Patents by Inventor Norikazu SAKAMOTO

Norikazu SAKAMOTO 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: 11855541
    Abstract: A plurality of power conversion units each include an inductor, a switching circuit, and a PWM control IC. An MPU outputs control signals to the plurality of power conversion units. Output parts of the plurality of power conversion units are connected to an output terminal in a parallel manner. Operating number signal generating circuits of feedback signal generating circuits generate an operating number signal Sop on the basis of individual current signals based on inductor currents in the plurality of power conversion units, and output the operating number signal to the MPU. The MPU sets operations of the plurality of power conversion units on the basis of the operating number signal, and outputs the control signals including the settings of the operations of the power conversion units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu Sakamoto, Tatsuya Hosotani
  • Publication number: 20230275465
    Abstract: A wireless power reception circuit system includes a wireless power reception circuit, an electric storage device, a load unit, a digital control circuit, a voltage conversion circuit, a DC-DC converter, smoothing capacitors, a voltage OR circuit, and an external signal setting circuit for resetting the digital control circuit. An enable signal input terminal of the voltage conversion circuit is in a disabled state when the voltage conversion circuit is not controlled by the digital control circuit. The digital control circuit supplies an enable signal to the enable signal input terminal of the voltage conversion circuit when operating the voltage conversion circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu SAKAMOTO, Tatsuya HOSOTANI
  • Publication number: 20230128671
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system comprises a power transmission device and a power reception device. The power reception device includes a power reception coil that wirelessly magnetically couples with a power transmission coil included in the power transmission device. The power transmission device includes a switching circuit in which switch elements perform switching operations, an input voltage adjustment circuit that is electrically connected to the switching circuit and adjusts an input voltage, and an MPU. The MPU is configured to recognize a power requirement presented by the power reception device, control the input voltage adjustment circuit and control intermittent oscillation of the switching circuit, and adjust the input voltage to prevent an oscillation stop period of the intermittent oscillation from exceeding a predetermined stop period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu SAKAMOTO, Tatsuya HOSOTANI
  • Publication number: 20230016857
    Abstract: A multi-converter power supply system includes a plurality of cell converters, a common node to which an individual output terminal of each of the plurality of cell converters is connected, a current waveform signal generation circuit that generates a current waveform signal corresponding to a current waveform flowing through an individual inductor, a current average signal generation circuit that generates a current average signal by averaging temporal changes that the current waveform signal has in a switching period of a switching control circuit, and an instrumentation amplifier that receives input of a current common signal obtained from the common node and the current average signal and that generates an individual current feedback signal to be fed back to the switching control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya HOSOTANI, Norikazu SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230010809
    Abstract: A multi-converter power supply system includes a plurality of cell converters, a common node to which an individual output terminal of each of the plurality of cell converters is connected, a current waveform signal generation circuit that generates a current waveform signal corresponding to a current waveform flowing through an individual inductor, and a first instrumentation amplifier that receives input of an individual output voltage signal obtained from the individual output terminal and the current waveform signal and that outputs a signal for comparison with a current common signal shared by a plurality of switching control circuits. The current waveform signal and the individual output voltage signal that are input to the first instrumentation amplifier are formed with reference to a potential of the common node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu SAKAMOTO, Osamu MIKI, Tatsuya HOSOTANI
  • Publication number: 20210408916
    Abstract: A plurality of power conversion units each include an inductor, a switching circuit, and a PWM control IC. An MPU outputs control signals to the plurality of power conversion units. Output parts of the plurality of power conversion units are connected to an output terminal in a parallel manner. Operating number signal generating circuits of feedback signal generating circuits generate an operating number signal Sop on the basis of individual current signals based on inductor currents in the plurality of power conversion units, and output the operating number signal to the MPU. The MPU sets operations of the plurality of power conversion units on the basis of the operating number signal, and outputs the control signals including the settings of the operations of the power conversion units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu SAKAMOTO, Tatsuya HOSOTANI
  • Publication number: 20210152021
    Abstract: An in-vivo implantable medical device includes a housing, an electronic circuit component, a power reception coil, and a magnetic material. The housing is formed of a biocompatible material and forms an internal space. The electronic circuit component is disposed in the internal space. The power reception coil is disposed in the internal space, interacts with an external electromagnetic field to form an electromagnetic resonance field to receive power. At least part of a region of the housing in which the electromagnetic resonance field is formed is formed of a biocompatible nonmetal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu SAKAMOTO, Tatsuya HOSOTANI, Kiyokazu YAMADA