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20090160719 | RADIO FREQUENCY IC DEVICE - A radio frequency IC device includes a radio frequency IC chip, a feeder circuit substrate, and a radiating plate. The feeder circuit substrate includes a feeder circuit that electrically connects to the radio IC chip and that includes a resonance circuit and/or a matching circuit including inductance elements. The feeder circuit substrate is bonded to the radiating plate, which radiates a transmission signal supplied from the feeder circuit and supplies a received signal to the feeder circuit. The inductance elements are arranged in spiral patterns wound in opposite directions and couple to each other in opposite phases. The radio frequency IC device is able to obtain a radio frequency IC device that is not susceptible to being affected by a usage environment, minimizes variations in radiation characteristics, and can be used in a wide frequency band. | 06-25-2009 |
20090166434 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADIO FREQUENCY IC DEVICE - An antenna device is arranged to transmit or receive a radio frequency communication signal to or from an external device such as a reader/writer, and is arranged such that an antenna resonance circuit including an antenna coil and a capacitor is connected to an additional resonance circuit including an inductor and a capacitor. A radio frequency IC device preferably includes the antenna device and a radio frequency IC. The antenna device is constructed such that a change in characteristics thereof caused by a change in the distance between a radio frequency IC device and a reader/writer is minimized, and the radio frequency IC device performs communication with high reliability. | 07-02-2009 |
20110024510 | WIRELESS IC DEVICE - A wireless IC device prevents deviations of the resonant frequency from the desired value. An antenna coil has an end portion positioned in a connector provided on the negative-most side in the z-axis direction and an end portion positioned in a connector provided on the positive-most side in the z-axis direction. A wireless IC is electrically connected to the end portions. A via hole conductor is provided between the end portion and the wireless IC and penetrates through a plurality of insulator layers. A via hole conductor is provided in the antenna coil such that the length of a current path thereto from the end portion is the shortest among a plurality of via hole conductors. The distance between the via hole conductor and the via hole conductor is larger than the distances between the penetrating via hole conductor and the via hole conductors. | 02-03-2011 |
20110049249 | WIRELESS IC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wireless IC device includes a plurality of insulating sheets that are stacked on top of one another. Coil electrodes are arranged so as to sandwich the insulating sheets therebetween and define an antenna coil by being connected to one another. The coil electrodes are superposed with one another and thereby define a single ring when viewed in plan from a z-axis direction. | 03-03-2011 |
20110062244 | COMPONENT OF WIRELESS IC DEVICE AND WIRELESS IC DEVICE - A component of a wireless IC device includes a wireless IC chip and a feeding circuit substrate including a plurality of laminated resin layers. The wireless IC chip is included inside the feeding circuit substrate, and an annular electrode is arranged inside the feeding circuit substrate. The component of a wireless IC device and the radiation plate define the wireless IC device. | 03-17-2011 |
20110155810 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADIO FREQUENCY IC DEVICE - An antenna device is arranged to transmit or receive a radio frequency communication signal to or from an external device such as a reader/writer, and is arranged such that an antenna resonance circuit including an antenna coil and a capacitor is connected to an additional resonance circuit including an inductor and a capacitor. A radio frequency IC device preferably includes the antenna device and a radio frequency IC. The antenna device is constructed such that a change in characteristics thereof caused by a change in the distance between a radio frequency IC device and a reader/writer is minimized, and the radio frequency IC device performs communication with high reliability. | 06-30-2011 |
20110241804 | HIGH-FREQUENCY COUPLER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A high-frequency coupler and a communication device are compact, capable of efficiently communicating a large volume of data over a short distance and can be used in combination with a non-contact IC card. The high-frequency coupler includes magnetic-field-generating patterns and a surrounding pattern disposed around a periphery thereof, and is used to communicate a large volume of data over a short distance in a communication system that uses broadband frequencies. Out of the magnetic fields radiated in directions perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the plane of the patterns from the magnetic-field-generating patterns, portions extending laterally in the plane of the patterns are blocked by the surrounding pattern, the magnetic fields are lengthened in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the plane of the patterns and the communication distance is increased. | 10-06-2011 |
20110254752 | RADIO FREQUENCY IC DEVICE - A radio frequency IC device includes a radio frequency IC chip, a feeder circuit substrate, and a radiating plate. The feeder circuit substrate includes a feeder circuit that electrically connects to the radio IC chip and that includes a resonance circuit and/or a matching circuit including inductance elements. The feeder circuit substrate is bonded to the radiating plate, which radiates a transmission signal supplied from the feeder circuit and supplies a received signal to the feeder circuit. The inductance elements are arranged in spiral patterns wound in opposite directions and couple to each other in opposite phases. The radio frequency IC device is able to obtain a radio frequency IC device that is not susceptible to being affected by a usage environment, minimizes variations in radiation characteristics, and can be used in a wide frequency band. | 10-20-2011 |
20120218071 | HIGH-FREQUENCY COUPLER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A high-frequency coupler and a communication device are compact, capable of efficiently communicating a large volume of data over a short distance and can be used in combination with a non-contact IC card. The high-frequency coupler includes magnetic-field-generating patterns and a surrounding pattern disposed around a periphery thereof, and is used to communicate a large volume of data over a short distance in a communication system that uses broadband frequencies. Out of the magnetic fields radiated in directions perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the plane of the patterns from the magnetic-field-generating patterns, portions extending laterally in the plane of the patterns are blocked by the surrounding pattern, the magnetic fields are lengthened in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the plane of the patterns and the communication distance is increased. | 08-30-2012 |
20120235871 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADIO FREQUENCY IC DEVICE - An antenna device is arranged to transmit or receive a radio frequency communication signal to or from an external device such as a reader/writer, and is arranged such that an antenna resonance circuit including an antenna coil and a capacitor is connected to an additional resonance circuit including an inductor and a capacitor. A radio frequency IC device preferably includes the antenna device and a radio frequency IC. The antenna device is constructed such that a change in characteristics thereof caused by a change in the distance between a radio frequency IC device and a reader/writer is minimized, and the radio frequency IC device performs communication with high reliability. | 09-20-2012 |
20120262357 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND METHOD OF SETTING RESONANT FREQUENCY OF ANTENNA DEVICE - In antenna device, a coil conductor of an antenna coil module and a conductor layer at least partially overlap. A current flows in the conductor layer and blocks a magnetic field generated by a current flowing in the coil conductor. A current, which flows around the periphery of an opening of the conductor layer, flows along the periphery of a slit and around the periphery of the conductor layer due to a cut-edge effect. Since magnetic flux does not pass through the conductor layer, magnetic flux attempts to bypass the conductor layer along a path in which the conductor opening of the conductor layer is on the inside and the outer edge of the conductor layer is on the outside. Accordingly, the magnetic flux generates relatively large loops linking the inside and the outside of a coil conductor of an antenna on a reader/writer side. | 10-18-2012 |
20130113662 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND METHOD OF SETTING RESONANT FREQUENCY OF ANTENNA DEVICE - In antenna device, a coil conductor of an antenna coil module and a conductor layer at least partially overlap. A current flows in the conductor layer to block a magnetic field generated by a current flowing in the coil conductor. A current flows along the periphery of a slit and around the periphery of the conductor layer due to a cut-edge effect. Since magnetic flux does not pass through the conductor layer, magnetic flux attempts to bypass the conductor layer along a path in which the conductor opening of the conductor layer is on the inside and the outer edge of the conductor layer is on the outside. As a result, the magnetic flux generates large loops that link the inside and the outside of a coil conductor of an antenna on a reader/writer side to couple an antenna device and the antenna on the reader/writer side. | 05-09-2013 |
20130234905 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND METHOD OF SETTING RESONANT FREQUENCY OF ANTENNA DEVICE - In antenna device, a coil conductor of an antenna coil module and a conductor layer at least partially overlap. A current flows in the conductor layer to block a magnetic field generated by a current flowing in the coil conductor. A current flows along the periphery of a slit and around the periphery of the conductor layer due to a cut-edge effect. Since magnetic flux does not pass through the conductor layer, magnetic flux attempts to bypass the conductor layer along a path in which the conductor opening of the conductor layer is on the inside and the outer edge of the conductor layer is on the outside. As a result, the magnetic flux generates large loops that link the inside and the outside of a coil conductor of an antenna on a reader/writer side to couple an antenna device and the antenna on the reader/writer side. | 09-12-2013 |
20130300622 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND METHOD OF SETTING RESONANT FREQUENCY OF ANTENNA DEVICE - In antenna device, a coil conductor of an antenna coil module and a conductor layer at least partially overlap. A current flows in the conductor layer to block a magnetic field generated by a current flowing in the coil conductor. A current flows along the periphery of a slit and around the periphery of the conductor layer due to a cut-edge effect. Since magnetic flux does not pass through the conductor layer, magnetic flux attempts to bypass the conductor layer along a path in which the conductor opening of the conductor layer is on the inside and the outer edge of the conductor layer is on the outside. As a result, the magnetic flux generates large loops that link the inside and the outside of a coil conductor of an antenna on a reader/writer side to couple an antenna device and the antenna on the reader/writer side. | 11-14-2013 |
20140159974 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND METHOD OF SETTING RESONANT FREQUENCY OF ANTENNA DEVICE - In antenna device, a coil conductor of an antenna coil module and a conductor layer at least partially overlap. A current flows in the conductor layer to block a magnetic field generated by a current flowing in the coil conductor. A current, which flows around the periphery of an opening of the conductor layer, flows along the periphery of a slit and around the periphery of the conductor layer due to a cut-edge effect. Since magnetic flux does not pass through the conductor layer, magnetic flux attempts to bypass the conductor layer along a path in which the conductor opening of the conductor layer is on the inside and the outer edge of the conductor layer is on the outside. As a result, the magnetic flux generates relatively large loops that link the inside and the outside of a coil conductor of an antenna on a reader/writer side. | 06-12-2014 |
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20100281500 | AV DEVICE AND UI DISPLAY METHOD - To solve the problems that it is necessary to perform an overlapped operation even if final viewing is to be decided while a plurality of contents included in a specified list of UI are compared (selected for a plurality of times) and that extra operation burden is given to a user in conventional technology. An AV device for giving priority to the list of a viewing source device to which the content outputted at present belongs and displaying it in UI at the time of receiving a list request of the content from the user is provided. | 11-04-2010 |
20100284669 | AV SERVER DEVICE, TV RECEIVER INCORPORATING AV SERVER AND PERSONAL COMPUTER INCORPORATING AV SERVER - There is provided an AV server device in a home network for enabling transmission/reception of an AV content between digital AV apparatuses connected with communication interfaces of different standards while protecting copyright. The AV server device includes an HDD ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100299403 | GRAPHIC INSTRUCTION TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR GRAPHIC INSTRUCTION TRANSMISSION - In related art, it takes time on a client to receive or draw a graphic element that is not important as data constituting graphics. Optimum graphic data is not transmitted to the client. To solve the above-described problems, the present invention proposes a graphic instruction transmitter having functions of selecting respective instructions constituting entire graphics according to information, such as client instruction execution capability information and information about graphic importance, and transmitting an instruction group generated on the basis of the selected instructions to the client. | 11-25-2010 |
20100302283 | GRAPHIC DISPLAY DEVICE - When a user carries out a specific operation at high speed in a conventional display device and the like, information stored in advance at a memory is not sufficient to display but it is necessary to acquire the information required for displaying from a server on a network, an external electronic apparatus, such as an HD, or an internal long term memory device of a display device every time it happens. Because of this, a user is kept waiting until desired information is displayed, so that it is hard to smoothly reflect a high speed operation on a graphic display. In order to solve the problem, the present invention proposes a display device characterized in caching graphic information that has the possibility to be used for display in the future in response to a user's operation history of graphics. | 12-02-2010 |
20100325648 | CONTENTS WATCHING DEVICE AND CONTENTS RECOMMENDING METHOD - A conventional contents-watching device, etc. calculate users' tastes of contents only on the basis of watching frequencies, so that variety programs that the users are less interested in but that are broadcasted every week are apt to get a higher degree of users' tastes than a soccer game of the Japanese national team that the users are highly interested in but that is broadcasted only several times per year. In order to solve the problem set forth above, the present invention proposes a contents-watching device that calculates a taste value by normalizing a watching index indicative of the number of contents-watching times or the like for every contents-attribute with an emergent index indicative of the number of contents-watching chances, acquires an contents-attribute connected with contents to be a subject for watching recommendation, and has a function to calculate watching recommendation information by using the taste value of the contents-attribute. | 12-23-2010 |
20120136867 | CONTENT NOTIFYING DEVICE, NOTIFYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A program search device is configured to extract a program using search condition attribute information of the program. The device includes a unit storing information concerning the storage condition, and a display control to control display of a list that includes both search condition information and a program list. The display control highlights a search condition as most recently stored in the storing unit. | 05-31-2012 |
20120324508 | PROGRAM INFORMATION SEARCH DEVICE - A program information search device provides an improved operability of genre search. The device includes means for creating an electronic program table which displays information on programs, a genre search screen; means for acquiring information on a program where a cursor is located in the electronic program table, and detecting a genre of the program from the information; and a cursor control means for setting an initial position of a genre cursor for designating a genre on the genre search screen to the detected genre. Upon receiving an instruction to display the genre search screen, the electronic program table creating means extracts programs in the genre detected by the program information acquiring means, creates the genre search screen based on the extracted programs and the initial position of the genre cursor, and causes the display means to display the genre search screen. | 12-20-2012 |
20150149619 | USER STATE CONFIRMATION SYSTEM, USER STATE CONFIRMATION METHOD, SERVER DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND TERMINAL COMPUTER PROGRAM - In order to remotely confirm a state of monitored person without using monitoring sensors, a user state confirmation system ( | 05-28-2015 |
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20080259612 | OPTICAL SHEET - A lens film with small warpage even when a transparent base is thin is provided. Pole prisms made of a hardening resin are arranged along the extending direction on a transparent base made of a flexible material. The transparent base has a depression according to a valley between the pole prisms adjacent to each other. The pole prism has a sloping face extending to an inner wall of the depression. The transparent base is in contact with the valley. A layer not functioning as a prism, that is, a so-called skirt layer does not exist between the transparent base and the pole prisms. | 10-23-2008 |
20080303975 | OPTICAL SHEET COMBINATION STRUCTURE, SURFACE EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - An optical sheet combination structure disposed between a polarizer and a surface emitting unit, includes a first optical sheet having a number of columnar cubic structures of curing resin arrayed on a transparent base, a valley portion between adjacent cubic structures contacting a surface of the transparent base, and a second optical sheet disposed nearer to the side of the polarizer than the first optical sheet, having a number of columnar cubit structures arrayed on a surface, and a refractive index of the cubic structures along an extension direction thereof being different from a refractive index of the cubic structures along an array direction thereof. | 12-11-2008 |
20090079905 | Liquid crystal display apparatus - A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided in which occurrence of a moiré pattern can be prevented without largely reducing front luminance. A liquid crystal display apparatus | 03-26-2009 |
20100039584 | OPTICAL ELEMENT LAMINATE, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical element laminate is provided and includes a first optical element and a second optical element superimposed with the first optical element. The first optical element and the second optical element are each a rectangular film or sheet. The first optical element has at least two side walls at two opposing sides among four sides of the first optical element and the second optical element has at least two side walls at two opposing sides among four sides of the second optical element. | 02-18-2010 |
20100253880 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, SURFACE-EMITTING APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - A light guide plate includes a light-incident surface, a light-reflecting surface, and a light-emitting surface. The light-reflecting surface includes a plurality of first light diffusion portions and a second light diffusion portion. The plurality of first light diffusion portions each have a first concavo-convex height. The second light diffusion portion has a second concavo-convex height lower than the first concavo-convex height and is extended around the plurality of first light diffusion portions in a net-like manner. The light-emitting surface emits light that enters from the light-incident surface and is reflected by the light-reflecting surface. | 10-07-2010 |
20100309411 | DIFFUSION SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A diffusion sheet includes: a substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; and structures each in a convex shape formed randomly on the first principal surface or the second principal surface of the substrate. The structures have an identical or almost identical height. The structures have an aspect ratio h/r, where r denotes an average radius of the structures and h denotes an average height of the structures, of more than 0.85 and not more than 1.50. The structures have a filling factor of not less than 60% and not more than 80%. | 12-09-2010 |
20120026595 | LENS FORMING METHOD, LENS, AND CAMERA MODULE - A lens forming method comprising the steps of: interposing an uncured resin between a lens molding plate and a flat-shaped transparent substrate that are disposed to face each other so as to keep an externally-opening distance; and performing light irradiation on the resin interposed between the lens molding plate and the transparent substrate so that curing of the resin advances from lens curved-surface parts on the lens molding plate toward a periphery thereof. | 02-02-2012 |
20120062820 | DIFFUSION SHEET, BACKLIGHT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DIFFUSION SHEET - A diffusion sheet includes a light-transmissive base member, a plurality of structures, and a flattened portion. The light-transmissive base member has a first main surface and a second main surface. The plurality of structures have convex shapes, which are randomly formed on the first main surface. The flattened portion is formed among the plurality of structures on the first main surface and has a surface roughness (Ra) equal to or lower than 0.6 μm. | 03-15-2012 |
20130121018 | DIFFUSION SHEET, BACKLIGHT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A DIFFUSION SHEET - A diffusion sheet includes a light-transmissive substrate, a plurality of structures, and a flat portion. The light-transmissive substrate includes a first main surface, and a second main surface. The plurality of structures have convex shapes and are randomly formed on the first main surface. The flat portion is formed among the plurality of structures on the first main surface and has a surface roughness (Ra) of no less than 0.9 μm. | 05-16-2013 |
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20110182039 | COMPOSITE MODULE - A composite module is obtained which enables high-density mounting of components without increasing its size. A composite module includes a main substrate which is a multilayer circuit board, a sub-substrate mounted on a lower surface of the main substrate, a sealing layer arranged on the lower surface of the main substrate to cover the sub-substrate, the sealing layer defining a mount surface arranged to be mounted on a mount board, and terminal electrodes disposed on the mount surface. The terminal electrodes include at least one first terminal electrode drawn directly from the main substrate and at least one second terminal electrode drawn directly from the sub-substrate. | 07-28-2011 |
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 coil pattern and disposed so as to face each other. A coupling module including a wireless IC chip and a feeder circuit substrate including a feeder circuit arranged to be coupled to the wireless IC chip is mounted on the coupling pattern so as to define a wireless IC device. The coil pattern is an open type coil pattern. The coupling patterns are arranged close to each other to define a single LC resonator. Thus, energy is concentrated in the coupling patterns, thereby improving the energy transfer efficiency between the antenna and the wireless IC chip. | 11-17-2011 |
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 direction. Ground lines are provided within the line portion on a positive direction side in a z-axis direction with respect to the signal lines and have line widths equal to or smaller than the line widths of the signal lines. Ground lines are provided within the line portion on a negative direction side in the z-axis direction with respect to the signal lines. The signal lines overlap the ground lines when seen in a planar view from the z-axis direction. | 02-23-2012 |
20120056796 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND CIRCUIT MODULE - A circuit board and a circuit module more accurately provide impedance matching between an antenna coil and an electronic component electrically connected to the antenna coil, and include a board body including board portions and a plurality of laminated insulating material layers made of a flexible material. An antenna coil includes coil conductors provided in the board portion. Wiring conductors are provided in the board portion and electrically connected to the antenna coil. The board portion has a structure that is less likely to deform than the board portion. An integrated circuit electrically connected to the wiring conductors is mounted on the board portion. | 03-08-2012 |
20120097428 | SIGNAL LINE PATH AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A signal line that is easily inflected includes a laminated body including at least insulator layers that include flexible material and are laminated from a positive direction side in a z axis direction to a negative direction side therein in this order. A ground conductor is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulation sheet in the z axis direction. A signal line is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulator layer in the z axis direction. A ground conductor is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulator layer in the z axis direction. The ground conductors and the signal line define a stripline structure. The laminated body is inflected so that the insulator layer is located on an inner periphery side, compared with a location of the insulator layer. | 04-26-2012 |
20120097433 | SIGNAL LINE AND CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A signal line is a linear conductor provided within a laminated body. A first ground conductor is provided on a positive direction side in a z axis direction within the laminated body, compared with the signal line, and overlaps with the signal line in a planar view seen from the z axis direction. A second ground conductor is provided on a negative direction side in the z axis direction within the laminated body, compared with the signal line, and overlaps with the signal line in the planar view seen from the z axis direction. Via hole conductors connect the ground conductors to each other. In the first ground conductor, a plurality of opening portions are arranged along the signal line in the planar view seen from the z axis direction. The via hole conductors are provided between the opening portions adjacent to one another, in an x axis direction. | 04-26-2012 |
20120133458 | SIGNAL LINE - A signal line that can be easily bent and significantly reduces loss generated in a high-frequency signal includes a main body including a plurality of insulating sheets made of a flexible material and stacked on each other in a stacking direction. Ground conductors are provided in the main body on the positive z-axis direction side of a signal line. The ground conductors have a slit S formed therein that overlaps the signal line when viewed in plan from the z-axis direction. A ground conductor is provided in the main body on the negative z-axis direction side of the signal line, and is overlapped by the signal line when viewed in plan from the z-axis direction. The ground conductors and the signal line define a strip line structure. A distance between the ground electrodes and the signal line is smaller than a distance between the ground electrode and the signal line. | 05-31-2012 |
20120138340 | MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE - A multilayer substrate that retains a curved state without causing fluctuations in electrical characteristics includes a main body including a plurality of insulating sheets to be stacked and made of a flexible material. A signal wire extends in the main body. A ground conductor is provided at a positive-direction side in a z-axis direction relative to the signal wire in the main body, and overlaps the signal line in a plan view seen from the z-axis direction. A ground conductor is provided on a negative-direction side in the z-axis direction relative to the signal wire in the main body, and overlaps the signal line in a plan view seen from the z-axis direction. The state in which the main body is curved so that the signal wire defines an arc is retained by plastic deformation of the ground conductors. | 06-07-2012 |
20120176282 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An antenna device includes a feeding member including a coil pattern and an emitting member to emit a transmit signal supplied from the feeding member and to receive a receive signal and supplying it to the feeding member. The emitting member includes an opening portion and a slit portion communicating with the opening portion. When seen in plan view from the direction of the winding axis of the coil pattern, the opening portion of the emitting member and the inner region of the coil pattern overlap each other, and the emitting member and the coil pattern overlap each other at least partially. | 07-12-2012 |
20130038501 | ANTENNA MODULE - In an antenna module, a main portion includes a plurality of insulating sheets made of a flexible material and laminated on each other. An antenna configured to transmit/receive a high-frequency signal is disposed in the main portion. A connection portion is disposed in the main portion and is connected to an electronic device that inputs/outputs the high-frequency signal. A signal transmission line is disposed in the main portion and has a strip line structure or a microstrip line structure to transmit the high-frequency signal. An impedance matching circuit is disposed in the main portion and between the antenna and end of a signal transmission line facing in a negative x direction. An impedance matching circuit is disposed in the main portion and between the connection portion and an end of the signal transmission line facing in a positive x direction. | 02-14-2013 |
20130099353 | ESD PROTECTION DEVICE - An ESD protection device includes a semiconductor substrate including input/output electrodes and a rewiring layer provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. An ESD protection circuit is provided on or in an outer layer of the semiconductor substrate, and the input/output electrodes are connected to the ESD protection circuit. The rewiring layer includes interlayer wiring lines, in-plane wiring lines, and post electrodes. First ends of the interlayer wiring lines disposed in the thickness direction are connected to the input/output electrodes disposed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and second ends of the interlayer wiring lines are connected to first ends of the in-plane wiring lines routed in plan view. Prismatic post electrodes are provided between second ends of the in-plane wiring lines and terminal electrodes. | 04-25-2013 |
20130127560 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINE - Unwanted radiation is reduced in a high-frequency signal transmission line that includes a ground conductor provided with an opening that overlaps a signal line. A dielectric element assembly has a relative dielectric constant ∈ | 05-23-2013 |
20130147581 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An easily bendable high-frequency signal transmission line includes a dielectric body including a protection layer and dielectric sheets laminated on each other, a surface and an undersurface. A signal line is a linear conductor disposed in the dielectric body. A ground conductor is disposed in the dielectric body, faces the signal line via the dielectric sheet, and continuously extends along the signal line. A ground conductor is disposed in the dielectric body, faces the ground conductor via the signal line sandwiched therebetween, and includes a plurality of openings arranged along the signal line. The surface of the dielectric body on the side of the ground conductor with respect to the signal line is in contact with a battery pack. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147675 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna device includes an antenna coil including a first conductive pattern disposed on a first major surface of a magnetic sheet, a second conductive pattern disposed on a first major surface of a non-magnetic sheet, and an interlayer conductor connecting the first conductive pattern and second conductive pattern. The antenna coil including the first conductive pattern and second conductive pattern defines a spiral or substantially spiral pattern. The antenna device is a resin multilayer structure in which its base body is a laminate of the magnetic layer and non-magnetic layer and the predetermined patterns are disposed inside and outside the laminate. | 06-13-2013 |
20130154388 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An antenna device includes a feeding member including a coil pattern and an emitting member to emit a transmit signal supplied from the feeding member and to receive a receive signal and supplying it to the feeding member. The emitting member includes an opening portion and a slit portion communicating with the opening portion. When seen in plan view from the direction of the winding axis of the coil pattern, the opening portion of the emitting member and the inner region of the coil pattern overlap each other, and the emitting member and the coil pattern overlap each other at least partially. | 06-20-2013 |
20130168837 | ESD PROTECTION DEVICE - An ESD protection device includes a semiconductor substrate including input/output electrodes and a rewiring layer located on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. An ESD protection circuit is provided in the top layer of the semiconductor substrate, and the input/output electrodes are connected to the ESD protection circuit. The rewiring layer includes interlayer wiring lines, in-plane wiring lines, and post-shaped electrodes. First ends of the interlayer wiring lines provided in the thickness direction are connected to the input/output electrodes provided on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the second ends are connected to first ends of the in-plane wiring lines extending in the plane direction. The distance between the centers of the first and second post-shaped electrodes is larger than the distance between the centers of the first and second input/output electrodes. | 07-04-2013 |
20130181876 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna device that includes coil antennas each having a coil conductor wound around a winding axis and a planar conductor including a surface and an edge end portion, the surface extending along the winding axis of the coil conductor, the edge end portion being adjacent to a coil opening of the coil conductor. A current flowing through the coil conductor induces a current in the planar conductor, this current produces a magnetic flux in a direction normal to the planar conductor, and thus the planar conductor acts as a booster antenna. The antenna device has directivity in the direction normal to the planar conductor because the magnetic flux produced by the coil antennas and that produced by the planar conductor are combined. This enables the antenna device to occupy a small area while achieving a predetermined communication distance. | 07-18-2013 |
20130207740 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A high-frequency signal transmission line includes a body; a signal line including a first line portion provided to a first layer of the body, a second line portion provided to a second layer of the body alternately being connected; and a first ground conductor provided to the first layer or a third layer positioned on an opposite side of the second layer relative to the first layer, and also overlaid with a plurality of second line portions in planar view from a normal direction of a principal surface of the body, and also not overlaid with a plurality of the first line portions. A property impedance of the first line portion and a property impedance of the second line portion are different from each other. | 08-15-2013 |
20130229319 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna device includes a base including a planar conductor disposed thereon, and a coil antenna. The coil antenna includes a coil conductor wound around a magnetic core. The coil antenna is arranged such that a coil opening of the coil conductor is closed to an edge of the planar conductor. A current passing through the coil conductor induces a current in the planar conductor. Thus, a first magnetic flux occurs in the coil antenna, and a second magnetic flux occurs in the planar conductor. Therefore, a third magnetic flux occurs in an area of the planar conductor. Accordingly, the antenna device achieves a small footprint, a small-sized communication terminal apparatus and a desired communication distance. | 09-05-2013 |
20130234808 | 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 direction. Ground lines are provided within the line portion on a positive direction side in a z-axis direction with respect to the signal lines and have line widths equal to or smaller than the line widths of the signal lines. Ground lines are provided within the line portion on a negative direction side in the z-axis direction with respect to the signal lines. The signal lines overlap the ground lines when seen in a planar view from the z-axis direction. | 09-12-2013 |
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20140166344 | MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE - A multilayer substrate that retains a curved state without causing fluctuations in electrical characteristics includes a main body including a plurality of insulating sheets to be stacked and made of a flexible material. A signal wire extends in the main body. A ground conductor is provided at a positive-direction side in a z-axis direction relative to the signal wire in the main body, and overlaps the signal line in a plan view seen from the z-axis direction. A ground conductor is provided on a negative-direction side in the z-axis direction relative to the signal wire in the main body, and overlaps the signal line in a plan view seen from the z-axis direction. The state in which the main body is curved so that the signal wire defines an arc is retained by plastic deformation of the ground conductors. | 06-19-2014 |
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