Patents by Inventor Naoto Matono
Naoto Matono 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: 9978408Abstract: A thin-film piezoelectric material element includes a piezoelectric part having a laminated structure which a lower electrode film, a piezoelectric material film and an upper electrode film are laminated sequentially, and electrode pads connected with the piezoelectric part. The thin-film piezoelectric material element has solder regulating parts formed on pad surfaces being surfaces of the electrode pads. The solder regulating parts have peripheral edge parts and crossing edge parts connected with the two outer edge parts, and formed to cross the pad surfaces. The crossing edge parts are formed in a bow like curve-shape having curved parts, being gradually distant from the shortest line as they are distant more from the outer edge parts.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignees: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD., TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Matono, Kazushi Nishiyama, Hirofumi Nesori, Takuma Kido
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Publication number: 20180137883Abstract: A thin-film piezoelectric material element includes a piezoelectric part having a laminated structure which a lower electrode film, a piezoelectric material film and an upper electrode film are laminated sequentially, and electrode pads connected with the piezoelectric part. The thin-film piezoelectric material element has solder regulating parts formed on pad surfaces being surfaces of the electrode pads. The solder regulating parts have peripheral edge parts and crossing edge parts connected with the two outer edge parts, and formed to cross the pad surfaces. The crossing edge parts are formed in a bow like curve-shape having curved parts, being gradually distant from the shortest line as they are distant more from the outer edge parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Naoto MATONO, Kazushi NISHIYAMA, Hirofumi NESORI, Takuma KIDO
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Patent number: 9105957Abstract: An attenuator includes: a first portion including a first insulating substrate and a resistor section formed on the first insulating substrate; and a second portion including a second insulating substrate and a terminal section, the second insulating substrate being separated from the first insulating substrate, and the terminal section being formed on the second insulating substrate to be connected to the resistor section.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Matono, Tsz Chun Ng, Hui Wang
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Patent number: 9041483Abstract: An attenuator includes, on a substrate: a resistor section; an insulating film covering the resistor section; and connection terminals covering the insulating film and connected in part to the resistor section. A total thickness of the insulating film and the connection terminal in a region where the insulating film and the connection terminal overlap with the resistor section is from 50 ?m to 200 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.Inventors: Tsz Chun Ng, Naoto Matono, Yat Hin Chan, Hui Wang
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Publication number: 20130181792Abstract: An attenuator includes, on a substrate: a resistor section; an insulating film covering the resistor section; and connection terminals covering the insulating film and connected in part to the resistor section. A total thickness of the insulating film and the connection terminal in a region where the insulating film and the connection terminal overlap with the resistor section is from 50 ?m to 200 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: SALE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tsz Chun NG, Naoto Matono, Yat Hin Chan, Hui Wang
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Publication number: 20130169386Abstract: An attenuator includes: a first portion including a first insulating substrate and a resistor section formed on the first insulating substrate; and a second portion including a second insulating substrate and a terminal section, the second insulating substrate being separated from the first insulating substrate, and the terminal section being formed on the second insulating substrate to be connected to the resistor section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Matono, Tsz Chun Ng, Hui Wang
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Patent number: 8470185Abstract: A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write head capable of precisely narrowing a side gap is provided. A tip portion having a cross sectional geometry of an inverted trapezoid is formed in an opening portion of a non-magnetic layer and thereafter, the non-magnetic layer is etched with the tip portion as a mask. Thereby, a portion adjacent to the tip portion in a writing track width direction remains and an outermost edge portion of the tip portion in that direction is located on a plane which coincides with an etching face (side face) of the non-magnetic layer. When a gap layer is formed with a vapor phase growth such as a sputtering method to cover the side face of the non-magnetic layer and thereafter a side shield layer is formed adjacently to the tip portion therethrough, a thickness of the gap layer becomes extremely thin and is reproduced precisely. Therefore, the side gap is narrowed with high precision.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mino, Naoto Matono, Ikuhito Onodera, Kazushi Nishiyama, Michitoshi Tsuchiya, Kenji Sasaki
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Publication number: 20130070364Abstract: A thin film magnetic head of the present invention is configured to include a main pole layer; a main pole direct junction magnetic layer that has an auxiliary pole layer and an auxiliary yoke layer, the main pole direct junction magnetic layer being directly joined to the main pole layer in a state where a recording gap layer is partially intervened near an air bearing surface (ABS) with respect to the main pole layer; and a first magnetic recording exciting coil that is buried between the auxiliary pole layer and the auxiliary yoke layer configuring the main magnetic direct junction magnetic layer with an insulating layer therebetween. Thereby, an effective magnetic path length can be shortened in order to improve the high-frequency characteristics, and furthermore, simplification of the manufacturing processes becomes possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicants: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Matsuura, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tetsuji Hori, Naoto Matono
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Patent number: 8400732Abstract: The present invention provides a perpendicular magnetic write head capable of preventing unintended erasure of information due to spread of a magnetic field for writing. A leading shield, two side shields, and a trailing shield are disposed around (a front end portion of) a main magnetic pole layer. A nonmagnetic layer having a uniform thickness formed by ALD is provided between the front end portion and two side shields. Consequently, intervals are constant in any positions. Spread of magnetic fields for recording in a write track width direction is suppressed sufficiently more than the case where the intervals vary among positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2007Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventor: Naoto Matono
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Patent number: 8353098Abstract: A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of easily and accurately forming a main magnetic-pole layer having a shape suitable for concentrating a magnetic flux is provided. A nonmagnetic layer having a recessed section (a first recessed section and a second recessed section) is formed, and then an additional nonmagnetic layer is formed on an inner surface of the recessed section. Then, a magnetic layer is formed in the recessed section formed with the additional nonmagnetic layer, and then the magnetic layer is cut to form an air bearing surface, so as to form the main magnetic-pole layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mino, Naoto Matono, Ikuhito Onodera, Kazushi Nishiyama, Michitoshi Tsuchiya, Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 8355222Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic write head includes: a magnetic pole; a pair of nonmagnetic side gap layers provided on both sides in a track-width direction of the magnetic pole; a nonmagnetic trailing gap layer provided on a trailing side of the magnetic pole; a magnetic shield layer so provided as to surround the magnetic pole with both of the nonmagnetic side gap layer and the nonmagnetic trailing gap layer in between; and a magnetic seed layer formed between the nonmagnetic trailing gap layer and the magnetic shield layer, and having a saturation magnetic flux density higher than that of the magnetic shield layer. The magnetic seed layer is not formed between the nonmagnetic side gap layer and the magnetic shield layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mino, Naoto Matono, Ikuhito Onodera, Kazushi Nishiyama, Michitoshi Tsuchiya, Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 8339737Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic write head capable of suppressing damage and corrosion of a magnetic pole to secure a stable writing performance is provided. A non-magnetic protruding layer protruding from a main magnetic pole layer (tip portion) toward an air bearing surface side is formed on both sides of the tip portion in a writing track width direction. The non-magnetic protruding layer is located closer to a recording medium than the tip portion during writing operation, and is more likely to be in contact with the writing medium instead of the tip portion. Since the protective film portion covering the tip portion hardly peels off (e.g., compared to the protective film portion covering the non-magnetic protruding layer), the tip portion is hardly damaged or corroded. Since the tip portion is protected physically and chemically by the non-magnetic protruding layer, deterioration of the soft magnetic characteristics of the tip portion is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mino, Naoto Matono, Ikuhito Onodera, Kazushi Nishiyama, Michitoshi Tsuchiya, Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 8325440Abstract: A magnetic head incorporates: a medium facing surface; a coil; a pole layer; first and second shields disposed to sandwich the pole layer therebetween; a first gap layer disposed between the first shield and the pole layer; a second gap layer disposed between the second shield and the pole layer; and a substrate. The first shield is located closer to the substrate than the second shield. The magnetic head further incorporates an antireflection film disposed between the first shield and the first gap layer or between the first gap layer and the pole layer. The pole layer is formed by frame plating.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignees: TDK Corporation, Sae Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Harada, Koichi Otani, Hidetaka Kawano, Kenji Yokoyama, Naoto Matono
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Patent number: 8201321Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head which can enhance accuracy and simplify the manufacturing process. The method includes: forming a photoresist pattern having an opening part; forming a non-magnetic layer so as to narrow the opening part by a dry film forming method such as ALD method; stacking a seed layer and a plating layer so as to bury the opening part provided with the non-magnetic layer; and forming a main magnetic pole layer by polishing the non-magnetic layer, the seed layer, and the plating layer by CMP method until the photoresist pattern is exposed. The final opening width is unsusceptible to variations, thus reducing the number of the steps of forming the main magnetic layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignees: TDK Corporation, SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Matono, Tatsuya Harada
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Patent number: 8169739Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic write head in which unintended erasure of information at the time of non-writing can be suppressed while keeping the capability of writing is provided. The perpendicular magnetic write head includes a magnetic pole tip portion, a first yoke portion connected to the magnetic pole tip portion, having a width larger than that of the magnetic pole tip portion, and having a recess portion in a center region thereof, and a second yoke portion embedded in the recess portion. The magnetic pole tip portion and the first yoke portion are integrally formed with a vapor deposition method, and the second yoke portion is formed with a plating method. Since the saturation flux density of the magnetic pole tip portion formed with the vapor deposition method becomes higher than that of the yoke portion, a magnetic flux intake capacity of the magnetic pole tip portion is ensured.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mino, Naoto Matono, Ikuhito Onodera, Kazushi Nishiyama, Michitoshi Tsuchiya, Kenji Sasaki
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Publication number: 20120002326Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic write head includes: a magnetic pole; a pair of nonmagnetic side gap layers provided on both sides in a track-width direction of the magnetic pole; a nonmagnetic trailing gap layer provided on a trailing side of the magnetic pole; a magnetic shield layer so provided as to surround the magnetic pole with both of the nonmagnetic side gap layer and the nonmagnetic trailing gap layer in between; and a magnetic seed layer formed between the nonmagnetic trailing gap layer and the magnetic shield layer, and having a saturation magnetic flux density higher than that of the magnetic shield layer. The magnetic seed layer is not formed between the nonmagnetic side gap layer and the magnetic shield layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mino, Naoto Matono, Ikuhito Onodera, Kazushi Nishiyama, Michitoshi Tsuchiya, Kenji Sasaki
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Publication number: 20110220611Abstract: A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of easily and accurately forming a main magnetic-pole layer having a shape suitable for concentrating a magnetic flux is provided. A nonmagnetic layer having a recessed section (a first recessed section and a second recessed section) is formed, and then an additional nonmagnetic layer is formed on an inner surface of the recessed section. Then, a magnetic layer is formed in the recessed section formed with the additional nonmagnetic layer, and then the magnetic layer is cut to form an air bearing surface, so as to form the main magnetic-pole layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Mino, Naoto Matono, Ikuhito Onodera, Kazushi Nishiyama, Michitoshi Tsuchiya, Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 8000064Abstract: A perpendicular recording thin-film magnetic head comprises a main magnetic pole having a tip main magnetic pole part extending in a height direction from a medium-opposing surface and a base main magnetic pole part connected to the tip main magnetic pole part on a side opposite from the medium-opposing surface side and wider than the tip main magnetic pole part in a track width direction; a return yoke extending in the height direction from the medium-opposing surface and magnetically coupling with the base main magnetic pole part at a position distanced from the medium-opposing surface in the height direction, while opposing the tip main magnetic pole part through a write gap layer in a bit length direction in the medium-opposing surface; and a main magnetic pole adjacent magnetic shield layer extending along at least part of side faces of the main magnetic pole other than the medium-opposing surface as seen in a laminating direction, while holding a nonmagnetic layer between the main magnetic pole and theType: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignees: TDK Corporation, SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka Kawano, Hiromichi Umehara, Takamitsu Sakamoto, Koichi Otani, Noriaki Kasahara, Naoto Matono
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Patent number: 7995308Abstract: A magnetic head incorporates: a medium facing surface; a coil; a pole layer; first and second shields disposed to sandwich the pole layer therebetween; a first gap layer disposed between the first shield and the pole layer; a second gap layer disposed between the second shield and the pole layer; and a substrate. The first shield is located closer to the substrate than the second shield. The first shield has a first layer and a second layer disposed between the first layer and the first gap layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignees: TDK Corporation, SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Otani, Naoto Matono, Tatsuya Harada, Kenji Yokoyama, Hidetaka Kawano
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Patent number: 7948716Abstract: A magnetic head includes: a coil; a pole layer; a shield having an end face located in a medium facing surface forward of an end face of the pole layer along a direction of travel of a recording medium; a gap layer between the shield and the pole layer; and a substrate on which the foregoing elements are stacked. The top surface of the pole layer includes: first and second portions with a difference in height therebetween; and a third portion connecting the first and second portions to each other. The first portion has an edge located in the medium facing surface, and the second portion is located farther from the medium facing surface and from the substrate than the first portion. The magnetic head further includes a nonmagnetic layer disposed between the second portion and the gap layer. The nonmagnetic layer has a surface touching the second portion, the surface having an edge located at the boundary between the second and third portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignees: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., TDK CorporationInventors: Naoto Matono, Koichi Otani, Tatsuya Harada, Noriaki Kasahara, Takamitsu Sakamoto, Hiroaki Kawashima, Hirotaka Gomi, Kenkichi Anagawa, Norikazu Ota