Patents by Inventor Norihiro Saitou

Norihiro Saitou 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: 11756605
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of decreasing a jitter component is provided. A first calibration circuit searches a second delay value of a data delay circuit while determining a delay value of a strobe delay circuit to be a first delay value that is larger than the minimum value and smaller than the maximum value. A second calibration circuit determines a first corrected delay value and a second corrected delay value by shifting both the first delay value and the second delay value by the same correction value in a direction toward the minimum value, and sets the first corrected delay value and the second corrected delay value to the strobe delay circuit and the data delay circuit, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norihiro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20220165324
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of decreasing a jitter component is provided. A first calibration circuit searches a second delay value of a data delay circuit while determining a delay value of a strobe delay circuit to be a first delay value that is larger than the minimum value and smaller than the maximum value. A second calibration circuit determines a first corrected delay value and a second corrected delay value by shifting both the first delay value and the second delay value by the same correction value in a direction toward the minimum value, and sets the first corrected delay value and the second corrected delay value to the strobe delay circuit and the data delay circuit, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Norihiro SAITOU
  • Patent number: 7714621
    Abstract: An input signal detecting circuit includes a plurality of comparators configured to output a plurality of differential output signals in response to a differential input signal, respectively; and a differential exclusive OR circuit configured to output an exclusive OR resultant signal from the plurality of differential output signals outputted from the plurality of comparators. In at least one of the plurality of comparators, a DC operation voltage is changed in response to a control signal supplied to the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Norihiro Saitou
  • Publication number: 20090015298
    Abstract: In the case of a conventional output buffer circuit, it is difficult to adjust rising and falling times of a signal outputted from each of differential output terminals (OUTP/OUTN). Provided is an output buffer circuit including: a delay circuit including a first, second and third delay paths coupled to a first, second and third nodes, respectively, each of the first, second, and third delay paths performing time shifting transmission for the input signal, thereby extracting a first, second and third signals from the first, second and third nodes, respectively; a first output buffer coupled from the first node to drive an output terminal in response to the first signal; a second output buffer coupled from the second node to drive the output terminal in response to the second signal; and a third output buffer coupled from the third node to drive the output terminal in response to the third signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Saitou, Katsumi Honma
  • Publication number: 20080218238
    Abstract: An input signal detecting circuit includes a plurality of comparators configured to output a plurality of differential output signals in response to a differential input signal, respectively; and a differential exclusive OR circuit configured to output an exclusive OR resultant signal from the plurality of differential output signals outputted from the plurality of comparators. In at least one of the plurality of comparators, a DC operation voltage is changed in response to a control signal supplied to the comparator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: NEC Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Norihiro Saitou