Patents by Inventor Ken Ryu

Ken Ryu 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).

  • Patent number: 9255961
    Abstract: A current measurement unit measuring power supply currents each consumed in a plurality of circuit blocks of which at least one of the circuit blocks includes a processor, and outputting the measurement result as the power supply current values. A selection unit selecting at least one of the power supply current values according to selection information. A trace buffer sequentially holding the power supply current values being selected by the selection unit together with execution information of the processor, and sequentially outputting the held information. By selecting the power supply current values of the circuit blocks required for debugging according to the selection information, the number of external terminals of a semiconductor integrated circuit required for the debugging which includes tracing the power supply current values may be reduced. As a result, a chip size of the semiconductor integrated circuit with a debug function may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Sato, Toshiaki Saruwatari, Ken Ryu
  • Publication number: 20140070840
    Abstract: A current measurement unit measuring power supply currents each consumed in a plurality of circuit blocks of which at least one of the circuit blocks includes a processor, and outputting the measurement result as the power supply current values. A selection unit selecting at least one of the power supply current values according to selection information. A trace buffer sequentially holding the power supply current values being selected by the selection unit together with execution information of the processor, and sequentially outputting the held information. By selecting the power supply current values of the circuit blocks required for debugging according to the selection information, the number of external terminals of a semiconductor integrated circuit required for the debugging which includes tracing the power supply current values may be reduced. As a result, a chip size of the semiconductor integrated circuit with a debug function may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Takashi SATO, Toshiaki Saruwatari, Ken Ryu
  • Patent number: 8595562
    Abstract: A current measurement unit measuring power supply currents each consumed in a plurality of circuit blocks of which at least one of the circuit blocks includes a processor, and outputting the measurement result as the power supply current values. A selection unit selecting at least one of the power supply current values according to selection information. A trace buffer sequentially holding the power supply current values being selected by the selection unit together with execution information of the processor, and sequentially outputting the held information. By selecting the power supply current values of the circuit blocks required for debugging according to the selection information, the number of external terminals of a semiconductor integrated circuit required for the debugging which includes tracing the power supply current values may be reduced. As a result, a chip size of the semiconductor integrated circuit with a debug function may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Takashi Sato, Toshiaki Saruwatari, Ken Ryu
  • Publication number: 20110302456
    Abstract: A current measurement unit measuring power supply currents each consumed in a plurality of circuit blocks of which at least one of the circuit blocks includes a processor, and outputting the measurement result as the power supply current values. A selection unit selecting at least one of the power supply current values according to selection information, A trace buffer sequentially holding the power supply current values being selected by the selection unit together with execution information of the processor, and sequentially outputting the held information. By selecting the power supply current values of the circuit blocks required for debugging according to the selection information, the number of external terminals of a semiconductor integrated circuit required for the debugging which includes tracing the power supply current values may be reduced. As a result, a chip size of the semiconductor integrated circuit with a debug function may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sato, Toshiaki Saruwatari, Ken Ryu
  • Patent number: 6877112
    Abstract: An OR circuit (34, 35) OR-operates an emulator reset signal (106, 107) based on a reset instruction from an emulator (30) and an external reset signal (115, 116) supplied from an external reset generation circuit. The OR operation result is distributed and supplied to a processor (10) and a companion chip (20) as a system reset signal (109, 110), thereby initializing both chips of the processor (10) and the companion chip (20) in accordance with the reset the emulator (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hideyuki Iino, Hiroyuki Utsumi, Yoshio Hirose, Ken Ryu
  • Patent number: 5819307
    Abstract: A memory control method includes a first step of managing control information in each of memory blocks constituting the memory, the control information joining the memory blocks in a chain according to the frequency of data erasures occurring in each of the memory blocks; and a second step of determining, on the basis of the control information, a memory block that should be a transfer destination of write data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Norishige Iwamoto, Hideomi Watanabe, Ken Ryu, Yasumori Hibi