Patents by Inventor Toshio Nishizawa

Toshio Nishizawa 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: 11962282
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device including a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer provided over the support substrate, at least one pair of comb-shaped electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric layer, each of the at least one pair of comb-shaped electrodes including electrode fingers, a temperature compensation film interposed between the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer, the temperature compensation film having a temperature coefficient of elastic constant opposite in sign to a temperature coefficient of elastic constant of the piezoelectric layer; and an insulating layer interposed between the support substrate and the temperature compensation film, a first surface of the insulating layer having first protruding portions and/or first recessed portions, a second surface of the insulating layer having second protruding portions and/or second recessed portions, the first surface being closer to the support substrate, the second surface being closer to the temperature compensation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Toshio Nishizawa, Naoki Kakita
  • Patent number: 11629653
    Abstract: [Object] To observe the sign or occurrence of an unstable operation of a turbo-machine. [Solving Means] An observation apparatus 1 includes: a detection unit 10 including one or two or more sensors 11, 12 that are disposed in a turbo-machine 2, are highly time responsive, and observe unsteady fluctuations of the turbo-machine 2; a computation unit 20 that output signals from the one or two or more sensors 11, 12 every moment, stores time series data for a predetermined period, and calculates in real time a parameter for detecting an unstable operation of the turbo-machine; and a determination unit 30 that compares the parameter for detecting the unstable operation with a predetermined threshold and outputs in real time a determination result of a sign or occurrence of the unstable operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Toshio Nishizawa, Junichi Kazawa, Hiroshi Gotoda, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yuto Hayashi, Takayoshi Hachijo
  • Publication number: 20220368307
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer, a pair of comb-shaped electrodes disposed on a first surface of the piezoelectric layer, each of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes including electrode fingers that excite an acoustic wave, a support substrate disposed at a second surface side of the piezoelectric layer, and having protruding portions and/or recessed portions on a first surface, which is closer to the piezoelectric layer, of the support substrate, each of the protruding portions and/or the recessed portions having a shape in which each of left and right side surfaces has linear slopes inclined at different angles with respect to the first surface of the piezoelectric layer in a cross-sectional view, and a second insulating layer located between the piezoelectric layer and the support substrate and disposed on the third surface, on which the protruding portions and/or the recessed portions are formed, of the support substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi SATO, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Toshio NISHIZAWA, Ryohei KOMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210399709
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device including a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer provided over the support substrate, at least one pair of comb-shaped electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric layer, each of the at least one pair of comb-shaped electrodes including electrode fingers, a temperature compensation film interposed between the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer, the temperature compensation film having a temperature coefficient of elastic constant opposite in sign to a temperature coefficient of elastic constant of the piezoelectric layer; and an insulating layer interposed between the support substrate and the temperature compensation film, a first surface of the insulating layer having first protruding portions and/or first recessed portions, a second surface of the insulating layer having second protruding portions and/or second recessed portions, the first surface being closer to the support substrate, the second surface being closer to the temperature compensation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Toshio NISHIZAWA, Naoki KAKITA
  • Publication number: 20210288628
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer located over the support substrate, a pair of comb-shaped electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric layer and including electrode fingers exciting an acoustic wave, a temperature compensation film interposed between the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer, having a thickness equal to or less than 2 times an average pitch of the electrode fingers, and having a temperature coefficient of elastic constant opposite in sign to that of the piezoelectric layer, and a boundary layer interposed between the support substrate and the temperature compensation film and having a thickness equal to or greater than 2.2 times the average pitch, an acoustic velocity of a lateral wave propagating through the boundary layer being less than that of a lateral wave propagating through the support substrate and greater than that of a lateral wave propagating through the temperature compensation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIMURA, Toshiharu NAKAZATO, Toshio NISHIZAWA, Naoki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210164406
    Abstract: [Object] To observe the sign or occurrence of an unstable operation of a turbo-machine. [Solving Means] An observation apparatus 1 includes: a detection unit 10 including one or two or more sensors 11, 12 that are disposed in a turbo-machine 2, are highly time responsive, and observe unsteady fluctuations of the turbo-machine 2; a computation unit 20 that output signals from the one or two or more sensors 11, 12 every moment, stores time series data for a predetermined period, and calculates in real time a parameter for detecting an unstable operation of the turbo-machine; and a determination unit 30 that compares the parameter for detecting the unstable operation with a predetermined threshold and outputs in real time a determination result of a sign or occurrence of the unstable operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Toshio NISHIZAWA, Junichi KAZAWA, Hiroshi GOTODA, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Yuto HAYASHI, Takayoshi HACHIJO
  • Patent number: 10069478
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes: one or more series resonators connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal; and parallel resonators connected in parallel between the input terminal and the output terminal and formed of piezoelectric thin film resonators, wherein each of at least two resonators of the parallel resonators includes an additional film having island-shaped patterns or aperture patterns formed at equal pitch intervals in a resonance region in which a lower electrode and an upper electrode face each other across a piezoelectric film, and a pitch interval of the island-shaped patterns or the aperture patterns in the additional film included in one of the at least two resonators differs from a pitch interval of the island-shaped patterns or the aperture patterns in the additional film included in another one of the at least two resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru Shimomura, Toshio Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20170054431
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes: one or more series resonators connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal; and parallel resonators connected in parallel between the input terminal and the output terminal and formed of piezoelectric thin film resonators, wherein each of at least two resonators of the parallel resonators includes an additional film having island-shaped patterns or aperture patterns formed at equal pitch intervals in a resonance region in which a lower electrode and an upper electrode face each other across a piezoelectric film, and a pitch interval of the island-shaped patterns or the aperture patterns in the additional film included in one of the at least two resonators differs from a pitch interval of the island-shaped patterns or the aperture patterns in the additional film included in another one of the at least two resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru SHIMOMURA, Toshio NISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 9484883
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a substrate; an input terminal that is located on a first surface of the substrate, and to which a high-frequency signal is input; a resonator that is connected to the input terminal, and to which a high-frequency signal input to the input terminal is input; and an insulating layer that is located between the input terminal and the substrate, and has a permittivity smaller than that of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Nishizawa, Yasuyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 9385686
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes a piezoelectric substrate, an insulating pattern that has higher thermal conductivity than the piezoelectric substrate formed on the piezoelectric substrate, at least two pads formed on the piezoelectric substrate or the insulating pattern, at least one pad formed on the insulating pattern, at least one acoustic resonator formed on the insulating pattern, and at least one acoustic resonator directly formed on the piezoelectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 9148115
    Abstract: A filter includes: a filter circuit connected between a first terminal and a second terminal; and a matching circuit connected between the filter circuit and the second terminal, wherein an impedance viewed from the second terminal toward the matching circuit is less than an impedance viewed from a node between the filter circuit and the matching circuit toward the filter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Yabuuchi, Toshio Nishizawa, Hikaru Shimomura
  • Patent number: 9124238
    Abstract: Provided is a duplexer that can maintain isolation characteristics while being able to independently adjust the input/output ground inductances and the common ground inductance of the double-mode filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Taniguchi, Toshio Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 9071224
    Abstract: A filter includes: a plurality of piezoelectric thin film resonators, each having a multilayered film including a lower electrode located on a substrate, a piezoelectric film located on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode located on the piezoelectric film so as to face the lower electrode, wherein at least two piezoelectric thin film resonators have thick film portions, in each of which the multilayered film is thicker in at least a part of an outer peripheral portion than in an inner portion of a resonance region in which the lower electrode and the upper electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film, and lengths of the thick film portions from edges of the resonance regions are different from each other in the at least two piezoelectric thin film resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tokihiro Nishihara, Shinji Taniguchi, Toshio Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 9007146
    Abstract: A duplexer includes a package substrate having layers stacked, a transmission filter and a reception filter that are provided on an upper surface of a first layer that is one of the layers of the package substrate, the transmission and reception filters being acoustic wave filters, a metal pattern provided on the upper surface of the first layer and formed to surround the transmission and reception filters, a transmission line provided on an upper surface of a second layer that is one of the layers of the package substrate and is positionally lower than the first layer, the transmission line electrically connecting the transmission filter and a transmission terminal together, and a reception line that is provided on the upper surface of the second layer and electrically connects the reception filter and a reception terminal. The thickness of the first layer is greater than that of the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20140368296
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes a piezoelectric substrate, an insulating pattern that has higher thermal conductivity than the piezoelectric substrate formed on the piezoelectric substrate, at least two pads formed on the piezoelectric substrate or the insulating pattern, at least one pad formed on the insulating pattern, at least one acoustic resonator formed on the insulating pattern, and at least one acoustic resonator directly formed on the piezoelectric substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20140111286
    Abstract: Provided is a duplexer that can maintain isolation characteristics while being able to independently adjust the input/output ground inductances and the common ground inductance of the double-mode filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Taniguchi, Toshio Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20130328639
    Abstract: A filter includes: a filter circuit connected between a first terminal and a second terminal; and a matching circuit connected between the filter circuit and the second terminal, wherein an impedance viewed from the second terminal toward the matching circuit is less than an impedance viewed from a node between the filter circuit and the matching circuit toward the filter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Naoya YABUUCHI, Toshio NISHIZAWA, Hikaru SHIMOMURA
  • Patent number: 8344825
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes an input terminal; a balun that is connected to the input terminal, converts a signal input from the input terminal into two anti-phase signals, and outputs the two anti-phase signals; and a filter that is connected to the balun, and outputs the two anti-phase signals input from the balun as balanced output signals. An output impedance of the balun is equal to an input impedance of the filter, and is larger than an output impedance of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Nishizawa, Go Endo
  • Publication number: 20120194294
    Abstract: A duplexer includes a package substrate having layers stacked, a transmission filter and a reception filter that are provided on an upper surface of a first layer that is one of the layers of the package substrate, the transmission and reception filters being acoustic wave filters, a metal pattern provided on the upper surface of the first layer and formed to surround the transmission and reception filters, a transmission line provided on an upper surface of a second layer that is one of the layers of the package substrate and is positionally lower than the first layer, the transmission line electrically connecting the transmission filter and a transmission terminal together, and a reception line that is provided on the upper surface of the second layer and electrically connects the reception filter and a reception terminal. The thickness of the first layer is greater than that of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio NISHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 7915972
    Abstract: A balance filter includes a first filter having first multimode surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters connected in parallel, a second filter that is connected to the first filter and includes a second multimode SAW filter, a first terminal connected to the first filter, and second terminals connected to the second filter. An input terminal of the balance filter is one of the first and second terminals, and an output terminal thereof is the other. Electric signals transmitted from the first to second filters or vice versa are in opposite phase. Electric signals are input or output via the second terminals in opposite phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Tajima, Toshio Nishizawa