Patents by Inventor Takashi Yoshino

Takashi Yoshino 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: 20240120142
    Abstract: The electronic component includes an element body, an internal conductor, a cover layer, and a conductor layer. The internal conductor is disposed in the element body. The cover layer is disposed on an outer surface of the element body and has an electrical insulation property. The conductor layer is disposed on the cover layer and is electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer includes a portion. The portion protrudes toward the element body through the cover layer and is physically and electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer is electrically connected to the internal conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji TOZAWA, Masashi SHIMOYASU, Akihiko OIDE, Daiki KATO, Makoto YOSHINO, Takashi ENDO, Takuya KODAMA, Akira AKASAKA, Ken ITOH
  • Publication number: 20240101899
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor light emitting device which is capable of accomplishing a broad color reproducibility for an entire image without losing brightness of the entire image. A light source provided on a backlight for a color image display device has a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a solid light emitting device to emit light in a blue or deep blue region or in an ultraviolet region and phosphors, in combination. The phosphors comprise a green emitting phosphor and a red emitting phosphor. The green emitting phosphor and the red emitting phosphor are ones, of which the rate of change of the emission peak intensity at 100° C. to the emission intensity at 25° C., when the wavelength of the excitation light is 400 nm or 455 nm, is at most 40%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byungchul HONG, Naoki SAKO, Naoto KIJIMA, Masahiko YOSHINO, Takashi HASE, Fumiko YOYASU, Kentarou HORIBE
  • Patent number: 11937360
    Abstract: A high frequency heating apparatus (1A) includes the following components: a first electrode (11) that is flat; a plurality of flat second electrodes (12) that are flat; a high-frequency power supply (20); a matching unit (30); a controller (40); and an electric field regulator (50). The second electrodes (12) are placed opposite to the first electrode (11). The high-frequency power supply (20) applies a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode (11). The matching unit (30) is placed between the first electrode (11) and the high-frequency power supply (20), and is impedance-matched with the high-frequency power supply (20). The controller (40) controls the high-frequency power supply (20). The electric field regulator (50) individually adjusts the electric field strengths in a plurality of regions located between first electrode (11) and the second electrodes (12). This aspect can reduce uneven heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Uno, Daisuke Hosokawa, Fumitaka Ogasawara, Mikio Fukui, Koji Yoshino, Yoshiharu Oomori
  • Patent number: 11936370
    Abstract: A protection device is capable of protecting a load drive system at an appropriate timing according to a temperature of a power semiconductor. The protection device includes: a capacitor configured to output a voltage according to a charge accumulated by a first current; and a protection circuit configured to: (i) determine whether or not the voltage output by the capacitor exceeds a certain threshold value; (ii) generate a second current having a magnitude according to information related to the temperature of the power semiconductor which drives a load; and (iii) change a magnitude of the first current based on the second current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshino, Takashi Nakagami, Ryo Iida
  • Publication number: 20230215969
    Abstract: It is provided a seed crystal layer, composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof, on an alumina layer on a single crystal substrate. By annealing under reducing atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower, convex-concave morphology is formed on a surface of the seed crystal layer so as to have an RMS value of 180 nm to 700 nm measured by an atomic force microscope. On the surface of the seed crystal layer, it is grown a group 13 nitride crystal layer composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKAI, Takayuki HIRAO, Hirokazu NAKANISHI, Mikiya ICHIMURA, Takanao SHIMODAIRA, Takashi YOSHINO, Katsuhiro IMAI, Yoshitaka KURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230119023
    Abstract: A free-standing substrate, for growing epitaxial crystal composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or a mixed crystal thereof, includes a nitrogen polar surface and group 13 element polar surface. The nitrogen polar surface is warped in a convex shape, and a chamfer part is provided in an outer peripheral part of the nitrogen polar surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKAI, Takashi YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 11611017
    Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface of a crystal layer of the group 13 nitride includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, observed by cathode luminescence. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride. The crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element contains oxygen atoms in a content of 1×1018 atom/cm3 or less, silicon atoms, manganese atoms, carbon atoms, magnesium atoms and calcium atoms in contents of 1×1017 atom/cm3 or less, chromium atoms in a content of 1×1016 atom/cm3 or less and chlorine atoms in a content of 1×1015 atom/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11555257
    Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride. A normal line to the upper surface has an off-angle of 2.0° or less with respect to <0001> direction of the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11473212
    Abstract: A crystal substrate 1 includes an underlying layer 2 and a thick film 3. The underlying layer 2 is composed of a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element and includes a first main face 2a and a second main face 2b. The thick film 3 is composed of a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element and provided over the first main face of the underlying layer. The underlying layer 2 includes a low carrier concentration region 5 and a high carrier concentration region 4 both extending between the first main face 2a and the second main face 2b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iwai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11456720
    Abstract: A piezoelectric monocrystalline substrate is composed of a material represented by LiAO3 (A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum), a bonding layer is compose of a material of an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum, and an interface layer is provided along an interface between the piezoelectric monocrystalline substrate 6 and bonding layer, and the interface layer has a composition of ExO(1-x) (E represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum and 0.29?x?0.89).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Goto, Tomoyoshi Tai, Takahiro Yamadera, Yuji Hori, Keiichiro Asai, Masahiko Namerikawa, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11437233
    Abstract: A base substrate includes a supporting substrate comprising aluminum oxide, and a base crystal layer provided on a main face of the supporting substrate, comprising a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element and having a crystal growth surface. At lease one of a metal of a group 13 element and a reaction product of a material of the supporting substrate and the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element is present between the raised part and the supporting substrate. The reaction product contains at least aluminum and a group 13 element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Goto, Masahiro Sakai, Shohei Oue, Takashi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20220209062
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device having a support layer having a surface with a three-dimensional shape, a light emitting functional layer formed on the surface with a three-dimensional shape of the support layer, and a translucent electrode layer provided on a side of the light emitting functional layer opposite to the support layer. The support layer functions as a reflective electrode, and a light emitting functional layer formed on the surface with a three-dimensional shape of the support layer. The light emitting functional layer has two or more layers composed of semiconductor single crystal grains. Each of the two or more layers has a single crystal structure in a direction approximately normal to the surface with a three-dimensional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Namerikawa, Takashi Yoshino, Yoshitaka Kuraoka, Masahiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220199854
    Abstract: It is provided a seed crystal layer, composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof, on an alumina layer on a single crystal substrate. By annealing under reducing atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower, convex-concave morphology is formed on a surface of the seed crystal layer so as to have an RMS value of 180 nm to 700 nm measured by an atomic force microscope. On the surface of the seed crystal layer, it is grown a group 13 nitride crystal layer composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKAI, Takayuki HIRAO, Hirokazu NAKANISHI, Mikiya ICHIMURA, Takanao SHIMODAIRA, Takashi YOSHINO, Katsuhiro IMAI, Yoshitaka KURAOKA
  • Patent number: 11309455
    Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof includes an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, and the high-luminance light-emitting part has a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element, when the upper surface is observed by cathode luminescence. The upper surface has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 nm or more and 1.0 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11245054
    Abstract: A base substrate includes a supporting substrate and a base crystal layer provided on a main face of the supporting substrate composed of a crystal of a group 13 nitride and having a crystal growth surface. The base crystal layer includes a raised part. A reaction product of a material of the supporting substrate and the crystal of the group 13 nitride, metal of a group 13 element and/or void is present between the raised part and supporting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakai, Shohei Oue, Masashi Goto, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11088299
    Abstract: A crystal of a group 13 nitride has an upper surface and lower surface and is composed of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof. When the upper surface of the layer of the crystal of the group 13 nitride is observed by cathode luminescence, the upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part. A half value width of reflection at the (0002) plane of a X-ray rocking curve on the upper surface is 3000 seconds or less and 20 seconds or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11011678
    Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface of the crystal layer of the group 13 nitride includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, observed by cathode luminescence. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Hirokazu Nakanishi, Mikiya Ichimura, Takanao Shimodaira, Masahiro Sakai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 10964882
    Abstract: A bonding layer 3 is formed over a piezoelectric material substrate, and the bonding layer is made of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, alumina, tantalum pentoxide, mullite, niobium pentoxide and titanium oxide. A neutralized beam is irradiated onto a surface of the bonding layer and a surface of a supporting body to activate the surface of the bonding layer and the surface of the supporting body. The surface of the bonding layer and the surface of the supporting body are bonded by direct bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Tai, Yuji Hori, Keiichiro Asai, Takashi Yoshino, Masashi Goto, Masahiko Namerikawa
  • Patent number: 10947638
    Abstract: An underlying substrate including a seed crystal layer of a group 13 nitride, wherein projections and recesses repeatedly appear in stripe shapes at a principal surface of the seed crystal layer, and the projections have a level difference of 0.3 to 40 ?m and a width of 5 to 100 ?m, and the recesses have a bottom thickness of 2 ?m or more and a width of 50 to 500 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirao, Makoto Iwai, Katsuhiro Imai, Takashi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20210013366
    Abstract: A group 13 nitride layer is composed of a polycrystalline group 13 nitride and is constituted by a plurality of monocrystalline particles having a particular crystal orientation approximately in a normal direction. The group 13 nitride comprises gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystal thereof. The group 13 nitride layer includes an upper surface and a bottom surface, and a full width at half maximum of a (1000) plane reflection of X-ray rocking curve on the upper surface is 20000 seconds or less and 1500 seconds or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro SAKAI, Takashi YOSHINO, Katsuhiro IMAI, Yoshitaka KURAOKA