Patents by Inventor Shigenori Kawase

Shigenori Kawase 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: 9992834
    Abstract: A light-emitting element driving device includes a reset signal generation unit that generates a reset signal in accordance with current flowing in a light-emitting element, a set signal generation unit that generates a set signal in accordance with the anode voltage of the light-emitting element, and an output voltage supply unit that generates an output voltage from an input voltage in accordance with the reset signal and the set signal, so as to supply the output voltage to the light-emitting element. The set signal generation unit includes a current generation unit that generates current according to the anode voltage of the light-emitting element, a charging unit that charges the current generated by the current generation unit, and a comparator that generates the set signal in accordance with a comparison result between a charging voltage of the charging unit and a reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Kawase, Shinsuke Takagimoto, Yoshiyuki Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20170238384
    Abstract: A light-emitting element driving device includes a reset signal generation unit that generates a reset signal in accordance with current flowing in a light-emitting element, a set signal generation unit that generates a set signal in accordance with the anode voltage of the light-emitting element, and an output voltage supply unit that generates an output voltage from an input voltage in accordance with the reset signal and the set signal, so as to supply the output voltage to the light-emitting element. The set signal generation unit includes a current generation unit that generates current according to the anode voltage of the light-emitting element, a charging unit that charges the current generated by the current generation unit, and a comparator that generates the set signal in accordance with a comparison result between a charging voltage of the charging unit and a reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Shigenori KAWASE, Shinsuke TAKAGIMOTO, Yoshiyuki NAKATANI
  • Patent number: 9428101
    Abstract: A light emission driving device includes an output voltage supply unit arranged to generate an output voltage from an input voltage so as to supply the output voltage to a load, a determination unit arranged to determine whether or not a ground fault due to abnormality may have occurred on the basis of an anode voltage of the load, and a signal output unit arranged to externally output a signal indicating that a ground fault due to abnormality may have occurred when the determination unit determines that a ground fault due to abnormality may have occurred. The output voltage supply unit does not perform generation stop of the output voltage by a trigger of determination by the determination unit that a ground fault due to abnormality may have occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takagimoto, Yoshiyuki Nakatani, Shigenori Kawase
  • Publication number: 20160121783
    Abstract: A light emission driving device includes an output voltage supply unit arranged to generate an output voltage from an input voltage so as to supply the output voltage to a load, a determination unit arranged to determine whether or not a ground fault due to abnormality may have occurred on the basis of an anode voltage of the load, and a signal output unit arranged to externally output a signal indicating that a ground fault due to abnormality may have occurred when the determination unit determines that a ground fault due to abnormality may have occurred. The output voltage supply unit does not perform generation stop of the output voltage by a trigger of determination by the determination unit that a ground fault due to abnormality may have occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Shinsuke Takagimoto, Yoshiyuki Nakatani, Shigenori Kawase
  • Patent number: 7011483
    Abstract: A load port includes an adapter-detecting sensor arranged at an upper portion of an opener. When the opener opens a lid of a FOUP, the adapter-detecting sensor detects whether a wafer adapter is mounted in the FOUP, and notifies a control unit of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus of the result of the detection. The control unit determines the size of semiconductor wafers based on the result of the detection and carries out processing operation dependent on the size of the wafers in a processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ogawa, Shigenori Kawase
  • Publication number: 20030199173
    Abstract: A load port includes an adapter-detecting sensor arranged at an upper portion of an opener. When the opener opens a lid of a FOUP, the adapter-detecting sensor detects whether a wafer adapter is mounted in the FOUP, and notifies a control unit of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus of the result of the detection. The control unit determines the size of semiconductor wafers based on the result of the detection and carries out processing operation dependent on the size of the wafers in a processing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasutaka Ogawa, Shigenori Kawase