Patents by Inventor Sho Matsumoto

Sho Matsumoto 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: 20220263245
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a substrate containing a dielectric; a zeroth-order resonance antenna; a high frequency circuit mounted on the substrate and a metal body mounted on the substrate. The zeroth-order resonance antenna includes: a main plate providing a ground potential, a patch portion, a feeder line extending from a feeding point to the patch portion to electrically connect the patch portion and the high frequency circuit, at least a part thereof being arranged on a same surface as the patch portion on the substrate, and a short circuit portion. The metal body has a same potential as the main plate. The metal body has a longer length (greater height) than the patch portion in a Z direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: SHO MATSUMOTO, JUNGAUN LEE, YOUICHI HAYASE, RYU ATSUTA
  • Patent number: 11393796
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module is capable of being connected to an external substrate and includes a mounting substrate having a main face and a main face, which are opposed to each other, multiple ground terminals with which the mounting substrate is electrically connected to the external substrate, a PA mounted on the main face, and an LNA mounted on the main face. A communication apparatus includes the radio-frequency module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sho Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11381261
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a transmission path which has one end connected to a transmission terminal and on which a transmission signal in Band A is transmitted; a reception path (62) which has one end connected to a reception terminal (120B) and on which a reception signal in Band B is transmitted; a reception path (63) which has one end connected to a reception terminal (120C) and on which a reception signal in Band C is transmitted; a switch (11) having a common terminal (11a) and selection terminals (11b and 11c); and a switch (12) having a common terminal (12a) and selection terminals (12b and 12c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoji Tsuda, Yusuke Naniwa, Morio Takeuchi, Atsushi Horita, Jin Yokoyama, Sho Matsumoto, Syunsuke Kido, Yukiya Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Kani
  • Patent number: 11380654
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module including a mounting substrate that has mounting faces opposed to each other; a PA that is mounted on the mounting face, that is a radio-frequency component, and that has an emitter terminal; a through electrode that is connected to the emitter terminal of the PA and that passes through the mounting faces of the mounting substrate; and a ground terminal connected to the through electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sho Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11309925
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a mounting substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface on opposite sides of the mounting substrate; an external connection terminal arranged on the first main surface; and a first transmission power amplifier arranged on the first main surface. The first transmission power amplifier includes an amplifier first main surface closest to the first main surface, an amplifier second main surface that faces away from the amplifier first main surface, a first input-output electrode arranged on the amplifier first main surface and through which a radio-frequency signal input into the first transmission power amplifier or a radio-frequency signal output from the first transmission power amplifier is transmitted, and a first ground electrode arranged on the amplifier second main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Matsumoto, Takanori Uejima, Yuji Takematsu, Tetsuro Harada, Dai Nakagawa, Naoya Matsumoto, Yutaka Sasaki, Yuuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20220069471
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a main board, a ground board, a patch, a power feeder, a short-circuit portion and an additional conductor. The main board is made of a dielectric material. The ground board is disposed at the main board and supplies a ground potential. The patch is disposed at the main board to face the ground board in a thickness direction of the main board. The power feeder is disposed at the main board and electrically connected to the patch. The short-circuit portion is a via conductor disposed at the main board, and is electrically connected to the patch and the ground board. The additional conductor is disposed at the main board such that a side surface of the additional conductor faces a side surface of the patch, and has a potential identical to the ground potential of the ground board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: JUNGAUN LEE, SHO MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210336639
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a transmission path which has one end connected to a transmission terminal and on which a transmission signal in Band A is transmitted; a reception path (62) which has one end connected to a reception terminal (120B) and on which a reception signal in Band B is transmitted; a reception path (63) which has one end connected to a reception terminal (120C) and on which a reception signal in Band C is transmitted; a switch (11) having a common terminal (11a) and selection terminals (11b and 11c); and a switch (12) having a common terminal (12a) and selection terminals (12b and 12c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Motoji TSUDA, Yusuke NANIWA, Morio TAKEUCHI, Atsushi HORITA, Jin YOKOYAMA, Sho MATSUMOTO, Syunsuke KIDO, Yukiya YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki KANI
  • Patent number: 11146305
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a switch circuit including a transmit terminal, a receive terminal, a selection terminal, and a common terminal, the switch circuit being capable of switching between (A) a connection between the transmit terminal and the common terminal, (B) connections between the transmit terminal and the common terminal and between the selection terminal and the common terminal, (C) connections between the receive terminal and the common terminal and between the selection terminal and the common terminal, and (D) a connection between the receive terminal and the common terminal; a transmit/receive filter connected to the common terminal and to be used for a time division duplex system, a pass band of the transmit/receive filter being a transmit/receive band of Communication Band A; and a DTC connected to the selection terminal, the DTC changing its capacitance value according to connection switching of the switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sho Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210314010
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a switch performing switching of the connection between a common terminal and a selection terminal, a reception filter having a reception band in a band A as a passband, a transmission filter that has a transmission band in a band B as a passband and has an output terminal connected to the selection terminal, a filter that has the transmission band in a band B as an attenuation band and has an input terminal connected to the selection terminal, a reception path which connects the selection terminal and an input terminal of the reception filter and on which the filter is disposed, a bypass path which connects the selection terminal and the input terminal of the reception filter and on which no filter is disposed, and a transmission path which connects the selection terminal and a transmission terminal and on which the transmission filter is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Motoji TSUDA, Yukiya YAMAGUCHI, Sho MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki KANI, Atsushi HORITA, Morio TAKEUCHI, Yusuke NANIWA, Jin YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210305681
    Abstract: A communication system in a housing including a first communication device and a second communication device has, in at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device, an antenna structure installed at a position between a device arrangement surface and a specific surface. The housing has an inside member arranged substantially in parallel with a battery arrangement surface at a position at least one of above and below the antenna structure. The inside member has, formed thereon, at least one opening that opens in a vertical direction. The at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device serving as a specific communication device include an antenna having directivity set in a predetermined direction range including at least a direction in which the opening of the inside member is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Sho MATSUMOTO, Jungaun LEE, Youichi HAYASE
  • Publication number: 20210280966
    Abstract: An antenna device includes one or more zeroth-order resonant antennas and a metal body. Each of the zeroth-order resonant antennas includes a ground plate configured to provide a ground potential, an opposing conductor arranged at a predetermined distance from the ground plate in a plate thickness direction of the ground plate, a power supply line electrically connected to the opposing conductor, and a short-circuit portion electrically connecting the opposing conductor and the ground plate. The metal body is configured to limit a propagation direction of a radio wave transmitted from or received by the one or more zeroth-order resonant antennas and has an opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jungaun LEE, Sho MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210257735
    Abstract: An antenna device is a device of 0th-resonance antenna, which includes: a ground plate providing a ground potential; an opposed conductor arranged to have a predetermined distance from the ground plate in a plate thickness direction of the ground plate and configured for connection to a feeder line; and a short-circuit part electrically connecting the opposed conductor and the ground plate. The antenna device further includes an intermediate conductor having a same potential as the ground plate and arranged in between the ground plate and the opposed conductor in the plate thickness direction. The intermediate conductor includes a penetration part that includes the opposed conductor in a plan view in the plate thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: JUNGAUN LEE, SHO MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210226652
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a mounting substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface on opposite sides of the mounting substrate; an external connection terminal arranged on the first main surface; and a first transmission power amplifier arranged on the first main surface. The first transmission power amplifier includes an amplifier first main surface closest to the first main surface, an amplifier second main surface that faces away from the amplifier first main surface, a first input-output electrode arranged on the amplifier first main surface and through which a radio-frequency signal input into the first transmission power amplifier or a radio-frequency signal output from the first transmission power amplifier is transmitted, and a first ground electrode arranged on the amplifier second main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sho MATSUMOTO, Takanori UEJIMA, Yuji TAKEMATSU, Tetsuro HARADA, Dai NAKAGAWA, Naoya MATSUMOTO, Yutaka SASAKI, Yuuki FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210218131
    Abstract: A communication system disposed in a housing includes multiple communication devices each of which performing a wireless communication with one another. The communication devices include a specific communication device disposed on a mounting surface. The specific communication device includes at least one antenna structure, and the at least one antenna structure includes at least one antenna. The at least one antenna structure is disposed between the mounting surface and a predetermined wall surface of the housing. A gap between an outer shell of the at least one antenna structure and the predetermined wall surface of the housing is smaller than a wavelength of a radio wave used in the wireless communication of the communication devices. The at least one antenna of the specific communication device has a directivity in a direction parallel to the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventor: SHO MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210219419
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a first mounting board having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; a second mounting board having a third principal surface facing the second principal surface and a fourth principal surface; a transmission filter having a first mounting surface facing the second principal surface and a first top surface; and a reception filter having a second mounting surface facing the third principal surface and a second top surface; wherein the transmission and reception filters overlap at least partially in a plan view of the first and second mounting boards, an output terminal of the transmission filter is arranged on the first top surface, an input terminal of the reception filter is arranged on the second top surface, and the output and input terminals are connected by a conductive member not routed through the first mounting board or the second mounting board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji TAKEMATSU, Takanori UEJIMA, Sho MATSUMOTO, Tetsuro HARADA, Dai NAKAGAWA, Naoya MATSUMOTO, Yutaka SASAKI, Yuuki FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210127394
    Abstract: In a communication system having plural management devices and plural terminal devices, the management device included in a first group and the management device included in a second group each include a respective multi-band communication device performing communication using a first frequency band and a second frequency band. The terminal device included in the first group and the terminal device included in the second group each include a respective specific communication device performing communication using assigned frequency bands assigned to the respective groups to which subject terminal devices belong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: SHO MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210119456
    Abstract: A communication system includes at least one terminal device for acquiring at least information about a battery; and at least one management device. The management device communicates with the terminal device. One of the management device and the terminal device includes a multi-band communication device configured to perform communication using plural, different frequency bands. The other of the management device and the terminal device includes a specific communication device configured to perform communication using at least one frequency band among the plural, different frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: SHO MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210058108
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a switch circuit including a transmit terminal, a receive terminal, a selection terminal, and a common terminal, the switch circuit being capable of switching between (A) a connection between the transmit terminal and the common terminal, (B) connections between the transmit terminal and the common terminal and between the selection terminal and the common terminal, (C) connections between the receive terminal and the common terminal and between the selection terminal and the common terminal, and (D) a connection between the receive terminal and the common terminal; a transmit/receive filter connected to the common terminal and to be used for a time division duplex system, a pass band of the transmit/receive filter being a transmit/receive band of Communication Band A; and a DTC connected to the selection terminal, the DTC changing its capacitance value according to connection switching of the switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Sho MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210005579
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module including a mounting substrate that has mounting faces opposed to each other; a PA that is mounted on the mounting face, that is a radio-frequency component, and that has an emitter terminal; a through electrode that is connected to the emitter terminal of the PA and that passes through the mounting faces of the mounting substrate; and a ground terminal connected to the through electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sho MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210005578
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module is capable of being connected to an external substrate and includes a mounting substrate having a main face and a main face, which are opposed to each other, multiple ground terminals with which the mounting substrate is electrically connected to the external substrate, a PA mounted on the main face, and an LNA mounted on the main face. A communication apparatus includes the radio-frequency module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sho MATSUMOTO