Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Sonoyama
Hirofumi Sonoyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9443481Abstract: A liquid crystal display driver IC includes a plurality of communication interface circuits, a plurality of driving circuits which drive a plurality of source lines, and a selector circuit. In order to secure a necessary band-width, a necessary number of circuits, among the plurality of communication interface circuits, is connected in parallel to the communication channels, and an unused circuit is suspended. The selector circuit selectively controls to which one of the plurality of driving circuits each of a plurality of image data outputs respectively received from the connected communication interface circuits is supplied.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Synaptics Display Devices GKInventors: Hideaki Honda, Hirofumi Sonoyama, Hiroki Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20150015551Abstract: A liquid crystal display driver IC includes a plurality of communication interface circuits, a plurality of driving circuits which drive a plurality of source lines, and a selector circuit. In order to secure a necessary band-width, a necessary number of circuits, among the plurality of communication interface circuits, is connected in parallel to the communication channels, and an unused circuit is suspended. The selector circuit selectively controls to which one of the plurality of driving circuits each of a plurality of image data outputs respectively received from the connected communication interface circuits is supplied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Hideaki Honda, Hirofumi Sonoyama, Hiroki Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20140253536Abstract: The driver IC generates a common voltage to be applied to a common electrode of pixels of a display panel, and generates a high level of a pulse voltage used for driving, by pulses, drive electrodes of a touch panel with its low level set at the common voltage based on data held by a memory region for holding voltage-designating data of the common voltage and amplitude-designating data of the pulse voltage. In addition, the driver IC outputs the common voltage to drive terminals in synchronization with the action timing of the display panel, and outputs a pulse voltage having an amplitude of the high level with respect to the common voltage to the drive terminals in synchronization with the action timing of a touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Renesas SP Drivers Inc.Inventors: Hideaki Honda, Hirofumi Sonoyama, Kazuhiro Okamura
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Patent number: 8350832Abstract: The semiconductor IC device for display control disclosed herein aims to achieve a higher rate of memory access cycles without enhancing the current carrying capability of the memory device. The IC device is provided with a memory cell array capable to store display data, peripheral circuits to enable writing and reading of display data, and a control circuit which is able to control read and write operations from/to the memory cell array. The memory cell array comprises a plurality of memory blocks. The control circuit comprises a control logic which enables parallel processing of write operations in such a manner that, before completion of writing of data to one of the memory blocks, writing of data to another memory block is started. Write cycles are shortened by the parallel processing of write operations.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Sonoyama, Sosuke Tsuji, Hikaru Shibahara
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Patent number: 8334860Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first high-speed serial interface circuit which has one differential serial data channel and a second high-speed serial interface circuit which has a plurality of differential serial data channels, the first high-speed serial interface circuit performs interface with the outside for control information, and a control circuit performs an internal operation on the basis of the control information. Both of the high-speed serial interface circuits share a RAM for storage of display data information. Whether the data information to be supplied to the RAM is received by using the first high-speed serial interface circuit or the second high-speed serial interface circuit is determined by the control circuit in accordance with the control information that is input to the first high-speed serial interface circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Shusaku Miyata, Hirofumi Sonoyama
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Publication number: 20120044218Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first high-speed serial interface circuit which has one differential serial data channel and a second high-speed serial interface circuit which has a plurality of differential serial data channels, the first high-speed serial interface circuit performs interface with the outside for control information, and a control circuit performs an internal operation on the basis of the control information. Both of the high-speed serial interface circuits share a RAM for storage of display data information. Whether the data information to be supplied to the RAM is received by using the first high-speed serial interface circuit or the second high-speed serial interface circuit is determined by the control circuit in accordance with the control information that is input to the first high-speed serial interface circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: SHUSAKU MIYATA, Hirofumi Sonoyama
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Patent number: 8018447Abstract: To provide an input interface technique of display data which can contribute to improvement of reliability and high performance of a system in which a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a RAM and a display driver circuit is incorporated. A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first high-speed serial interface circuit which has one differential serial data channel and a second high-speed serial interface circuit which has a plurality of differential serial data channels, the first high-speed serial interface circuit performs interface with the outside for control information, and a control circuit performs an internal operation on the basis of the control information. Both of the high-speed serial interface circuits share a RAM for storage of display data information.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Shusaku Miyata, Hirofumi Sonoyama
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Publication number: 20080198148Abstract: To provide an input interface technique of display data which can contribute to improvement of reliability and high performance of a system in which a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a RAM and a display driver circuit is incorporated. A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first high-speed serial interface circuit which has one differential serial data channel and a second high-speed serial interface circuit which has a plurality of differential serial data channels, the first high-speed serial interface circuit performs interface with the outside for control information, and a control circuit performs an internal operation on the basis of the control information. Both of the high-speed serial interface circuits share a RAM for storage of display data information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Shusaku MIYATA, Hirofumi Sonoyama
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Publication number: 20080122855Abstract: The semiconductor IC device for display control disclosed herein aims to achieve a higher rate of memory access cycles without enhancing the current carrying capability of the memory device. The IC device is provided with a memory cell array capable to store display data, peripheral circuits to enable writing and reading of display data, and a control circuit which is able to control read and write operations from/to the memory cell array. The memory cell array comprises a plurality of memory blocks. The control circuit comprises a control logic which enables parallel processing of write operations in such a manner that, before completion of writing of data to one of the memory blocks, writing of data to another memory block is started. Write cycles are shortened by the parallel processing of write operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Hirofumi SONOYAMA, Sosuke Tsuji, Hikaru Shibahara
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Patent number: 6912172Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor chip which is uniquely value-added, a semiconductor integrated circuit device which improves the productivity and yield of products and facilitates the production management, and a method of manufacturing of semiconductor integrated circuit devices which enables the improvement of productivity and yield of products and the rational demand-responsive production management.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Akita Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Honma, Yoshiki Kawajiri, Masashi Wada, Mikio Sugawara, Hirofumi Sonoyama
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Publication number: 20040113176Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor chip which is uniquely value-added, a semiconductor integrated circuit device which improves the productivity and yield of products and facilitates the production management, and a method of manufacturing of semiconductor integrated circuit devices which enables the improvement of productivity and yield of products and the rational demand-responsive production management.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Akita Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Honma, Yoshiki Kawajiri, Masashi Wada, Mikio Sugawara, Hirofumi Sonoyama
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Patent number: 6667928Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor chip which is uniquely value-added, a semiconductor integrated circuit device which improves the productivity and yield of products and facilitates the production management, and a method of manufacturing of semiconductor integrated circuit devices which enables the improvement of productivity and yield of products and the rational demand-responsive production management.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Akita Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Honma, Yoshiki Kawajiri, Masashi Wada, Mikio Sugawara, Hirofumi Sonoyama
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Patent number: 6512398Abstract: The reliability of a semiconductor integrated circuit device is remarkably improved by minimizing the fluctuations of the detection level of the supply voltage due to the manufacturing process and/or other factors. In the semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the invention, a differential amplifier circuit SA amplifies the differential voltage representing the difference between the reference voltage VREF generated by a reference voltage generating section 16 and the detection voltage obtained by dividing a supply voltage VCC by means of resistors 27 and 28 and outputs it as a detection signal K. The reference voltage generating section 16 generates reference voltage VREF from the base-emitter voltage of a bipolar transistor that is minimally affected by temperature and the manufacturing process so that the fluctuations of the detection level of the supply voltage VCC can be minimized.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2000Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Sonoyama, Yoshiki Kawajiri, Masashi Wada, Jun Eto, Shinji Kawai
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Publication number: 20020191469Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor chip which is uniquely value-added, a semiconductor integrated circuit device which improves the productivity and yield of products and facilitates the production management, and a method of manufacturing of semiconductor integrated circuit devices which enables the improvement of productivity and yield of products and the rational demand-responsive production management.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Honma, Yoshiki Kawajiri, Masashi Wada, Mikio Sugawara, Hirofumi Sonoyama