Patents by Inventor Shigeto IWAI

Shigeto IWAI 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: 11815420
    Abstract: A resonant pressure sensor with improved linearity includes: a substrate including a substrate-separated portion separated from a housing-fixed portion; a first resonator that: is disposed in the substrate-separated portion; and detects a change of a first resonance frequency based on a strain in the substrate caused by static pressure applied by a pressure-receiving fluid; a second resonator that: is disposed in the substrate; detects a change of a second resonance frequency based on the strain in the substrate; and has a pressure sensitivity of the second resonance frequency; and a processor that: measures the static pressure based on the detected change of the first resonance frequency; and corrects the static pressure according to internal temperature of the pressure sensor based on a difference between the second resonance frequency and the first resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Iwai, Atsushi Yumoto, Makoto Noro, Takashi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230175908
    Abstract: A resonant pressure sensor with improved linearity includes: a substrate including a substrate-separated portion separated from a housing-fixed portion; a first resonator that: is disposed in the substrate-separated portion; and detects a change of a first resonance frequency based on a strain in the substrate caused by static pressure applied by a pressure-receiving fluid; a second resonator that: is disposed in the substrate; detects a change of a second resonance frequency based on the strain in the substrate; and has a pressure sensitivity of the second resonance frequency; and a processor that: measures the static pressure based on the detected change of the first resonance frequency; and corrects the static pressure according to internal temperature of the pressure sensor based on a difference between the second resonance frequency and the first resonance frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Iwai, Atsushi Yumoto, Makoto Noro, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11592347
    Abstract: A resonant pressure sensor with improved linearity includes a substrate including a substrate-fixed portion fixed to a housing-fixed portion and a substrate-separated portion separated from the housing-fixed portion in a first direction; a first resonator disposed in the substrate-separated portion to detect a change of a resonance frequency based on a strain caused by static pressure applied by a pressure-receiving fluid interposed in a gap between the housing-fixed portion and the substrate; a first electrode extending along a second direction to output an excitation signal to the first resonator; a second electrode that extends along the second direction and from which the first resonator outputs a signal having the resonance frequency; and a processor that measures the static pressure based on the detected change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Iwai, Atsushi Yumoto, Makoto Noro, Takashi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220349766
    Abstract: A resonant pressure sensor includes: a housing; a housing-fixed portion that is fixed to the housing; a substrate that comprises: a substrate-fixed portion that is fixed to the housing-fixed portion; and a substrate-separated portion that is separated from the housing-fixed portion in a first direction and extends from the substrate-fixed portion; a first resonator that is disposed in the substrate-separated portion and that detects a change of a resonance frequency based on a strain in the substrate caused by static pressure applied by a pressure-receiving fluid; a first electrode that extends along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and that outputs an excitation signal to the first resonator to excite the first resonator; and a second electrode that extends along the second direction and from which the first resonator outputs a signal having the resonance frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Iwai, Atsushi Yumoto, Makoto Noro, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11428594
    Abstract: A resonant pressure sensor has high linearity and includes: a housing; and a pressure sensing unit that detects a static pressure based on a change value of a resonance frequency and includes: a housing-fixed portion; a substrate that includes a substrate-fixed portion and a substrate-separated portion; the pressure-receiving fluid that is interposed in a gap between the housing-fixed portion and the substrate and envelops the substrate; and a first resonator that is disposed in the substrate-separated portion and detects the change value of the resonance frequency based on a strain in the substrate caused by the static pressure applied by the pressure-receiving fluid, wherein the first resonator is made of a semiconductor material including an impurity, a concentration of the impurity is 1×1020 (cm?3) or higher, and an atomic radius of the impurity is smaller than an atomic radius of the semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Iwai, Atsushi Yumoto, Makoto Noro, Takashi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210215560
    Abstract: An resonant pressure sensor, includes: a housing; a housing-fixed portion that is fixed to the housing; a substrate that includes a substrate-fixed portion that is fixed to the housing-fixed portion and a substrate-separated portion that is separated from the housing-fixed portion and extends from the substrate-fixed portion; a first resonator that is disposed in the substrate-separated portion and that detects a change of a resonance frequency based on a strain in the substrate caused by static pressure applied by the pressure-receiving fluid; and a processor. A pressure-receiving fluid is interposed in a gap between the housing-fixed portion and the substrate and envelops the substrate. The processor measures the static pressure based on the detected change of the resonance frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Iwai, Atsushi Yumoto, Makoto Noro, Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10955434
    Abstract: A resonant sensor device includes a base and a detection substrate. The detection substrate includes a movable portion configured to move in a first direction, a supporter includes one or more supporting portions which extend in a direction along an intersecting plane intersecting the first direction, an intermediate fixing portion which is connected to the movable portion via the supporter, a connection portion which connects a mounting portion fixed to the base to the intermediate fixing portion in a second direction that is one direction along the intersecting plane, and a resonator at least partially embedded in the one or more supporting portions. The maximum dimension of the connection portion in a third direction orthogonal to the second direction in the intersecting plane is smaller than a maximum dimension of the supporter in the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Iwai, Makoto Noro
  • Publication number: 20200166538
    Abstract: A resonant sensor device includes a base and a detection substrate. The detection substrate includes a movable portion configured to move in a first direction, a supporter includes one or more supporting portions which extend in a direction along an intersecting plane intersecting the first direction, an intermediate fixing portion which is connected to the movable portion via the supporter, a connection portion which connects a mounting portion fixed to the base to the intermediate fixing portion in a second direction that is one direction along the intersecting plane, and a resonator at least partially embedded in the one or more supporting portions. The maximum dimension of the connection portion in a third direction orthogonal to the second direction in the intersecting plane is smaller than a maximum dimension of the supporter in the third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto IWAI, Makoto NORO
  • Patent number: 9893656
    Abstract: A resonant transducer includes a resonator, a resonator electrodes connected to an end part of the resonator, at least one fixed electrode arranged in the vicinity of the resonator, and a buried part formed between the fixed electrode and the resonator electrode. The resonator, the resonator electrodes and the fixed electrode are formed by the same active layer on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Shigeto Iwai, Yoshitaka Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9865797
    Abstract: A resonant transducer includes a silicon single crystal substrate, a silicon single crystal resonator disposed over the silicon single crystal substrate, a shell made of silicon, surrounding the resonator with a gap, and forming a chamber together with the silicon single crystal substrate, an exciting module configured to excite the resonator, a vibration detecting module configured to detect vibration of the resonator, a first layer disposed over the chamber, the first layer having a through-hole over the resonator, a second layer disposed over the first layer, the second layer covering a gap being positioned above the through-hole and being communicated with the through-hole, and a third layer covering the first layer and the second layer, and the third layer sealing the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Takeshi Mishima, Shigeto Iwai, Yuusaku Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9139419
    Abstract: A resonant transducer includes a silicon single crystal substrate, a silicon single crystal resonator disposed over the silicon single crystal substrate, a shell made of silicon, surrounding the resonator with a gap, and forming a chamber together with the silicon single crystal substrate, an exciting module configured to excite the resonator, a vibration detecting module configured to detect vibration of the resonator, a first layer disposed over the chamber, the first layer having a through-hole, a second layer disposed over the first layer, a third layer covering the first layer and the second layer, and a projection extending from the second layer toward the resonator, the projection being spatially separated from the resonator, the projection being separated from the first layer by a first gap, the second layer being separated from the first layer by a second gap, the first gap is communicated with the second gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Shuuji Okuda, Shigeto Iwai
  • Publication number: 20150042208
    Abstract: A resonant transducer includes a silicon single crystal substrate, a silicon single crystal resonator disposed over the silicon single crystal substrate, a shell made of silicon, surrounding the resonator with a gap, and forming a chamber together with the silicon single crystal substrate, an exciting module configured to excite the resonator, a vibration detecting module configured to detect vibration of the resonator, a first layer disposed over the chamber, the first layer having a through-hole over the resonator, a second layer disposed over the first layer, the second layer covering a gap being positioned above the through-hole and being communicated with the through-hole, and a third layer covering the first layer and the second layer, and the third layer sealing the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi YOSHIDA, Takeshi MISHIMA, Shigeto IWAI, Yuusaku YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150028434
    Abstract: A resonant transducer includes a silicon single crystal substrate, a silicon single crystal resonator disposed over the silicon single crystal substrate, a shell made of silicon, surrounding the resonator with a gap, and forming a chamber together with the silicon single crystal substrate, an exciting module configured to excite the resonator, a vibration detecting module configured to detect vibration of the resonator, a first layer disposed over the chamber, the first layer having a through-hole, a second layer disposed over the first layer, a third layer covering the first layer and the second layer, and a projection extending from the second layer toward the resonator, the projection being spatially separated from the resonator, the projection being separated from the first layer by a first gap, the second layer being separated from the first layer by a second gap, the first gap is communicated with the second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi YOSHIDA, Shuuji OKUDA, Shigeto IWAI
  • Publication number: 20140197712
    Abstract: A resonant transducer includes a resonator, a resonator electrodes connected to an end part of the resonator, at least one fixed electrode arranged in the vicinity of the resonator, and a buried part formed between the fixed electrode and the resonator electrode. The resonator, the resonator electrodes and the fixed electrode are formed by the same active layer on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi YOSHIDA, Shigeto IWAI, Yoshitaka SASAKI