Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Yokoyama
Tsuyoshi Yokoyama 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).
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Publication number: 20240285597Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel fused ring compound having urea structure that exhibits excellent NAMPT activating effect, and a method using the same for treating/preventing metabolic disorder, cardiovascular and kidney disease, mitochondrial disease, neurodegenerative disease, ocular disease, and muscle wasting disorder. The present invention provides a compound represented by following formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt: wherein A, B, R1, R2 and R3 represent the same meanings as in the claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Mayuko AKIU, Takashi TSUJI, Jun TANAKA, Koji TERAYAMA, Mika YOKOYAMA, Anthony B. PINKERTON, Edward Hampton SESSIONS
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Publication number: 20230133161Abstract: Surface acoustic wave (SAW) structures with transverse mode suppression are disclosed. In one aspect, the SAW structure provides digits or fingers with broad interior terminal end shapes. By providing such shapes spurious modes above the resonance frequency of the SAW are suppressed thereby providing desired out of band rejection that helps satisfy design criteria such as keeping a higher Q value, a higher K2 value and better Temperature Coefficient of Frequency (TCF).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Tabito Tanaka, Jun Sung Chun
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Patent number: 11228299Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film located on the substrate; a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across at least a part of the piezoelectric film; and an insertion film that is inserted between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, is located in an outer peripheral region within a resonance region where the lower electrode and the upper electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film, is located in a region that is located outside the resonance region and surrounds the resonance region, is not located in a center region of the resonance region, and includes a first part, which is located in the resonance region and has a first film thickness, and a second part, which is located outside the resonance region and has a second film thickness, the first film thickness being less than the second film thickness.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiansong Liu, Tokihiro Nishihara, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Shinji Taniguchi, Taisei Irieda
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Patent number: 10910547Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a piezoelectric film located on a substrate; lower and upper electrodes facing each other across a part of the piezoelectric film; and an insertion film located between the lower and upper electrodes, located in a part of an outer peripheral region within a resonance region where the lower and upper electrodes face each other across the piezoelectric film, and not located in a center region of the resonance region, a first width in the resonance region of the insertion film in a first region, where the upper electrode is extracted from the resonance region, being greater than a third width in the resonance region in a third region other than a second region, where the lower electrode is extracted from the resonance region, and the first region, a second width in the resonance region in a second region being the third width or greater.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tokihiro Nishihara, Jiansong Liu, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Shinji Taniguchi
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Patent number: 10680576Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a lower electrode located on the substrate; a piezoelectric film that has a step on an upper surface thereof and is located on the lower electrode, a film thickness of the piezoelectric film inside the step being greater than a film thickness of the piezoelectric film outside the step; an upper electrode located on the piezoelectric film so that a resonance region is formed, the lower electrode and the upper electrode facing each other across the piezoelectric film in the resonance region, the resonance region including the step in plan view; and an insertion film located in the piezoelectric film, between the piezoelectric film and the lower electrode, or between the piezoelectric film and the upper electrode in at least a part of an outer peripheral region within the resonance region, and not located in a central region of the resonance region.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Jiansong Liu
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Patent number: 10469049Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: an acoustic reflection layer including an air gap or an acoustic mirror; lower and upper electrodes facing each other in a stacking direction, at least a part of each of the lower and upper electrodes being located on or above the acoustic reflection layer; a piezoelectric film sandwiched between the lower and upper electrodes and including lower and upper piezoelectric films, at least a part of an end face of the piezoelectric film in a film thickness direction being located between outer outlines of the resonance region and the acoustic reflection layer in at least a part of a region surrounding a resonance region; and an insertion film inserted between the lower and upper piezoelectric films, located in at least a part of an outer peripheral region within the resonance region, and not located in a center region of the resonance region.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiansong Liu, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Hiroomi Kaneko, Shinji Taniguchi, Tokihiro Nishihara
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Patent number: 10404230Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: lower and upper electrodes located on a substrate and facing each other; a piezoelectric film sandwiched between the lower and upper electrodes and including lower and upper piezoelectric films, an outer outline of the upper piezoelectric film coinciding with or being located further out than an outer outline of a resonance region in a region surrounding the resonance region, the outer outline of the upper piezoelectric film being located further in than an outer outline of the lower piezoelectric film in the region; an insertion film interposed between the lower and upper piezoelectric films, located in an outer peripheral region within the resonance region, not located in a central region of the resonance region, and located on an upper surface of the lower piezoelectric film in the region; and a protective film located on the upper electrode in the resonance region, and located so as to cover an end face of the upper piezoelectric film and an upper surface of tType: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroomi Kaneko, Hiroshi Kawakami, Shinji Taniguchi, Tokihiro Nishihara, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10250218Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a lower electrode and an upper electrode located on the substrate; a piezoelectric film, at least a part of the piezoelectric film being sandwiched between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film including a discontinuous portion in which the piezoelectric film discontinues in at least a part of a region surrounding a center region that includes a center of a resonance region where the upper electrode and the lower electrode face each other across the at least a part of the piezoelectric film.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Takeshi Sakashita, Shinji Taniguchi, Tokihiro Nishihara
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Patent number: 10205432Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a piezoelectric film located on a substrate, and formed of stacked lower and upper piezoelectric films; lower and upper electrodes facing each other across at least a part of the piezoelectric film; and an insertion film inserted between the lower and upper piezoelectric films, wherein an air gap including a resonance region where the lower and upper electrodes face each other across the piezoelectric film and being larger than the resonance region is located under the lower electrode, and a multilayered film formed of the lower piezoelectric film, the insertion film, and the upper piezoelectric film is located in at least a part of a region located further out than an outer outline of the resonance region, further in than an outer outline of the air gap, and surrounding the resonance region, and is not located in a center region of the resonance region.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Jiansong Liu
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Patent number: 10187036Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film located on the substrate, the piezoelectric film including an aluminum nitride film containing a II-group or XII-group element and a IV-group or V-group element, a concentration of the IV-group or V-group element being higher than a concentration of the II-group or XII-group element in a middle region in a thickness direction, the concentration of the II-group or XII-group element being higher than the concentration of the IV-group or V-group element in at least one of end regions in the thickness direction; and a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across the piezoelectric film.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Tokihiro Nishihara
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Patent number: 10177732Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film located on the substrate and having a Poisson's ratio of 0.33 or less; a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across the piezoelectric film; and an insertion film that is located in the piezoelectric film or on a lower surface or an upper surface of the piezoelectric film in an outer peripheral region within a resonance region, in which the lower electrode and the upper electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film, and is not located in a center region of the resonance region, wherein at least one of the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film, and the upper electrode in the outer peripheral region within the resonance region is thinner than the at least one of the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film, and the upper electrode in the center region of the resonance region.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20180219528Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film located on the substrate; a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across at least a part of the piezoelectric film; and an insertion film that is inserted between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, is located in an outer peripheral region within a resonance region where the lower electrode and the upper electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film, is located in a region that is located outside the resonance region and surrounds the resonance region, is not located in a center region of the resonance region, and includes a first part, which is located in the resonance region and has a first film thickness, and a second part, which is located outside the resonance region and has a second film thickness, the first film thickness being less than the second film thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiansong LIU, Tokihiro NISHIHARA, Tsuyoshi YOKOYAMA, Shinji TANIGUCHI, Taisei IRIEDA
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Publication number: 20180175275Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a piezoelectric film located on a substrate; lower and upper electrodes facing each other across a part of the piezoelectric film; and an insertion film located between the lower and upper electrodes, located in a part of an outer peripheral region within a resonance region where the lower and upper electrodes face each other across the piezoelectric film, and not located in a center region of the resonance region, a first width in the resonance region of the insertion film in a first region, where the upper electrode is extracted from the resonance region, being greater than a third width in the resonance region in a third region other than a second region, where the lower electrode is extracted from the resonance region, and the first region, a second width in the resonance region in a second region being the third width or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tokihiro Nishihara, Jiansong Liu, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Shinji Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20180026604Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film located on the substrate, the piezoelectric film including an aluminum nitride film containing a II-group or XII-group element and a IV-group or V-group element, a concentration of the IV-group or V-group element being higher than a concentration of the II-group or XII-group element in a middle region in a thickness direction, the concentration of the II-group or XII-group element being higher than the concentration of the IV-group or V-group element in at least one of end regions in the thickness direction; and a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across the piezoelectric film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi YOKOYAMA, Tokihiro NISHIHARA
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Patent number: 9787282Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film provided on the substrate; a lower electrode and an upper electrode that sandwich at least a part of the piezoelectric film and face with each other; and an inserted film that is inserted in the piezoelectric film, is provided on an outer circumference region in a resonance region in which the lower electrode and the upper electrode sandwich the piezoelectric film and face with each other, is not provided in a center region of the resonance region, and has a cutout in the resonance region.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Taniguchi, Tokihiro Nishihara, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Takeshi Sakashita
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Publication number: 20170257076Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: lower and upper electrodes located on a substrate and facing each other; a piezoelectric film sandwiched between the lower and upper electrodes and including lower and upper piezoelectric films, an outer outline of the upper piezoelectric film coinciding with or being located further out than an outer outline of a resonance region in a region surrounding the resonance region, the outer outline of the upper piezoelectric film being located further in than an outer outline of the lower piezoelectric film in the region; an insertion film interposed between the lower and upper piezoelectric films, located in an outer peripheral region within the resonance region, not located in a central region of the resonance region, and located on an upper surface of the lower piezoelectric film in the region; and a protective film located on the upper electrode in the resonance region, and located so as to cover an end face of the upper piezoelectric film and an upper surface of tType: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroomi KANEKO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Shinji TANIGUCHI, Tokihiro NISHIHARA, Tsuyoshi YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 9755611Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film provided on the substrate; a lower electrode and an upper electrode that sandwich at least a part of the piezoelectric film and face with each other; and an inserted film that is inserted in the piezoelectric film, is provided on an outer circumference region in a resonance region in which the lower electrode and the upper electrode sandwich the piezoelectric film and face with each other, is not provided in a center region of the resonance region, and has a cutout in the resonance region.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Taniguchi, Tokihiro Nishihara, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Takeshi Sakashita
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Patent number: 9748925Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film located on the substrate; a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across at least a part of the piezoelectric film; and an insertion film inserted in the piezoelectric film, located in at least a part of an outer peripheral region within a resonance region where the lower electrode and the upper electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film, and not located in a center region of the resonance region, wherein a difference between a total film thickness of the piezoelectric film and the insertion film in a first region, in which the insertion film is inserted, within the resonance region and a film thickness of the piezoelectric film in a second region, in which the insertion film is not inserted, is less than a film thickness of the insertion film.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Taniguchi, Tokihiro Nishihara, Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Takeshi Sakashita
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Publication number: 20170230031Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a lower electrode located on the substrate; a piezoelectric film that has a step on an upper surface thereof and is located on the lower electrode, a film thickness of the piezoelectric film inside the step being greater than a film thickness of the piezoelectric film outside the step; an upper electrode located on the piezoelectric film so that a resonance region is formed, the lower electrode and the upper electrode facing each other across the piezoelectric film in the resonance region, the resonance region including the step in plan view; and an insertion film located in the piezoelectric film, between the piezoelectric film and the lower electrode, or between the piezoelectric film and the upper electrode in at least a part of an outer peripheral region within the resonance region, and not located in a central region of the resonance region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi YOKOYAMA, Jiansong LIU
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Patent number: RE47989Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric film made of an aluminum nitride film containing a divalent element and a tetravalent element, or a divalent element and a pentavalent element; and an electrode that excites an acoustic wave propagating through the piezoelectric film.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Yoshiki Iwazaki, Tokihiro Nishihara, Yosuke Onda