Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Endo

Toshikazu Endo 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: 20080044660
    Abstract: The invention provides electronic parts which comprise a composite dielectric layer composed of an organic insulating material and a dielectric ceramic powder having a larger relative dielectric constant than the organic insulating material, and which also comprise conductive element sections forming inductor elements, etc., wherein the organic insulating material comprises a cured resin obtained by curing reaction of an epoxy resin with an active ester compound obtained by reaction between a compound with two or more carboxyl groups and a compound with a phenolic hydroxyl group. The dielectric ceramic powders of the described electronic parts have larger relative dielectric constants than the organic insulating materials, and the organic insulating materials have low dielectric loss tangents. It is possible to adequately reduce time-dependent dielectric constant changes in the high-frequency range of 100 MHz and above even with prolonged use at high temperatures of 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo, Kenichi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20070076320
    Abstract: A hard disk drive is provided with a platter, a spindle motor for driving the platter, an arm with a magnetic head attached to a distal end thereof, a voice coil motor for driving the arm, a first circuit substrate, and a drive casing for accommodating and electrically shielding the platter, spindle motor, arm, voice coil motor, and first circuit substrate. The first circuit substrate has a multilayer substrate, a plurality of digital ICs that is embedded as bare chips in the multilayer substrate, and a bus line for connecting the digital ICs. The digital ICs are disposed in a mutually horizontal configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Toshikazu Endo, Kenichi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20070057366
    Abstract: A semiconductor IC-embedded module 100 comprises a multilayer substrate 101 having first and second insulating layers 101a and 101b, and a controller IC 012 and memory IC 103 that are embedded in the multilayer substrate 101. A wiring layer 104 is formed as an internal layer in the multilayer substrate 101. Part of the wiring layer 104 constitutes a bus line 104X. The controller IC 102 or memory IC 103 is embedded in the second insulating layer 101b. First and second ground layers 105a and 105b are provided respectively in the first and second insulating layers 101a and 101b. The effect of noise generated by bus lines is reduced, and an additional reduction in noise and a decrease in size and thickness are achieved by laying out bus lines that connect the semiconductor ICs so that distances are minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Masashi Katsumata, Kenichi Kawabata, Toshikazu Endo
  • Patent number: 7167071
    Abstract: A core material-including organic core board or inorganic sintered board 1 having a plurality of band-shaped conductor patterns 2 formed on its front and rear surfaces is sliced in a direction crossing the band-shaped conductor patterns 2. End portions of the band-shaped conductor patterns 2 exposed on each of cut surfaces of the core board 1 are connected to one another by bridging conductor patterns formed on the cut surfaces. In this manner, at least one helical coil is provided. The inner diameter of the helical coil can be kept constant while coil pitch accuracy can be kept good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Takashi Kajino, Hisashi Kobuke, Masami Sasaki, Kazuhiko Itoh, Toshikazu Endo
  • Publication number: 20060180342
    Abstract: In a multilayered substrate obtained by laminating a plurality of substrates and including plural kinds of functional elements therein, a first functional material film and a second functional material film are provided on the same plane and first and second functional elements are formed by the first and second functional material films, respectively. The functional material film may be formed on a transferring substrate by a thin film method and may be transferred to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo, Hisashi Kobuke, Masami Sasaki, Takashi Kajino, Katsuyoshi Goto
  • Patent number: 7081803
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component including at least one inductance element and produced from a laminate having electrical insulators and electrical conductors laminated alternately. The inductance element is formed as a helical coil having a plurality of turns each constituted by four sides. The inductance element has pairs of parallel conductor pieces and pairs of bridging conductor pieces. Each pair of parallel conductor pieces form two of the four sides of one turn of the coil. Each pair of bridging conductor pieces form the other two sides of one turn of the coil. Grooves are formed in the laminate to thereby form the parallel conductor pieces. The grooves are filled with an electrically insulating material. The bridging conductor pieces are formed on the electrically insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo
  • Patent number: 7060350
    Abstract: A composite magnetic material including a resin and generally spherical magnetic metal particles of at least one type dispersed in the resin and consisting essentially of single crystal grains, the metal particles having a mean particle size of 0.1 to 10 ?m and each having an insulating coating layer at least partially coated thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Yoshiaki Akachi, Hisashi Kobuke, Toshikazu Endo
  • Publication number: 20050151613
    Abstract: A core material-including organic core board or inorganic sintered board 1 having a plurality of band-shaped conductor patterns 2 formed on its front and rear surfaces is sliced in a direction crossing the band-shaped conductor patterns 2. End portions of the band-shaped conductor patterns 2 exposed on each of cut surfaces of the core board 1 are connected to one another by bridging conductor patterns formed on the cut surfaces. In this manner, at least one helical coil is provided. The inner diameter of the helical coil can be kept constant while coil pitch accuracy can be kept good.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Takashi Kajino, Hisashi Kobuke, Masami Sasaki, Kazuhiko Itoh, Toshikazu Endo
  • Publication number: 20050154110
    Abstract: A composite dielectric material comprising a resin resulting from a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a dielectric, ceramic powder dispersed therein is useful in the high-frequency region. A composite magnetic material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a magnetic powder is also provided as well as a flame retardant material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a flame retardant. These materials may be used in the fabrication of substrates, prepreg sheets, coated metal foils, molded items, and metal foil-clad substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Hisashi Kobuke, Toshikazu Endo, Seiji Takahara, Toshiyuki Abe, Hiroshige Ohkawa, Masami Sasaki, Kenichi Kawabata
  • Patent number: 6908960
    Abstract: A composite dielectric material comprising a resin resulting from a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a dielectric ceramic powder dispersed therein is useful in the high-frequency region. A composite magnetic material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a magnetic powder is also provided as well as a flame retardant material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a flame retardant. These materials may be used in the fabrication of substrates, prepreg sheets, coated metal foils, molded items, and metal foil-clad substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Hisashi Kobuke, Toshikazu Endo, Seiji Takahara, Toshiyuki Abe, Hiroshige Ohkawa, Masami Sasaki, Kenichi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20050130447
    Abstract: A composite dielectric material comprising a resin resulting from a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a dielectric ceramic powder dispersed therein is useful in the high-frequency region. A composite magnetic material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a magnetic powder is also provided as well as a flame retardant material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a flame retardant. These materials may be used in the fabrication of substrates, prepreg sheets, coated metal foils, molded items, and metal foil-clad substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Hisashi Kobuke, Toshikazu Endo, Seiji Takahara, Toshiyuki Abe, Hiroshige Ohkawa, Masami Sasaki, Kenichi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20050130446
    Abstract: A composite dielectric material comprising a resin resulting from a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a dielectric ceramic powder dispersed therein is useful in the high-frequency region. A composite magnetic material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a magnetic powder is also provided as well as a flame retardant material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a flame retardant. These materials may be used in the fabrication of substrates, prepreg sheets, coated metal foils, molded items, and metal foil-clad substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Hisashi Kobuke, Toshikazu Endo, Seiji Takahara, Toshiyuki Abe, Hiroshige Ohkawa, Masami Sasaki, Kenichi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20050029642
    Abstract: A module with embedded semiconductor IC of the present invention includes a first resin layer, a second resin layer, post electrodes passing through the first and second resin layers, and a semiconductor IC mounted as embedded between the first resin layer and the second resin layer. Stud bumps are formed on land electrodes of the semiconductor IC and positioned with respect to the post electrodes. Owing to this positioning of the stud bumps formed on the semiconductor IC with respect to the post electrodes, the planar position of the stud bumps is substantially fixed. As a result, it is possible to use a semiconductor IC having a very narrow electrode pitch of 100 ?m or smaller, particularly of around 60 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Hisayuki Abe, Kei Suzuki, Kosuke Takano, Kenichi Kawabata, Toshikazu Endo
  • Publication number: 20050003199
    Abstract: The invention provides electronic parts which comprise a composite dielectric layer composed of an organic insulating material and a dielectric ceramic powder having a larger relative dielectric constant than the organic insulating material, and which also comprise conductive element sections forming inductor elements, etc., wherein the organic insulating material comprises a cured resin obtained by curing reaction of an epoxy resin with an active ester compound obtained by reaction between a compound with two or more carboxyl groups and a compound with a phenolic hydroxyl group. The dielectric ceramic powders of the described electronic parts have larger relative dielectric constants than the organic insulating materials, and the organic insulating materials have low dielectric loss tangents. It is possible to adequately reduce time-dependent dielectric constant changes in the high-frequency range of 100 MHz and above even with prolonged use at high temperatures of 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo, Kenichi Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20040265551
    Abstract: A resinous material, or a composite material obtained by mixing a resin and a powdery functional material is formed into a thin sheet to make a core substrate 1. A patterned thin-film conductor 2 is formed by thin-film forming technology on at least either of the front and rear surfaces of the core substrate 1. Clothless layers 3a to 3d are super-posed on at least that surface of the core substrate 1 on which the thin-film conductor 2 has been formed. Each clothless layer is formed from a resin-coated metal foil obtained by coating one surface of a metal foil with a resinous material, or a composite material obtained by mixing a resin and a powdery functional material. Conductor layers 4a to 4d obtained by patterning the metal foils are formed on the clothless layers 3a to 3d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo
  • Patent number: 6808642
    Abstract: This invention has an object of providing a method for producing a multilayer substrate or an electronic part wherein decrease in the thickness has been enabled without causing the problem of insufficient strength or the like in the handling, as well as the electronic part. Such object has been attained by a method for producing a multilayer substrate or an electronic part comprising the steps of adhering a conductor layer to a transfer film, patterning the conductor layer to form a predetermined pattern, placing the transfer film overlaid with the patterned conductor layer on a prepreg so that the side of the conductor layer faces the prepreg, and then adhering the transfer film to the prepreg by applying heat and pressure and peeling the transfer film to produce the prepreg having the conductor layer formed thereon; and the multilayer electronic part produced by such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo, Masami Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20040202848
    Abstract: The invention is to offer electronic parts and a method of producing the same in which a producing time is shortened, crack or warp are hard to occur, and cost-down can be attained. Core substrates are made by forming a resin or a compound material made by mixing powder-like functional materials with this resin into thin plates, and hardening them. Conductor patterns are formed on at least any of front and back surfaces of the core substrates through any of an evaporation process, an ion plating process, an ion beam process, a sputtering process, and a vapor deposition process, followed by patterning. Half-hardened prepregs are produced by forming the resin or the compound material made by mixing powder-like functional materials with this resin into the thin plates. The prepregs and the core substrates are alternately laminated and laminated layers are made by unifying through a hot pressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo
  • Publication number: 20040183645
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component including at least one inductance element and produced from a laminate having electrical insulators and electrical conductors laminated alternately. The inductance element is formed as a helical coil having a plurality of turns each constituted by four sides. The inductance element has pairs of parallel conductor pieces and pairs of bridging conductor pieces. Each pair of parallel conductor pieces form two of the four sides of one turn of the coil. Each pair of bridging conductor pieces form the other two sides of one turn of the coil. Grooves are formed in the laminate to thereby form the parallel conductor pieces. The grooves are filled with an electrically insulating material. The bridging conductor pieces are formed on the electrically insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo
  • Patent number: 6749928
    Abstract: The invention is to offer electronic parts and a method of producing the same in which a producing time is shortened, crack or warp are hard to occur, and cost-down can be attained. Core substrates are made by forming a resin or a compound material made by mixing powder-like functional materials with this resin into thin plates, and hardening them. Conductor patterns are formed on at least any of front and back surfaces of the core substrates through any of an evaporation process, an ion plating process, an ion beam process, a sputtering process, and a vapor deposition process, followed by patterning. Half-hardened prepregs are produced by forming the resin or the compound material made by mixing powder-like functional materials with this resin into the thin plates. The prepregs and the core substrates are alternately laminated and laminated layers are made by unifying through a hot pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo
  • Patent number: 6713162
    Abstract: Using plural layers selected from among composite resin substrates having a fully high or low dielectric constant, composite resin substrates having a fully high magnetic permeability, and composite resin substrate layers having a fully high Q value, the invention provides a multilayer electronic part of small size having high performance and improved overall electrical characteristics. The multilayer electronic part includes constituent layers of at least two types formed of composite materials and a conductor layer formed on at least one composite material layer, wherein the conductor layer constructs a predetermined electric circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Takaya, Toshikazu Endo