara