Patents by Inventor Osamu Kawachi

Osamu Kawachi 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: 9214445
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: a substrate formed of ceramic and including one or more pads on an upper surface thereof; a component flip-chip mounted on the upper surface of the substrate with one or more bumps bonded to the one or more pads; and an additional film located on a lower surface of the substrate and overlapping with at least a part of a smaller one of the pad and the bump in each of one or more pad/bump pairs, the one or more pad/bump pairs being composed of the one or more pads and the one or more bumps bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoi Yamauchi, Osamu Kawachi, Yasushi Fukuda, Yoshinobu Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20150295697
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes: a first chip that has a first filter and a resonator, the first filter being connected between a common terminal and a first terminal, a first end of the resonator being connected to the common terminal not via the first filter; and a second chip that has a second filter, the second filter being connected between a second end of the resonator and a second terminal and having a pass band lower than that of the first filter, a resonance frequency of the resonator being higher than the pass band of the second filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu KAWACHI, Naoki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150036304
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a wiring substrate; a plurality of device chips that are flip-chip mounted on an upper surface of the wiring substrate through bumps, have gaps which expose the bumps between the device chips and the upper surface of the wiring substrate, and include at least one device chip that has a substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient more than a thermal expansion coefficient of the wiring substrate; a junction substrate that is joined to the plurality of device chips, and has a thermal expansion coefficient equal to or less than the thermal expansion coefficient of the substrate included in the at least one device chip; and a sealer that covers the junction substrate, and seals the plurality of device chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoi YAMAUCHI, Osamu KAWACHI
  • Publication number: 20140354374
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a first chip that includes a first substrate, and a first filter formed on a first surface of the first substrate; and a second chip that includes a second substrate, and a second filter formed on a second surface of the second substrate, the second surface being located in a plane different from the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu KAWACHI, Kensei UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20140354114
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a support substrate; a piezoelectric substrate; and a cap substrate, wherein the cap substrate includes a first region located along an outer peripheral portion of the cap substrate, a second region located along an inside of the first region and having a thickness less than a thickness of the first region, and a third region located inside the second region and having a thickness less than a thickness of the second region, and a surface of the first region is bonded to the surface of the outer peripheral portion of the support substrate, a surface of the second region is bonded to a surface of an outer peripheral portion of the piezoelectric substrate, and a surface of the third region is located away from a surface of the piezoelectric substrate to form a space for the excitation electrode to vibrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira MORIYA, Osamu KAWACHI
  • Publication number: 20140339695
    Abstract: An electronic component includes: a substrate formed of ceramic and including one or more pads on an upper surface thereof; a component flip-chip mounted on the upper surface of the substrate with one or more bumps bonded to the one or more pads; and an additional film located on a lower surface of the substrate and overlapping with at least a part of a smaller one of the pad and the bump in each of one or more pad/bump pairs, the one or more pad/bump pairs being composed of the one or more pads and the one or more bumps bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoi YAMAUCHI, Osamu KAWACHI, Yasushi FUKUDA, Yoshinobu ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20140341090
    Abstract: A filter circuit includes: a first transmission filter connected between a first antenna terminal and a first transmission terminal; a second transmission filter connected between the first antenna terminal and a second transmission terminal; a first reception filter connected between a second antenna terminal and a first reception terminal, the second antenna terminal being connected to an antenna different from an antenna to which the first antenna terminal is connected; and a second reception filter connected between the second antenna terminal and a second reception terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu KAWACHI, Kensei UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20140340168
    Abstract: A filter circuit includes: a first band-pass filter, a second band-pass filter, a third band-pass filter and a fourth band-pass filter each having input and output terminals; a first terminal to which one of input and output terminals of first band-pass filter and one of input and output terminals of second band-pass filter are connected; a second terminal to which one of input and output terminals of third band-pass filter and one of input and output terminals of fourth band-pass filter are connected; a third terminal to which another one of input and output terminals of first band-pass filter and another one of input and output terminals of fourth band-pass filter are connected; and a fourth terminal to which another one of input and output terminals of second band-pass filter and another one of input and output terminals of third band-pass filter are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu KAWACHI, Kensei UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20130307636
    Abstract: A composite electronic component includes: a circuit board; a package that includes an acoustic wave filter and is located on a top surface of the circuit board; a dummy package that is located on the top surface of the circuit board; and a lid that is located above the package and the dummy package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanehisa KIMBARA, Osamu KAWACHI
  • Patent number: 8093101
    Abstract: There is provided a method of fabricating an electronic device including flip-chip mounting a device chip on a substrate, and supplying solder between adjacent device chips by supplying the solder on the device chips and applying heat and pressure on the solder, and a contact angle of the device chip and the solder is greater than 90° with the solder melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sakinada, Takumi Kooriike, Shunichi Aikawa, Osamu Kawachi, Yasufumi Kaneda
  • Patent number: 8076827
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a substrate, a device chip that has a piezoelectric substrate and is flip-chip mounted on a surface of the substrate, a first insulation layer that has a dielectric constant lower than that of the piezoelectric substrate and is provided on a surface of the device chip opposite to another surface that faces the substrate, and a metal seal part that seals the device chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Saitou, Osamu Kawachi, Kaoru Sakinada, Yasuyuki Oda
  • Patent number: 8063722
    Abstract: A balance filter includes two acoustic wave filters connected between a single unbalanced terminal and two balanced terminals, and a ground terminal connected to the two acoustic wave filters via a first interconnection portion and a second interconnection portion. The first interconnection portion is connected to the two acoustic wave filters, and the second interconnection portion is connected to the first interconnection portion in a region that is located between the two acoustic wave filters and extends in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the two acoustic wave filters are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Moriya, Yasufumi Kaneda, Osamu Kawachi
  • Patent number: 8018120
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate; comb electrodes provided on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate; and an insulating film provided on at least one of the first surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second surface thereof opposite to the first surface, the insulating film having a thickness greater than that of the piezoelectric substrate and having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than that of the piezoelectric substrate in a direction of propagation of a surface acoustic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Moriya, Osamu Kawachi
  • Patent number: 7816794
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a package substrate made of an insulator, a device chip that is flip-chip mounted on the package substrate, and a seal portion sealing the device chip. The seal portion includes sidewalls made of solder. The whole seal portion including the sidewalls may be made of solder. The electronic device may include a metal layer provided on the seal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Media Devices Limited
    Inventors: Kaoru Sakinada, Takumi Kooriike, Shunichi Aikawa, Osamu Kawachi, Yasufumi Kaneda
  • Patent number: 7795999
    Abstract: A filter includes a first filter that is connected between an input node and an output node and is a surface acoustic wave filter, and a second filter that is provided between the input node and the output node and is connected in parallel with the first filter. The first filter has a total number N1 of pairs of electrode fingers of interdigital transducers and the second filter having a total number N2 of pairs of electrode fingers of interdigital transducers, in which N1 is greater than N2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Media Devices Limited
    Inventors: Yasufumi Kaneda, Osamu Kawachi, Seiichi Mitobe, Kouta Ookubo
  • Publication number: 20100066209
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a substrate, a device chip that has a piezoelectric substrate and is flip-chip mounted on a surface of the substrate, a first insulation layer that has a dielectric constant lower than that of the piezoelectric substrate and is provided on a surface of the device chip opposite to another surface that faces the substrate, and a metal seal part that seals the device chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU MEDIA DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuyuki SAITOU, Osamu KAWACHI, Kaoru SAKINADA, Yasuyuki ODA
  • Publication number: 20100038992
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate; comb electrodes provided on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate; and an insulating film provided on at least one of the first surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second surface thereof opposite to the first surface, the insulating film having a thickness greater than that of the piezoelectric substrate and having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than that of the piezoelectric substrate in a direction of propagation of a surface acoustic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU MEDIA DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Moriya, Osamu Kawachi
  • Patent number: 7629864
    Abstract: A filter includes: a first acoustic wave filter having acoustic wave filters cascaded, an input stage of the acoustic wave filters including a first multimode filter; a second acoustic wave filter having acoustic wave filters cascaded, an input stage of these acoustic wave filters including a second multimode filter having an aperture length different from that of the first multimode filter, the second acoustic wave filter receiving an unbalanced in signal applied to the first acoustic wave filter, and having a pass band that does not overlap with that of the first acoustic wave filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Media Devices Limited
    Inventors: Satoru Ono, Osamu Kawachi, Hidemitsu Kuboi, Kouta Ohkubo
  • Publication number: 20090261921
    Abstract: A balance filter includes two acoustic wave filters connected between a single unbalanced terminal and two balanced terminals, and a ground terminal connected to the two acoustic wave filters via a first interconnection portion and a second interconnection portion. The first interconnection portion is connected to the two acoustic wave filters, and the second interconnection portion is connected to the first interconnection portion in a region that is located between the two acoustic wave filters and extends in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the two acoustic wave filters are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU MEDIA DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira MORIYA, Yasufumi Kaneda, Osamu Kawachi
  • Patent number: RE45419
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate having a first surface on which comb-like electrodes, first pads connected thereto, and a first film are provided. The first film is located so as to surround the comb-like electrodes. A base substrate has a second surface on which second pads joined to the first pads and a second film joined to the first film are provided. The first and second films joined by a surface activation process define a cavity in which the comb-like electrodes and the first and second pads are hermetically sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kawachi, Osamu Ikata, Masanori Ueda, Suguru Warashina