Patents by Inventor Naoki Hanashima
Naoki Hanashima 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: 7236668Abstract: The present invention is to provide a spot-size transformer which can transform the beam spot-size in a waveguide separated by a groove and a waveguide-embedded optical circuit using the spot-size transformer. The spot-size transformer according to the present invention comprises a first optical waveguide having a first core and a first cladding covering substantially the whole surface of the first core, a second optical waveguide having a second core provided as an extension of the first cladding and a second cladding, a transition waveguide positioned between the first and second optical waveguides, the transition waveguide having a first core whose width of the extension becomes gradually narrower as it goes toward the second optical waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Patent number: 7221826Abstract: The present invention is to provide a spot-size transformer which can transform the beam spot-size in a waveguide separated by a groove and a waveguide-embedded optical circuit using the spot-size transformer. The spot-size transformer according to the present invention comprises a first optical waveguide having a first core and a first cladding covering substantially the whole surface of the first core, a second optical waveguide having a second core provided as an extension of the first cladding and a second cladding, a transition waveguide positioned between the first and second optical waveguides, the transition waveguide having a first core whose width of the extension becomes gradually narrower as it goes toward the second optical waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Publication number: 20060239621Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical module which can be produced by an easy process and at low cost and a method for fabricating the optical module. An optical module 100 includes a die pad 101, a plurality of leads 102, and a first platform 110 and a second platform 120 disposed on the die pad 101. At least an optical fiber 113 is fixed to a first platform body 111 and at least a light emitter 124 adapted for generating optical signals to be transmitted through the optical fiber 113 is mounted on a second platform body 121.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2003Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Adrian Lo, Kenjiro Hata, Tohru Kineri, Naoki Hanashima
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Patent number: 7125174Abstract: The optical module includes a main housing, a light-emitting component supported by a second attachment section, a light-receiving component and a filter support member supported by a third attachment section, and first and second optical filters supported by the filter support member. The filter support member has a first surface and a second surface. The first optical filter is mounted on the first surface of the filter support member. The second optical filter is mounted on the second surface of the filter support member.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Adrian Lo, Makoto Sekijima, Kenjiro Hata, Tohru Kineri, Naoki Hanashima
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Patent number: 7106937Abstract: An optical waveguide comprises a silica substrate, a buffer layer formed on the silica substrate, cores formed on the buffer layer, and upper cladding layer formed on the buffer layer, covering the cores. The thermal expansion coefficients of the buffer layer and upper cladding layer are set to be substantially equal. As a result, the stresses in the cores are isotropic, effectively suppressing birefringence.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Publication number: 20060193584Abstract: An optical waveguide comprises a silica substrate, a buffer layer formed on the silica substrate, cores formed on the buffer layer, and upper cladding layer formed on the buffer layer, covering the cores. The thermal expansion coefficients of the buffer layer and upper cladding layer are set to be substantially equal. As a result, the stresses in the cores are isotropic, effectively suppressing birefringence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Publication number: 20060187564Abstract: A heat assisted magnetic recording head is provided, which can prevent an effect of a heat in a laser diode when a magnetic recording region is heated by a heating laser beam and which can reduce its size and weight. In the heat assisted magnetic recording head, a recording magnetic pole, a magnetic recording element, a magnetic read element, an optical waveguide, and an irradiating optical waveguide are attached to a floating slider provided below a suspension. The laser diode is arranged on an opposite side of the suspension to the floating slider. The heating laser beam emitted from the laser diode is directed to the irradiating optical waveguide through the optical waveguide, so that a magnetic recording medium is irradiated with the heating laser beam exiting from the irradiating optical waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2005Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Isamu Sato, Taro Oike, Naoki Hanashima
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Publication number: 20060182394Abstract: The present invention is to provide a spot-size transformer which can transform the beam spot-size in a waveguide separated by a groove and a waveguide-embedded optical circuit using the spot-size transformer. The spot-size transformer according to the present invention comprises a first optical waveguide having a first core and a first cladding covering substantially the whole surface of the first core, a second optical waveguide having a second core provided as an extension of the first cladding and a second cladding, a transition waveguide positioned between the first and second optical waveguides, the transition waveguide having a first core whose width of the extension becomes gradually narrower as it goes toward the second optical waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Patent number: 7068864Abstract: The present invention is to provide an arrayed waveguide-embedded optical circuit with reduced loss at a groove and an optical functional element using for the arrayed waveguide-embedded optical circuit. The arrayed waveguide-embedded optical circuit according to the present invention comprises a waveguide, a groove formed across the waveguide and two or more spot-size transformer pairs whose members face each other across the groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Tohru Kineri, Kenjiro Hata
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Patent number: 7048451Abstract: The optical module includes a main housing to which the optical fiber can be attached and a light-emitting component and a light-receiving component attached to the main housing. At least a part of a surface of the main housing has an irregular pattern to enhance a thermal dissipation. Because at least part of the main housing comprises a heat sink, so the optical module itself has a very high heat dissipation property, eliminating the type of problems that arise when adhesive or the like is used to attach to the main housing heat sinks constituted as separate parts, such as the increase in the number of parts and the degradation in thermal conductivity to the heat sink caused by the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Adrian Lo, Makoto Sekijma, Kenjiro Hata, Tohru Kineri, Naoki Hanashima
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Patent number: 7027702Abstract: An optical waveguide having low polarization dependence having a lower clad layer formed on a substrate, a core layer formed on the lower clad layer and an upper clad layer in which the core layer is buried. The core layer and the upper clad layer of the optical waveguide are made of a material comprising glass as a major component. The polarization dependence is lowered by optimizing the relationship between the coefficients of linear expansion softening temperatures of the optical waveguide layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2004Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Publication number: 20050196116Abstract: The invention relates to a silica optical waveguide having a clad layer and a core formed from a silica material and a method of fabricating the same and provides a silica optical waveguide in which the position of a core can be easily recognized and a method of manufacturing the same. The waveguide has a lower clad layer formed from silicate glass on a silica substrate, a core formed from silicate glass on the lower clad layer, and an upper clad layer formed of silicate glass on the lower clad layer so as to embed the core. A difference of height is provided on a top surface of the upper clad layer such that a difference between reflections from the position of the core and from other positions can be recognized on the top surface of the upper clad layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Publication number: 20050185899Abstract: The optical module includes a main housing to which the optical fiber can be attached and a light-emitting component and a light-receiving component attached to the main housing. At least a part of a surface of the main housing has an irregular pattern to enhance a thermal dissipation. Because at least part of the main housing comprises a heat sink, so the optical module itself has a very high heat dissipation property, eliminating the type of problems that arise when adhesive or the like is used to attach to the main housing heat sinks constituted as separate parts, such as the increase in the number of parts and the degradation in thermal conductivity to the heat sink caused by the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Inventors: Adrian Lo, Makoto Sekijima, Kenjiro Hata, Tohru Kineri, Naoki Hanashima
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Publication number: 20050163445Abstract: An optical waveguide comprises a silica substrate, a buffer layer formed on the silica substrate, cores formed on the buffer layer, and upper cladding layer formed on the buffer layer, covering the cores. The thermal expansion coefficients of the buffer layer and upper cladding layer are set to be substantially equal. As a result, the stresses in the cores are isotropic, effectively suppressing birefringence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2004Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Publication number: 20050158054Abstract: The optical module includes a main housing, a filter support component, which can affix an optical fiber, supported by a first attachment section, a light-emitting component supported by a second attachment section, a light-receiving component supported by a third attachment section, and first and second optical filters supported by a filter support component. The filter support component has a first surface and a second surface. The first optical filter is mounted on the first surface of the filter support component. The second optical filter is mounted on the second surface of the filter support component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: July 21, 2005Inventors: Adrian Lo, Makoto Sekijima, Kenjiro Hata, Tohru Kineri, Naoki Hanashima
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Publication number: 20050157988Abstract: The optical module includes a main housing, a light-emitting component supported by a second attachment section, a light-receiving component and a filter support member supported by a third attachment section, and first and second optical filters supported by the filter support member. The filter support member has a first surface and a second surface. The first optical filter is mounted on the first surface of the filter support member. The second optical filter is mounted on the second surface of the filter support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: July 21, 2005Inventors: Adrian Lo, Makoto Sekijima, Kenjiro Hata, Tohru Kineri, Naoki Hanashima
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Publication number: 20050013574Abstract: An optical waveguide is made of a glass based component, has low polarization dependence, and comprises a lower clad layer formed on a substrate, a core layer formed on the lower clad layer and an upper clad layer in which the core layer is buried, at least the core layer and the upper clad layer being made of a material comprising a glass as a major component, wherein if a coefficient of linear expansion of the core layer is denoted by ?core, a difference between a softening temperature Tcore of the core layer and a practically used temperature To by ?Tcore, a coefficient of linear expansion of the upper clad layer by ?clad, a difference between a softening temperature Tclad of the upper clad layer and the practically used temperature To by ?Tclad, and a coefficient of effective linear expansion of the substrate and of the lower clad layer by ?subs, then, a relationship, ? ? ? ? ? ? T core ? ? ? ? T clad = 2 ? ? core - ? subs - ? clad ? core - ? subs is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2004Publication date: January 20, 2005Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Reio Mochida
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Patent number: 6845196Abstract: The optical branching device includes an input optical waveguide for outputting light inputted from a light input end face to a light output end face, a tapered optical waveguide having one end face connected to the light output end face and a width expanding at a predetermined angle, and branching optical waveguides connected to the other end face of the tapered optical waveguide at a predetermined branching angle, in which when a propagation constant of a leaky mode is ?L, a propagation constant of a fundamental mode is ?0, a meander period is ?, and ?=2?/(?0-?L), an optical waveguide length L from a position which becomes a cause of the leaky mode to the light output end face is substantially integer times ?/2.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Tohru Kineri
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Patent number: 6823118Abstract: The invention relates to an optical branching circuit connected to a light output end face of an optical waveguide circuit or an optical branching circuit and for branching input light, and has a feature to provide an optical branching circuit with less branching ratio variation. The optical branching circuit is comprised of an input optical waveguide formed on a silica glass substrate and for outputting input light inputted from a light input end face to a light output end face, a tapered optical waveguide disposed to be shifted with respect to the input optical waveguide at the light output end face, and branching optical waveguides connected to a light output end face of the tapered optical waveguide at a predetermined branching angle.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: TDK CorporationInventor: Naoki Hanashima
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Publication number: 20040184756Abstract: An optical waveguide is formed on a substrate 11 by the steps of (1) forming an lower clad layer 12, core layer 13, metal mask layer 14 and a photoresist layer 15, (2) patterning the photoresist layer 15 by using a photomask 16, (3) etching and patterning the metal mask layer 14 wider than a core of required width using the patterned photoresist layer 15, (4) removing the photoresist layer and the metal mask layer 14 after patterning the core layer 13 by using the patterned metal mask layer 14 to form core 13a, (5) forming an upper clad layer 17 on the lower clad layer 12 so as to bury the patterned core 13a.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Naoki Hanashima, Tohru Oikawa, Reio Mochida, Tohru Kineri