Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Yoda

Tsuyoshi Yoda 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: 10377134
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a wire that is formed of a conductive portion embedded into a recess opened in a first face of a substrate and a bump electrode that is electrically connected to the wire. A total width, in a second direction intersecting a first direction along which the wire extends on the first face, of an opening of the recess in a connection region where the wire and the bump electrode are electrically connected to each other is narrower than a width, in the second direction, of an opening of the recess in a region outside the connection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Takabe, Eiju Hirai, Munehide Saimen, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Shuichi Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Yoda
  • Patent number: 10121957
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a piezoelectric element includes forming an adhesive layer of a lead electrode on a piezoelectric element main body of a vibration plate, forming a metallic layer of the lead electrode on the adhesive layer, removing the metallic layer to leave the adhesive layer in a portion that corresponds to an extended electrode of the lead electrode using etching, patterning the remaining adhesive layer as individual extended electrodes that correspond to the piezoelectric element main body using etching, joining a protective substrate onto the vibration plate in a state in which the piezoelectric element main body is accommodated inside an accommodation hollow section and the extended electrode is positioned further on an outer side of the vibration plate than the protective substrate, layering and forming a section of the wiring on the protective substrate and the extended electrode, and patterning the wiring as individual wiring for each extended electrode using etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Hamaguchi, Eiju Hirai, Tsuyoshi Yoda
  • Publication number: 20180250935
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electronic device which is capable of suppressing deformation due to a restoring force of a bump electrode. The electronic device includes a pressure chamber forming substrate (29) which is provided with a piezoelectric element (32) causing a driving region (a1) to be deformed on the driving region (a1) capable of being bent and deformed, a sealing plate (33) which is disposed at intervals with respect to the pressure chamber forming substrate (29) in a state of interposing a bump electrode (40) having elasticity therebetween, and an adhesive (43) which bonds the pressure chamber forming substrate (29) and the sealing plate (33) in a state of maintaining the interval, and the adhesive (43) is provided on at least a region between the bump electrode (40) and the driving region (a1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Shuichi Tanaka, Naoya Sato, Tsuyoshi Yoda, Toshinari Nanba
  • Patent number: 9902150
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first substrate in which a piezoelectric element is provided; and a second substrate on which the first substrate is connected to a first surface, in which the second substrate is provided with a penetration hole, which penetrates through the second substrate in a plate thickness direction, and penetration wiring, which is formed from a conductor that is formed in an inner portion of the penetration hole, the penetration wiring is formed from a first end portion, which is provided on a first surface side, a second end portion, which is provided on a second surface side, which is a surface that is on an opposite side to the first surface, and connection wiring, which connects the first end portion and the second end portion, and a cross-sectional area of the connection wiring in a planar direction of the first surface is smaller than cross-sectional areas of the first end portion and the second end portion in the planar direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Shuichi Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Yoda, Naohiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20170368826
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a wire that is formed of a conductive portion embedded into a recess opened in a first face of a substrate and a bump electrode that is electrically connected to the wire. A total width, in a second direction intersecting a first direction along which the wire extends on the first face, of an opening of the recess in a connection region where the wire and the bump electrode are electrically connected to each other is narrower than a width, in the second direction, of an opening of the recess in a region outside the connection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Motoki TAKABE, Eiju HIRAI, Munehide SAIMEN, Yasuyuki MATSUMOTO, Shuichi TANAKA, Tsuyoshi YODA
  • Patent number: 9822452
    Abstract: A conduction structure includes a device substrate (third substrate) including a conductive portion, an IC (second substrate) including an upper surface, an end surface inclined toward the upper surface, and a conductive portion (second conductive portion), a sealing plate (first substrate) including an upper surface, an end surface (first side wall portion) inclined toward the upper surface, and a conductive portion (first conductive portion), and plating layers that respectively form electrical connections between a conductive portion and a conductive portion and between a conductive portion and the conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoda, Hiroshi Sugita, Ikuya Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 9708715
    Abstract: A conduction structure includes a device substrate (first substrate), an IC (second substrate) having an upper surface and an end surface, a sealing plate (third substrate) having an upper surface and an end surface, a conductive layer having a first part provided on an upper surface of the device substrate, a second part provided on the end surface of the IC and connected to the first part, a third part provided on the upper surface of the IC and connected to the second part, and a fourth part provided on the end surface of the sealing plate and connected to both of the first part and the second part, and a plating layer overlapped with the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoda, Shuichi Tanaka, Ikuya Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20170106653
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a first substrate in which a piezoelectric element is provided; and a second substrate on which the first substrate is connected to a first surface, in which the second substrate is provided with a penetration hole, which penetrates through the second substrate in a plate thickness direction, and penetration wiring, which is formed from a conductor that is formed in an inner portion of the penetration hole, the penetration wiring is formed from a first end portion, which is provided on a first surface side, a second end portion, which is provided on a second surface side, which is a surface that is on an opposite side to the first surface, and connection wiring, which connects the first end portion and the second end portion, and a cross-sectional area of the connection wiring in a planar direction of the first surface is smaller than cross-sectional areas of the first end portion and the second end portion in the planar direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yasuyuki MATSUMOTO, Shuichi TANAKA, Tsuyoshi YODA, Naohiro NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9579892
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting head includes a vibrating plate on which a first terminal group having first and second terminals and a second terminal group having third and fourth terminals are formed, a reservoir forming substrate which has a first wiring forming portion having first and second inclined surfaces and a second wiring forming portion having third and fourth inclined surfaces, a first wiring which is formed on the first inclined surface and is electrically connected to the first terminal, a second wiring which is formed on the second inclined surface and is electrically connected to the second terminal, a third wiring which is formed on the third inclined surface and is electrically connected to the third terminal, and a fourth wiring which is formed on the fourth inclined surface and is electrically connected to the fourth terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yoda
  • Patent number: 9517624
    Abstract: A wiring mounting structure includes: a first base that has a first main surface, a second main surface that is an undersurface opposite to the first main surface, and an inclined surface that is formed between the first main surface and the second main surface to have an angle as a reference angle with the second main surface, which is less than 90 degrees; a second base that has a third main surface which is joined to the second main surface of the first base; an adhesive which is disposed between the second main surface of the first base and the third main surface of the second base from an end portion of the inclined surface of the first base to an exposed region on the third main surface of the second base and by which the first base and the second base are joined; and a connection wiring that is provided to be continuous on from the inclined surface through the front surface of the adhesive to the third main surface of the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yoda
  • Patent number: 9437489
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate including a step of forming a through hole that includes forming a first concave portion in a substrate that extends from a second surface to a first insulating layer without passing through the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer at least within the first concave portion; and forming a second concave portion through the second insulating layer and the first insulating layer to expose a surface of a pad electrode, wherein the second concave portion is formed within the first concave portion; and filling the first concave portion and the second concave portion with a conductive body or forming the conductive body to coat inner walls of the first concave portion and the second concave portion, and forming the through electrode such that it is connected to the pad electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yoda
  • Patent number: 9349673
    Abstract: A substrate includes a first insulating layer provided on a base board, a second insulating layer provided on the first insulating layer, a third insulating layer provided on the second insulating layer, a pad electrode provided on the third insulating layer, and a hole formed to penetrate the substrate and reaching the pad electrode. A diameter of the hole in the first insulating layer is larger than a diameter of the hole in the second insulating layer, and the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are formed using different materials from each other and the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer are formed using different materials from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yoda
  • Patent number: 9257404
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a through electrode provided in a through hole formed in the semiconductor substrate. The through electrode partially protrudes from a back surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is opposite to an active surface thereof. The through electrode includes a resin core and a conductive film covering at least a part of the resin core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoda, Kazumi Hara
  • Patent number: 9254653
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting head includes a vibrating plate on which terminals are formed, a reservoir forming substrate which is bonded to the vibrating plate and has a through portion having an inclined surface at an acute angle with respect to the vibrating plate as an inner wall, a substrate which is located on an opposite side to the vibrating plate through the reservoir forming substrate, is bonded to the reservoir forming substrate, and has terminals formed thereof, an IC package which is mounted on the substrate and is electrically connected to the terminals of the substrate, and wirings which are formed on the inclined surface and electrically connect the terminals on the vibrating plate and the terminals on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yoda
  • Publication number: 20160035966
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a piezoelectric element includes forming an adhesive layer of a lead electrode on a piezoelectric element main body of a vibration plate, forming a metallic layer of the lead electrode on the adhesive layer, removing the metallic layer to leave the adhesive layer in a portion that corresponds to an extended electrode of the lead electrode using etching, patterning the remaining adhesive layer as individual extended electrodes that correspond to the piezoelectric element main body using etching, joining a protective substrate onto the vibration plate in a state in which the piezoelectric element main body is accommodated inside an accommodation hollow section and the extended electrode is positioned further on an outer side of the vibration plate than the protective substrate, layering and forming a section of the wiring on the protective substrate and the extended electrode, and patterning the wiring as individual wiring for each extended electrode using etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Toshiaki Hamaguchi, Eiju Hirai, Tsuyoshi Yoda
  • Publication number: 20150343769
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting head includes a vibrating plate on which a first terminal group having first and second terminals and a second terminal group having third and fourth terminals are formed, a reservoir forming substrate which has a first wiring forming portion having first and second inclined surfaces and a second wiring forming portion having third and fourth inclined surfaces, a first wiring which is formed on the first inclined surface and is electrically connected to the first terminal, a second wiring which is formed on the second inclined surface and is electrically connected to the second terminal, a third wiring which is formed on the third inclined surface and is electrically connected to the third terminal, and a fourth wiring which is formed on the fourth inclined surface and is electrically connected to the fourth terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi YODA
  • Publication number: 20150343768
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting head includes a vibrating plate on which terminals are formed, a reservoir forming substrate which is bonded to the vibrating plate and has a through portion having an inclined surface at an acute angle with respect to the vibrating plate as an inner wall, a substrate which is located on an opposite side to the vibrating plate through the reservoir forming substrate, is bonded to the reservoir forming substrate, and has terminals formed thereof, an IC package which is mounted on the substrate and is electrically connected to the terminals of the substrate, and wirings which are formed on the inclined surface and electrically connect the terminals on the vibrating plate and the terminals on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi YODA
  • Publication number: 20150231882
    Abstract: A wiring mounting structure includes: a first base that has a first main surface, a second main surface that is an undersurface opposite to the first main surface, and an inclined surface that is formed between the first main surface and the second main surface to have an angle as a reference angle with the second main surface, which is less than 90 degrees; a second base that has a third main surface which is joined to the second main surface of the first base; an adhesive which is disposed between the second main surface of the first base and the third main surface of the second base from an end portion of the inclined surface of the first base to an exposed region on the third main surface of the second base and by which the first base and the second base are joined; and a connection wiring that is provided to be continuous on from the inclined surface through the front surface of the adhesive to the third main surface of the second base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi YODA
  • Publication number: 20150230333
    Abstract: A conduction structure includes a device substrate (first substrate), an IC (second substrate) having an upper surface and an end surface, a sealing plate (third substrate) having an upper surface and an end surface, a conductive layer having a first part provided on an upper surface of the device substrate, a second part provided on the end surface of the IC and connected to the first part, a third part provided on the upper surface of the IC and connected to the second part, and a fourth part provided on the end surface of the sealing plate and connected to both of the first part and the second part, and a plating layer overlapped with the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YODA, Shuichi TANAKA, Ikuya MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150224772
    Abstract: A conduction structure includes a device substrate (third substrate) including a conductive portion, an IC (second substrate) including an upper surface, an end surface inclined toward the upper surface, and a conductive portion (second conductive portion), a sealing plate (first substrate) including an upper surface, an end surface (first side wall portion) inclined toward the upper surface, and a conductive portion (first conductive portion), and plating layers that respectively form electrical connections between a conductive portion and a conductive portion and between a conductive portion and the conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YODA, Hiroshi SUGITA, Ikuya MIYAZAWA