Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Suetsuna

Tomohiro Suetsuna 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: 7763094
    Abstract: A precursor particle having a particle size of 10 nm or more and 1 ?m or less, and comprising a first compound selected from an alkoxide, a hydroxide, a sulfate, a nitrate, a carbonate, or a carboxylate of magnetic metal containing at least one metal of Fe and Co, and a second compound selected from an alkoxide or a hydroxide, a sulfate, a nitrate, a carbonate, or a carboxylate of a metal element for forming an oxide, is prepared. Then the precursor particle is heated in a reducing atmosphere to form an insulating particle made of an oxide of the metal element by decomposing the second compound, and to precipitate a particle of the magnetic metal in the insulating particle at a particle size of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less, thereby manufacturing a high frequency magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Kouichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu
  • Patent number: 7740939
    Abstract: An insulating magnetic metal particle includes a magnetic metal particle containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, and Ni and having a diameter of 5 to 500 nm, a first inorganic insulating layer made of an oxide that covers the surface of the magnetic metal particle, and a second inorganic insulating layer made of an oxide that produces a eutectic crystal by reacting together with the first inorganic insulating layer at the time of heating them, the second inorganic insulating layer being coated on the first inorganic insulating layer. A thickness ratio of the second inorganic insulating layer with respect to the first inorganic insulating layer is set so that the first inorganic insulating layer remains on the surface of the magnetic metal particle after producing the eutectic crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kouichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Maki Yonetsu
  • Patent number: 7713641
    Abstract: A magnetic material includes a substrate and a composite magnetic film formed on the substrate. The composite magnetic film comprises a plurality of columnar members formed on the substrate and having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, each of the columnar members containing a magnetic metal or a magnetic alloy selected from at least one of Fe, Co, and Ni, and an inorganic insulator formed between the columnar members and selected from an oxide, a nitride, and fluoride of metal. The composite magnetic film has a minimum anisotropy magnetic field Hk1 in a surface parallel to the substrate surface and a maximum anisotropy magnetic field Hk2 in a surface parallel to the substrate surface, a ratio Hk2/Hk1 is greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Maki Yonetsu, Naoyuki Nakagawa, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Shinya Sakurada
  • Patent number: 7700194
    Abstract: A high-frequency magnetic material is provided and includes: an oxide phase including: a first oxide of a first element being at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, a rare-earth element, Ba, and Sr, and a second oxide of a second element being at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, the first oxide and at least a part of the second oxide being formed into a solid solution; and magnetic metal particles including at least one of Fe and Co and having a particle size of 1 to 100 nm, the magnetic metal particles being deposited on a surface and inside of the oxide phase, the magnetic metal particles occupying 50% of a volume of the high-frequency magnetic material exclusive of a void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Kouichi Harada
  • Publication number: 20100060538
    Abstract: The present invention provides a core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high frequency band, particularly, in a GHz band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Kouichi HARADA, Maki YONETSU, Seiichi SUENAGA, Naoto ITO, Akihiro TSUJIMURA
  • Publication number: 20100060539
    Abstract: The present invention provides a core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high frequency band, particularly, in a GHz band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Kouichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20090295650
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first dielectric plate; a radiating element formed on a surface of the first dielectric plate; a second dielectric plate; a first conductive plate formed on a surface of the second dielectric plate; and a magnetic plate provided between a back surface of the first dielectric plate and a back surface of the second dielectric plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Makoto HIGAKI, Kazuhiro INOUE, Tomohiro SUETSUNA
  • Publication number: 20090295662
    Abstract: The present invention provides a small antenna device realizing both miniaturization including lower profile and a broader band in a frequency band of hundreds MHz to 5 GHz and which can be mounted on a small device such as a cellular phone. An antenna device includes: a finite ground plane; a rectangular conductor plate provided above the finite ground plane, whose one side is connected to the finite ground plane, and having a bent portion substantially parallel with the one side; an antenna disposed substantially parallel with the finite ground plane above the finite ground plane, extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the one side, and having a feeding point positioned near the other side facing the one side of the rectangular conductor plate; and a magnetic material provided in at least a part of space between the finite ground plane and the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Makoto Higaki, Kouichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga, Mitsuru Ishibashi, Maki Yonetsu
  • Publication number: 20090242826
    Abstract: To provide a high-frequency magnetic material having a superior radio wave absorption property in a high frequency region and a method of manufacturing the same. The high-frequency magnetic material and the method of manufacturing the same includes a magnetic substance containing metal nanoparticles, the metal nanoparticles are magnetic metals containing at least one kind of Fe, Co, and Ni, an average particle diameter of the metal nanoparticles is equal to or less than 200 nm, first clusters having network-like structures with continuous metal nanoparticles and the average diameter equal to or less than 10 ?m are formed, second clusters having network-like structures with the continuous first clusters and the average diameter equal to or less than 100 ?m are formed, and the entire magnetic substance has a network-like structure with the continuous second clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kouichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20090021444
    Abstract: A high-impedance substrate is provided, which includes a metallic plate employed as a ground plane, a resonance circuit layer spaced away from the metallic plate by a distance “t”, the resonance circuit layer being provided with at least two resonance circuits having the same height and disposed side by side with a distance “g”, a connecting component connecting the resonance circuit with the metallic plate, and a magnetic material layer interposed between the metallic plate and the resonance circuit layer. The distance “t” between the metallic plate and the resonance circuit layer is confined within the range of 0.1 to 10 mm, the distance “g” between neighboring resonance circuits is confined within the range of 0.01 to 5 mm, the distance “h” between the magnetic material layer and the resonance circuit layer is confined within the range represented by the following inequality 1: g/2?h?t/2??inequality 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Fumihiko Aiga, Seiichi Suenaga, Kouichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Maki Yonetsu, Naoyuki Nakagawa, Tomoko Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20080267806
    Abstract: A precursor particle having a particle size of 10 nm or more and 1 ?m or less, and comprising a first compound selected from an alkoxide, a hydroxide, a sulfate, a nitrate, a carbonate, or a carboxylate of magnetic metal containing at least one metal of Fe and Co, and a second compound selected from an alkoxide or a hydroxide, a sulfate, a nitrate, a carbonate, or a carboxylate of a metal element for forming an oxide, is prepared. Then the precursor particle is heated in a reducing atmosphere to form an insulating particle made of an oxide of the metal element by decomposing the second compound, and to precipitate a particle of the magnetic metal in the insulating particle at a particle size of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less, thereby manufacturing a high frequency magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Kouichi Harada, Maki Yonetsu
  • Patent number: 7435274
    Abstract: There is disclosed a metal particle-dispersed composite oxide comprising a matrix material containing a composite oxide comprising a non-reducible metal oxide and an easily reducible metal oxide, the composite oxide containing 0.01 to 0.25 mol % of at least one additive metal selected from Al, Sc, Cr, B, Fe, Ga, In, Lu, Nb and Si, surface metal particles precipitated on an outer surface of the matrix material containing the composite oxide, and inner metal particles precipitated on an inner surface of the matrix material containing the composite oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Seiichi Suenaga, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Takayuki Fukasawa, Yasuhiro Goto, Koichi Harada
  • Publication number: 20080226899
    Abstract: A high-frequency magnetic material is provided and includes: an oxide phase including: a first oxide of a first element being at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, a rare-earth element, Ba, and Sr, and a second oxide of a second element being at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, the first oxide and at least a part of the second oxide being formed into a solid solution; and magnetic metal particles including at least one of Fe and Co and having a particle size of 1 to 100 nm, the magnetic metal particles being deposited on a surface and inside of the oxide phase, the magnetic metal particles occupying 50% of a volume of the high-frequency magnetic material exclusive of a void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro SUETSUNA, Seiichi Suenaga, Kouichi Harada
  • Publication number: 20080220231
    Abstract: A core-shell type magnetic particle comprises magnetic metal particle and an oxide coating layer formed on the surface of the magnetic metal particle. The magnetic metal particle contains a magnetic metal containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, a nonmagnetic metal and at least one element selected from carbon and nitrogen. The oxide coating layer is constituted of an oxide or a composite oxide containing the nonmagnetic metal which is one of the constituents of the magnetic metal particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Suetsuna, Kouichi Harada, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20080166592
    Abstract: A magnetic material includes a substrate and a composite magnetic film formed on the substrate. The composite magnetic film comprises a plurality of columnar members formed on the substrate and having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, each of the columnar members containing a magnetic metal or a magnetic alloy selected from at least one of Fe, Co, and Ni, and an inorganic insulator formed between the columnar members and selected from an oxide, a nitride, and fluoride of metal. The composite magnetic film has a minimum anisotropy magnetic field Hk1 in a surface parallel to the substrate surface and a maximum anisotropy magnetic field Hk2 in a surface parallel to the substrate surface, a ratio Hk2/Hk1 is greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Maki Yonetsu, Naoyuki Nakagawa, Seiichi Suenaga, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Shinya Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20080029300
    Abstract: An insulating magnetic metal particle includes a magnetic metal particle containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, and Ni and having a diameter of 5 to 500 nm, a first inorganic insulating layer made of an oxide that covers the surface of the magnetic metal particle, and a second inorganic insulating layer made of an oxide that produces a eutectic crystal by reacting together with the first inorganic insulating layer at the time of heating them, the second inorganic insulating layer being coated on the first inorganic insulating layer. A thickness ratio of the second inorganic insulating layer with respect to the first inorganic insulating layer is set so that the first inorganic insulating layer remains on the surface of the magnetic metal particle after producing the eutectic crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Kouichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga, Maki Yonetsu
  • Publication number: 20060214855
    Abstract: The invention provides a compact and thin antenna device capable of carrying out highly efficient transmission and reception. The antenna device includes an antenna substrate and an antenna arranged directly or in the vicinity of the main face of the antenna substrate. The antenna substrate comprises a plurality of insulating layers mutually layered and bonded, and a plurality of magnetic particles arranged in bonded interfaces of the insulating layers and being embedded in both of the insulating layers of the bonded interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Koichi Harada, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Seiichi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20060068196
    Abstract: A high-frequency magnetic material includes: metal particles of one of Fe and Co or alloy particles based on at least one of Fe and Co; and an oxide phase containing a matrix phase and a metal oxide having a larger valence than the matrix phase. The matrix phase contains a non-reducible metal oxide and the metal oxide having a larger valence than the matrix phase forms a solid solution with the matrix phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Seiichi Suenaga, Takayuki Fukasawa, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Koichi Harada
  • Publication number: 20040168367
    Abstract: There is disclosed a metal particle-dispersed composite oxide comprising a matrix material containing a composite oxide comprising a non-reducible metal oxide and an easily reducible metal oxide, the composite oxide containing 0.01 to 0.25 mol % of at least one additive metal selected from Al, Sc, Cr, B, Fe, Ga, In, Lu, Nb and Si, surface metal particles precipitated on an outer surface of the matrix material containing the composite oxide, and inner metal particles precipitated on an inner surface of the matrix material containing the composite oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Seiichi Suenaga, Tomohiro Suetsuna, Takayuki Fukasawa, Yasuhiro Goto, Koichi Harada