Patents by Inventor Nobuhisa Yamashita

Nobuhisa Yamashita 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: 20230324243
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: a substrate; a cavity provided in the substrate; a cap provided on the substrate and configured to seal the cavity; and a pressure conduit passing through the substrate and held in a hollow inside the cavity, wherein the pressure conduit includes a tubular insulating layer and a piezoelectric material layer, which is provided on an inner surface of the insulating layer and has a hollow portion therein, wherein the pressure conduit has one end closed in an inside of the cavity and the other end opened toward an outside of the substrate, and wherein the pressure sensor detects deformation of the pressure conduit due to a pressure difference between the outside of the substrate and the inside of the cavity as a change in voltage of the piezoelectric material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Nobuhisa YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230166964
    Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes: a conductive device-side substrate including cavity in thickness direction thereof; a MEMS electrode arranged in the cavity; a support extending in first direction toward the MEMS electrode from peripheral wall of the cavity and connected to and support the MEMS electrode; and an isolator traversing the support in second direction in plan view to isolate the support into a first support on the side of the MEMS electrode and a second support on the side of the device-side substrate to be electrically insulated from each other in the first direction, wherein the isolator includes: a trench recessed in the thickness direction with respect to the device-side substrate; insulating layers formed on inner wall surfaces of the trench; and joining layers formed on the insulating layers and including portions facing each other and at least partially joined to each other in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhisa YAMASHITA, Toma FUJITA, Martin Wilfried HELLER
  • Patent number: 8978469
    Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film structure includes a substrate, a silicon oxide film disposed on the substrate, a first aluminum oxide film disposed on the silicon oxide film, a lower electrode layer disposed on the first aluminum oxide film, a piezoelectric film layer disposed on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer disposed on the piezoelectric film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Takaoka, Daisuke Kaminishi, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8723279
    Abstract: MEMS sensor including substrate, lower thin film confronting one face of the substrate with a space therebetween and having lower through holes extending in the thickness direction thereof, and upper thin film arranged on the opposite side of the substrate confronting the lower thin film with a space therebetween and having upper through holes extending in the thickness direction. A MEMS sensor manufacturing method includes forming a first sacrificing layer on one face of a substrate, forming a lower thin film on the first sacrificing layer with lower through holes individually extending in the thickness direction, forming a second sacrificing layer on the lower thin film, forming an upper thin film on the second sacrificing layer with upper through holes individually extending in the thickness direction, removing the second sacrificing layer through the upper through holes by etching, and removing the first sacrificing layer through the upper and lower through holes by etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8390084
    Abstract: The MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20120247207
    Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film structure includes a substrate, a silicon oxide film disposed on the substrate, a first aluminum oxide film disposed on the silicon oxide film, a lower electrode layer disposed on the first aluminum oxide film, a piezoelectric film layer disposed on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer disposed on the piezoelectric film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki TAKAOKA, Daisuke KAMINISHI, Mizuho OKADA, Nobuhisa YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 8039911
    Abstract: The MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a diaphragm. In the diaphragm, an angle formed by two straight lines connecting supporting portions and the center of a main portion with one another respectively is set to satisfy the relation of the following formula (1): (A2/A1)/(B2/B1)?1??(1) A2: maximum vibrational amplitude of the diaphragm in a case of working a physical quantity of a prescribed value on the diaphragm A1: maximum vibrational amplitude of the diaphragm in a case of working the physical quantity on the diaphragm in an omitting structure obtained by omitting one of the supporting portions from the diaphragm B2: maximum stress caused in the diaphragm in the case of working the physical quantity on the diaphragm B1: maximum stress caused in the diaphragm in the case of working the physical quantity on the diaphragm in the omitting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20110227177
    Abstract: The MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7898044
    Abstract: An MEMS sensor of the present invention includes a substrate, a lower thin film provided on a surface of the substrate, an upper thin film opposed to the lower thin film at an interval on the side opposite to the substrate, and a wall portion surrounding the lower thin film and the upper thin film and protruding on the side opposite to the lower thin film with respect to the upper thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20110012212
    Abstract: An MEMS sensor of the present invention includes a substrate, a lower thin film provided on a surface of the substrate, an upper thin film opposed to the lower thin film at an interval on the side opposite to the substrate, and a wall portion surrounding the lower thin film and the upper thin film and protruding on the side opposite to the lower thin film with respect to the upper thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7825483
    Abstract: An MEMS sensor of the present invention includes a substrate, a lower thin film provided on a surface of the substrate, an upper thin film opposed to the lower thin film at an interval on the side opposite to the substrate, and a wall portion surrounding the lower thin film and the upper thin film and protruding on the side opposite to the lower thin film with respect to the upper thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20100193886
    Abstract: MEMS sensor including substrate, lower thin film confronting one face of the substrate with a space therebetween and having lower through holes extending in the thickness direction thereof, and upper thin film arranged on the opposite side of the substrate confronting the lower thin film with a space therebetween and having upper through holes extending in the thickness direction. A MEMS sensor manufacturing method includes forming a first sacrificing layer on one face of a substrate, forming a lower thin film on the first sacrificing layer with lower through holes individually extending in the thickness direction, forming a second sacrificing layer on the lower thin film, forming an upper thin film on the second sacrificing layer with upper through holes individually extending in the thickness direction, removing the second sacrificing layer through the upper through holes by etching, and removing the first sacrificing layer through the upper and lower through holes by etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20090309173
    Abstract: The MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Goro NAKATANI, Mizuho OKADA, Nobuhisa YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20090047479
    Abstract: An MEMS sensor of the present invention includes a substrate, a lower thin film provided on a surface of the substrate, an upper thin film opposed to the lower thin film at an interval on the side opposite to the substrate, and a wall portion surrounding the lower thin film and the upper thin film and protruding on the side opposite to the lower thin film with respect to the upper thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Goro Nakatani, Mizuho Okada, Nobuhisa Yamashita