Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Maruo

Tomohiko Maruo 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: 11921140
    Abstract: There is provided a test apparatus that measures transmission characteristics or reception characteristics of a DUT having an antenna under test, and includes an anechoic box, a posture changeable mechanism 56, a first test antenna 6a and a second test antenna 6b, for measuring the transmission characteristics or the reception characteristics of the DUT, a reflector that reflects a radio signal radiated by the first test antenna and converts the radio signal into a plane wave radio signal, and a movable antenna mechanism 60 that moves a position of the second test antenna such that the radio signal is transmitted to or received from the DUT installed in a far field at a plurality of angles of arrival, with reference to a radio-wave arrival direction from the first test antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Maruo, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11754609
    Abstract: The temperature test apparatus includes a test antenna for measuring transmission and reception characteristics of a DUT, an anechoic box formed by a metal housing having an internal space, a heat insulating housing, a temperature control device that controls the temperature of a spatial region, and a measurement device that measures the transmission and reception characteristics of the DUT. The temperature control device and the heat insulating housing are connected to each other by a pipe 31 through which a gas for controlling the temperature of the spatial region passes and that goes through the metal housing. A portion 31A of the pipe from the metal housing to a predetermined position of the internal space is made of metal. A metal net portion 33 that blocks a pipeline 31Ae of a portion of the pipe 31 is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Tomohiko Maruo, Yasuhiko Nago, Marco Angelo Del Pilar Samonte
  • Patent number: 11624765
    Abstract: A test device 1 that measures the transmission properties or reception properties of the test object 100 having the test antenna 110, and includes an anechoic box 50, a plurality of test antennas 6 that transmit or receive radio signals to or from the antenna, under tests, a posture changeable mechanism 56 that changes the posture of the test object arranged in the quiet zone QZ, a measurement device 2 that measures the transmission properties or reception properties of the test object with respect to the test object whose posture is changed by the posture changeable mechanism using the test antenna, and the reflector 7 that radio signal is reflected. The plurality of test antennas include a reflection type test antenna 6a and the plurality of direct-type test antennas 6b, 6c, 6d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Maruo, Hiroyuki Baba, Masafumi Setsu
  • Publication number: 20230033833
    Abstract: There is provided a test apparatus that measures transmission characteristics or reception characteristics of a DUT having an antenna under test, and includes an anechoic box, a posture changeable mechanism 56, a first test antenna 6a and a second test antenna 6b, for measuring the transmission characteristics or the reception characteristics of the DUT, a reflector that reflects a radio signal radiated by the first test antenna and converts the radio signal into a plane wave radio signal, and a movable antenna mechanism 60 that moves a position of the second test antenna such that the radio signal is transmitted to or received from the DUT installed in a far field at a plurality of angles of arrival, with reference to a radio-wave arrival direction from the first test antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiko MARUO, Hiroshi HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 11525853
    Abstract: A temperature test apparatus 1 includes a test antenna 6 configured to transmit or receive a radio signal to or from the antennas 110 in order to measure reception characteristics or transmission characteristics of the DUT 100, a heat-insulating housing 70 made of heat-insulating material surrounding a space region 71 including a quiet zone QZ, and a measuring device 20 configured to measure the transmission characteristics or the reception characteristics of the DUT 100. The heat-insulating housing 70 has a flat plate shaped part 70a in a region through which radio waves of a radio signal transmitted from the test antenna 6 passes before entering the quiet zone QZ. The flat plate shaped part 70a is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the radio waves of the radio signal entering the quiet zone QZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Tomohiko Maruo, Yasuhiko Nago
  • Patent number: 11500004
    Abstract: A test apparatus includes a test antenna that is provided in an OTA chamber 50 and transmits or receives a radio signal to or from an antenna 110 of a DUT 100, and a measurement device that measures transmission characteristics or reception characteristics of the DUT 100 disposed in a quiet zone QZ, by using the test antenna. The test antenna includes a reflector reflection type test antenna 6a that transmits or receives a radio signal to or from the antenna 110 of the DUT via a reflector 7, and mirror reflection type test antennae 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, and 6f that transmits or receives a radio signal to or from the antenna 110 of the DUT via mirrors 9b to 9f.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Maruo, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Patent number: 11462841
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus 1 includes: an anechoic box 50 having the internal space 51 that is not influenced by the surrounding radio wave environment; a plurality of antennas 6 that use radio signals in a plurality of divided frequency bands set in advance; a reflector 7 that is housed in the internal space and has a predetermined paraboloid of revolution, radio signals transmitted or received by an antenna 110 of a DUT 100 being reflected through the paraboloid of revolution; and antenna arrangement means 60 for sequentially arranging the plurality of receiving antennas 6 at a focal position F, which is determined from the paraboloid of revolution, according to the divided frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Maruo, Aya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210364565
    Abstract: A test apparatus includes a test antenna that is provided in an OTA chamber 50 and transmits or receives a radio signal to or from an antenna 110 of a DUT 100, and a measurement device that measures transmission characteristics or reception characteristics of the DUT 100 disposed in a quiet zone QZ, by using the test antenna. The test antenna includes a reflector reflection type test antenna 6a that transmits or receives a radio signal to or from the antenna 110 of the DUT via a reflector 7, and mirror reflection type test antennae 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, and 6f that transmits or receives a radio signal to or from the antenna 110 of the DUT via mirrors 9b to 9f.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiko MARUO, Hiroyuki BABA
  • Publication number: 20210293869
    Abstract: The temperature test apparatus includes a test antenna for measuring transmission and reception characteristics of a DUT, an anechoic box formed by a metal housing having an internal space, a heat insulating housing, a temperature control device that controls the temperature of a spatial region, and a measurement device that measures the transmission and reception characteristics of the DUT. The temperature control device and the heat insulating housing are connected to each other by a pipe 31 through which a gas for controlling the temperature of the spatial region passes and that goes through the metal housing. A portion 31A of the pipe from the metal housing to a predetermined position of the internal space is made of metal. A metal net portion 33 that blocks a pipeline 31Ae of a portion of the pipe 31 is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Tomohiko MARUO, Yasuhiko NAGO, Marco Angelo Del Pilar SAMONTE
  • Publication number: 20210247431
    Abstract: A test device 1 that measures the transmission properties or reception properties of the test object 100 having the test antenna 110, and includes an anechoic box 50, a plurality of test antennas 6 that transmit or receive radio signals to or from the antenna under tests, a posture changeable mechanism 56 that changes the posture of the test object arranged in the quiet zone QZ, a measurement device 2 that measures the transmission properties or reception properties of the test object with respect to the test object whose posture is changed by the posture changeable mechanism using the test antenna, and the reflector 7 that radio signal is reflected, The plurality of test antennas include a reflection type test antenna 6a and the plurality of direct-type test antennas 6b, 6c, 6d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiko MARUO, Hiroyuki BABA, Masafumi SETSU
  • Patent number: 10958361
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus is configured to include: a DUT scan mechanism that executes total spherical scanning on a DUT having an antenna in an internal space of an OTA chamber around a reference point; a plurality of antennas disposed at a distance within a near field measurement range from the reference point; and signal analysis devices that respectively perform a near field measurement process related to total radiated power (TRP) based on reception signals of the antennas which receive radio signals in a spurious frequency bandwidth radiated from the antenna transmitting and receiving radio signals in a specified frequency bandwidth, during execution of the total spherical scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiko Maruo
  • Publication number: 20210055337
    Abstract: A temperature test apparatus 1 includes a test antenna 6 configured to transmit or receive a radio signal to or from the antennas 110 in order to measure reception characteristics or transmission characteristics of the DUT 100, a heat-insulating housing 70 made of heat-insulating material surrounding a space region 71 including a quiet zone QZ, and a measuring device 20 configured to measure the transmission characteristics or the reception characteristics of the DUT 100. The heat-insulating housing 70 has a flat plate shaped part 70a in a region through which radio waves of a radio signal transmitted from the test antenna 6 passes before entering the quiet zone QZ. The flat plate shaped part 70a is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the radio waves of the radio signal entering the quiet zone QZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Tomohiko MARUO, Yasuhiko NAGO
  • Patent number: 10763979
    Abstract: An measurement apparatus (antenna apparatus) 1 includes: an OTA chamber 50 having an internal space 51 that is not influenced by the surrounding radio wave environment; a reflector 7 that is housed in the internal space 51, radio signals transmitted or received by an antenna 110 of a DUT 100 being reflected through a paraboloid of revolution; a plurality of test antennas 6 that use radio signals in a plurality of measurement target frequency bands for measuring the transmission and reception characteristics of the DUT 100; and automatic antenna arrangement means 60 for sequentially arranging each of the test antennas 6 at a focal position F, which is determined from the paraboloid of revolution, according to the measurement target frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Maruo, Aya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200244377
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus is configured to include: a DUT scan mechanism that executes total spherical scanning on a DUT having an antenna in an internal space of an OTA chamber around a reference point; a plurality of antennas disposed at a distance within a near field measurement range from the reference point; and signal analysis devices that respectively perform a near field measurement process related to total radiated power (TRP) based on reception signals of the antennas which receive radio signals in a spurious frequency bandwidth radiated from the antenna transmitting and receiving radio signals in a specified frequency bandwidth, during execution of the total spherical scanning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Tomohiko MARUO
  • Publication number: 20200177289
    Abstract: An measurement apparatus (antenna apparatus) 1 includes: an OTA chamber 50 having an internal space 51 that is not influenced by the surrounding radio wave environment; a reflector 7 that is housed in the internal space 51, radio signals transmitted or received by an antenna 110 of a DUT 100 being reflected through a paraboloid of revolution; a plurality of test antennas 6 that use radio signals in a plurality of measurement target frequency bands for measuring the transmission and reception characteristics of the DUT 100; and automatic antenna arrangement means 60 for sequentially arranging each of the test antennas 6 at a focal position F, which is determined from the paraboloid of revolution, according to the measurement target frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiko MARUO, Aya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200119460
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus 1 includes: an anechoic box 50 having the internal space 51 that is not influenced by the surrounding radio wave environment; a plurality of antennas 6 that use radio signals in a plurality of divided frequency bands set in advance; a reflector 7 that is housed in the internal space and has a predetermined paraboloid of revolution, radio signals transmitted or received by an antenna 110 of a DUT 100 being reflected through the paraboloid of revolution; and antenna arrangement means 60 for sequentially arranging the plurality of receiving antennas 6 at a focal position F, which is determined from the paraboloid of revolution, according to the divided frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiko MARUO, Aya YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10483636
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shield box 50 accommodates a DUT 100 having an antenna 110 and a coupling antenna 80 that is spatially coupled to the antenna 110, and includes a coupling antenna holding module 70 that arranges a plurality of the coupling antennas 80 annually so that an antenna surface is directed to a center of a ring, and holds the coupling antennas 80. The coupling antenna holding module 70 holds each coupling antenna 80 in a posture in which the coupling antenna 80 is inclined at, for example, 32 degrees with respect to a horizontal surface so that the respective coupling antennas 80 are able to radiate radio waves toward the same radiation point in upper positions, and is rotated by about 5 degrees around a center axis C1 in a direction orthogonal to a circumferential direction of the ring of the coupling antenna 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joji Koto, Tomohiko Maruo, Tomonori Morita
  • Patent number: 8805311
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a band stop filter unit, a mobile communication terminal test system, and a mobile communication terminal test method that are flexibly adaptable to the addition/change of a specification in a frequency band for mobile communication. [Means for Resolution] There are provided a first variable filter (102) and a second variable filter (103) which are connected to each other in series, respectively have YIG elements to vary tuning frequencies (f1 and f2), and attenuate the desired signal within predetermined bandwidths (?BW1 and ?BW2) having centers of the tuning frequencies. The tuning frequency (f1) and the tuning frequency (f2) are controlled to be the same as each other or around each other when the desired signal is located at a low frequency band side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Anritsu Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Maruo, Hiroshi Watanabe, Seiichi Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20110053622
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a band stop filter unit, a mobile communication terminal test system, and a mobile communication terminal test method that are flexibly adaptable to the addition/change of a specification in a frequency band for mobile communication. [Means for Resolution] There are provided a first variable filter (102) and a second variable filter (103) which are connected to each other in series, respectively have YIG elements to vary tuning frequencies (f1 and f2), and attenuate the desired signal within predetermined bandwidths (?BW1 and ?BW2) having centers of the tuning frequencies. The tuning frequency (f1) and the tuning frequency (f2) are controlled to be the same as each other or around each other when the desired signal is located at a low frequency band side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Maruo, Hiroshi Watanabe, Seiichi Ishizaki