Patents by Inventor Yuji Yoshida
Yuji Yoshida 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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Patent number: 7898795Abstract: A solid-state electrolytic capacitor including a stacked body of a solid-state electrolytic capacitor element unit and an electrode conversion board. The unit includes two kinds of solid-state electrolytic capacitor elements. Each of first kind of solid-state electrolytic capacitor elements uses an anode body having a total thickness of an aluminum foil of 350 ?m and a residual core thickness, i.e., the total thickness minus the thickness of an etched layer, is 50 ?m. A second kind of solid-state electrolytic capacitor element provided on the mounting surface side uses an anode body having a total thickness of an aluminum foil of 150 ?m and a residual core thickness is 50 ?m. The electrode conversion board includes external anode and external cathode terminals that are arranged in a checkered manner and also includes, on the side opposite to the board, anode electrode and cathode electrode plates.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: NEC TOKIN CorporationInventors: Takeo Kasuga, Masanori Takahashi, Koji Sakata, Yuji Yoshida, Takeshi Saito, Katsuhiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 7692187Abstract: The present invention encompasses an organic field-effect transistor comprising an n-type organic semiconductor formed of a fullerene derivative having a fluorinated alkyl group which is expressed by the following chemical formula (wherein at least any one of R1, R2 and R3 is a perfluoro alkyl group or a partially-fluorinated semifluoro alkyl group each having a carbon number of 1 to 20), and a field-effect transistor production method comprising forming an organic semiconductor layer using the fullerene derivative by a solution process, and subjecting the organic semiconductor layer to a heat treatment in an atmosphere containing nitrogen or argon or in vacuum to provide enhanced characteristics to the organic semiconductor layer. The present invention makes it possible to form an organic semiconductor layer by a solution process and provide an organic field-effect transistor excellent in electron mobility and on-off ratio and capable of operating even in an ambient air atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Masayuki Chikamatsu, Atsushi Itakura, Tatsumi Kimura, Satoru Shimada, Yuji Yoshida, Reiko Azumi, Kiyoshi Yase
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Patent number: 7684172Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a valve metal formed with an anodized film; an inner conductive polymer film formed on the anodized film; and an outer conductive polymer film formed on the inner conductive polymer film. The outer conductive polymer film is obtained by: preparing a first polymer solution (PEDOT/PSSA); dissolving a predetermined dissolved substance in a non-aqueous solvent, the predetermined dissolved substance being selected from the group consisting of boric acid, 1-naphthalenesulfonic acid, 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid, 1,3,6-naphthalenetrisulfonic acid, and polystyrenesulfonic acid, and a salt thereof; mixing the dissolved solvent with pure water to obtain an additive solution; adding the additive solution into the first polymer solution to obtain a second polymer solution; and applying the second polymer solution to the inner conductive polymer film.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: NEC TOKIN CorporationInventors: Takeo Kasuga, Yuji Yoshida, Masanori Takahashi, Ryuta Kobayakawa, Takeshi Saito, Koji Sakata, Sadamu Toita, Katsuhiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 7675472Abstract: A vehicle-mounted antenna system includes a combined antenna apparatus that has a GPS antenna and a short-range wireless communication antenna. The GPS antenna is directional in a vertical direction and the short-range wireless communication antenna is directional in a horizontal direction. The combined antenna apparatus is mounted below an instrument panel of the vehicle by a mounting bracket in such a manner that the short-range wireless communication antenna is directional in the horizontal direction toward an interior of a vehicle. This approach ensures adequate performance of the short-range wireless communication antenna and standardizes a manner in which the short-range wireless communication antenna is mounted to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Seishin Mikami, Akihiko Hayashi, Yuji Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100037530Abstract: Disclosed is a synthetic grinding stone used for polishing of silicon wafer, which is composed of a structure comprising cerium oxide fine particles as abrasive grain, a resin as a binder, a salt as a filler and a nano diamond as an additive. This synthetic grinding stone is characterized in that the purity of the cerium oxide is not less than 60% by weight, the content of the salt as a filler is not less than 1% but not more than 20%, the volume content of the nano diamond as an additive is not less than 0.1% but less than 20% relative to the total volume of the structure, and the porosity as the volume fraction relative to the total volume of the structure is less than 30%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Yuji Yoshida, Hiroshi Eda, Libo Zhou, Masaaki Kenmochi, Yoshiaki Tashiro, Sumio Kamiya, Hisao Iwase, Teruki Yamashita, Noboru Otake
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Publication number: 20100032657Abstract: An organic transistor having a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer, wherein the organic semiconductor layer comprises a compound represented by the following general formula [1] or [3]: General Formula [1] wherein A and B independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. General Formula [3] wherein R1 to R10 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group which has 4 or less carbon atoms and may be substituted with a halogen atom, an alkoxyl group which has 4 or less carbon atoms and may be substituted with a halogen atom, an amino group which has 4 or less carbon atoms and may be substituted with a halogen atom, a nitro group, or a cyano group, and the compound contains at least one halogen atom.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2006Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: Toyo INk Mfg Co., LtdInventors: Hiroyuki Yanai, Shuichi Kimura, Kiyoshi Yase, Yuji Yoshida, Masayuki Chikamatsu
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Publication number: 20100030516Abstract: A method for analyzing a delay time distribution of an N-stage circuit. The method includes a delay time calculation step of calculating maximum deviation delay time of a signal propagating through the circuit and basic delay time of the circuit, a delay variation calculation step of calculating a delay variation value of the N-stage circuit by using the mean square of differences between the maximum deviation delay time of the circuit and the basic delay time of the circuit taken over the N stages, and a step of generating the delay time distribution of the N-stage circuit as a normal distribution by using the calculated delay variation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Fumi Kambara, Yuji Yoshida, Sugio Satoh
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Patent number: 7631200Abstract: A host apparatus that adjusts consumption of a device in accordance with the power supply capability of the host apparatus. The host apparatus includes a plurality of communication ports and devices connected to each communication port. A host controller of the host apparatus communicates with the devices to acquire equipment information including the consumption current of each device. A current supply circuit supplies current to the devices connected to the communication ports. An MPU changes the current supplied from the current supply circuit to the plurality of devices when a total value of the consumption current of a device newly connected to the plurality of communication ports and the consumption current of each device for which connection with the plurality of ports has already been recognized exceeds the current that the current supply circuit is capable of supplying.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics LimitedInventors: Takahiro Niwa, Yuji Yoshida, Masatoshi Ohnishi, Koji Horibe
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Publication number: 20090289569Abstract: A cold cathode fluorescent lamp controller exhibiting a multi-function terminal and operative alternately in a strike mode and a run mode, the controller comprising: a phase locked loop arranged for synchronization of an oscillator, associated with the controller, with an external signal, the phase locked loop comprising a capacitor coupled to the multi-function terminal; and a soft start circuit arranged to limit drive current immediately after reset of the controller responsive to a signal at the multi-function terminal. In one embodiment the controller further comprises an error detection circuit arranged to output an error signal on the multi-function terminal. In one embodiment the controller further comprises a frequency sweeping circuit operative to sweep the frequency of a drive signal during the strike mode of the controller, the frequency of the drive signal being swept by the frequency sweeping circuit responsive to a signal at the multi-function terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: MICROSEMI CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Yoshida, Xiaoping Jin
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Publication number: 20090195969Abstract: The terminal plate 30 is attached to the capacitor elements 10 so that a second plate surface of the insulating plate 32 faces a side surface of each of the capacitor elements 10. The side surface is parallel to the longitudinal direction L1 and the thickness direction t1 of the anode plate 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji YOSHIDA, Takashi Mizukoshi, Koji Sakata, Katsuhiro Yoshida, Takeshi Saito
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Patent number: 7550360Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, at first, an anodic oxide film is formed on the surface of an aluminum base. Then, a solid electrolyte layer is formed of a conductive polymer or the like on the anodic oxide film. Then, a cathode electrode portion including a silver paste layer is formed on the solid electrolyte layer. Then, a conductive paste is coated on the anodic oxide film on one side of the aluminum base and cured, thereby forming a metal silver layer. Then, a laser beam is irradiated from the opposite side of the aluminum base to weld together the aluminum base and the metal silver layer, thereby forming an anode electrode portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: NEC TOKIN CorporationInventors: Yuji Yoshida, Katsuhiro Yoshida
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Patent number: 7541313Abstract: A alloy (Mg—X) of metal (X) and Mg in a liquid phase is made to react with B in a solid phase at a low temperature to manufacture a superconductor, which contains a large amount of MgB2 potential for MRI, linear motorcar, superconducting cavity, electric power transmission cable, high-magnetic field magnet for medical units, electric power storage (SMES), and the like and is formed in the shape of bulk, wire, and foil, by heat treatment performed at a low temperature for a short time and at low cost.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2004Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: National Institute for Materials ScienceInventors: Akihiro Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Inoue, Yasuo Iijima, Yuji Yoshida
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Publication number: 20090117799Abstract: The present invention provides a fabric which makes the wearer feel comfortable when the wearer is not in a sweating state and does not give a sticky feeling or a steamy feeling to the wearer even when the wearer perspires. The present invention can be achieved by a cellulose fiber-blended fabric, characterized by comprising cellulose fibers having a rate of dimensional change upon water absorption of 2% or more. When the fabric of the present invention is applied to sportswear, inner wear, outer wear, and the like, the wearer can obtain a comfortable wear feeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Yuji Yoshida, Shoichi Akita
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Patent number: 7525791Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor is provided which is capable of exhibiting an excellent characteristic and high reliability against thermal stress. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes a base member having a capacitor element connecting face on its upper surface side and an electrode mounting face on its lower surface side and being made up of an insulating plate having first conductors and second conductors, disposed in a staggered format, each providing conduction between the upper and lower surface sides of the base member, and the capacitor element having anode portions and cathode portions, each being disposed in a staggered format, connected to each of the first and second conductors.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: NEC Tokin CorporationInventors: Koji Sakata, Takeshi Saito, Yuji Yoshida, Takeo Kasuga, Masanori Takahashi, Katsuhiro Yoshida
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Publication number: 20090066743Abstract: An ejection inspecting device which inspects an ejection state of an ejection head, including nozzles ejecting fluid, includes fluid receiving areas corresponding to the ejection head so as to receive the fluid ejected from the nozzles. A potential difference generating unit generates predetermined potential differences between the ejection head and the fluid receiving areas. Electrical variation detecting units detect electrical variations of the fluid receiving areas. A control unit drives the ejection head to eject the fluid to the fluid receiving areas from the nozzles in a state in which the predetermined potential differences are generated between the ejection head and the fluid receiving areas by the potential difference generating unit. The ejection inspecting device also inspects the nozzles to determine whether the fluid is ejected from the nozzles on the basis of the detection results of the electrical variation detecting units in the fluid receiving areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shinya Komatsu, Hironori Endo, Yuji Yoshida
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Publication number: 20080304210Abstract: A solid-state electrolytic capacitor including a stacked body of a solid-state electrolytic capacitor element unit and an electrode conversion board. The unit includes two kinds of solid-state electrolytic capacitor elements. Each of first kind of solid-state electrolytic capacitor elements uses an anode body having a total thickness of an aluminum foil of 350 ?m and a residual core thickness, i.e., the total thickness minus the thickness of an etched layer, is 50 ?m. A second kind of solid-state electrolytic capacitor element provided on the mounting surface side uses an anode body having a total thickness of an aluminum foil of 150 ?m and a residual core thickness is 50 ?m. The electrode conversion board includes external anode and external cathode terminals that are arranged In a checkered manner and also includes, on the side opposite to the board, anode electrode and cathode electrode plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: NEC TOKIN CorporationInventors: Takeo Kasuga, Masanori Takahashi, Koji Sakata, Yuji Yoshida, Takeshi Saito, Katsuhiro Yoshida
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Publication number: 20080291606Abstract: In a thin solid electrolytic capacitor including a solid electrolytic capacitor element disposed on a substrate, the solid electrolytic capacitor element has an upper surface largely extending along the substrate as compared with a height dimension thereof from the substrate. A casing portion is at least partly made of a resin and surrounds the solid electrolytic capacitor element jointly with the substrate. The casing portion includes a non-adhesive member that is in contact with an upper surface of the solid electrolytic capacitor element, but is not adhesive to the solid electrolytic capacitor element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: NEC TOKIN CorporationInventors: Masanori TAKAHASHI, Takeshi Saito, Takeo Kasuga, Yuji Yoshida, Katsuhiro Yoshida, Koji Sakata
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Publication number: 20080259526Abstract: Anodized films are formed at both surfaces of an aluminum base and, at the center portion on each side of the aluminum base, a solid electrolyte layer of a conductive polymer, a graphite layer, and a metal layer are stacked in the order, thereby forming a rectangular cathode portion. An insulator layer is formed at the peripheries of four sides of the cathode portion and, further, an anode lead frame is provided at the peripheries of four sides of the upper insulator layer, thereby forming an anode portion. Openings are formed at four corners of the insulator layer or the anode portion, thereby establishing electrical connection between the cathode portions on both sides of the aluminum base. By setting the ratio of a total region, occupied by the openings, of the cathode portion to 25% or less, the ESL of a capacitor can be suppressed low even when the openings are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: NEC TOKIN CorporationInventors: Yuji Yoshida, Katsuhiro Yoshida, Takeo Kasuga, Masanori Takahashi, Takeshi Saito, Koji Sakata
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Publication number: 20080232039Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor including a solid electrolytic capacitor component comprises a porous anode body 2 composed of valve metal having a anode lead 1 protruding therefrom, a anode oxide film, a solid electrolyte layer 4, a graphite layer 5, a silver paste layer 6, a resist layer 3 separating the anode lead 1 used as a anode portion and the porous anode body 2 used as a cathode portion, and a anode lead element 7 connected to the anode lead 1, the anode oxide film, solid electrolyte layer 4, graphite layer 5, silver paste layer 6 being successively formed on the surface of the porous anode body 2, wherein the solid electrolytic capacitor component is bonded on a mounting substrate 21 having a anode terminal 21a, a cathode terminal 21b, and an insulating portion 21c therebetween with a precuring insulating adhesive 9 formed on the insulating portion 21c of the mounting substrate 21 and precuring conductive adhesives 8 formed on the anode terminal and cathode terminal, and sealed with exterior resin 10Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: NEC TOKIN CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Saito, Yuji Yoshida, Takeo Kasuga, Koji Sakata, Katsuhiro Yoshida, Masanori Takahashi
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Publication number: 20080218943Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor is provided which is capable of exhibiting an excellent characteristic and high reliability against thermal stress. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes a base member having a capacitor element connecting face on its upper surface side and an electrode mounting face on its lower surface side and being made up of an insulating plate having first conductors and second conductors, disposed in a staggered format, each providing conduction between the upper and lower surface sides of the base member, and the capacitor element having anode portions and cathode portions, each being disposed in a staggered format, connected to each of the first and second conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Koji SAKATA, Takeshi Saito, Yuji Yoshida, Takeo Kasuga, Masanori Takahashi, Katsuhiro Yoshida