Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko Mizutani

Yasuhiko Mizutani 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: 20030020568
    Abstract: A stacked dielectric filter includes a filter section which has first and second input side resonant electrodes and first and second output side resonant electrodes of two ¼ wavelength resonators, a converting section which has a plurality of strip lines, and a connecting section which connects the filter section and the converting section, wherein the filter section, the converting section, and the connecting section are formed in a dielectric substrate. The filter section is formed at an upper portion in the stacking direction of dielectric layers. The converting section is formed at a lower portion in the stacking direction. The connecting section is formed between the filter section and the converting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Mizutani, Takami Hirai, Kazuhiro Kadota, Takanobu Saka, Hironobu Kimura
  • Publication number: 20020121946
    Abstract: A space is defined in a portion of an overlapping region where an open end portion of a resonant electrode and an inner-layer ground electrode, of a dielectric layer which is interposed between the resonant electrode and the inner-layer ground electrode. A space is defined in a portion of an overlapping region where the open end portion of the resonant electrode and another inner-layer ground electrode, of a dielectric layer which is interposed between the resonant electrode and the other inner-layer ground electrode. These spaces are filled with respective members having a dielectric constant higher than the dielectric layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takami Hirai, Yasuhiko Mizutani, Kazuyuki Mizuno, Hitoshi Saito, Takeshi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6429829
    Abstract: An antenna device is constructed such that a short circuit exists between an antenna formed on an outer surface of a dielectric substrate and an input end side resonance electrode of a filter section formed on the inside of the dielectric substrate. An output end side resonance electrode of the filter section and an output electrode are coupled to one another via a capacitance. Accordingly, noise current is not allowed to flow to an electronic circuit, which is connected to the antenna device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takami Hirai, Kazuyuki Mizuno, Yasuhiko Mizutani
  • Patent number: 6356244
    Abstract: An antenna device comprises an antenna section and a filter section which are formed in an integrated manner in a dielectric substrate, wherein the antenna section and the filter section are coupled to one another via a capacitance. Further, 0.3×Lr≦Lt≦1.2×Lr is satisfied provided that an antenna length of the antenna section is Lt, and an antenna length measured for a single antenna is Lr. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a small size of the antenna device while avoiding the decrease in gain and the disadvantage of narrow band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Mizuno, Yasuhiko Mizutani, Takami Hirai, Hiroyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 6351239
    Abstract: An antenna device is provided with a dielectric substrate comprising a large number of stacked dielectric layers and having at least an input/output terminal and a ground electrode formed on its outer circumferential surface. A plurality of ½ wavelength resonator elements of the both ends-open type are arranged in parallel to one another in the dielectric substrate respectively to construct a filter section. An antenna section is formed and constructed on the surface of the dielectric substrate. Two input/output electrodes are formed in the dielectric substrate, which are arranged at positions of point symmetry with respect to a center in the length direction of at least the resonator element disposed on the output side, of the plurality of ½ wavelength resonator elements. The two input/output electrodes are connected to balanced input/output terminals of the antenna section respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Mizuno, Takami Hirai, Yasuhiko Mizutani, Hiroyuki Arai
  • Publication number: 20020005295
    Abstract: A multilayered circuit board is constructed such that holes penetrating through second and third dielectric layers interposed between a pair of electrodes for constructing a capacitor are filled with a material having a high dielectric constant respectively in a capacitor-forming area, holes penetrating through first to fourth dielectric layers interposed between a pair of electrodes for constructing a resistor are filled with a resistor material for obtaining a desired value of resistance in a resistor-forming area, and a plurality of (for example, four) holes are filled with a material having a high magnetic permeability respectively so as to penetrate through first to fifth dielectric layers in a magnetic flux-passing area of a coil constructed by coil electrodes of first to fifth turns in a coil-forming area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Mizutani, Takami Hirai, Kazuyuki Mizuno
  • Patent number: 6294967
    Abstract: A laminated type dielectric filter including a first stage symmetric type strip line resonator and a last stage symmetric type strip line resonator each having at least two resonating elements arranged to oppose one another via dielectric layers, said resonators being aligned in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction in which said resonating elements are stacked, an input electrode for coupling the first stage symmetric type strip line resonator to an input terminal, an output electrode for coupling the last stage symmetric type dielectric filter to an output terminal, an earth electrode substantially surrounding an outer surface of the laminated type dielectric filter, plural interlayer earth electrodes connected to the earth electrode, and one or more coupling electrode for coupling said plural symmetric type strip line resonators, said the resonating elements, input electrode, output electrode, interlayer earth electrodes and coupling electrodes are isolated by means of dielectric layers, and el
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takami Hirai, Kazuyuki Mizuno, Yasuhiko Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20010004228
    Abstract: A stacked type dielectric filter comprises two sets of resonators arranged in a dielectric substrate constructed by laminating a plurality of dielectric layers, in which each of the resonators includes two resonance electrodes superimposed in a stacking direction; wherein one resonance electrode of the two resonance electrodes for constructing each of the resonators is formed to have a wide width as compared with the other resonance electrode. Accordingly, even when any stacking deviation occurs in the plurality of resonance electrodes during the production, it is possible to decrease the variation of characteristics. Thus, it is possible to maximally exhibit the effect (high Q value, small size, and high performance) to be obtained by constructing the resonator by superimposing the plurality of resonance electrodes in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takami Hirai, Kazuyuki Mizuno, Yasuhiko Mizutani