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| 20120127049 | FREQUENCY STABILIZATION CIRCUIT, FREQUENCY STABILIZATION DEVICE, ANTENNA APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, AND IMPEDANCE CONVERSION ELEMENT A frequency stabilization device includes a first radiating element, a second radiating element, a feeding circuit connected to the first and second radiating elements, and a frequency stabilization circuit disposed between the feeding circuit and the first radiating el... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126365 | Anti-Fuse Element An anti-fuse element that includes an insulation layer; a pair of electrode layers formed on upper and lower surfaces of the insulation layer; and an extraction electrode contacting a section of the electrode layers forming electrostatic capacitance with the insulation ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125675 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT An electronic component that can be mounted with good balance includes a substrate, a plurality of first terminals located on a peripheral portion of one main surface of the substrate, a ground electrode located in a center of the one main surface of the substrate and i... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120107696 | SECONDARY BATTERY An electrode active material mainly includes an organic compound having, in a structural unit thereof, a conjugated diamine structure represented by the general formula (I), and an electrolyte includes a carbonate ester compound represented by the general formula (II). ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104897 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE A surface acoustic wave device prevents a decrease in yield and a decrease in reliability, such as an impulse withstand voltage, and achieves good frequency characteristics, even when using higher frequencies. The surface acoustic wave device includes an IDT electrode d... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083219 | MULTI-RADIO TEST METHOD AND TEST FIXTURE A method for testing characteristics of a communication device that includes a plurality of modules using a test fixture includes the steps of connecting the communication device to the test fixture, determining if tests to be performed on the plurality of modules can b... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081927 | ISOLATED SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS An isolated switching power supply apparatus includes a direct-current input power supply, a power transmission transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, at least one main switching element configured to perform switching control on a direct-curre... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081836 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND LAMINATED CERAMIC CAPACITOR A laminated ceramic capacitor which exhibits excellent lifetime characteristics in a high temperature loading test uses a dielectric ceramic constituting the dielectric layers which contains (Ba1-xCax)TiO3 as its main constituent, and co... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081206 | SEMICONDUCTOR CERAMIC AND POSITIVE-COEFFICIENT CHARACTERISTIC THERMISTOR A semiconductor ceramic and a positive-coefficient characteristic thermistor are provided which have a stable PTC characteristic, a high double point, and a wide operating temperature range. The semiconductor ceramic contains, as a main component, a barium titanate-base... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081192 | BRANCHING DEVICE In a branching device, an LPF includes a first inductor arranged such that some conductor layers from among conductor layers are wound in a clockwise direction, and a second inductor arranged such that a conductor layer from among the conductor layers is wound in an cou... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069489 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT In an electronic component, a laminate includes a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and a mounting surface defined by outer edges of the plurality of laminated ceramic layers, the outer edges being continuously located adjacent to each other. Capacitor conductors ar... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068788 | ELASTIC WAVE APPARATUS AND DUPLEXER An elastic wave apparatus includes a balanced-unbalanced transforming function, and an elastic wave filter and a multilayer wiring board on which the elastic wave filter is mounted. The elastic wave filter includes an unbalanced terminal and first and second balanced te... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068787 | ELASTIC WAVE RESONATOR, LADDER FILTER AND DUPLEXER An acoustic wave resonator that is excellent in terms of return loss characteristics at the resonant and anti-resonant frequencies and that is capable of effectively reducing loss includes an IDT electrode in which a plurality of first electrode fingers and a plurality ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068127 | BARIUM TITANATE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND BARIUM TITANATE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR CERAMIC DEVICE A barium titanate-based semiconductor ceramic composition which can be used for PTC thermistors for temperature sensors and which has characteristics, including a linear characteristic, advantageous for such PTC thermistors and a barium titanate-based semiconductor cera... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120049974 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT External electrodes are provided on a bottom surface of a laminate, and are connected to both ends of a main line and both ends of a sub-line, respectively. A warpage prevention conductor is provided on an insulating material layer that is provided on a top surface side... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049945 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE A high-frequency switch module includes a FET switch mounted on a multilayer substrate and a low pass filter arranged between the FET switch and a transmission signal input terminal. The low pass filter includes at least one inductor connected in series between a transm... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049691 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE A manufacturing method for a boundary acoustic wave device is capable of certainly providing the boundary acoustic wave device with desired target frequency characteristics. The manufacturing method for the boundary acoustic wave device includes a process for preparing ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043854 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A ceramic electronic component has a ceramic element assembly, external electrodes, and metal terminals. The external electrodes are arranged on the surface of the ceramic element assembly. The external electrodes contain a sintered metal. The metal terminals are electr... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043129 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME In a circuit board, a laminate includes a plurality of laminated insulating material layers made of a flexible material. First external electrodes are provided on an upper surface of the laminate, and an electronic component is mounted thereon. Second external electrode... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043117 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINE AND CIRCUIT BOARD A signal line and a circuit board that can be easily bent in a U shape and prevent unwanted emission include a line portion includes a plurality of laminated line portion sheets made of a flexible material. Signal lines extend within the line portion in an x-axis direct... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120039015 | LAMINATE TYPE CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR In a laminate type ceramic electronic component, when an external electrode is formed directly by plating onto a surface of a component main body, the plating film that is to serve as the external electrode may have a low fixing strength with respect to the component ma... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039014 | LAMINATE TYPE CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR In a laminate type ceramic electronic component, when an external electrode for a laminated ceramic capacitor is formed directly by plating onto a surface of a component main body, the film that is directly plated may have a low fixing strength with respect to the compo... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038435 | ELASTIC WAVE APPARATUS In an elastic wave apparatus, a first dielectric layer is laminated on a piezoelectric substrate. An electrode structure is provided at an interface between the first dielectric layer and the piezoelectric substrate. The electrode structure includes a first electrode st... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033455 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS In a switching power supply apparatus, a comparator outputs a first determination criterion signal based on a saw-tooth wave signal whose level fluctuates with a constant period and a detection voltage signal. An inverter subjects the first determination criterion signa... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033454 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS A resonance-type power supply is provided in which no short circuit occurs and driving is performed with a constant switching period by performing switching control using a change of magnetic flux of a magnetic component as a trigger. When the change of magnetic flux of... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032758 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT In an electronic component, a first LC resonant circuit includes a first coil including coil portions that extend from a first external electrode to a second external electrode while turning in a first direction. A second LC resonant circuit includes a second coil inclu... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120025931 | BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR AND LADDER FILTER In a boundary acoustic wave resonator, apodization weighting is performed on an IDT electrode so that an intersecting width decreases as a location moves outward in a boundary acoustic wave propagation direction. An inner side of a first busbar includes inclined portion... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025333 | MEMS ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME An acceleration sensor is formed using an etched layer sandwiched between first and second substrates. In this case, a structure including a movable portion which is displaceable in the thickness direction of the substrates, and a support frame are formed in the etched ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110281540 | ANTENNA COMBINING MODULE In an antenna combining module, coupling of an inductor and individual signal lines provided in a matching circuit is prevented and minimized and isolation of lines from one another and communication performance are improved. The antenna combining module includes a dupl... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120021551 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A compact, high-performance thermoelectric conversion module includes a laminate having a plurality of insulating layers, p-type thermoelectric semiconductors and n-type thermoelectric semiconductors formed by a technique for manufacturing a multilayer circuit board, pa... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110280239 | COMMUNICATION SESSION HAND-OFF METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE A communication session hand-off method of a communication device includes establishing a first communication session over a first network between a first communication interface of the communication device and a communication interface of another communication device, ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279945 | ESD PROTECTION DEVICE An ESD protection device includes a ceramic multilayer substrate including a plurality of laminated insulating layers, an external electrode, at least one of an in-plane connecting conductor and an interlayer connecting conductor, and a mixture portion. The mixture port... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279340 | ANTENNA AND WIRELESS IC DEVICE An antenna for a wireless IC device having improved energy transfer efficiency with a wireless IC, and a wireless IC device equipped with the antenna are constructed such that the antenna includes a coil pattern and spiral coupling patterns provided at the ends of the c... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279326 | WIRELESS IC DEVICE A wireless IC device includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped dielectric body, a metal pattern that is provided on the surface of the dielectric body via a film and functions as a radiator, and a wireless IC element coupled to feeding portions of the metal pa... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279194 | DUPLEXER MODULE In a duplexer module, a transmitting signal is correctly monitored without deteriorating receiving sensitivity. The duplexer module includes a transmission line, a reception line, and an antenna common line, and performs conversion between a transmission signal and a re... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279193 | DUPLEXER MODULE A duplexer module that prevents degradation of isolation between signal lines includes transmission filters, reception filters, phase adjusting circuits, and a multilayer substrate. The transmission filters and the reception filters are constituted as separate discrete ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279177 | DUPLEXER MODULE A duplexer module prevents a transmission signal and a reception signal in the same band from interfering with each other. The duplexer module includes a transmission line, a reception line, and an antenna common line. In addition, the duplexer module includes a plurali... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110278993 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE A piezoelectric device is manufactured in which the material of a supporting substrate can be selected from various alternative materials. Ions are implanted into a piezoelectric substrate to form an ion-implanted portion. A temporary supporting substrate is formed on t... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120019982 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT An electronic component includes a ceramic body including first to fourth side surfaces, a first external electrode provided on one side surface of the ceramic body, a second external electrode, and a plurality of reinforcing electrodes. Each of the first and second ext... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019981 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT A ceramic electronic component includes a first reinforcement layer. The first reinforcement layer is arranged in a first outer layer portion so as to extend in the length direction and in the width direction. Portions of the first reinforcement layer face a first porti... | 01/26/2012 |
