Patents by Inventor Takashi Yamane

Takashi Yamane 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: 10756698
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a multilayer film including a piezoelectric thin film laminated on a support substrate. In a region outside a region in which an IDT electrode is provided, the multilayer film is not disposed. A first insulating layer extends from at least a portion of the region to a region on the piezoelectric thin film. A wiring electrode extends to a region on the first insulating layer from a region on the piezoelectric thin film and to extend to a region on a portion of the first insulating layer located in the region. A support layer including a cavity defining a hollow space is provided on the support substrate. The support layer includes, on the wiring electrode, a portion extending from the region to a region above an inner end of the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamane, Tsutomu Takai, Toru Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10659001
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a lamination layer film including a piezoelectric thin film on a support substrate. The lamination layer film is not partially present in a region located in an outer side portion of a region where IDT electrodes are provided. A first insulation layer extends from at least a portion of a region where the lamination layer film is not present to an upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film. A wiring electrode extends from the upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film to an upper portion of the first insulation layer, and extends onto a section of the first insulation layer in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Tsutomu Takai, Seiji Kai, Hisashi Yamazaki, Yuji Miwa, Takashi Yamane
  • Patent number: 10659002
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a lamination layer film including a piezoelectric thin film on a support substrate. The lamination layer film is not partially present in a region located in an outer side portion of a region where IDT electrodes are provided. A first insulation layer extends from at least a portion of a region where the lamination layer film is not present to an upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film. A wiring electrode has a width of about 6 ?m and extends from the upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film to an upper portion of the first insulation layer, and extends onto a section of the first insulation layer in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Tsutomu Takai, Seiji Kai, Hisashi Yamazaki, Yuji Miwa, Takashi Yamane, Noriyoshi Ota, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190393858
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a material layer with Euler angles and an elastic constant at the Euler angles represented by Expression 1, a piezoelectric body including opposing first and second principal surfaces, is laminated directly or indirectly on the material layer and has Euler angles, and whose elastic constant at the Euler angles is represented by the Expression 1 below, and an IDT electrode on at least one of first and second principal surfaces of the piezoelectric body, and in which a wave length determined by an electrode finger pitch is ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hideki IWAMOTO, Tsutomu TAKAI, Ryo NAKAGAWA, Takashi YAMANE, Masanori OTAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190393856
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a material layer which has Euler angles and an elastic constant at the Euler angles, a piezoelectric body which includes first and second principal surfaces opposing each other, is laminated directly or indirectly on the material layer so that the second principal surface is on the material layer side and has Euler angles, and whose elastic constant at the Euler angles, and an IDT electrode which is disposed on at least one of the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the piezoelectric body. At least one elastic constant among elastic constants C11 to C66 of the material layer not equal to 0 and at least one elastic constant among elastic constants C11 to C66 of the piezoelectric body not equal to 0 have opposite signs to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hideki IWAMOTO, Tsutomu TAKAI, Ryo NAKAGAWA, Takashi YAMANE, Masanori OTAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20190363697
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes IDT electrodes with different wavelengths determined by electrode finger pitches. A piezoelectric thin film is laminated directly on or indirectly above a high acoustic velocity member. A silicon oxide film is laminated on the piezoelectric thin film, IDT electrodes are laminated on the silicon oxide film. When represents a wavelength of one of the IDT electrodes having the shortest wavelength, y represents a wavelength normalized film thickness (%) that is a percentage of a film thickness of the piezoelectric thin film with respect to the wavelength ?, and x represents a wavelength normalized film thickness (%) that is a percentage of a film thickness of the silicon oxide film with respect to the wavelength ?, y is equal to or smaller than about 350% and y<1.6x(?0.01)+0.05x(?0.6)?1 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Takashi YAMANE
  • Patent number: 10476471
    Abstract: A composite device includes a silicon substrate including first and second main surfaces on opposite sides, a semiconductor device adjacent to at least one of the first and second main surfaces, and an acoustic wave device including a silicon oxide film directly or indirectly disposed on the first main surface of the silicon substrate, a piezoelectric layer directly disposed on the silicon oxide film, and an IDT disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a thickness of not greater than about 2.5? where ? is a wavelength defined by an electrode finger pitch of the IDT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Taniguchi, Masashi Omura, Takashi Yamane
  • Patent number: 10447240
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes IDT electrodes stacked on a piezoelectric thin film. The IDT electrode includes a plurality of first electrode fingers and a plurality of second electrode fingers. A line connecting the distal ends of the first electrode fingers or the distal ends of the second electrode fingers extends obliquely with respect to a propagation direction of an elastic wave at an oblique angle ?. The oblique angle ? is about 0.4° or more and about 10° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamane, Hideki Iwamoto, Keiji Okada, Syunsuke Kido, Masanori Otagawa, Ippei Hatsuda, Korekiyo Ito
  • Publication number: 20190305748
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a multilayer film including a piezoelectric thin film laminated on a support substrate. In a region outside a region in which an IDT electrode is provided, the multilayer film is not disposed. A first insulating layer extends from at least a portion of the region to a region on the piezoelectric thin film. A wiring electrode extends to a region on the first insulating layer from a region on the piezoelectric thin film and to extend to a region on a portion of the first insulating layer located in the region. A support layer including a cavity defining a hollow space is provided on the support substrate. The support layer includes, on the wiring electrode, a portion extending from the region to a region above an inner end of the first insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi YAMANE, Tsutomu TAKAI, Toru TAKESHITA
  • Publication number: 20190288667
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a spacer layer on or above a support substrate and outside a piezoelectric film as seen in a plan view from a thickness direction of the support substrate. A cover layer is disposed on the spacer layer. A through electrode extends through the spacer layer and the cover layer and is electrically connected to the wiring electrode. The wiring electrode includes a first section overlapping the through electrode as seen in the plan view from the thickness direction, a second section overlapping the piezoelectric film as seen in the plan view from the thickness direction, and a step portion defining a step in the thickness direction between the first section and the second section. The spacer layer includes an end portion embedded in the cover layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yasunobu HAYASHI, Takashi YAMANE
  • Patent number: 10256793
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric film and a high acoustic velocity member in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating in the high acoustic velocity member is larger than an acoustic velocity of a main mode elastic wave propagating in the piezoelectric film, the piezoelectric film that is directly or indirectly laminated on the high acoustic velocity member, a first conductive film provided on the piezoelectric film, and a second conductive film that is provided on the piezoelectric film and on at least a portion of the first conductive film. A plurality of IDT electrodes including electrode fingers and busbars are provided on the piezoelectric film, at least electrode fingers of a plurality of IDT electrodes are defined by the first conductive film, and at least a portion of connection wiring with which the plurality of IDT electrodes are connected to each other is defined the second conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Takamine, Takashi Yamane
  • Publication number: 20190097599
    Abstract: A composite device includes a silicon substrate including first and second main surfaces on opposite sides, a semiconductor device adjacent to at least one of the first and second main surfaces, and an acoustic wave device including a silicon oxide film directly or indirectly disposed on the first main surface of the silicon substrate, a piezoelectric layer directly disposed on the silicon oxide film, and an IDT disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a thickness of not greater than about 2.5? where ? is a wavelength defined by an electrode finger pitch of the IDT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yasumasa TANIGUCHI, Masashi OMURA, Takashi YAMANE
  • Patent number: 10185294
    Abstract: A voltage control device is disclosed. The voltage control device may have a voltage converting unit. The voltage converting unit may convert a voltage of a power supply on the basis of a target voltage. The voltage converting unit may also supply a converted voltage to a device to be supplied with voltage. The voltage control device may also have a control unit. The control unit may control the target voltage depending on an operation state of the device to be supplied with voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Yamane
  • Publication number: 20180358950
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a lamination layer film including a piezoelectric thin film on a support substrate. The lamination layer film is not partially present in a region located in an outer side portion of a region where IDT electrodes are provided. A first insulation layer extends from at least a portion of a region where the lamination layer film is not present to an upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film. A wiring electrode has a width of about 6 ?m and extends from the upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film to an upper portion of the first insulation layer, and extends onto a section of the first insulation layer in the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Koji YAMAMOTO, Tsutomu TAKAI, Seiji KAI, Hisashi YAMAZAKI, Yuji MIWA, Takashi YAMANE, Noriyoshi OTA, Atsushi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180278154
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a switching power supply apparatus enabling to avoid enhancement of noise of a specific frequency component. The present invention is a switching power supply apparatus provided with: a switching power supply configured to perform switching of input from a primary power source and thereby output a secondary power source; and a noise frequency analysis device configured to analyze frequency components of noise included in output of the primary power source or of the secondary power source, and accordingly cause the switching power supply to perform switching at a different frequency from a frequency of a maximum noise amplitude among the frequency components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi YAMANE
  • Patent number: 9960841
    Abstract: This invention solves the problem that, if a loss of signal or other anomaly occurs on a line side, intermittent problems occur in a signal outputted to a client side, resulting in trouble with subsequent signal processing. This optical-transceiver control circuit comprises a signal-generating means for generating a dummy signal that has approximately the same characteristics as an electrical signal generated from an optical signal inputted to an optical transceiver, a switching means for receiving an electrical signal and selecting and outputting either the received electrical signal or the generated dummy signal, and a controlling means for changing the signal selected by the switching means from the electrical signal to the dummy signal if a notification indicating an anomaly in the optical signal is inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Yamane
  • Publication number: 20180097502
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a lamination layer film including a piezoelectric thin film on a support substrate. The lamination layer film is not partially present in a region located in an outer side portion of a region where IDT electrodes are provided. A first insulation layer extends from at least a portion of a region where the lamination layer film is not present to an upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film. A wiring electrode extends from the upper portion of the piezoelectric thin film to an upper portion of the first insulation layer, and extends onto a section of the first insulation layer in the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Tsutomu Takai, Seiji Kai, Hisashi Yamazaki, Yuji Miwa, Takashi Yamane
  • Publication number: 20170250674
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric film and a high acoustic velocity member in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating in the high acoustic velocity member is larger than an acoustic velocity of a main mode elastic wave propagating in the piezoelectric film, the piezoelectric film that is directly or indirectly laminated on the high acoustic velocity member, a first conductive film provided on the piezoelectric film, and a second conductive film that is provided on the piezoelectric film and on at least a portion of the first conductive film. A plurality of IDT electrodes including electrode fingers and busbars are provided on the piezoelectric film, at least electrode fingers of a plurality of IDT electrodes are defined by the first conductive film, and at least a portion of connection wiring with which the plurality of IDT electrodes are connected to each other is defined the second conductive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKAMINE, Takashi YAMANE
  • Patent number: 9689729
    Abstract: A small and light-weight flowmeter realizes the compensation of a zero point drift. A mass flowmeter includes: a centrifugal force/centripetal force detection strain gauge adhered to a part acted upon by a centrifugal force or a centripetal force of fluid in a pipe line in which the fluid flows and a flow rate zero point drift compensation strain gauge adhered to a position different from that of the centrifugal force/centripetal force detection strain gauge. A pulse wave propagation time between the two points is used to compensate a zero point drift of a flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ryo Kosaka, Kyouhei Fukuda, Takashi Yamane
  • Patent number: 9629947
    Abstract: An axial flow blood pump comprises: an impeller (2) that rotates around an axis and is provided with axial flow blades on the peripheral surface thereof, a permanent magnet inside the impeller (2), and a dynamic bearing or a pivot bearing; a first casing (5) that surrounds the peripheral surface of the impeller (2) and is provided with an intake port (11); an annular fixed element (6) that generates a rotating magnetic field in the impeller (2) and can be fitted onto the outer surface of the first casing (5); an outlet port (12); a second casing (3) that is provided with guide vanes (diffusers) (31) in the inner surface thereof; and a socket member (4) that is fittably and securely mounted onto the outer peripheral surface of the second casing (3) and is provided with a joining portion that can join with the fixed element (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: National University Corporation Kobe University
    Inventor: Takashi Yamane