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US 12,523,610 · App. 18/133,261 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Analysis device, analysis system and portable information terminal

Inventors: Hideaki Fukuzawa (Tokyo, JP); Tomohito Mizuno (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuya Shibata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
G01N21/65G01N2201/06113
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Patent No.
US 12,523,610
App. No.
18/133,261
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An analysis device includes: at least one magnetic element having a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer; and a light source configured to emit a light, wherein the light is applied to an object to be analyzed, and the at least one magnetic element is configured to detect a reflected light reflected by the object or a transmitted light transmitted through the object.

Claims (26)

1 . An analysis device comprising:

a plurality of magnetic elements each having a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer;

a light source configured to emit a light; and

a spectrometer,

wherein the light is applied to an object to be analyzed,

the spectrometer is configured to disperse a reflected light reflected by the object or a transmitted light transmitted through the object towards the plurality of magnetic elements, and

the plurality of magnetic elements are configured to detect the reflected light reflected by the object or the transmitted light transmitted through the object that is dispersed by the spectrometer.

2 . The analysis device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of wavelength filters, wherein

at least one of the magnetic elements is provided to each of the wavelength filters,

the reflected light or the transmitted light is applied to the at least one of the magnetic elements provided to each of the wavelength filters through each of the wavelength filters, and

at least one of the wavelength filters has a transmission wavelength band different from that of other wavelength filters.

3 . The analysis device according to the claim 1 , wherein

the light source is at least one laser element configured to emit a laser light.

4 . The analysis device according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one laser element is one of a plurality of laser elements each configured to emit a light,

at least of one of the laser elements is configured to emit a laser light having a wavelength different from that of other laser elements.

5 . The analysis device according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one laser element is configured to emit a light having a wavelength of 300 nm or more and 2000 nm or less.

6 . An analysis system comprising:

the analysis device according to claim 1 ; and

an information storage device, wherein

the analysis system configured to recognize information of the object by comparing: a data of the reflected light or the transmitted light that the analysis device detects with the plurality of magnetic elements; and a data stored in the information storage device.

7 . A portable information terminal comprising:

the analysis system according to the claim 6 ; and

a display monitor configured to display the information of the object.

8 . The analysis device according to claim 1 , further comprising a lens connected to each of the plurality of magnetic elements, each lens being configured to converge the light towards a corresponding magnetic element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2023
From: FUKUZAWA, HIDEAKI; MIZUNO, TOMOHITO; SHIBATA, TETSUYA
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063291/0009 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-068883 · Apr 19, 2022 · national
JP 2022-180977 · Nov 11, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230333022A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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