Patents by Inventor Shuji Nojima

Shuji Nojima 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: 8604815
    Abstract: An I/O pin is connected to a DUT via a transmission line. A driver generates a test signal to be supplied to the DUT. A driver-side switch and an output resistor are arranged in series between the driver and the I/O pin. A comparator is arranged such that the input terminal thereof is connected to the I/O pin, and configured to judge the level of a signal output from the DUT. A short-circuit switch is arranged between the I/O pin and the ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Nojima
  • Publication number: 20110316575
    Abstract: An I/O pin is connected to a DUT via a transmission line. A driver generates a test signal to be supplied to the DUT. A driver-side switch and an output resistor are arranged in series between the driver and the I/O pin. A comparator is arranged such that the input terminal thereof is connected to the I/O pin, and configured to judge the level of a signal output from the DUT. A short-circuit switch is arranged between the I/O pin and the ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuji Nojima
  • Patent number: 7947908
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a circuit board having a surface on which a hollow is formed; an electronic component placed into the hollow; a pattern wiring which is formed on a bottom surface of the hollow and whose tip is provided at a position corresponding to a signal electrode of the electronic component; a signal wire connecting a tip of the pattern wiring and the signal electrode of the electronic component; two in-hollow ground patterns formed so as to sandwich the tip of the pattern wiring therebetween on the bottom surface of the hollow; and two or more ground wires that connect two ground electrodes provided on the electronic component so as to sandwich the signal electrode therebetween to the corresponding in-hollow ground patterns, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Mizuno, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Shuji Nojima
  • Patent number: 7915957
    Abstract: Provided is a distributed amplification apparatus that outputs an output signal obtained by amplifying an input signal input thereto, comprising an input-side transmission line that transmits the input signal; an output-side transmission line that transmits the output signal; and a plurality of amplifiers that are provided in parallel between the input-side transmission line and the output-side transmission line, the amplifiers each amplifying the input signal transmitted on the input-side transmission line and supplying the amplified signal to the output-side transmission line. Each amplifier includes a transistor; a capacitor provided on a line that transmits the input signal to a gate terminal of the transistor; and a gate-ground resistance that is provided between the gate terminal of the transistor and a ground potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Nojima
  • Publication number: 20100253434
    Abstract: Provided is a distributed amplification apparatus that outputs an output signal obtained by amplifying an input signal input thereto, comprising an input-side transmission line that transmits the input signal; an output-side transmission line that transmits the output signal; and a plurality of amplifiers that are provided in parallel between the input-side transmission line and the output-side transmission line, the amplifiers each amplifying the input signal transmitted on the input-side transmission line and supplying the amplified signal to the output-side transmission line. Each amplifier includes a transistor; a capacitor provided on a line that transmits the input signal to a gate terminal of the transistor; and a gate-ground resistance that is provided between the gate terminal of the transistor and a ground potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuji NOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20090101396
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a circuit board having a surface on which a hollow is formed; an electronic component placed into the hollow; a pattern wiring which is formed on a bottom surface of the hollow and whose tip is provided at a position corresponding to a signal electrode of the electronic component; a signal wire connecting a tip of the pattern wiring and the signal electrode of the electronic component; two in-hollow ground patterns formed so as to sandwich the tip of the pattern wiring therebetween on the bottom surface of the hollow; and two or more ground wires that connect two ground electrodes provided on the electronic component so as to sandwich the signal electrode therebetween to the corresponding in-hollow ground patterns, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHOICHI MIZUNO, HIROAKI TAKEUCHI, SHUJI NOJIMA
  • Patent number: 6348840
    Abstract: A variable-tuned type YIG oscillator accompanied with substantially no mechanical variations in the resonance circuit and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. An amplifier element, electrode, circuit pattern and others of the oscillator circuit portion of a YIG oscillator are integrated on the front face of a semiconductor substrate by the monolithic microwave integrated circuit manufacturing technique. A coupling loop is formed as a thick film conductor shaped so as to surround at least a portion of the outer periphery of a YIG crystal ball on the semiconductor substrate having the amplifier element, electrode, circuit pattern and others formed thereon. A hole for positioning a YIG crystal ball at a predetermined position inside of the coupling loop is formed in the semiconductor substrate from the front surface of the substrate, and the YIG crystal ball is fitted and fixed in the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ezura, Shuji Nojima
  • Publication number: 20010024143
    Abstract: A variable-tuned type YIG oscillator accompanied with substantially no mechanical variations in the resonance circuit and a method of manufacturing the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ezura, Shuji Nojima
  • Patent number: 6259331
    Abstract: A variable-tuned type YIG oscillator accompanied with substantially no mechanical variations in the resonance circuit and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. An amplifier element, electrode, circuit pattern and others of the oscillator circuit portion of a YIG oscillator are integrated on the front face of a semiconductor substrate by the monolithic microwave integrated circuit manufacturing technique. A coupling loop is formed as a thick film conductor shaped so as to surround at least a portion of the outer periphery of a YIG crystal ball on the semiconductor substrate having the amplifier element, electrode, circuit pattern and others formed thereon. A hole for positioning a YIG crystal ball at a predetermined position inside of the coupling loop is formed in the semiconductor substrate from the front surface of the substrate, and the YIG crystal ball is fitted and fixed in the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Ezura, Shuji Nojima