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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 |
20100203837 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system that allows a mobile station to locate a slave and that can be used outside a communication range of a base station of a mobile communication network is provided. A slave transmits and receives information to and from a mobile station, such as a cellular phone, by short-range wireless communication. The slave acquires positioning information on its present position and sends it together with identification information from a short-range wireless communication unit. The mobile station includes a receiving portion, a storage portion, a signal determining portion, and a display portion. The receiving portion receives a transmission signal from the slave, and the signal determining portion compares identification information contained in the transmission signal with identification code registered in the storage portion to determine whether they match. When the signal determining portion determines a match, the display portion plots a present position of the slave on map data about surroundings of the mobile station and displays it. | 08-12-2010 |
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 |
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 |
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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20090181264 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PATTERNED MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for manufacturing a patterned magnetic recording medium that allows processing only required sites with high precision, in a dry etching process during formation of an uneven pattern in an interlayer. The method includes forming sequentially, on a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, an etching stop layer, a seed layer, an interlayer, a hard mask layer and a resist; obtaining a resist pattern by patterning the resist; obtaining a patterned hard mask layer by etching the hard mask layer using the resist pattern as a mask; stripping the resist pattern; obtaining a patterned interlayer by etching the interlayer using the patterned hard mask layer as a mask; stripping the patterned hard mask layer; and forming a magnetic recording layer by forming a perpendicular orientation section on the patterned interlayer, and forming a random orientation section on the seed layer. | 07-16-2009 |
20100084372 | METHOD FOR FORMING A CONCAVO-CONVEX PATTERN AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PATTERNED MEDIUM TYPE MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a method of forming a concavo-convex pattern by partly removing a magnetic layer and a carbon protective layer in an intermediate product of a magnetic recording medium having at least the magnetic layer and the protective layer formed on a substrate surface, wherein the magnetic layer is partly removed to form the concavo-convex pattern by a dry etching method using a etching gas of a mixture gas of argon and a deposition gas containing one or more types of carbon compounds. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a patterned medium type magnetic recording medium employing the method of forming a concavo-convex pattern. As a result a concavo-convex pattern free of after-corrosion and exhibiting good productivity is provided | 04-08-2010 |
20130034746 | RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium for recording and reproducing information by means of a head which performs information readout and writing based on magnetic principles is disclosed. The medium comprises a magnetic layer formed on a substrate and a protective layer formed on the magnetic layer. The protective layer comprises an underlayer formed on the magnetic layer and includes a material selected from the group consisting of silicon, silicon carbide and germanium. A carbon layer formed on the underlayer includes amorphous carbon containing hydrogen. The amount of hydrogen in the carbon layer is 24.7 at % or higher and 46.8 at % or lower, the thickness of the underlayer is 0.3 nm or greater and 1.8 nm or less, and the thickness of the carbon layer is 0.2 nm or greater and 1.7 nm or less. The medium exhibits corrosion resistance, sliding durability and head flying characteristics, and reduces magnetic spacing while securing reliability. | 02-07-2013 |
20130034747 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium can suppress the increase in head spacing and decrease in magnetic anisotropy of a magnetic layer. The method includes forming the magnetic recording layer and a protective layer precursor. The magnetic recording layer includes crystal grains of an ordered alloy and a grain boundary layer constituted by carbon and is formed on the non-magnetic substrate by a sputtering method using a target including metals constituting the ordered alloy and carbon. The protective layer precursor is constituted by carbon and is present on the magnetic recording layer. The method further includes irradiating the protective layer precursor with hydrocarbon ions generated by plasma discharge in a hydrocarbon gas and changing the protective layer precursor into the protective layer. The hydrocarbon ions have energy equal to or higher than 300 eV when the hydrocarbon ions reach the protective layer precursor. | 02-07-2013 |
20140065445 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate having sequentially formed thereon a magnetic layer; a protective layer having a thickness ranging from 1.0 nm to 2.5 nm and being composed of an amorphous metal layer having a thickness of at least 0.3 nm formed on the magnetic layer, and a carbon layer composed of amorphous carbon having a thickness of at least 0.3 nm formed on the amorphous metal layer; and a lubricating layer, wherein the carbon layer includes nitrogen atoms in a surface thereof in which a ratio of number of nitrogen atoms to total number of carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms, and oxygen atoms is 14 atomic % or less. Recording performance is improved by reducing the thickness of the protective layer thereof. A method of manufacturing the magnetic recording medium includes performing a nitrogen plasma treatment on a surface of the carbon layer that is effective to adjust the ratio. | 03-06-2014 |
20140111956 | JOINING METHOD USING METAL FOAM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A joining method using a metal foam, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by using the joining method, and a semiconductor device produced by the manufacturing method are disclosed. A metal foam body is sandwiched between members to be joined, which are then brought into contact with each other and subjected to heat treatment. In this heat treatment, films of low-melting-point metal, such as Sn films covering the members to be joined, are melted. An alloy layer—an intermetallic compound—is formed by bringing about solid-liquid diffusion of Cu of a skeleton of open cells of the metal foam body in the molten Sn. At this stage, a Cu skeleton is left in the metal foam body. Highly thermally resistant and highly reliable joining can be realized by joining the members to be joined together by using this alloy layer. | 04-24-2014 |
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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 |
20110199745 | MOUNTABLE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODULE - A mountable electronic circuit module which produces appropriate characteristics without a complicated structure can be a DC-DC converter including a baseboard made of a magnetic material. A helical electrode is provided in the baseboard so as to function as a smoothing inductor device. Capacitor devices in addition to a DC-DC converter IC are mounted on a main surface of the baseboard. A circuit electrode arranged to connect the circuit devices is provided to enable the circuit devices to function as the DC-DC converter. The DC-DC converter is mounted on a motherboard through external connection electrodes of the capacitor devices. | 08-18-2011 |
20120001701 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND ANTENNA APPARATUS - To form a signal processing circuit and an antenna apparatus that do not need a circuit to adjust resonant frequency of a resonant circuit or resonant-frequency adjustment work and that are downsized, an antenna coil and a capacitor define an antenna resonant circuit. An impedance matching circuit including capacitors, a first coil, and a second coil is provided between the antenna resonant circuit and a wireless IC. The first coil and the second coil are magnetically coupled. | 01-05-2012 |
20120092222 | ANTENNA AND ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna includes a flexible sheet that includes a first main surface including a first coil electrode located thereon and a second main surface including a second coil electrode located thereon. The first and second coil electrodes are wound in opposite directions when viewed from different directions. A first end of the first coil electrode faces a first end of the second coil electrode through the flexible sheet. Similarly, a second end of the first coil electrode faces a second end of the second coil electrode through the flexible sheet. The first and second coil electrodes define an inductor, the first ends of the first and second coil electrodes define a capacitor, and the second ends of the first and second coil electrodes define a capacitor whereby a resonant antenna is provided. | 04-19-2012 |
20120098728 | ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna includes a flexible sheet, a first coil electrode located on a first main surface of the flexible sheet and a second coil electrode located on a second main surface of the flexible sheet. A base film is arranged on the first main surface of the flexible sheet and a wireless communication IC is mounted on the base film. Two input/output terminals of the wireless communication IC are connected to coupling electrodes. A first coupling electrode opposes one end portion of the first coil electrode with the base film disposed therebetween. A second coupling electrode opposes one end of the second coil electrode with the base film, a central electrode and the flexible sheet disposed therebetween. | 04-26-2012 |
20120098729 | ANTENNA AND ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna includes a flexible sheet, a first coil electrode being formed on a first main surface of the flexible sheet and a second coil electrode being formed on a second main surface of the flexible sheet. Another end portion of the first coil electrode and another end portion | 04-26-2012 |
20120162028 | Antenna Device, Battery Pack with Antenna, and Communication Terminal Device - A battery pack having a main surface and a side surface, and the external appearance thereof is an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape. An antenna coil is provided on the main surface. The antenna coil is obtained by forming a coil conductor pattern on a flexible substrate. A substantially slit-shaped aperture is formed on the flexible substrate, and a magnetic material core is inserted into the aperture. In the antenna coil, the center of the coil aperture portion is offset from the center of the main surface of the battery pack in the outside edge portion direction of the main surface. A first end in the magnetic path direction of the magnetic material core is stretched along the side surface of the battery pack, and the second end of the magnetic material core is opened toward the center of the main surface of the battery pack. | 06-28-2012 |
20120325916 | RFID MODULE AND RFID DEVICE - An RFID module includes an RFIC element, a filter circuit, a matching circuit, and a radiating element. The filter circuit and the matching circuit define an RFID device. The filter circuit includes a first inductance element, a second inductance element, and a capacitor. The first inductance element and the second inductance element are of equal inductance, and are strongly magnetically coupled to each other so as to strengthen magnetic fluxes to each other. With this configuration, an RFID module and an RFID device that include a filter circuit to remove harmonic components of the RFIC element but are not large as a whole are constructed. | 12-27-2012 |
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 |
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 |
20140340273 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - There is provided an antenna apparatus capable of stably communicating with a communication partner and increasing the maximum possible communication range even when the antenna apparatus is relatively smaller than an antenna in the communication partner and the two antennas are disposed in close proximity on the same axis. A magnetic flux passing through a coil aperture of an antenna coil passes through a conductor aperture of a conductive layer, but the magnetic flux does not pass through the conductive layer. Accordingly, the magnetic flux is diverted to a path in which the conductor aperture of the conductive layer is the inside and the outer edge of the conductive layer is the outside. As a result, the magnetic flux passing through the coil aperture of the antenna coil makes a relatively large loop and links the inside and the outside of a coil conductor in an antenna in a communication partner with the antenna apparatus. | 11-20-2014 |