Patents by Inventor Tomoya Yorita

Tomoya Yorita 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: 20200113089
    Abstract: A module device includes a substrate, an upper-side case, a lower-side case, and an auxiliary member. The upper-side case has a first wall and covers at least a part of a first surface of the substrate. The lower-side case has a second wall that extends to the substrate and is in contact with the substrate. The lower-side case covers at least a part of a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface of the substrate. The auxiliary member assists an electrical connection between the second wall and at least one of the substrate and the first wall. The upper-side case is fitted to the lower-side case across the substrate to house at least a part of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya YORITA, Youhei NAKAJIMA, Hiroki KIMURA
  • Patent number: 10483983
    Abstract: A clock generating circuit includes a dividing unit and a distribution unit. The dividing unit divides a reference clock to generate a divided clock, and the divided clock has a frequency of 1/N times of a frequency of the reference clock, where N is an integer of two or more. The distribution unit distributes the reference clock to a first route and a second route, the first route includes an output terminal that outputs a clock with a frequency identical to the frequency of the reference clock, and the second route includes the dividing unit. The dividing unit includes one or more amplifiers, one or more dividing circuits, and a correction circuit. The correction circuit is disposed between the amplifier and the dividing circuit, and the correction circuit corrects a level of an input clock input to the dividing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yorita, Shoichi Tsuchiya, Yasuo Kitayama
  • Patent number: 10401898
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit includes a clock generating circuit, a divider circuit, a converter, and an amplifier. The clock generating circuit outputs a first clock. The divider circuit divides the first clock to output a second clock having a frequency lower than a frequency of the first clock. The converter converts an input signal into a digital signal based on a first clock output from the clock generating circuit and a second clock output from the divider circuit. The amplifier, disposed between the clock generating circuit and the divider circuit, has a phase variation property opposite to a phase variation property of the divider circuit. The phase variation property of the divider circuit indicates a relationship between a phase variation amount of an output signal with respect to an input signal in the divider circuit and an ambient temperature of the divider circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Yorita
  • Patent number: 10361704
    Abstract: Providing an OCXO having a highly stabilized output frequency. In an oscillator, which is an OCXO, crystal resonators, oscillator circuits, a temperature detector, and a heater circuit are disposed inside a first container, which is supported in a state of floating inside a second container, while a voltage stabilizer circuit for stabilizing a supply voltage supplied to the heater circuit is disposed apart from the first container inside the second container. Therefore, the supply voltage supplied to the heater circuit is stabilized. The voltage stabilizer circuit is less likely to be affected by heat generation of the heater circuit, thus obtaining a stable oscillation frequency output regardless of the environmental temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Yorita
  • Publication number: 20190179360
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit includes a clock generating circuit, a divider circuit, a converter, and an amplifier. The clock generating circuit outputs a first clock. The divider circuit divides the first clock to output a second clock having a frequency lower than a frequency of the first clock. The converter converts an input signal into a digital signal based on a first clock output from the clock generating circuit and a second clock output from the divider circuit. The amplifier, disposed between the clock generating circuit and the divider circuit, has a phase variation property opposite to a phase variation property of the divider circuit. The phase variation property of the divider circuit indicates a relationship between a phase variation amount of an output signal with respect to an input signal in the divider circuit and an ambient temperature of the divider circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya YORITA
  • Patent number: 10305491
    Abstract: To provide an oscillator configured to output a frequency signal accurately reflecting a result of a temperature adjustment by a heater circuit. An oscillator outputs a frequency signal with a frequency preliminarily set. A crystal resonator connected to an oscillator circuit is housed inside a crystal resonator cover. Soldering this crystal resonator cover onto the base plate inside the container disposes the crystal resonator on the base plate inside the container. A heater circuit performs a temperature adjustment inside the container based on a temperature detected by a temperature detector. At this time, the crystal resonator cover that houses the crystal resonator is constituted of a phosphorus deoxidized copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Yorita
  • Patent number: 10141887
    Abstract: An oscillator detects a temperature of an atmosphere where a crystal resonator for an oscillation output is placed using a temperature detector to stabilize the temperature by controlling a temperature of a heater based on a temperature detection value. The device includes a buffer amplifier interposed in a signal path of a control signal generated based on the temperature detection value, a heater disposed such that a collector and an emitter position between a power source unit and a ground and constituted of a transistor having a base connected to an output port of the buffer amplifier, and a first differential amplifier disposed to adjust a gain of the buffer amplifier to cancel voltage fluctuation of the power source unit and amplifying a difference between a voltage corresponding to the supply voltage and a preliminarily set voltage to input to a gain adjustment port of the buffer amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Akaike, Tsukasa Kobata, Tomoya Yorita
  • Publication number: 20180167072
    Abstract: To provide an oscillator configured to output a frequency signal accurately reflecting a result of a temperature adjustment by a heater circuit. An oscillator outputs a frequency signal with a frequency preliminarily set. A crystal resonator connected to an oscillator circuit is housed inside a crystal resonator cover. Soldering this crystal resonator cover onto the base plate inside the container disposes the crystal resonator on the base plate inside the container. A heater circuit performs a temperature adjustment inside the container based on a temperature detected by a temperature detector. At this time, the crystal resonator cover that houses the crystal resonator is constituted of a phosphorus deoxidized copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya YORITA
  • Publication number: 20180076818
    Abstract: A clock generating circuit includes a dividing unit and a distribution unit. The dividing unit divides a reference clock to generate a divided clock, and the divided clock has a frequency of 1/N times of a frequency of the reference clock, where N is an integer of two or more. The distribution unit distributes the reference clock to a first route and a second route, the first route includes an output terminal that outputs a clock with a frequency identical to the frequency of the reference clock, and the second route includes the dividing unit. The dividing unit includes one or more amplifiers, one or more dividing circuits, and a correction circuit. The correction circuit is disposed between the amplifier and the dividing circuit, and the correction circuit corrects a level of an input clock input to the dividing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya YORITA, Shoichi TSUCHIYA, Yasuo KITAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9716511
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a plurality of converters, a generator, a distributor, a first line, and a second line. A plurality of converters is configured to convert analog signals to digital signals based on a clock signal to output the digital signals. The generator is configured to generate the clock signal based on a reference signal. The distributor is configured to distribute a generated clock signal to the plurality of converters. The first line passes through only a region assigned to each of the plurality of converters to supply the analog signal to the converter. The second line passes through only the region to supply a distributed clock signal to the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yorita, Naoki Onishi
  • Publication number: 20170133984
    Abstract: An oscillator detects a temperature of an atmosphere where a crystal resonator for an oscillation output is placed using a temperature detector to stabilize the temperature by controlling a temperature of a heater based on a temperature detection value. The device includes a buffer amplifier interposed in a signal path of a control signal generated based on the temperature detection value, a heater disposed such that a collector and an emitter position between a power source unit and a ground and constituted of a transistor having a base connected to an output port of the buffer amplifier, and a first differential amplifier disposed to adjust a gain of the buffer amplifier to cancel voltage fluctuation of the power source unit and amplifying a difference between a voltage corresponding to the supply voltage and a preliminarily set voltage to input to a gain adjustment port of the buffer amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KAZUO AKAIKE, TSUKASA KOBATA, Tomoya YORITA
  • Publication number: 20170019111
    Abstract: Providing an OCXO having a highly stabilized output frequency. In an oscillator, which is an OCXO, crystal resonators, oscillator circuits, a temperature detector, and a heater circuit are disposed inside a first container, which is supported in a state of floating inside a second container, while a voltage stabilizer circuit for stabilizing a supply voltage supplied to the heater circuit is disposed apart from the first container inside the second container. Therefore, the supply voltage supplied to the heater circuit is stabilized. The voltage stabilizer circuit is less likely to be affected by heat generation of the heater circuit, thus obtaining a stable oscillation frequency output regardless of the environmental temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya YORITA
  • Patent number: 9281822
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a voltage controlled oscillator, a PLL circuit, a crystal unit and an oscillator circuit configured to generate a clock, a digital control circuit, and a clock switching unit. The digital control circuit is configured to set an oscillation parameter of the oscillator circuit, and a parameter of the PLL circuit. The clock switching unit is configured to supply an output signal of the voltage controlled oscillator to the digital control circuit as a clock signal so as to cause the digital control circuit to operate using the clock signal when powered on, and configured to supply an output signal of the oscillator circuit to the digital control circuit as a clock signal after the digital control circuit sets the oscillation parameter of the oscillator circuit. An initial voltage is supplied to the voltage controlled oscillator as a control voltage when the oscillator is powered on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Yorita
  • Patent number: 9252781
    Abstract: An oscillator uses a differential signal corresponding to a difference between an oscillation output f1 of a first oscillator circuit and an oscillation output f2 of a second oscillator circuit as a temperature detection value, and outputs a control signal for reducing an influence caused by a temperature characteristic of the oscillation output f1 based on the differential signal. The oscillator includes a switching unit configured to alternately switch between a first state where a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal are connected to a storage unit for access of an external computer to the storage unit, and a second state where the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal are respectively connected to a first signal path and a second signal path via a frequency reduction unit such that the output signals from the frequency reduction unit are extracted to an external frequency measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Yorita
  • Patent number: 9231599
    Abstract: An oscillation apparatus corrects a setting value for an output frequency based on a detection result of an environmental temperature. The oscillation apparatus includes a first crystal unit, a second crystal unit, an integrated circuit chip, and a container. The first crystal unit includes first excitation electrodes on respective surfaces of a crystal element. The second crystal unit includes second excitation electrodes on respective surfaces of a crystal element. The integrated circuit chip includes a first oscillation circuit, a second oscillation circuit, and a correction unit. The container houses the first crystal unit, the second crystal unit, and the integrated circuit chip. Assuming that distances from a gravity center position of the integrated circuit chip to respective gravity center positions of the first excitation electrodes and the second excitation electrodes in plan view are denoted by D1 and D2, D1/D2 is within a predetermined range close to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Yorita
  • Patent number: 9160343
    Abstract: A heater device includes a temperature detector, a heater control circuit, a heater, a voltage supply path, and an overheat prevention circuit. The overheat prevention circuit includes a positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor and a pull-up resistor. The positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor is interposed on the voltage supply path in a position for being heated by the heater. The pull-up resistor that includes: one end connected between the heater and the positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor, and another end connected to a direct current power source. The control voltage to be applied to the heater is restricted to a voltage at a connection point between the positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor and the pull-up resistor when the control voltage from the heater control circuit is abnormally decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Yorita
  • Patent number: 9086338
    Abstract: To provide a sensing device that holds a piezoelectric sensor and a channel forming member placed on the sensor in a closely contacted state while maintaining a shape of space of a passage space formed inside the device. In a sensing device 1100 that senses a substance to be sensed based on a variation in an oscillation frequency caused by an absorption of the substance to be sensed in an absorption layer provided on a piezoelectric resonator 1720 of a piezoelectric sensor 1700, a holding member 1600 holds the piezoelectric sensor 1700 and a channel forming member 1730 that forms a passage space through which a sample fluid passes on an upper surface side of the sensor, in a vertically stacked state. A cover member 1510 is placed on the channel forming member 1730, and a pressing part 1350 which is raised/lowered by a first raising/lowering mechanism 1300 presses the cover member 1510 placed on the channel forming member 1730 downward with a previously set force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wakako Shinobu, Hiroyuki Kukita, Tomoya Yorita, Shunichi Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 9019023
    Abstract: An oscillator outputs a control signal to suppress an influence caused by temperature characteristic of f1 based on a differential signal corresponding to difference between an oscillation output f1 of a first oscillator circuit and an oscillation output f2 of a second oscillator circuit treated as a temperature detection value. A switching unit switches between a first state and a second state. The first state is a state where a first connecting end and a second connecting end are connected to a storage unit for access from an external computer to the storage unit. The second state is a state where the first connecting end and the second connecting end are connected to a first signal path and a second signal path such that the respective f1 and f2 are retrieved from the first connecting end and the second connecting end to an external frequency measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoya Yorita
  • Publication number: 20150077189
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a voltage controlled oscillator, a PLL circuit, a crystal unit and an oscillator circuit configured to generate a clock, a digital control circuit, and a clock switching unit. The digital control circuit is configured to set an oscillation parameter of the oscillator circuit, and a parameter of the PLL circuit. The clock switching unit is configured to supply an output signal of the voltage controlled oscillator to the digital control circuit as a clock signal so as to cause the digital control circuit to operate using the clock signal when powered on, and configured to supply an output signal of the oscillator circuit to the digital control circuit as a clock signal after the digital control circuit sets the oscillation parameter of the oscillator circuit. An initial voltage is supplied to the voltage controlled oscillator as a control voltage when the oscillator is powered on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: TOMOYA YORITA
  • Publication number: 20150061783
    Abstract: A crystal controlled oscillator includes a crystal unit, an oscillator circuit, a temperature detector for crystal unit, a heating unit for crystal unit, a temperature detector for oscillator circuit, and a heating unit for oscillator circuit. The heating unit for crystal unit is configured to control an output of the crystal unit based on a temperature detected by the temperature detector for crystal unit to compensate the temperature of the atmosphere where the crystal unit is placed to be constant. An output of the heating unit for oscillator circuit is controlled independently from the heating unit for crystal unit based on a temperature detected by the temperature detector for oscillator circuit to compensate the temperature of the atmosphere where the oscillator circuit is placed to be constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: TOMOYA YORITA