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Hiroshi Nakagawa

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090104766Method of Forming Micro Metal Bump - The present invention provides a method of forming a micro metal bump, which is capable of stably and industrially forming a micro metal bump, by a gas deposition process, at a prescribed position of a metal part formed on one side surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: forming a straight hole (04-23-2009
20100044870Electrode connection structure of semiconductor chip, conductive member, and semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same - An electrode connection structure of a semiconductor chip is provided to realize a highly reliable electrical connection with low stress without using a bump. A conductive member may be used for such an electrode connection structure. A semiconductor device is provided wherein semiconductor chips are arranged in layers without providing the semiconductor chips with a through via, and a method is provided for manufacturing such a semiconductor device. A part or all of the surface of a horizontal recess, which is formed in an adhesive layer arranged between a first electrode of a lower layer and a second electrode of an upper layer, is provided with a conductive member for connecting the first electrode and the second electrode.02-25-2010
20100178765Metal Polishing Slurry and Method of Polishing a Film to be Polished - The present invention provides a metal polishing liquid capable of CMP at a high Cu polishing rate and solving the problems: (a) generation of scratches attributable to solid particles, (b) generation of deteriorations in flatness such as dishing and erosion, (c) complexity in a washing process for removing abrasive particles remaining on the surface of a substrate after polishing, and (d) higher costs attributable to the cost of a solid abrasive itself and to waste liquid treatment, as well as a method of polishing a film to be polished by using the same. Disclosed are a metal polishing liquid which comprises a metal oxidizer, a metal oxide solubilizer, a metal anticorrosive, and a water-soluble polymer having an anionic functional group with a weight-average molecular weight of 8,000 or more and has pH 1 or more to 3 or less, and a method of polishing a film to be polished, which comprises supplying the above metal polishing liquid onto a polishing cloth of a polishing platen and simultaneously relatively moving the polishing platen and a substrate having a metallic film to be polished while the substrate is pressed against the polishing cloth.07-15-2010
20100197201POLISHING LIQUID FOR METAL AND METHOD OF POLISHING - Disclosed is a metal-polishing liquid comprising: a metal-oxide-dissolving agent; a metal-oxidizing agent; a metal anticorrosive; a water-soluble polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 8,000 or higher and having an anionic functional group and a nonionic functional group; and water, and having a pH within the range of 2.5 or higher but 5.0 or less. The metal-polishing liquid is effective in reducing the frictional force in polishing which generates during CMP. And is highly effective in flattening the surface of a work to be polished.08-05-2010
20110104992POLISHING SOLUTION FOR METAL FILMS AND POLISHING METHOD USING THE SAME - A polishing solution for metal films that comprises an oxidizing agent, a metal oxide solubilizer, a metal corrosion preventing agent, a water-soluble polymer and water, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a copolymer of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, the copolymerization ratio of methacrylic acid in the copolymer being 1-20 mol % based on the total of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.05-05-2011

Patent applications by Hiroshi Nakagawa, Ibaraki JP

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090232459Optical Transmission Hinge Apparatus - An optical transmission hinge apparatus includes a first hinge portion for pivotally interconnecting a first casing and a second casing about a first axis, a first optical device provided in the first casing, a second optical device provided in the second casing and an optical guide path member for interconnecting the first optical device and the second optical device to enable optical transmission therebetween. The optical guide path member includes a bent portion, a first portion formed on one side of the bent portion and a second portion formed on the other side of the bent portion. The first portion is provided in the first casing to be coaxial with the first hinge portion, with a terminal end of the first portion being in opposition to the first optical device. The second portion is provided in the second casing, with a terminal end of the second portion being in opposition to the second optical device.09-17-2009
20090245734Optical Connector - An optical connector includes a receptacle body 10-01-2009
20100129037Optical Module - In an optical module including a module main body 05-27-2010
20100209062Cable Fixing Structure, Optical Module, and Process of Manufacture of Cable - A cable fixing structure for fixing a cable covered with a covering layer made of resin to a receptacle having a chase portion for holding the cable is disclosed in which the cable has, in a segment of the cable, a catch portion formed integrally with the covering layer so as to expand toward the outside of the cable and the receptacle has a recess portion, communicating with the chase portion, in which the catch portion fits.08-19-2010
20110105203Optical Communication Structure - An optical communication structure for performing optical communication using optical signals between a first housing (05-05-2011
20110132642Flexible Wiring Substrate - A plurality of protruding substrate portions (06-09-2011

Patent applications by Hiroshi Nakagawa, Osaka JP

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080294952TEST APPARATUS AND DEVICE - It is aimed to efficiently test devices that can transfer data at a very high bit rate. A test apparatus for testing a device under test includes a capture memory that stores thereon an output pattern received from the device under test, a header detecting section that reads the output pattern from the capture memory and detects a portion matching a predetermined header pattern in the output pattern, and a judging section that judges whether the output pattern is acceptable based on a result of comparison between a pattern, in the output pattern, which starts with the portion matching the predetermined header pattern and a corresponding expected value pattern.11-27-2008
20110044120SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a data transmission line and a data transmission line precharge circuit. The data transmission line precharge circuit sets a precharge potential of the data transmission line to a first potential at the time of a first write mode in which data masking is not performed. The data transmission line precharge circuit sets the precharge potential to a potential different from the first potential at the time of a second write mode in which data masking is performed. When data masking is not carried out, precharging to a potential at which data can be written in excellent fashion can be performed. When data masking is carried out, precharging to a potential that inhibits a fluctuation in bit-line potential can be performed.02-24-2011
20110057687INPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT - There are provided a differential input circuit, a PMOS transistor 03-10-2011
20110075860SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION AND DISPLAY METHOD, AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention relates to a sound source separation and display method and a system thereof, and provides in particular a sound source separation and display method and a system thereof that are intended to eliminate a specific sound source. In order to separate a plurality of sound sources by using a single set of microphone array, the result of processing of sound source identification is utilized. More specifically, a signal in a direction is extracted from the result of the processing of the sound source identification, and a field limited to/eliminated of the effect of the signal is calculated and displayed. Such an operation can be repeated. A virtual reference signal can be created in a time domain.03-31-2011
20110193590SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MOUNTED THEREON - To provide a semiconductor device including a first replica buffer connected to a calibration terminal, an impedance adjusting circuit that changes an impedance of the first replica buffer according to a comparison result between a potential of the terminal and a reference potential, and an impedance adjusting circuit that changes an impedance of a third replica buffer according to a comparison result between a potential of a connection node of a second replica buffer and the third replica buffer and a potential of the terminal. According to the present invention, both impedances of the first and third replica buffers are adjusted based on the potential of the terminal, and therefore an adjustment error of one of the replica buffers is not superimposed with an adjustment error of the other replica buffer.08-11-2011
20110213796INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION SEARCH SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD - A dialogical information search system is realized by comprehensively utilizing different kinds of ontologies: a library classification system and a Wikipedia category.09-01-2011

Patent applications by Hiroshi Nakagawa, Tokyo JP

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Mie JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100127442VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, OFFSET CORRECTION METHOD FOR VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, AND BLADE SPRING - An automobile vibration damping device for an automobile in which a power plant in which an engine, a transmission and the like are combined is supported by a vehicle body, including a vibrating means that generates vibration separate from vibration of the engine. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the vibration amplitude of a seat portion by the reaction force of the vibrating means. Also, if the vibration mode of the vehicle body is adjusted so as to become a node in the vicinity of the seat portion, the vibration amplitude decreases in the vicinity of the seat portion, and improves riding comfort.05-27-2010
20110048118VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE AND VEHICLE - The present invention provides a vibration damping device which can enhance a vibration damping effect even in a case where a vibration damping target position and a vibration damping force generation position are different from each other. The vibration damping device includes a vibration detecting means for detecting a vibration which is caused by a vibration generating source and is transmitted to a position at which the vibration is to be damped; a vibration application means which generates a vibration damping force to cancel the vibration, and is provided at a position different from the position at which the vibration is to be damped; a vibration application command generating means for outputting a vibration application command to generate the vibration damping force in the vibration application means, based on the vibration detected by the vibration detecting means; and a vibration application command correcting means which imparts to the vibration application command, a reverse property of a vibration damping force transmission path including a vibration transmission property from a position at which the vibration application means is mounted to the position at which the vibration is to be damped, and then outputs the vibration application command to the vibration application means.03-03-2011

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Hitachi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100001229CMP SLURRY FOR SILICON FILM - The present invention provides a CMP slurry for silicon film, and by using such the slurry, polishing rates and polishing rate ratios of a silicon film, a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film required for performing CMP are obtained. In the CMP, a single slurry is used for forming a contact plug in self-alignment manner to decrease costs for producing semiconductor elements and improve yield. The slurry comprises abrasive grains, a cationic surfactant and water and has a pH value of 6.0 to 8.0.01-07-2010
20100323584POLISHING LIQUID FOR METAL FILM AND POLISHING METHOD - The invention relates to a polishing liquid for metal film comprising 7.0% by weight or more of an oxidizer for metal, a water-soluble polymer, an oxidized metal dissolving agent, a metal anticorrosive agent and water, provided that the total amount of the polishing liquid for metal film is 100% by weight, 12-23-2010

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yamanashi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100305751POWER CONSUMPTION ESTIMATION APPARATUS - A power consumption estimation apparatus comprising an execution part for executing an operation program of a robot, a velocity calculation part for each axis drive motor of the robot, a torque calculation part for each axis drive motor, a current value calculation part for calculating a current value of each axis drive motor; a mechanical work calculation part; a motor heat amount calculation part; and an amplifier heat amount calculation part for each axis drive motor, an output electric energy calculation part for the robot controller, a controller heat calculation part for the robot controller, and a power consumption calculation part for the robot system based on the mechanical work of each axis drive motor, the amount of heat of each axis drive motor, the amount of heat of the amplifier, and the amount of heat of the robot controller.12-02-2010

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yao-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090033636TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE - In a touch panel input device of the invention, in response to an approaching finger, electrostatic capacitance between each of a plurality of sensor electrodes and the finger varies, and the input device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed planarly in spaced relation, and a nonconductive member to be placed on the sensor electrodes. The nonconductive member includes a plurality of first blocks adapted to contact with at least associated central parts of the sensor electrodes, and a plurality of second blocks provided between the first blocks. The second blocks have a lower permittivity than that of the first blocks.02-05-2009
20100259502LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT - The present invention aims to achieve a high display quality and cost saving while providing a dual function as a capacitive touch panel.10-14-2010

Patent applications by Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yao-Shi JP

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Ise-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080197719LINEAR ACTUATOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a linear actuator in which reliability is improved, and performance is also easily improved. The present invention provides a linear actuator including a stator, a movable element having an iron member, and being reciprocatable with respect to the stator, a permanent magnet fixed to the stator so as to be opposed to the iron member, and a coil fixed to the stator. Because both the coil and the permanent magnet are fixed to the stator, electrical current does not have to be supplied to the movable element, and the feeder lines connected to the coil will not be broken due to the movement of the movable element. In addition, the weight of the movable element will not be increased even when the weigh of the permanent magnet is increased in order to obtain high magnetic flux density for improvement in performance. Moreover, because the movable element does not include a magnet, a magnetizing operation does not have to be applied to the movable element. The permanent magnets may be a pair in which the directions the magnetic poles thereof differ from each other, and two pairs of permanent magnets may be provided. The number of magnetic fluxes that run through the magnetic pole elements and the iron member can be increased by providing a magnetic reluctance section around the permanent magnets.08-21-2008
20100204881DAMPING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING VIBRATION OF AUTOMOBILE BODY - A damping apparatus for an automobile is provided, capable of ensuring a high level of reliability while obtaining excellent damping effect with simple configuration. The damping apparatus for an automobile that reduces vibrations of an automobile body may include an actuator that is attached to the automobile body and drives an auxiliary mass; a current detector that detects a current flowing through an armature of the actuator; a section that detects a terminal voltage applied to the actuator; a calculation circuit that calculates an induced voltage of the actuator, and further calculates at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator, based on a current detected by the current detector and the terminal voltage; and a control circuit that drive-controls the actuator based on at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator calculated by the calculation circuit.08-12-2010
20110198945LINEAR ACTUATOR - A linear actuator, wherein a permanent magnet is reliably prevented from being damaged. In a first linear actuator, the width of a gap between a first contact section and a second contact section in a radial direction or the width of a gap between the first contact section and the second contact section in a rotating direction is less than the width of a gap between a permanent magnet and a magnetic pole section. In a second linear actuator, a flat plate-like permanent magnet is provided in that one of a movable section and a stationary section which is provided with a coil for generating a magnetic flux for reciprocating the movable section, and that surface of the other which is opposed to the permanent magnet and functions as a magnetic pole surface is formed flat. In a third linear actuator, each of an engaging projection and a cutout is provided so as to be oriented in the direction in which the magnetic force of the permanent magnet acts on the magnetic pole section. At least a portion of the cutout is notched in the direction in which the magnetic force of the permanent magnet acts on the magnetic pole section.08-18-2011

Patent applications by Hiroshi Nakagawa, Ise-Shi JP

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Saku City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090239146Non- Aqueous electrolyte secondary battery - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. The positive electrode includes a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered structure and being represented by the general formula Li09-24-2009
20090305136Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode (12-10-2009

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Sunto-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090042883ANTITUMOR AGENT - The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for a tumor selected from a hematopoietic tumor and a solid tumor which comprises, as an active ingredient, a benzoyl compound represented by General Formula (I):02-12-2009
20090247522Hsp90 FAMILY PROTEIN INHIBITORS - The present invention provides Hsp90 family protein inhibitors comprising, as an active ingredient, a benzoyl compound represented by general formula (I):10-01-2009

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Edmond, OK US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080249518Ablation Devices with Sensor Structures - A cardiac ablation device, including a steerable catheter (10-09-2008
20090192393DETERMINING LOCATIONS OF GANGLIA AND PLEXI IN THE HEART USING COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM - Software and apparatus are provided to automatically detect and map ganglionated plexi that are found within areas of complex fractionated electrograms in cardiac chambers. Electrogram signal are analyzed to count the number of complexes whose amplitude and peak-to-peak intervals meet certain criteria. Functional maps indicating a spatial distribution of the ganglionated plexi and the relative numbers of complex fractionated electrograms are produced for display.07-30-2009

Patent applications by Hiroshi Nakagawa, Edmond, OK US

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080226233Optical coupling component for use in an optical communication connector and an optical connector using such optical coupling component - An optical coupling component for use in an optical communication connector is provided which comprises a pair of columnar sending side and receiving side optical functional sections and a joint section integrally molded with the optical functional sections and made from the same material as the material of the optically functional sections and having joint regions adjoining the side walls of the optical functional sections, the joint regions of the joint section having a circumferential length along the side walls of the optically functional sections which is equal to or less than a half circumference of the optically functional sections.09-18-2008

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110108924SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; an n-channel MOS transistor including a first gate insulating film provided on a p-type layer, a first gate electrode made of TiN, and a first upper gate electrode made of semiconductor doped with impurities; and a p-channel MOS transistor including a second gate insulating film provided on an n-type layer, a second gate electrode including at least as a part, a TiN layer made of TiN crystal in which a ratio of (111) orientation/(200) orientation is about 1.5 or more, and a second upper gate electrode made of semiconductor doped with impurities.05-12-2011

Hiroshi Nakagawa, Tsukuba-Shi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110247209METHOD OF MAKING CONTACT PROBE - [Problem] To provide a contact probe which can easily be connected with a measurement apparatus electrically, can measure a high speed and high frequency signal with a fine pitch easily and correctly, and can easily cope with signal measurement for a plurality of channels, and a method of making the contact probe.10-13-2011