Patents by Inventor Shoji KAKIO

Shoji KAKIO 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: 11777469
    Abstract: A bonded substrate includes a quartz substrate and a piezoelectric substrate which is bonded on the quartz substrate and on which a surface acoustic wave propagates, wherein the quartz substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are bonded by covalently coupling at a bonding interface, and an orientation of the quartz substrate and an orientation of the piezoelectric substrate intersect with each other on an orthogonal direction side or in the range of 65 degrees to 115 degrees in a bonding surface direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Kurimoto, Kazuhito Kishida, Rinzo Kayano, Jun Mizuno, Shoji Kakio
  • Publication number: 20230117944
    Abstract: In a bonded substrate according to an embodiment, Euler angles (?1, ?1, ?1) of a first quartz-crystal substrate satisfy 0°??1?2°, 123°??1?128°, and 31°??1?44°, Euler angles (?2, ?2, ?2) of a second quartz-crystal substrate bonded over the first quartz-crystal substrate satisfy 83°??2?95°, 82°??2?95°, and 159°??2?161°, and a thickness of the second quartz-crystal substrate is 0.17 to 0.19 times a wavelength of a surface acoustic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhito KISHIDA, Shoji KAKIO, Hiroaki YOKOTA, Takuya MARUKO, Kengo OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230071292
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate formed from a Ca3Ta(Ga1-xAlx)3Si2O14 single crystal, and an interdigital electrode formed on the surface of the piezoelectric substrate and formed from Al. The interdigital electrode is configured to generate a Love-wave-type SH wave on the surface of the piezoelectric substrate. A normalized film thickness obtained by dividing the film thickness of the interdigital electrode by the wavelength of the Love-wave-type SH wave is 0.16 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Shoji KAKIO, Noritoshi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11569794
    Abstract: In a surface acoustic wave resonator according to an embodiment, a quartz-crystal substrate includes an AT-cut 0° X-propagation first quartz-crystal substrate and a Z-cut second quartz-crystal substrate bonded over the first quartz-crystal substrate. A propagation direction of a surface acoustic wave in the second quartz-crystal substrate is inclined from an X-axis of a crystal by 27 to 33°, 87 to 93°, or 147 to 153°, and a thickness of the second quartz-crystal substrate is 0.2 to 1.0 times a wavelength of the surface acoustic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kishida, Shoji Kakio, Kengo Ogawa, Hiroaki Yokota
  • Patent number: 11502665
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bonded substrate, which has a quartz substrate and a piezoelectric substrate bonded, includes irradiating a bonding surface of the quartz substrate and a bonding surface of the piezoelectric substrate with ultraviolet light under a pressure lower than atmosphere pressure. After the irradiation, the bonding surface of the quartz substrate and the bonding surface of the piezoelectric substrate are brought into contact. And the quartz substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are pressurized in a thickness direction to bond the bonding surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei Kurimoto, Kazuhito Kishida, Rinzo Kayano, Jun Mizuno, Shoji Kakio
  • Patent number: 11356076
    Abstract: In a surface acoustic wave filter according to an embodiment, a thickness of a piezoelectric crystal substrate bonded over a support substrate made of an oxide crystal is 0.05 to 0.5 ?m, and an odd-order harmonic is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kishida, Shoji Kakio, Jun Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220069796
    Abstract: In a surface acoustic wave resonator according to an embodiment, a quartz-crystal substrate includes an AT-cut 0° X-propagation first quartz-crystal substrate and a Z-cut second quartz-crystal substrate bonded over the first quartz-crystal substrate. A propagation direction of a surface acoustic wave in the second quartz-crystal substrate is inclined from an X-axis of a crystal by 27 to 33°, 87 to 93°, or 147 to 153°, and a thickness of the second quartz-crystal substrate is 0.2 to 1.0 times a wavelength of the surface acoustic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhito KISHIDA, Shoji KAKIO, Kengo OGAWA, Hiroaki YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20220069799
    Abstract: An elastic wave device that excites main vibration of an SH mode includes a piezoelectric layer formed from a piezoelectric material, a carrier substrate, and an IDT electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer. When a wavelength of an elastic wave, which is determined by an electrode cycle P of the IDT electrode, is represented by ?, the piezoelectric layer has a thickness of 0.15? or more and 1.5? or less. The carrier substrate has an acoustic anisotropy, and is arranged in a crystal orientation that reduces unnecessary vibrations of an SV mode and a vertical L-mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Noriyuki WATANABE, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Shoji KAKIO
  • Publication number: 20210226602
    Abstract: In a surface acoustic wave filter according to an embodiment, a thickness of a piezoelectric crystal substrate bonded over a support substrate made of an oxide crystal is 0.05 to 0.5 ?m, and an odd-order harmonic is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhito Kishida, Shoji Kakio, Jun Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11061261
    Abstract: An optical modulator, a substrate for an optical modulator, a method of manufacturing an optical modulator, and a method of manufacturing a substrate for an optical modulator that can reduce a propagation loss are provided. An optical modulator 1 according to an embodiment includes: a base substrate 10; a waveguide substrate 20 disposed over the base substrate 10 and including an electro-optic effect; a waveguide 23 formed on the waveguide substrate 20 for performing optical modulation; and an electrode 40 configured to apply a voltage to the waveguide 23. Here, the base substrate 10 and the waveguide substrate 20 are made of the same material, the waveguide 23 is formed inside the waveguide substrate 20, and a refractive index of the waveguide substrate 20 is larger than a refractive index of the base substrate 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Yonai, Kazuhito Kishida, Rinzo Kayano, Satoru Ohsaki, Kengo Ogawa, Kouhei Kurimoto, Hiroaki Yokota, Shoji Kakio
  • Publication number: 20210108338
    Abstract: A bonded substrate includes: a quartz substrate cut at an intersection angle with a crystal X-axis; and a piezoelectric substrate laminated on the quartz substrate. Preferably, a cut angle of the quartz substrate has an angle in the range of 85 to 95 degrees with respect to the crystal X-axis. Preferably, the surface acoustic wave propagation direction of the quartz substrate has an angle of 15 to 50 degrees with respect to a crystal Y-axis. Preferably, as a piezoelectric substrate, lithium niobate or lithium tantalate is used. Preferably, the piezoelectric substrate has a thickness h having a relationship of 0.02 to 0.11? with respect to a wavelength ? of a surface acoustic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei KURIMOTO, Kazuhito KISHIDA, Rinzo KAYANO, Jun MIZUNO, Shoji KAKIO
  • Publication number: 20200127634
    Abstract: A bonded substrate includes a quartz substrate and a piezoelectric substrate which is bonded on the quartz substrate and on which a surface acoustic wave propagates, wherein the quartz substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are bonded by covalently coupling at a bonding interface, and an orientation of the quartz substrate and an orientation of the piezoelectric substrate intersect with each other on an orthogonal direction side or in the range of 65 degrees to 115 degrees in a bonding surface direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouhei KURIMOTO, Kazuhito KISHIDA, Rinzo KAYANO, Jun MIZUNO, Shoji KAKIO
  • Publication number: 20200110291
    Abstract: An optical modulator, a substrate for an optical modulator, a method of manufacturing an optical modulator, and a method of manufacturing a substrate for an optical modulator that can reduce a propagation loss are provided. An optical modulator 1 according to an embodiment includes: a base substrate 10; a waveguide substrate 20 disposed over the base substrate 10 and including an electro-optic effect; a waveguide 23 formed on the waveguide substrate 20 for performing optical modulation; and an electrode 40 configured to apply a voltage to the waveguide 23. Here, the base substrate 10 and the waveguide substrate 20 are made of the same material, the waveguide 23 is formed inside the waveguide substrate 20, and a refractive index of the waveguide substrate 20 is larger than a refractive index of the base substrate 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Toshifumi YONAI, Kazuhito KISHIDA, Rinzo KAYANO, Satoru OHSAKI, Kengo OGAWA, Kouhei KURIMOTO, Hiroaki YOKOTA, Shoji KAKIO
  • Publication number: 20190267967
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bonded substrate, which has a quartz substrate and a piezoelectric substrate bonded, includes irradiating a bonding surface of the quartz substrate and a bonding surface of the piezoelectric substrate with ultraviolet light under a pressure lower than atmosphere pressure. After the irradiation, the bonding surface of the quartz substrate and the bonding surface of the piezoelectric substrate are brought into contact. And the quartz substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are pressurized in a thickness direction to bond the bonding surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicants: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD., WASEDA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI
    Inventors: Kouhei KURIMOTO, Kazuhito KISHIDA, Rinzo KAYANO, Jun MIZUNO, Shoji KAKIO
  • Patent number: 10340881
    Abstract: There is provided a bonded substrate including: a quartz substrate; and a piezoelectric substrate which is bonded on the quartz substrate and on which a surface acoustic wave propagates, wherein the quartz substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are bonded at a bonding interface through covalent bonding, and a surface acoustic wave element having a higher phase velocity and a higher electromechanical coupling factor than conventional one is obtained by disposing an interdigital electrode on a principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD., WASEDA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI
    Inventors: Kouhei Kurimoto, Kazuhito Kishida, Rinzo Kayano, Jun Mizuno, Shoji Kakio
  • Publication number: 20180048282
    Abstract: There is provided a bonded substrate including: a quartz substrate; and a piezoelectric substrate which is bonded on the quartz substrate and on which a surface acoustic wave propagates, wherein the quartz substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are bonded at a bonding interface through covalent bonding, and a surface acoustic wave element having a higher phase velocity and a higher electromechanical coupling factor than conventional one is obtained by disposing an interdigital electrode on a principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicants: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD., WASEDA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI
    Inventors: Kouhei KURIMOTO, Kazuhito KISHIDA, Rinzo KAYANO, Jun MIZUNO, Shoji KAKIO