Patents by Inventor Safumi Suzuki

Safumi Suzuki 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: 11863125
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a terahertz oscillator that does not have an MIM capacitor structure of which producing is intricacy, and oscillates due to resonance of an RTD and stabilizing resistors. The present invention is a terahertz oscillator, wherein a slot antenna having a slot is formed between a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate which are applied a bias voltage, stabilizing resistors to respectively connect to the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are provided in the slot, an RTD is provided on the second electrode plate through a mesa, and a conductive material member to form an air bridge between the first electrode plate and the mesa is provided, and wherein an oscillation in a terahertz frequency band is obtained due to a resonance of the RTD and the stabilizing resistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Safumi Suzuki, Van Ta Mai, Yusei Suzuki, Masahiro Asada
  • Publication number: 20230057209
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a terahertz oscillator that does not have an MIM capacitor structure of which producing is intricacy, and oscillates due to resonance of an RTD and stabilizing resistors. The present invention is a terahertz oscillator, wherein a slot antenna having a slot is formed between a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate which are applied a bias voltage, stabilizing resistors to respectively connect to the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are provided in the slot, an RTD is provided on the second electrode plate through a mesa, and a conductive material member to form an air bridge between the first electrode plate and the mesa is provided, and wherein an oscillation in a terahertz frequency band is obtained due to a resonance of the RTD and the stabilizing resistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Safumi SUZUKI, Van Ta MAI, Yusei SUZUKI, Masahiro ASADA
  • Patent number: 11506774
    Abstract: The present invention is the sub-carrier modulated terahertz radar that modulates a main-carrier signal in the terahertz frequency band, which is generated from a resonant tunneling diode (RTD), by a sub-carrier signal in a gigahertz frequency band whose frequency varies periodically, irradiates a frequency-modulated irradiation light to a target, detects and demodulates a reflected light from the target, mixes a demodulated signal with the sub-carrier signal, performs a Fourier transform on a mixed signal, and measures a distance from an irradiation position to the target by using a Fourier-transformed frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masahiro Asada, Safumi Suzuki, Adrian Dobroiu
  • Patent number: 11309834
    Abstract: A small-size high-power terahertz oscillator achieves a stable oscillation in a terahertz frequency band even at room temperature. The high-power terahertz oscillator has a structure in which a bow-tie antenna is disposed on a substrate, a cavity resonator, which includes two cavities, is disposed at a power supply portion of the bow-tie antenna, and a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is disposed along a bottom of a wall of the cavity resonator, which defines the two cavities, and stably oscillates waves in the terahertz frequency band at room temperature by using the RTD, the bow-tie antenna and the cavity resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masahiro Asada, Safumi Suzuki, Hiroki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210328550
    Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a small-size high-power terahertz oscillator that achieves a stable oscillation in a terahertz frequency band even at a room temperature. [Means for solving the problem] The present invention is the high-power terahertz oscillator that has a structure in which a bow-tie antenna is disposed on a substrate, a cavity resonator which includes two cavities is disposed at a power supply portion of the bow-tie antenna and a RTD is disposed along a bottom of a wall of the cavity resonator which defines the two cavities, and stably oscillates waves in the terahertz frequency band at room temperature by using the RTD, the bow-tie antenna and the cavity resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro ASADA, Safumi SUZUKI, Hiroki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210190931
    Abstract: The present invention is the sub-carrier modulated terahertz radar that modulates a main-carrier signal in the terahertz frequency band, which is generated from a resonant tunneling diode (RTD), by a sub-carrier signal in a gigahertz frequency band whose frequency varies periodically, irradiates a frequency-modulated irradiation light to a target, detects and demodulates a reflected light from the target, mixes a demodulated signal with the sub-carrier signal, performs a Fourier transform on a mixed signal, and measures a distance from an irradiation position to the target by using a Fourier-transformed frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro ASADA, Safumi SUZUKI, Adrian DOBROIU
  • Patent number: 10270390
    Abstract: A small-sized frequency-variable terahertz oscillator has a successive and large frequency-sweeping width even at a room temperature. The frequency-variable terahertz oscillator includes a slot antenna, a resonant tunneling diode and a varactor diode arranged parallel to each other along the slot antenna. The frequency-variable terahertz oscillator oscillates in a terahertz frequency range when the resonant tunneling diode and the varactor diode are separately applied with a direct voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Safumi Suzuki, Seiichiro Kitagawa, Masahiro Asada
  • Publication number: 20170155361
    Abstract: A small-sized frequency-variable terahertz oscillator has a successive and large frequency-sweeping width even at a room temperature. The frequency-variable terahertz oscillator includes a slot antenna, a resonant tunneling diode and a varactor diode arranged parallel to each other along the slot antenna. The frequency-variable terahertz oscillator oscillates in a terahertz frequency range when the resonant tunneling diode and the varactor diode are separately applied with a direct voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Safumi SUZUKI, Seiichiro KITAGAWA, Masahiro ASADA
  • Patent number: 7898348
    Abstract: A terahertz oscillation device includes a first electrode placed on the semiconductor substrate; a second electrode placed via the insulating layer toward the first electrode, and opposes the first electrode to be placed on the semiconductor substrate; a MIM reflector formed between the first electrode and the second electrode by sandwiching the insulating layer; a resonator adjoining of the MIM reflector and is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode which oppose on the semiconductor substrate; an active element placed at the substantially central part of the resonator; a waveguide adjoining of the resonator and is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode which oppose on the semiconductor substrate; and a horn apertural area adjoining of the waveguide and is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode which oppose on the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Mukai, Masahiro Asada, Safumi Suzuki, Kenta Urayama
  • Publication number: 20100026401
    Abstract: A terahertz oscillation device includes a first electrode placed on the semiconductor substrate; a second electrode placed via the insulating layer toward the first electrode, and opposes the first electrode to be placed on the semiconductor substrate; a MIM reflector formed between the first electrode and the second electrode by sandwiching the insulating layer; a resonator adjoining of the MIM reflector and is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode which oppose on the semiconductor substrate; an active element placed at the substantially central part of the resonator; a waveguide adjoining of the resonator and is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode which oppose on the semiconductor substrate; and a horn apertural area adjoining of the waveguide and is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode which oppose on the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Mukai, Masahiro Asada, Safumi Suzuki, Kenta Urayama