Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Ikarashi

Yasuhiro Ikarashi 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: 6538521
    Abstract: In a voltage controlled oscillator for switching oscillation frequency bands by supplying a band switching signal to an LC resonator circuit that is connected in a phase locked loop having a phase comparator and a loop filter and sets oscillation frequencies, the LC resonator circuit includes at least two inductor elements the connection and non-connection of a part of which are switched in response to a band switching signal and a capacitor element in which a voltage variable capacitor element whose capacitance value is adjusted in response to the control voltage from the loop filter is connected in series to impedance elements acting as a composite element that exhibits a capacitance value in oscillation frequency ranges. With this arrangement, when an oscillation signal is selectively output in a high or low frequency band by switching the LC resonator circuit, the voltage controlled oscillator can increase the difference between the rates of change Kv in the high and low frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Ikarashi, Yutaka Chiba
  • Publication number: 20030052741
    Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator comprises an oscillation transistor, a varactor diode, a resonance circuit which is coupled to the oscillation transistor, and a switching diode which changes over a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit, wherein the resonance circuit includes a first strip conductor which is served for grounding a cathode of the varactor diode in terms of direct current and a second strip conductor which is served for coupling a cathode of the varactor diode with the oscillation transistor, the switching diode is connected to the first strip conductor in parallel in terms of high frequency and has a cathode thereof grounded, and a control voltage which is served for changing a capacitive value of the varactor diode is applied to a connection point between the cathode of the varactor diode and the second strip conductor through a choke inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Chiba, Hiroki Noumi, Yasuhiro Ikarashi
  • Publication number: 20030056132
    Abstract: A computer of the present invention comprises: a CPU; plural peripheral devices controlled by the CPU; a data transmission bus between the CPU and the peripheral devices and between the peripheral devices; and a clock signal source for supplying clock signals for CPU operation and data transmission, wherein the clock signal source is constituted by a PLL synthesizer, and two clock signals (one for the CPU and the other for the bus) are outputted from the PLL synthesizer to arrest an occurrence of unnecessary signals other than the clock signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Senichiro Yatsuda, Yasuhiro Ikarashi, Yoshitaka Hirose
  • Publication number: 20020125946
    Abstract: A buffer amplifier is provided which includes an amplifying transistor, an inductance element for feeding power to the collector of the amplifying transistor from a power supply, a resistance attenuator having an input end, an output end, and a ground end, and an output terminal connected to the resistance attenuator. The input end of the resistance attenuator is directly connected to the collector of the amplifying transistor. The ground end is connected to the power supply. The output end is connected to the output terminal through a coupling capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ikarashi
  • Publication number: 20020125958
    Abstract: A dual-band oscillator includes a first oscillation circuit and a second oscillation circuit. A first emitter bias resistor for setting the emitter current of a first oscillation transistor in the first oscillation circuit is provided between the emitter of the first oscillation transistor and a second inductance element in the second oscillation circuit. A second emitter bias resistor for setting the emitter current of a second oscillation circuit in the second oscillation circuit is provided between the emitter of the second oscillation transistor and a first inductance element in the first oscillation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ikarashi
  • Patent number: 6359522
    Abstract: There is provided a voltage-controlled oscillator which prevents generation of an irregular oscillation signal, reduces the number of parts including large size elements, realizes reduction in size of structure and easily adjusts output level of the oscillation signal. An oscillating transistor which operates in a grounded base system to output an oscillation signal, an amplifying transistor which operates in a grounded emitter system to amplify the oscillation signal and a resonance circuit connected to the collector of the oscillating transistor are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ikarashi
  • Publication number: 20020011596
    Abstract: The invention provides a surface mounting type electronic circuit unit that is suitable for miniaturization and is suitable for simple output adjustment. Circuit elements including capacitors, resistors, and inductance elements and a conducting pattern connected to the circuit elements are formed on an alumina substrate by means of thin film forming technique, and a diode D1 and a semiconductor chip of a transistor are fixed to a connection land of the conducting pattern by means of wire bonding, wherein only the emitter resistor out of the base bias voltage dividing resistors and the emitter resistor of the transistor is trimmed for output adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Akiyuki Yoshisato, Kazuhiko Ueda, Yasuhiro Ikarashi, Akihiko Inoue, Hiroshi Sakuma
  • Publication number: 20020008238
    Abstract: The invention provides a surface mounting type electronic circuit unit that is suitable for miniaturization. Thin film circuit elements including capacitors, resistors, and inductance elements are formed on an alumina substrate, a semiconductor bare chip of a diode and a transistor is fixed by means of wire bonding, and part of the capacitors is formed non-rectangular having rectangles projected from one side of another rectangle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Akiyuki Yoshisato, Kazuhiko Ueda, Yasuhiro Ikarashi
  • Publication number: 20020005764
    Abstract: In a voltage controlled oscillator for switching oscillation frequency bands by supplying a band switching signal to an LC resonator circuit that is connected in a phase locked loop having a phase comparator and a loop filter and sets oscillation frequencies, the LC resonator circuit includes at least two inductor elements the connection and non-connection of a part of which are switched in response to a band switching signal and a capacitor element in which a voltage variable capacitor element whose capacitance value is adjusted in response to the control voltage from the loop filter is connected in series to impedance elements acting as a composite element that exhibits a capacitance value in oscillation frequency ranges. With this arrangement, when an oscillation signal is selectively output in a high or low frequency band by switching the LC resonator circuit, the voltage controlled oscillator can increase the difference between the rates of change Kv in the high and low frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Ikarashi, Yutaka Chiba
  • Publication number: 20010030583
    Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator includes an oscillating transistor having a collector coupled to ground at high frequencies. A first end of a microstrip is coupled to a base of the oscillating transistor by a first varactor diode. A second end of the microstrip is coupled to a second varactor diode. The length of the microstrip is about ½ to about ¾ of the wavelength of an oscillation frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ikarashi
  • Patent number: 6292063
    Abstract: The two-band oscillating apparatus of the present invention comprises in one aspect a first oscillator for outputting an oscillation signal of a first frequency band, a second oscillator for outputting an oscillation signal of a second frequency band which is higher than the first frequency band, and a grounded-emitter type amplifier including an amplifying transistor to amplify the oscillation signal of the first frequency band or the oscillation signal of the second frequency band. In this structure, an emitter bias resistor is connected between the emitter of the amplifying transistor and the ground. A first series resonance device which resonates in almost the first frequency band, and a second series resonance device which resonates in almost second frequency band, are connected between the emitter and ground. Thereby, the number of parts can be reduced through simplified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tanemura, Yasuhiro Ikarashi