Patents by Inventor Naoya Kusayanagi

Naoya Kusayanagi 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: 6222477
    Abstract: A cascade A/D converter configured by connecting in cascade two or more stages of electronic circuits, each stage comprising a comparator to convert an analog input signal to a digital signal, a latch circuit to hold the output of the comparator, a D/A converter to convert the output of the comparator to an analog signal, and a subtractor to subtract the output of the D/A converter from the analog input signal; wherein are provided a waveform composition circuit to compose code changing waveforms in the comparators, a plurality of detecting devices for detecting each vicinity of code changing points for detecting the code changes in the comparators by receiving the changing waveforms in the waveform composition circuit as inputs, and an error correction circuit that rejects noise generated at the code changing points based on the outputs of the detecting devices; whereby errors due to noise are substantially eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Irie, Naoya Kusayanagi