Patents by Inventor Ryuta Nishizawa

Ryuta Nishizawa 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: 20200252050
    Abstract: A resonator device includes a quartz crystal substrate, a resonator element including a first excitation electrode arranged on a first surface of the quartz crystal substrate, a second excitation electrode arranged on a second surface of the quartz crystal substrate in opposition to the first excitation electrode, and first and second pad electrodes that are arranged on the first surface and are coupled to the first and second excitation electrodes, a base including a substrate and first and second interconnects arranged on the substrate, a first bonding member bonding the first pad electrode to the first interconnect, and a second bonding member bonding the second pad electrode to the second interconnect. The first and second bonding members are arranged such that a first imaginary line that passes through a centroid of the resonator element and is parallel to an X axis is interposed between the first and second bonding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: ATSUSHI MATSUO, SHINYA AOKI, BYONHAKU YU, RYUTA NISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10690500
    Abstract: A sensor element includes a base portion, a drive arm that extends from the base portion or a portion which is connected to the base portion, and a detection arm that extends from the base portion. The drive arm includes a drive arm portion that extends from the base portion or a portion which is connected to the base portion, and a drive weight portion that is provided on a front end side with respect to the drive arm portion and has a larger width than the drive arm portion. When a length of the drive weight portion in an extending direction of the drive arm is referred to as DHL and a width of the drive weight portion in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction in a planar view is referred to as DHW, a relationship of 1.5?DHL/DHW is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta Nishizawa, Keiichi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10670428
    Abstract: A circuit device adapted to perform detection of angular velocity observed by a capacitance type angular velocity transducer includes a drive device, a detection device, a vibration frequency controller adapted to variably control at least one of a detection frequency and a drive frequency of the capacitance type angular velocity transducer, and a storage adapted to store a correction parameter group adapted to correct a sensor characteristic of the capacitance type angular velocity transducer due to a variation of at least one of the detection frequency and the drive frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta Nishizawa, Kei Kanemoto, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20200149889
    Abstract: A gyro vibrating element includes a drive signal pattern including a drive signal electrode to which a drive signal is applied and a drive signal wire connected to the drive signal electrode, a first detection signal pattern including a first detection electrode that outputs a first detection signal and a first detection signal wire connected to the first detection electrode, the first detection signal pattern being capacitively coupled to the drive signal pattern, and a second detection signal pattern including a second detection electrode that outputs a second detection signal opposite in phase to the first detection signal and a second detection signal wire connected to the second detection electrode, the second detection signal pattern being capacitively coupled to the drive signal pattern. Any one of the first detection signal pattern, the second detection signal pattern, and the drive signal pattern includes an adjustment pattern for adjusting an area of the signal pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Keiji NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10520312
    Abstract: A vibration element includes a detection signal electrode provided in a detection vibrating arm, a detection signal terminal which is provided in a support portion and electrically connected to the detection signal electrode, and a detection ground terminal provided in the support portion, and the detection ground terminal is disposed between a first connection portion which is a connection portion with a beam portion of the support portion and a second connection portion which is a connection portion with a beam portion, and is provided to extend to the outside of the first connection portion, and the detection signal terminal is provided between the detection ground terminal and an end portion of the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro Ogura, Ryuta Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20190301865
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes: a supporting member; and a sensor element supported by the supporting member, in which the sensor element includes a vibrator element, a drive signal wiring disposed on the vibrator element, and a first detection signal terminal and a second detection signal terminal disposed on the vibrator element, the supporting member includes a substrate on which the sensor element is joined, and a first detection signal wiring and a second detection signal wiring disposed on the substrate, and the first detection signal wiring and the second detection signal wiring respectively include areas that extend along a second axis intersecting with the first axis and that intersect with the drive signal wiring in a plan view as seen in a direction in which the sensor element and the substrate overlap with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190301869
    Abstract: A frequency adjustment method of a vibration element includes adjusting a resonance frequency of the vibration element by irradiating the vibration element, which includes a vibrating arm having a first principal surface and a second principal surface that are in a front and back relationship with each other with an energy ray, to remove a part of the vibrating arm on the first principal surface, and in which an activation amount by the energy ray on the second principal surface of the vibrating arm is smaller than an activation amount by the energy ray on the first principal surface of the vibrating arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shogo SASAKI, Masashi SHIMURA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro OSHIO, Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Seiichiro OGURA
  • Publication number: 20190301868
    Abstract: A sensor element includes: a base portion; a drive arm coupled to the base portion via a coupling arm extending on a first axis from the base portion; a first detection arm extending from the base portion in a positive direction of a second axis orthogonal to the first axis and a second detection arm extending from the base portion in a negative direction of the second axis in the plan view; a drive signal wiring disposed on the base portion along the first axis in the plan view; and a first detection signal wiring and a second detection signal wiring disposed on the base portion in the plan view, in which shapes of the first detection signal wiring and the second detection signal wiring are different from each other in line symmetrical shapes based on the first axis in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190234735
    Abstract: A vibration element includes a detection signal electrode provided in a detection vibrating arm, a detection signal terminal which is provided in a support portion and electrically connected to the detection signal electrode, and a detection ground terminal provided in the support portion, and the detection ground terminal is disposed between a first connection portion. which is a connection portion with a beam portion of the support portion and a second connection portion which is a connection portion with a beam portion, and is provided to extend to the outside of the first connection portion, and the detection signal terminal is provided between the detection ground terminal and an end portion of the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro OGURA, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190199317
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base; and a vibrator element including a quartz crystal vibrator element attached to the base via a first metal bump, in which the first metal bump is disposed on a straight line inclined within a range of +55° to +65° or ?65° to ?55° with respect to an X axis of the quartz crystal constituting the quartz crystal vibrator element in plan view seen from a direction in which the base and the quartz crystal vibrator element are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi MATSUO, Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Shinya AOKI, Shiro MURAKAMI, Masashi SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190199315
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base; a circuit element attached to the base; a vibrator element attached to the circuit element; and a plurality of temperature sensors arranged in the circuit element, in which the circuit element includes a first connecting terminal connected to the base, a second connecting terminal connected to the vibrator element, and at least one circuit of an output buffer circuit, a power supply circuit, and a phase-locked loop circuit, and the shortest distance between each of the plurality of temperature sensors and the first connecting terminal or the second connecting terminal is shorter than the shortest distance between each of the temperature sensors and the at least one circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro MURAKAMI, Atsushi MATSUO, Shinya AOKI, Masashi SHIMURA, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190195630
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base, a first relay substrate mounted on the base, a second relay substrate mounted on the first relay substrate, and a vibrator element mounted on the second relay substrate, in which the second relay substrate is disposed between the first relay substrate and the vibrator, and the second relay substrate includes a terminal that is electrically coupled to the vibrator element and is positioned in a region overlapping with the first relay substrate and not overlapping the vibrator element in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi SHIMURA, Atsushi MATSUO, Shinya AOKI, Shiro MURAKAMI, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190165759
    Abstract: A vibration device including a vibrator, a circuit component, a relay substrate disposed between the vibrator and the circuit component, a package that accommodates the vibrator, the circuit component, and the relay substrate, a first metal bump that joins the circuit component to the package, a second metal bump that joins the relay substrate to the circuit component, and a third metal bump that joins the vibrator to the relay substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Shiro MURAKAMI, Shinya AOKI, Atsushi MATSUO, Masashi SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190165756
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a base, a relay substrate that is supported by the base, and a vibrator element that is supported by the relay substrate. In addition, the vibrator element includes a vibration substrate formed of a piezoelectric single-crystalline body and an excitation electrode disposed on the vibration substrate. In addition, the relay substrate includes a substrate formed of the piezoelectric single-crystalline body. A crystal axis of the substrate and a crystal axis of the vibration substrate are shifted from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro MURAKAMI, Atsushi MATSUO, Shinya AOKI, Masashi SHIMURA, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190165760
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes abase, a circuit element that is attached to the base, and a vibrator element that is arranged at an active surface of the circuit element and is attached to the circuit element, and the circuit element includes a terminal for frequency adjustment that is used for frequency adjustment of the vibrator element and is disposed in a region that does not overlap the vibrator element when viewed in a plan view of the active surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi SHIMURA, Atsushi MATSUO, Shinya AOKI, Shiro MURAKAMI, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10302430
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a vibration element having a detection signal electrode and a drive signal electrode, an IC disposed so as to be opposed to the vibration element, a first wiring pattern located between the IC and the vibration element, and electrically connected to the drive signal electrode, and a shield wiring pattern located on the vibration element side of the first wiring pattern, and electrically connected to a constant potential (ground).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta Nishizawa, Takashi Nomiya, Keiichi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10295346
    Abstract: A vibration element includes a detection signal electrode provided in a detection vibrating arm, a detection signal terminal which is provided in a support portion and electrically connected to the detection signal electrode, and a detection ground terminal provided in the support portion, and the detection ground terminal is disposed between a first connection portion which is a connection portion with a beam portion of the support portion and a second connection portion which is a connection portion with a beam portion, and is provided to extend to the outside of the first connection portion, and the detection signal terminal is provided between the detection ground terminal and an end portion of the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichiro Ogura, Ryuta Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20190006575
    Abstract: A frequency adjustment method of a vibrator element includes preparing a vibrator element that has a vibrating arm, a first weight placed on one principal surface of the vibrating arm, and a second weight placed on the other principal surface of the vibrating arm, in which the first weight has a non-overlapping region which does not overlap the second weight in a plan view in a normal direction of the principal surface, preparing a substrate including a wiring portion, and fixing the vibrator element to the substrate by causing the other principal surface side of the vibrator element to face the substrate side, and irradiating the non-overlapping region of the first weight with an energy ray from one principal surface side, removing a portion of the non-overlapping region of the first weight, and adjusting a resonance frequency of the vibrating arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Seiichiro OGURA, Masahiro OSHIO, Ryuta NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180283865
    Abstract: A sensor element includes a base portion, a drive arm that extends from the base portion or a portion which is connected to the base portion, and a detection arm that extends from the base portion. The drive arm includes a drive arm portion that extends from the base portion or a portion which is connected to the base portion, and a drive weight portion that is provided on a front end side with respect to the drive arm portion and has a larger width than the drive arm portion. When a length of the drive weight portion in an extending direction of the drive arm is referred to as DHL and a width of the drive weight portion in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction in a planar view is referred to as DHW, a relationship of 1.5?DHL/DHW is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180274922
    Abstract: A vibration device includes a vibration element that has a plurality of terminals, a base that has a plurality of electrical connection terminals, and a board that has a wiring portion which electrically connects the plurality of electrical connection terminal and the plurality of terminals to each other, and that supports the vibration element with respect to the base. The board has a base fixing portion fixed to the base, a vibration element mounting portion on which the vibration element is mounted, and at least one beam portion which couples the base fixing portion and the vibration element mounting portion to each other. At least the one beam portion has a first portion which extends in a first direction and a second portion which extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ryuta NISHIZAWA, Shiro MURAKAMI, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI, Keiji NAKAGAWA