Patents by Inventor Nobukazu Murata

Nobukazu Murata 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: 11958225
    Abstract: A molding injection pressure and a molding clamping force are determined in advance to obtain a parting opening amount, which is a predetermined gap, between a movable mold and a fixed mold of a mold during injection filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hozumi Yoda, Nobukazu Kasuga, Hirofumi Murata
  • Patent number: 10861510
    Abstract: A majority voting processing device performs majority voting on respective bits of information data piece including r-number of bits (r is an integer of 2 or greater). The device includes a memory including a plurality of memory element groups each including r-number of memory elements that store data for the corresponding r-number of bits, respectively, the plurality of memory element groups each being provide for one address. A memory access unit writes each bit of the information data piece in k-number (k is an odd number of 3 or greater) of the memory elements in the memory element group corresponding to one address, and reads out the k-number of bits written in the k-number of the memory elements corresponding to that one address. A majority voter that performs majority voting on the k-number of bits read out from the memory by the memory access unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Publication number: 20190371375
    Abstract: A majority voting processing device performs majority voting on respective bits of information data piece including r-number of bits (r is an integer of 2 or greater). The device includes a memory including a plurality of memory element groups each including r-number of memory elements that store data for the corresponding r-number of bits, respectively, the plurality of memory element groups each being provide for one address. A memory access unit writes each bit of the information data piece in k-number (k is an odd number of 3 or greater) of the memory elements in the memory element group corresponding to one address, and reads out the k-number of bits written in the k-number of the memory elements corresponding to that one address. A majority voter that performs majority voting on the k-number of bits read out from the memory by the memory access unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu MURATA
  • Patent number: 10446568
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory including a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a transistor. The first capacitor includes a first conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the first conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers. The second capacitor includes a second conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the second conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Patent number: 10310939
    Abstract: On the basis of data addresses indicative of write bit positions of each of the write data pieces in each of blocks, write page addresses indicative of pages having each of the write data pieces written thereto in each of the blocks are detected. At least one write data piece is incorporated into each of the page data pieces indicated by the write page addresses among k page data pieces corresponding to the k pages, the page data pieces having the write data pieces incorporated therein are used as page data pieces, and an error-correction encoding process is applied to each of the write page data pieces to obtain encoded write data pieces. Then, a voltage based on the encoded write data pieces is applied to each of the memory cells belonging to the pages indicated by the write page addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Patent number: 10298120
    Abstract: A charge pump circuit includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor to which respective pulse signals are input; a first transistor including a source connected to a voltage input terminal, a drain connected to the first capacitor and a gate connected to the second capacitor; a second transistor including a source connected to the voltage input terminal, a drain connected to the second capacitor and a gate connected to the first capacitor; and a potential fixing circuit provided between a first node that is a connection node of the first transistor and the first capacitor, and a second node that is a connection node of the second transistor and the second capacitor. The potential fixing circuit fixes a potential of the first node to a potential according to a potential of the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Publication number: 20190081056
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory including a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a transistor. The first capacitor includes a first conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the first conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers. The second capacitor includes a second conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the second conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: NOBUKAZU MURATA
  • Patent number: 10157931
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory including a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a transistor. The first capacitor includes a first conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the first conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers. The second capacitor includes a second conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the second conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Publication number: 20180166985
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charge pump circuit including: a first capacitor and a second capacitor to which pulse signal are input; a first transistor including a source connected to a voltage input terminal, a drain connected to the first capacitor and a gate connected to the second capacitor; a second transistor including a source connected to the voltage input terminal, a drain connected to the second capacitor and a gate connected to the first capacitor; and a potential fixing circuit provided between a first node that is a connection node of the first transistor and the first capacitor, and a second node that is a connection node of the second transistor and the second capacitor, the potential fixing circuit fixing a potential of the first node to a potential according to a potential of the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: NOBUKAZU MURATA
  • Publication number: 20180083023
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory including a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a transistor. The first capacitor includes a first conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the first conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers. The second capacitor includes a second conductive layer provided on a surface of an n-well, n-type diffusion layers provided in a surface layer portion of the n-well, and a p-type diffusion layer provided in the surface layer portion of the n-well so as to be adjacent to the second conductive layer and separated from the n-type diffusion layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: NOBUKAZU MURATA
  • Publication number: 20160335157
    Abstract: On the basis of data addresses indicative of write bit positions of each of the write data pieces in each of blocks, write page addresses indicative of pages having each of the write data pieces written thereto in each of the blocks are detected. At least one write data piece is incorporated into each of the page data pieces indicated by the write page addresses among k page data pieces corresponding to the k pages, the page data pieces having the write data pieces incorporated therein are used as page data pieces, and an error-correction encoding process is applied to each of the write page data pieces to obtain encoded write data pieces. Then, a voltage based on the encoded write data pieces is applied to each of the memory cells belonging to the pages indicated by the write page addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu MURATA
  • Patent number: 8873312
    Abstract: The present invention provides a row decoder of a semiconductor storage device that prevents an increase in a circuit area while maintaining a high operation speed. Namely, the row decoder of the semiconductor storage device includes a word line selection circuit that has voltage application MOS transistors for each of plural word lines, the voltage application MOS transistors applying a normal voltage to the word lines corresponding to memory cells selected among plural memory cells positioned at a portion where the plural word lines intersect plural bit lines in a predetermined normal operation, and applying a high voltage in a predetermined high voltage operation; and a level shift circuit that outputs the normal voltage or a ground voltage lower than the normal voltage in the normal operation, and that outputs the normal voltage or the high voltage in the high voltage operation, to the voltage application MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Publication number: 20130286755
    Abstract: The present invention provides a row decoder of a semiconductor storage device that prevents an increase in a circuit area while maintaining a high operation speed. Namely, the row decoder of the semiconductor storage device includes a word line selection circuit that has voltage application MOS transistors for each of plural word lines, the voltage application MOS transistors applying a normal voltage to the word lines corresponding to memory cells selected among plural memory cells positioned at a portion where the plural word lines intersect plural bit lines in a predetermined normal operation, and applying a high voltage in a predetermined high voltage operation; and a level shift circuit that outputs the normal voltage or a ground voltage lower than the normal voltage in the normal operation, and that outputs the normal voltage or the high voltage in the high voltage operation, to the voltage application MOS transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Nobukazu MURATA
  • Patent number: 8456944
    Abstract: The present invention provides a row decoder of a semiconductor storage device that prevents an increase in a circuit area while maintaining a high operation speed. Namely, the row decoder of the semiconductor storage device includes a word line selection circuit that has voltage application MOS transistors for each of plural word lines, the voltage application MOS transistors applying a normal voltage to the word lines corresponding to memory cells selected among plural memory cells positioned at a portion where the plural word lines intersect plural bit lines in a predetermined normal operation, and applying a high voltage in a predetermined high voltage operation; and a level shift circuit that outputs the normal voltage or a ground voltage lower than the normal voltage in the normal operation, and that outputs the normal voltage or the high voltage in the high voltage operation, to the voltage application MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Patent number: 8441851
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor storage circuit that may suppress a data read characteristic from being deteriorated due to influence of characteristic change of a sense amplifier, in a multi-bit-type memory cell. The semiconductor storage circuit includes a memory cell array that has plural multi-bit-type memory cells, two multiplexers, and two sense amplifiers. The first multiplexer connects a main bit line connected to an R-side electrode of the even-numbered memory cell in a row direction to the first sense amplifier, and connects a main bit line connected to an L-side electrode of the odd-numbered memory cell to the second sense amplifier. The second multiplexer connects a main bit line connected to an L-side electrode of the even-numbered memory cell to the first sense amplifier, and connects a main bit line connected to an R-side electrode of the odd-numbered memory cell to the second sense amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Patent number: 8331181
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory circuit includes a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells arranged in a row direction and a column direction; a row selecting unit for selecting the memory cells of the memory cell array aligned in the row direction; a column selecting unit for selecting the memory cells of the memory cell array aligned in the column direction; a plurality of main bit lines for outputting data of the memory cells; a data reading unit for reading data of one of the memory cells selected with the row selecting unit and the column selecting unit; a first multiplexer for connecting one of the main bit lines connected to the memory cell to the data reading unit; and a second multiplexer for connecting an adjacent main bit line situated adjacently outside the main bit line to a charging/discharging voltage source for setting at a specific voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Patent number: 8203887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a readout circuit including: a memory cell array that includes a readout target memory cell that is a data readout target; a reference memory cell having the same configuration as this memory cell; a first constant current source and a second constant current source which have the same characteristics; and a reference current source that generates, as a reference current for determining the logic level of the readout target memory cell, a current obtained by adding one constant current, out of a first constant current flowing through the first constant current source or a second constant current flowing through the second constant current source, with a reference memory cell current flowing in the reference memory cell, and by subtracting the other constant current, out of the first constant current or the second constant current, from the added current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Patent number: 8189405
    Abstract: A data readout circuit including a 1st PMOS transistor operating in saturation and including a source connected to a power supply, a drain connected to an input terminal a memory cell, and a gate connected to a 1st bias voltage; a 2nd PMOS transistor including a source connected to the drain of the 1st PMOS transistor, a drain connected to an output terminal, and a gate connected to a 2nd bias voltage; a 1st NMOS transistor including a drain connected to the drain of the 2nd PMOS transistor, a source grounded, and a gate connected to a 3rd bias voltage; and a bias voltage section causing the 2nd PMOS transistor to operate in saturation, and supplying the 2nd bias voltage adjusted so as to keep a reference voltage of the input terminal at a junction point between the drain and the source of the 1st and 2nd PMOS transistors respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: OKI Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Murata, Katsuaki Matsui
  • Patent number: 8040195
    Abstract: A current source device that cuts off an output current when stopped and obtains a desired output current upon start-up includes a first circuit having a first FET and resistors in series, a second circuit having second and third FETs in series with a point between the second and third FETs and a gate of the third FET connected, a drive circuit supplying a common drive voltage to gates of the first and second FETs, and first and second current source circuits responsive to first and second drive voltages that are gate voltages of the second and third FETs. The first and second current source circuits respectively include first and second current source FETs having the first and second drive voltages as gate voltages, and a start-up circuit changing the first and second drive voltages forcedly when the first and second current source FETs are made conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata
  • Publication number: 20110205815
    Abstract: The present invention provides a row decoder of a semiconductor storage device that prevents an increase in a circuit area while maintaining a high operation speed. Namely, the row decoder of the semiconductor storage device includes a word line selection circuit that has voltage application MOS transistors for each of plural word lines, the voltage application MOS transistors applying a normal voltage to the word lines corresponding to memory cells selected among plural memory cells positioned at a portion where the plural word lines intersect plural bit lines in a predetermined normal operation, and applying a high voltage in a predetermined high voltage operation; and a level shift circuit that outputs the normal voltage or a ground voltage lower than the normal voltage in the normal operation, and that outputs the normal voltage or the high voltage in the high voltage operation, to the voltage application MOS transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobukazu Murata